Glavine Back to the Braves

[Valadius]

Glavine signs for 1 year, $8 million.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-braves-glavine&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Frayed Knot]

Assuming this is accurate, the timing of the deal is good as it means the Mets can safely offer arbitration when the deadline comes around and snag draft picks out of the deal.
Braves pick is #18 overall too which is almost the best pick one can pick up.

[nymr83]

yay free draft picks!

[Elster88]

We're going to sorely miss those 200 innings next year. Can't wait to see who the 2008 Brian Lawrence/Jose Lima is going to be. Cuz right now it seems like he's going to get a lot of starts.

[bmfc1]

OM can sign Livan Hernandez who pitches 200 innings without a problem. Unlike Glavine, Livan will be happy to be a Met because his half-brother is on the team. Unlike Glavine, Livan's heart will reside, at least for '08, in Flushing, not in Atlanta. I also have confidence that Livan will do better than to give up 7 runs in one-third of an inning in an important game.

[Elster88]

Livan Hernandez's rubber arm would be nice.

But that heart and happiness stuff is overrated.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Glavine's whole brother was a Met.

[G-Fafif]

Won't be missing those final 10.1 innings.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: OM can sign Livan Hernandez who pitches 200 innings without a problem.

Yeah but not particularly well.

[smg58]

So the Braves give their division rival a first round pick for one year of a guy well into his forties who had a 4.45 ERA in a pitchers' park in the NL, and who just changed the most appropriate word to describe complete and abject failure in a critical baseball game from "Buckneresque" to "Glavinesque." Um, sure, thanks. May we rip off many teams like that this offseason.

[seawolf17]

See ya, sucka. Looking forward to lighting him up four or five times this year.

How great is this? Brad Lidge and Tom Glavine are the two key pitchers added to our two biggest rivals! Nice.

[bmfc1]

I don't know how to insert a chart the fancy way that some of you do. I pulled the numbers for the last 3 seasons. I was surprised that Livan is 32 years old (really?). Glavine has indeed been better than Livan over the past 3 seasons. Maybe there are better alternatives out there than Livan. All I know is that a) he wants to play at Shea he's a FA so no trade has to be made and c) he doesn't have a home in Atlanta.

Year Ag Tm W L G GS CG SHO GF IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

Livan
2005 30 WSN 15 10 35 35 2 0 0 246.3 268 116 109 25 84 147 13 3 1065 14 2 3.98 4.06 102 1.429
2006 31 TOT 13 13 34 34 0 0 0 216.0 246 125 116 29 78 128 4 1 959 6 0 4.83 4.41 91 1.500
2007 32 ARI 11 11 33 33 1 0 0 204.3 247 116 112 34 79 90 6 3 913 1 2 4.93 4.70 95 1.595

Glavine
2005 39 NYM 13 13 33 33 2 1 0 211.3 227 88 83 12 61 105 3 1 901 5 0 3.53 4.10 116 1.363
2006 40 NYM 15 7 32 32 0 0 0 198.0 202 94 84 22 62 131 6 1 842 7 0 3.82 4.36 114 1.333
2007 41 NYM 13 8 34 34 1 1 0 200.3 219 102 99 23 64 89 4 2 855 2 0 4.45 4.26 96 1.413

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I like to watch Livan pitch but would prefer not for our team.

As for Glavine, scram. See your ass at Shea next year. Bring your earplugs.

[Frayed Knot]

seawolf17 wrote: How great is this? Brad Lidge and Tom Glavine are the two key pitchers added to our two biggest rivals! Nice.

Let's not start acting as if those are the two worst pitchers in MLB all of a sudden.

[Guest Iubitul]

In other news, MLB has announced the renewed expansion of the strike zone by 5 inches toward first base....

[soupcan]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: As for Glavine, scram. See your ass at Shea next year. Bring your earplugs.

Exactly.

="Iubitul"]In other news, MLB has announced the renewed expansion of the strike zone by 5 inches toward first base....

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[Frayed Knot]

^ Soupy dissing Tom Glavine while being Tom Glavine
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[soupcan]

I'm the mad poster this week because I can't stand being Tom Glavine.

[Frayed Knot]

And just think, after we incorporate our 2007 rankings into the existing list and then recalculate the whole thing, Glavine will move up a handful of spots (looks like to around 29th) meaning that you'll eventually get to be him again!!

[soupcan]

Oh joy.

[Fman99]

Good riddance.

I will remember him as the guy who choked away September 2007 along with half his teammates. Buh-bye Tom.

[Centerfield]

Fuck Glavine.

[soupcan]

I just hope that when he pitches against the Mets that treat him like the Braves did when he was pitching for the Mets.

Because if they don't I swear I'll be pulling my hair completely out of my head.

[seawolf17]

Just keep him below #29 and we'll be okay.

[nymr83]

does anyone honestly believe than Livan is only 32? I'd start the bidding at 35...

[Elster88]

Somehow lots of WFAN callers have gotten access to CPF accounts and are posting in this thread.

[nymr83]

Elster88 wrote: Somehow lots of WFAN callers have gotten access to CPF accounts and are posting in this thread.

I'd love to get through to Steve Sommers sometime, never have managed that. I don't want to waste time on mike and the idiot, i tried calling them once to rebuke their idiotic assertion that Carlos Delgado (and by extention all puerto ricans) is not a citizen, but i didn't get through.