Chad Cordero to the rescue

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

As soon as he learns how to arch his cap brim properly he'll be in the majors.

Source: Mets pick up right-hander Cordero Published July 21, 2010 | FoxSports The Mets, seeking bullpen help, have reached terms with free-agent right-hander Chad Cordero on a minor-league contract, according to a major-league source. Cordero, 28, declined a minor-league assignment with the Mariners last week and became a free agent. Mets general manager Omar Minaya, during his tenure with the Expos, selected Cordero in the first round -- and 20th overall -- in 2003. The deal will be announced today, the source said. Cordero chose the Mets with the belief that he would stand a good chance of returning to the majors quickly. Cordero was 0-1 with a 6.52 ERA in nine appearances for the Mariners. When the team shook up its roster last week, Cordero declined a return assignment to Triple-A Tacoma and became a free agent. In 17 games with Tacoma this spring, Cordero was 0-1 with six saves and a 4.12 ERA.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Good, I guess, more relievers can help replace the burned out ones, but the faith that the guy is out there can kill ya.

[metirish]

Toyota is coming back and Green apparently is pitching great where he is, should be a blast come September.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Toyota is coming back and Green apparently is pitching great where he is, should be a blast come September.

I hope you don't mean for the hitters.

Later

[ashie62]

This smells of Kelvim Escobar. But, the Mets don't have to spend much. Thanks Bernie!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I flashed on Luis Ayala.

Cordero was one of those guys who suddenly lost all his velocity. Also a straight cap-brimmer, hate those types.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I flashed on Luis Ayala.

So did I!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Cordero chose the Mets with the belief that he would stand a good chance of returning to the majors quickly.

"Their bullpen would qualify as a Superfund site if their manager could fill out the request for assessment without getting coffee all over it and chuckling like a mental defective. So I like my odds."

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I flashed on Luis Ayala.

But I wouldn't mind seeing another Juan Padilla for one year.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I flashed on Luis Ayala. So did I!

I flashed Luis Ayala once. He got pissed and threw a punch, but missed high and outside.

[Frayed Knot]

I had a feeling about Cordero as soon as I heard he refused the demotion and became a FA last week.
That he was originally an Omar draft pick was no small part in feeding into that.

[Fman99]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I flashed on Luis Ayala. So did I! I flashed Luis Ayala once. He got pissed and threw a punch, but missed high and outside.

BOC

[MFS62]

He sat out all of last year.
Injury? surgery?
If TJ surgery, maybe he can rebound. He led the NL in saves a few years ago.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

He tore his labrum. He did pitch in 2009, in the minors, in the second half of the season, and without much success.

He was the callup when Ken Griffey retired.

[MFS62]

Thanks.
Later

[smg58]

He's no-risk, so why not?

To be fair, the Mets have four relievers with an ERA under 3, and a fifth in Valdes who would as well if not for the two blow-ups in San Diego six weeks ago. There's room for improvement to be sure, but don't assume the grass is much greener elsewhere, or that this is a repeat of 2008.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Can't you just smell that NL East pennant now? Seriously folks, why has the JerryWatch restarted, and Omar seems to get to absolved for one fuck-up after the other?

[Guest Edgy DC]

If there's room in Buffalo, there's no reason not.

But here's my concernie --- the continued belief that the right guy, Johnny Reliable is out there and we'd have all our shit together if we could just get one more spot on the staff firing on all cylanders.

"Jerry," I cry and cry out loud, "stop wasting precious brain cells thinking how you can add more to your bullpen, and get more out of them. Think instead how you can ask less of them."

I'm an annoying crank on tihs point, I know, but I think we'll be behind the eight ball as long as this approach and values-set exists.

[metirish]

Edgy, you know that guy of the Mets FB page will be gloating about this, it's proof you see to his argument.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

ERA can be a bit misleading with relievers-- partly because of sample size and partly because of the rules of run-attribution, it can overstate or understate their performance pretty severely. Some of the peripheral numbers-- BB, or inherited runner/LOB numbers-- can be more telling.

And they either aren't so good at these/are kinda suspiciously good at these. They put a ton of baserunners on (1.45 ERA, 21st in the league). They also have the league's third-highest strand rate (78.2-- league-average is 70-71%). Essentially, they're tightrope-walking every time out-- with a lot of the narrowness of their own doing.

(Also, Valdes is top-5 in the NL in inherited-runners-scored. His ERA's pretty deceptive, too.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

metirish wrote: Edgy, you know that guy of the Mets FB page will be gloating about this, it's proof you see to his argument.

It's evidence... in the face of tons of counter-evidence. It sure isn't proof.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: metirish wrote: Edgy, you know that guy of the Mets FB page will be gloating about this, it's proof you see to his argument. It's evidence... in the face of tons of counter-evidence. It sure isn't proof.

Good luck telling him that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Buffalo Bisons press release wrote: The New York Mets today announced that they have signed RHP CHAD CORDERO to a minor league deal and assigned the pitcher to the Bisons. Cordero, 28, began the 2010 season with the Seattle Mariners organization. He was 0-1 with a 4.12ERA and six saves in 17 games with Triple-A Tacoma before being promoted to the big league club at the start of June. In nine games with the Mariners, the reliever was 0-1 with a 6.52ERA (9.2IP, 10H, 7R, 7ER, 5BB, 6K). Cordero has a career 20-15 record with a 2.89ERA and 128 saves in seven major league seasons with Montreal, Washington and Seattle. He was a National League All-Star in 2005 and won the NL Rolaids Relief Award with a major league-best 47 saves that same year. Cordero was originally a 1st round draft pick (20th overall) by the Expos in the 2003 amateur draft. Cordero spent last season recovering from a torn labrum in his right shoulder suffered early in the 2008 campaign. The reliever had surgery to repair the shoulder on July 8, 2008. Cordero pitched in 14 games between the rookie-Arizona League Mariners and their short-season club in Everett in 2009.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Second Spitter wrote: Can't you just smell that NL East pennant now? Seriously folks, why has the JerryWatch restarted, and Omar seems to get to absolved for one fuck-up after the other?

This isn't a fuckup.