Comments on: Valuing Chien-Ming Wang and Sergio Mitre

By: Taz

Taz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:50:22 +0000

Hi Joseph, you quoted some good numbers for Mitre in 2007 (3.98 FIP, 4.34 tRA, 2.6 WAR). I’ll give the bad, .300 BAA, 1.48 WHIP, 180 hits in 149 innings! I believe BA and WHIP actually indicated his ERA should have been higher that year. He did induce 18 DPs that year which was nice. I just wanted to hammer home the fact that he sucks and I still believe pretty much any minor leaguer can do as well or better, and for the league minimum.

I definitely see your point about his value over a full season compared to Wang for half a season (although I read Wang may be able to pitch by April).

If the Yanks were hard up for cash and Wang needed a buck and a quarter more to come back though, I’d put Serge in that ditch someone mentioned!

By: SF Yanks

SF Yanks — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:29:50 +0000

I like this.

By: Joe D.

Joe D. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:17:07 +0000

Mitre at $1.25 mil is a slam-dunk.

He pitched in considerable bad luck with the Yanks, posting a higher-than-career BABIP, a fluky-low LOB%, and a weird fluky-high rate of HR/FB.

In his last full season (2007), he managed an FIP under 4.00, he’s under 30, and even in his shoddy work for the Yankees this season, he struck out 2.5 times as many guys as he walked.

Mitre is precisely the kind of medium-upside play who works beautifully at a notch over $1 million.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:48:01 +0000

Yeah.

I don’t really like steaks that much, though, so I usually just take two BJ’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAJU_ZKhEM (NSFW… not at all)

By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi

The Honorable Congressman Mondesi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:10:58 +0000

I didn’t realize everyone doesn’t get that tonight just because it’s Tuesday. Poor souls.

By: Tom Zig

Tom Zig — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:10:24 +0000

Is your computer perma-broken?

By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi

The Honorable Congressman Mondesi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:06:55 +0000

If that’s the case I take it back to a certain extent, obviously. I’m wary, though.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:05:58 +0000

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By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:05:26 +0000

Good thing for you it’s not a choice between them.

We can have both.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:36 +0000

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