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Ruben Pulls a “Will See” Move (JAN 1)

January 1, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

PHILLIES sign right handed reliever Danys Baez to a 2 year deal, pending a physical.

 

Okay my first reaction was to bang my head against the wall. But then I clicked my heels 3 times and repeated the phrase “In Ruben we trust!”

 

 

 

Danys “Danny” Baez:

 

2009 Season Stats
SPLITS G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV WHIP ERA
Season 59 0 0 71.2 59 36 32 8 22 40 4 6 0 15 2 1.13 4.02
Career 453 26 1 613.1 554 307 275 60 252 459 35 49 114 0 0 1.31 4.04

 

Career:  Pitching
SEASON
TEAM
G
 
 
 
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
SO
W
L
SV
HLD
BLSV
ERA
2001
Cle
43
 
 
 
50.1
34
22
14
5
20
52
5
3
0
0
2.50
2002
Cle
39
 
 
 
165.1
160
84
81
14
82
130
10
11
6
0
2
4.41
2003
Cle
73
 
 
 
75.2
65
36
32
9
23
66
2
9
25
5
10
3.81
2004
TB
62
 
 
 
68.0
60
31
27
6
29
52
4
4
30
1
3
3.57
2005
TB
67
 
 
 
72.1
66
27
23
7
30
51
5
4
41
0
8
2.86
2006
Atl
11
 
 
 
10.0
7
6
6
0
6
10
0
1
0
6
1
5.40
2006
LA
46
 
 
 
49.2
53
29
24
3
11
29
5
5
9
6
7
4.35
2006
57
 
 
 
59.2
60
35
30
3
17
39
5
6
9
12
8
4.53
2007
Bal
53
 
 
 
50.1
50
36
36
8
29
29
0
6
3
14
2
6.44
2009
Bal
59
 
 
 
71.2
59
36
32
8
22
40
4
6
0
15
2
4.02
Total
453
 
 
 
613.1
554
307
275
60
252
459
35
49
114
47
35
4.04
 

THE BAEZ PLUS/MINUS FACTOR:

  • ERA is unimpressive overall for a relief pitcher. He has been an AL pitcher most of  his career so some of that is too be expected. But still over 4 is steep for me
  • Has had closer and late inning experience which is what makes him enticing to the Phillies
  • He is Cuban – I just think that should mean something!
  • Had a three year stretch as a solid closer. (See 2003 – 2005 above)
  • Has had some health issues. Atlanta snatched him up after his 3 year run as a closer. And we all know how bad they always need a closer. They got rid of him the same year. (See 2006 above)
  • Even with health issues he has averaged over 50 innings since 2001
  • He is 32 years old
  • Only pitched in post season once
  • Played for some pretty bad teams
  • Blown too many saves for me in ratio to his attempts

His signing most likely means NO CHAN HO. This leaves a bullpen of:

  • Ryan Madson
  • Chad Durbin – not exactly Mr Health in 2009
  • Brad Lidge – sucked in 2009 and is coming off another surgery or 2
  • J C Romero – missed most of last season and he is coming off elbow surgery
  • Danys Baez – if he passes physical

This leaves room and talk of Antonio Bastardo and.or Sergio Escalona to step into the bullpen. And that is not necessarily bad. Both had moments of promise in 2009. I am curious what role Scott Mathieson will play in 2009. He has worked his wayback from 2 Tommy John surgeries and has doen well in relief appearances since. He has MLB experience also. And then you always have the Kyle Kendrick question. Of course he factors into the rotation consideration. And then you have Drew Carpenter who also has had a few sips of coffee in the bigs. The Phillies also have some other interesting options in Drew Naylor and Mike Zagurski. Naylor has some International experience and is doing well enough in the farm system to be considered. Matt has had some injury problems but he is considered worthy of a chance also.

On Phillies.com the bullpen depth chart is this as of Jan 1, 2010:

Bullpen
B. Lidge (CL) Righty
R. Madson Righty
J. Romero Lefty
C. Durbin Righty
S. Escalona Lefty
M. Zagurski Lefty
D. Naylor Righty
D. Carpenter Righty

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