Lohse vs. Silva

[Guest Edgy DC]

I agree that it's a good thing to have at the back end of a rotation, but not with a four-year guarantee. Two maybe.

We can probably grab four Lohsers off the scrap heap over that time without committing past five starts to any one.

Jorge Sosa looks like a sexier number five for 2008 to me right now, and nobody's talking about a four year commitment o to him.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Well, the point of this thread was to assume we get said player at "market rates."

[Fman99]

The insanity continues...

Mariners agree to terms with Silva on $48 million, 4-year contract
By GREGG BELL, AP Sports Writer
December 20, 2007

SEATTLE (AP) -- Pitcher Carlos Silva and the Seattle Mariners finalized a $48 million, four-year contract Thursday.

The 28-year-old right-hander was 13-14 last season for the Minnesota Twins with a 4.19 ERA -- better than every Mariners starter other than hard-throwing Felix Hernandez.

Seattle likes that Silva pitches deep into games, generally stays low in the strike zone with a sharp sinker and walked just 36 batters in 202 innings last season.

He joins a Seattle rotation that includes Hernandez, Miguel Batista and Jarrod Washburn.

"We feel that signing Carlos addresses one of our main needs, adding a quality arm to the starting rotation," general manager Bill Bavasi said. "Our goal heading into the offseason was to identify the best available pitcher on the free agent market and we feel we got the best one."

[metsmarathon]

jeez... i wish i had tried pitching...

[metirish]

Crazy money for Silva, I have llittle doubt that Minaya would have no problem giving Loshe a four year contract.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bumpity-bump.

If you voted for Carlos Silva... you lose!