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Baseball Musings
December 15, 2005
Loop de Looper

The Cardinals reacquired Bradon Looper today, returning him to his original team:

Braden Looper and the Cardinals agreed Thursday to a $13.5 million, three-year contract, giving St. Louis another newcomer in the bullpen.

Looper had 28 saves in 36 chances with a 3.94 ERA for the New York Mets last season, but will be a setup man for closer Jason Isringhausen with the Cardinals. The 31-year-old right-hander fills a slot held the past two seasons by Julian Tavarez, who became a free agent.

To me, Looper works better as a setup man. He doesn't strike out tons of batters, while his walks are very low.

St. Louis now replaced the missing pieces of their bullpen, and now can concentrate on filling in their missing positions.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:33 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
Comments

28 saves in 36 chances? That's pretty bad.

Posted by: Adam Villani at December 16, 2005 04:16 AM

He obviously won't be the Cards closer with Izzy on board, and Looper has been a very good sset-up man in the past for the Fish.

They definetly could have done worse, but I can't think of any better options that are available right now.


Posted by: Mike A. at December 16, 2005 08:44 AM

right now is the time to be a reliever, good or bad. That's where the $ is going, based on a very mediocre guy like Looper getting this deal.

Posted by: high&tight at December 16, 2005 08:57 AM

But 3 years? Wow.

Posted by: Yankee Despiser at December 16, 2005 09:11 AM

So sorry to see him go. Not.

But you're right. He is better as a set-up man, and being a set-up man not in New York means he should do fairly well.

Posted by: paul at December 16, 2005 10:08 AM

I think they wanted Dotel more. Is he still on the market?

Posted by: Dave at December 16, 2005 10:40 AM

They've replaced Tavarez. And Rincon replaced King. But they still need to replace Al Reyes, who was their best reliever, period (Better than Izzy).

Posted by: JeremyR at December 16, 2005 04:49 PM
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