Comments on: Yankees acquire Chad Gaudin

By: Yanks, Pads complete Gaudin trade | River Avenue Blues

Yanks, Pads complete Gaudin trade | River Avenue Blues — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:53:26 +0000

[...] weeks after shipping Chad Gaudin to the Bronx, the Padres decided to take $100,000 back in return. It was originally reported that the Pads would [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:32:15 +0000

His numbers look bad on the surface but consider this

His FIP is only a 3.68, which is slightly better than CC (3.71) and Johan (3.77) and only slightly worse than Jair Jurjens (3.63).

*FIP stands for Fielder Independent Pitching and tries to scale a league-adjusted ERA by removing bad/great defense behind the pitcher.

Additionally, fangraphs caculates that his value thus far in 2009 has been $6.9 million. That is equal to Ryan Dempster and Mike Pelfrey and slightly below J.A. Happ ($7.0). Joba is valued thus far at $5.7 million

I’m not saying this means that he will be a great pitcher… but the Yankees are only responsible for the prorated portion of the league minimum salary for him. That’s great value.

By: Glen L

Glen L — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:59:25 +0000

That’s some great analysis!! way to get really in depth with underlying causes and considering all the things that can skew a pitchers ERA that are completely out of his control … also .. wins! great great great stat for analysing a pitcher, since its COMPLETELY within the pitcher’s control whether he gets a W or not

…look gaudin isn’t halladay, but he’s a better pitcher than traditional (deeply inferior) stats suggest

By: A little bit about Chad Gaudin | River Avenue Blues

A little bit about Chad Gaudin | River Avenue Blues — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:40:38 +0000

[...] the Yankees acquired Chad Gaudin from the Padres to add another insurance arm. He’ll start off in the pen, but that should [...]

By: This Week on the Internets (3 August 2009) | Cubicle GM

This Week on the Internets (3 August 2009) | Cubicle GM — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:39:13 +0000

[...] had several post-trading deadline deals in baseball (Anderson Hernandez? Greg Veloz?), for fellas like Chad Gaudin. Oooo, a 5.13 ERA. I’ll let River Avenue Blues and others in the previous link elaborate [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:16:41 +0000

That changes everything!

By: Short Porch

Short Porch — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:53:52 +0000

I imagine Syndal is too.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:13:59 +0000

Chris Garcia? Betances? Cervelli?

By: Mike in Florida

Mike in Florida — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:56 +0000

His girlfriend is hot! Good pick up for that alone!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:11:10 +0000

Not quite. Going back to last season when there were rumors that the Yanks might get Washburn, I wrote on my blog that I didn’t want him.

If this guy is so good, why has he been with now 7 teams in 7 seasons?

Why has he been traded for the likes of Kevin Cash and the great Josh Donaldson?

This guy is the 2009 version of Sid Ponson, Scott Erickson, Donovan Osborn, LaToya Hawkins and all of the other pitching losers Cashman has brought here.