Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 14, 2003
Fenway Foulke

The Red Sox have added an excellent closer to their staff with the signing of Keith Foulke to a three-year contract, worth between 20 and 26 million dollars.


"We couldn't be happier to have added Keith Foulke and Curt Schilling in the same offseason," Epstein said. "We've added two of the best pitchers in baseball. That was one of the weaknesses of our club last year."

The A's will now go for their fourth closer in four years. All have done well for the A's without costing them a lot of money. I've always suspected it wasn't that hard to find a closer, and Beane seems to be proving that right.

It's interesting to note that if you look at pitchers with the lowest ERA since 1999, and set the minimum at 400 innings, Foulke is second to Pedro Martinez in the majors (Pedro 2.10, Foulke 2.48). This is a really good pitcher.

The Sox have also taken away the excuse of "we don't know our roles" from the rest of the bullpen. This should be a hugely improved pitching staff over last year.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:17 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
Comments

No excuses now. This should be on of the Top 3-5 pitching staffs in the majors. They are loaded with depth.

Posted by: Ryan at December 14, 2003 05:36 PM

I didn't need Beane's sabermetrics to notice that lots of pitchers can get saves. All I had to do is play fantasy baseball for a while. Closers in baseball are the equivalent to kickers in football: they're a dime a dozen.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at December 17, 2003 11:45 PM