Comments on: Carlos Silva

By: itch

itch — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:37:25 +0000

Here’s a Silva comp, just for fun.

Silva = Swift with better command?

through age 28:

Carlos Silva
55-46 in 259g (52% starts) 4.31 ERA
10.7 h/9 1.6 b/9 3.8 k/9

Bill Swift
29-38 in 178g (52% starts) 4.32 ERA
10.1 h/9 3.0 b/9 3.3 k/9

By: George Kaplan

George Kaplan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:17:32 +0000

Error–should have read:

Matthews Jr hit 15 of his 18 HR…

By: George Kaplan

George Kaplan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:16:06 +0000

Re: #3

This is good stuff….at least outside Casey Kotchman and Garrett Anderson, the Angels don’t offer much in terms of lefty power bats

Matthews Jr hit 5 of his 18 HR against RHP batting lefty. Morales hits better as a lefty as well. There is more LH power in that lineup than just Anderson and Kotchman (the latter of whom hit poorly at Safeco).

BTW, I saw Hickey’s story in the P-I about Silva supposedly benefiting from pitching on grass, but his stats for 2007 show better results on turf instead. Batters hit .310 off him on grass, but only .268 on turf.He gave up essentially an identical number of hits and extra-base hits on grass and turf, but with 3/4 the number of PA on grass. It would seem that there might have been more hits through the infield on grass than Hickey realized.

By: zeke5123

zeke5123 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:42:40 +0000

Nah. Jose wasn’t viewed negatively. It was actually considered a decent signing. Dave was hoping for him to be used as a super sub fourth OF. But then they traded Doyle. But the difference was if Jose failed, it was a one year deal, not four.

By: TumwaterMike

TumwaterMike — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:18:10 +0000

Dave, all I’m saying is–let’s give the Mariners the benefit of the doubt until we see how Silva performs. I heard a lot of negativity about Jose Guillen last year and he had a pretty good year. I would also like to propose a trade. Brandon Morrow, Rob Johnson, Jose Lopez and Wladimir Balentien to Baltimore for Erik Bedard and Brian Roberts. We get the pitcher we want. We also get a 2nd baseman who can do more. Baltimore gets a pitching prospect in return, a catcher and another outfileder. They also have Lopez who might do better with a fresh start. What do you think? This doesn’t cost us Adam Jones.

By: zeke5123

zeke5123 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:54:15 +0000

# 74. I agree this is a terrible signing, there were better options. LL floated Josh Towers as the same type of pitcher for a lot less money and contract commitment.

And yes Safeco isn’t a perfect fit, but it still represses runs. I may be wrong, but I think the twins stadium is a hitter’s park. Could be wrong.

By: Twins Fan

Twins Fan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:14:24 +0000

Ah yes, what you are all missing is maybe, just maybe Bill Bavasi is actually using his head for the first time in his career. What I am sure not all of you know is the Carlos Silva and Johan Santana are very good friends and maybe Bill is using this Silva signing as a lure to get Johan to Seattle. A nice package of Santana and Rincon for Jones, Clement, Morrow and Reed would be quite interesting for both parties.

By: bakomariner

bakomariner — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:08:32 +0000

this just put on the CBSsportsline rumor page:

“The Seattle Times speculates the newest pitching target for the Mariners is Carlos Silva who was said to be holed up with his agent pondering a four-year offer. Silva did not answer a call placed to his cellphone. His agent declined to confirm or deny that his client had received a $44 million offer to join the Mariners.”

By: Pete Livengood

Pete Livengood — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:06:32 +0000

God, I hope so, Marty. I’ve been wondering the same thing since this news first came out. Reports of years/$$ offered are often wrong, and I’d guess that the leaks often come from agents hoping to stir up competition among teams with whom they’re negotiating.

Wouldn’t it be funny (and sort of cool) if the Royals end up with 4 years of Silva, and the M’s sign Josh Towers for a 1-year $3.5M deal? Whatever they do, let’s pray for 1-year stopgaps. The Carlos Silvas of the world (and usually, something quite a bit better) come available every year.

By: bakomariner

bakomariner — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:05:34 +0000

77-

11 million a year is not “top of the rotation pay”

wait till santana signs his contract…that will be “top of the rotation pay”