Hendrickson scratched, Eaton ready to be elite

by SC on Mar 5, 2009 12:33 AM EST in Spring Training Comment 18 comments

Mark Hendrickson was scratched from his start today, but expected to be back to activity in a couple days. He's the fourth pitcher this spring (after Hennessey, Parrish and Hill) to come up lame, even if short-term.

USA Today believes this "validates" the signing of Adam Eaton, who remarked, "I need to prove myself as an elite pitcher in the league."

Ahahaha, OK, dude. You know what? Go get 'em. If you're going to start being elite, I'd be happy if you did it as an Oriole.

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Testify brother Adam!

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Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.

by birdman on Mar 5, 2009 1:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

One he starts pitching well,

no telling when he’ll stop?

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by NHZ on Mar 5, 2009 4:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Elite?

I’d settle for average.

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by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 5, 2009 8:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Even that would be unprecedented

His ERA+ has ranged from 69 to 93 every season from 2001-2008. 100 is league-average. His rookie season, 2000, he was at 103. Dude was 11-5, 4.27 in 2005, his “career year”. Not exactly elite, huh?

Man, what was Pat Gillick smoking when he signed this guy to a $24 MM contract?

by Brotz13 on Mar 5, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't he traded straight up for Chris Young???

by O'sFan21 on Mar 5, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No

I believe it was package of guys. SD also received Adrian Gonzalez and Terrmel Sledge for Eaton and Akinori Otsuka.

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by birdman on Mar 5, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed, but 93 is about league average for a starter.

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by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 5, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well...uh

Yeah, it’s “about” league average. It’s seven points under. It’s not average.

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by SC on Mar 5, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

For a starter

For a starter was my point. Most years starters are around 94/95

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by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 5, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well ok

He’s done that three times. Once in 135 innings, the second time in 117, and the third in 183, which was in 2003. Then he threw 199 innings the next season (84 ERA+) and has thrown 129, 65, 162, and 107 innings the last four years. He might well have an ERA+ of 174 this season but it’ll probably come in 50 innings. He only occasionally really “counts” since he doesn’t stay healthy. Eaton’s career has been one mess after another.

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by SC on Mar 6, 2009 4:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In the Phillies team article in Baseball Prospectus

they say that removing Eaton from the team was “addition by subtraction.”

So whenever we start to suck this year, we can just get rid of him.

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by the fix is in on Mar 5, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So us picking him up

must be subtraction by addition

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by exitfare on Mar 5, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I was told...

there’d be no math on this exam…

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by duck on Mar 5, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd take innings eater in a heartbeat at this point.

by math_geek on Mar 5, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well that's the last thing you're getting

If they wanted someone to eat innings they should’ve F-ing kept Daniel Cabrera.

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by SC on Mar 5, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know how many innings Eaton is going to eat, but we are getting him for 1/10 the price that Danny would have reportedly received. And he signed a minor league deal.

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by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 5, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

a guess

I don’t know how many innings Eaton is going to eat

Not many. Not 1/3 of what Cabrera will give the Nationals.

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by SC on Mar 6, 2009 4:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Just looking at the progression of Eaton's era

in the AL East he could challenge worst era of all time…unless he has been hurt I just cant see how he is going to eat many innings….lets see if he can get anyone out in spring training but this just doesnt look good.

by sanders833 on Mar 6, 2009 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs