Rhodes signs with Seattle

by madhatternalice on Jan 26, 2007 4:13 PM EST

From ESPN:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2743892

The Mariners signed him to a one-year minor league deal worth $1 million.

Now, for some reason, I've always liked Arthur Rhodes. He was never an effective starter, but once he shifted to the bullpen, he became pretty damn good. In '97, he pitched 95 innings, had 102 strikeouts, won 10 games, and had an ERA of 3.02. He was definitely a HUGE part of that last, good season.

He's been a bit of a journeyman since, having only one stellar year (2001, with Seattle). Now he's 36, and he's going to try and help a bullpen that lost a very good set-up man.

Best of luck to you, Rhodes. I'm pulling for ya.

Unless you're playing my Birds. Then you're going down.

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I, too, have always liked Rhodes. Probably my favorite Rhodes memory was when he was with Seattle and Omar Vizquel complained about Arthur's shiny earring, and Rhodes pretty much responded as though he wanted to punch Vizquel in the nose, which seems to be a fairly common desire among baseball players.

"I don't want any credit. I'm not looking for credit. You know what? I don't want any blame if we're horse shit, either." -- Jim Leyland

by Scott Christ on Jan 27, 2007 6:32 AM EST reply actions

Remember Allan Mills?

He and Rhodes used to drive me crazy sometimes with their erratic bullpen-ness in the late 90s. Then again, Rhodes was actually useful much of the time. Mills? Not so much.

by pipkin on Jan 27, 2007 2:35 PM EST reply actions