March 16, 2005
Blood on the Trachsel
Mike M at East Coast Agony is in agony over Steve Trachsel's herniated disk.
Farewell, Trachsel, you unremarkable, deliberate, and crucial component. Your herniated disc has manifested itself at precisely the right time: too early to interrupt a scramble for the pennant, but not too late to lower the expectations of fans to where they belong.
Somehow, I can't get myself worked up over Steve Trachsel. He's appeared to be good the last few years, and I suspect it's Shea. Last year, he had a 3.06 ERA at home, 5.65 on the road. Maybe if the Mets used him in a home/road platoon in the fifth slot he'd be okay. It really shouldn't be difficult to replace his 10 win shares from last season.
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Since his return from a brief demotion to the minors in May 2001, Trax is 49-41 with a 3.66 ERA in over 700 innings, not an easy record to replace these days (compare that to 20-28, 4.03 for Glavine as a Met, and the next time Benson or Zambrano has an ERA below 3.80 in more than 100 innings will be a first; even Pedro's ERA was higher last year than 3.66). He's been durable and relatively cheap for some time now. Guys like that don't grow on trees; ask Texas or Kansas City or Cincinnati.
It's true...replacement-level innings-eaters are undervalued. The key to Trach's has been his durability.
