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The Cabrera Bowl: A winner is me!

Back when we started The Cabrera Bowl, our own Dr. Enloe said, "Yeah, I know, tonight is just one night. And we need to see consistency. And all that."

He was right. It was just one night.

There was a time when Z was out to a fairly decent lead. I was happy for him. Happy for him because I respect him as a human being and a friendly adversary, and because it meant that Daniel Cabrera was pitching alright. He had a fine April (4.14 ERA) and a really good May (3.14).

Then it all came crashing down. Just like I told you it would.

June: 7.06. July: 5.65. August: 7.71. And in two September starts, a lucky 5.40 ERA, with an 11-to-2 BB-to-K ratio in 8.1 innings.

On the season, he struck out 95 batters in 180 innings. He walked 90.

Daniel Cabrera is horrible. He is 27 years old. This is not going to get better. The "innings eater" tag is not praise. It's the nicest thing you can say about him. "Well...he pitches some innings." And generally puts us in a position to lose.

5.25 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, .286 BAA, and he can't get strikeouts anymore. Plus he'd still walk your grandmother.

Daniel Cabrera is horrible.

And I'd like to thank him for making me a champion.

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If anybody would like to step up for 2009 and take me on in Cabrera Bowl II, feel free.

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Said it in June and I'll say it again

We shoud have traded his sorry ass back in June. The upside of keeping him didn’t outweigh the risk. i would say trade him now even if he was still pitching well.

Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."

by birdman on Oct 3, 2008 5:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Trade him?

Who would want him?
Just invite him to pitch in the minors next year.
As SC says, he’s an “innings eater.” But those innings SUCK.

by Lothar on Oct 3, 2008 7:38 PM EDT   0 recs

nobody now, which is exactly my point

Somebody might have taken him in June though.

Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."

by birdman on Oct 3, 2008 7:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yes

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"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 4, 2008 1:16 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was going to post

Cabrera’s splits vs. the Yankees, since he seemed to do well against them. But apparently the numbers aren’t that great, either for 2008 or his career. Somehow a 5.32 ERA with 4HR, 7 BB, 9 K, and 5 HBP = a 3-0 record in 2008. His career numbers at Yankee stadium are pretty good (3.63 ERA in 52 IP).

Cabrera really is just bad. His 2008 FIP is not lower than his ERA, it’s higher. That said, it wouldn’t surprise me if some NL team, or the A’s, tried to fix Cabrera.

by 0157H7 on Oct 4, 2008 2:56 AM EDT   0 recs

"it wouldn’t surprise me if some NL team...tried to fix Cabrera."

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesohpleasegodohpleasegodohpleasegodyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyeswe’llbegoodwe’llbegoodwe’llbegood.

The A’s won’t fall for it, but some douche team in the douche league j-u-u-u-u-u-u-ust might. Look, I liked being wrong there for a little while, it was even sort of exhilarating. But then the tallest chicken in the coop came home to roost, dammit. And I’m tired of him roosting on us. Enough.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Oct 4, 2008 9:27 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was of the opinion of Z

but you were right.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Oct 7, 2008 6:10 PM EDT   0 recs

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