Takashi Saito Removed from Red Sox 40-Man Roster
by Randy Booth on Oct 15, 2009 4:04 PM EDT
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PrintFor all of you thinking Takashi Saito would be back next season...
Well, that's just not going to happen now. The Red Sox outrighted Saito, removing him from the 40-man roster. The Red Sox will most likely not exercise his 2010 club option.
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Can't they simply resign him though for less than his option?
I assumed they liked him well enough in limited use.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Oct 15, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions
Geez?
I thought he was one of our better relievers. Hey, but what do I know, as I have only watched 99% of the games this year? Anyone with 100% watching % know more??
Too expensive, I guess.
"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw
He had pretty crappy peripherals and was never used in high-leverage situations.
His FIP and tRA suggest he’s been fairly lucky and is pitching more like a 4.00 ERA guy.
Now, I know you don’t love our fancy stats, but between ‘08 and ’09, 80% starters with the highest FIP-ERA (the luckiest, that is to say) had significant regression, so it’s an established real life predictor.
Besides which, $6 million is plenty.
by Ben Buchanan on Oct 15, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice move, I love it!
At 6 millions he was too expensive for a mop up, low leverage situation reliever ! Let the Dustin Richardson era begin!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
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