Kiko Calero

[Benjamin Grimm]

Breaking news: Signed by the Mets to a minor league contract.

[G-Fafif]

You Know What You Get With Kiko

That's what Ron Darling just said of newly signed bullpen hand Kiko Calero.

Edited March 4, 2010 by Guest

[Guest Edgy DC]

Would be the first Met to share a name with a Los Lobos album.

[G-Fafif]

Combine Kiko threads at will...

[TransMonk]

What's the rub? Only a minor league deal? His 2009 stats look pretty great to me.

[Methead]

Would be the first Met to share a name with a Los Lobos album.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Type B free agent in a depressed market. But the former shouldn't matter because Florida didn't offer arbitration.

He tore his cuff in 2008 and missed some time with shoulder problems last year. That's something. Althought the Mets might think "He only missed some time? Where do I sign!"

He was negotiating with the Cubs, but they were offering one year, and he wanted two, so him falling to the Mets may be kharmic payback for the Bengie Molina storyline, but I doubt it'll be framed that way.

[metirish]

You Know What You Get With Kiko

That's what Ron Darling just said of newly signed bullpen hand Kiko Calero.

[smg58]

A lot of teams expressed concern over his shoulder issues. But even 30 innings from him would help our pen. He had the best year of any relief pitcher on the market, many of whom got overly generous deals. This could turn out to be a major steal. And the worst case scenario is the Mets wind up where they were this morning.

[TransMonk]

Well, if he missed time last year it didn't stop him from throwing 60 innings which is his career best for a season. That 1.95 ERA wasn't shabby either.

I like low risk/high reward pickups a lot.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kiko needs to get Brandon Lyon's agent.

[Frayed Knot]

You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero

Just by the sound of it I'd say you get a drink that comes with a tiny umbrella.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I've always liked him, and I tend to hate on Tony LaRussa's relievers.

We're going to be going to Puerto Rico as the home team.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero

Salty, soy-based sauce with a little Polynesian kick?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero

Salty, soy-based sauce with a little Polynesian kick?

[Guest Edgy DC]

You know, he's got a similar act as Brian Stokes with more success.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

More years and shoulder issues than Stokes, though.

Less MPH (he's an 88-89 MPH fastball/77-78 MPH slider guy) and more Ks (some GAUDY K/9 numbers the last few years), too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I thought of Stokes as slurvey though. With straight slowish heat that he tries to keep away from folks to set them up for the offspeed pitches.

Anyhow, seems like a quality potential replacement for Stokes, to the extent that he needed replacing.

[MFS62]

Don't remember having seen him pitch. But with a mostly sub-90 MPH fastball, his K/IP numbers (over 9) very impressive. Does he have a hard to follow delivery?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

He has a miss-able curve.

[Frayed Knot]

A man, a miss

a kiss, a curve

He kissed the miss

then missed the curve

Burma Shave











No real point here - only that the 'miss-able curve' line reminded me of this actual long-ago Burma Shave highway ad.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ha.

Also also, last year's almost-definitely-unsustainable HR rate (1 in 60 innings) helped his Marlin value a bit. Between that and the age and the barky shoulder, though... it's somewhat understandable that major-league interest would be tough to come by.

Also, Stokes threw HARD, brah-- mid-to-high 90s. (Then, so did Schoeneweis.)

[Vic Sage]

If he's healthy, and they're going to carry him, who gets taken off the 40-man roster to make room for him?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chris Coste looks pretty waive-able.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So does Ollie. (Hey, nobody's picking him up.)

[ashie62]

Calero may end up doing what the Mets hoped Kelvim Escobar could do. I believe Escobar has been shut down