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July 16, 2017

Nats Add Pen Depth

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The Washington Nationals completed a trade with the Athletics for bullpen help:

The last remaining player from all three of the A’s 2012-14 playoffs teams was traded away Sunday when the A’s sent Sean Doolittle to the Washington Nationals along with fellow reliever Ryan Madson.

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Doolittle was packaged with Madson and sent to NL East-leading Washington in exchange for onetime Oakland minor-league reliever Blake Treinen, minor league infielder Sheldon Neuse and minor league left-handed pitcher Jesus Luzardo. Treinin will join Oakland’s bullpen Monday.

Doolittle struck out 31 batters in 21 1/3 innings this season, with just two walks. Madson struck out 39 batters in 39 1/3 innings with just six walks. The Nationals get two very good relief pitchers, shoring up their major weakness.

The give up Blake Treinen, who had some bad luck this season, but is not a bad pitcher. Neuse might be okay. He’s showing power at A ball this season, but at seasonal age 22, he’s a bit old for high A. Luzardo is just seasonal age 19, playing rookie league ball. He struck out 15 and walked none in 13 2/3 professional innings. I suspect Luzardo should be the main reason for the trade from the point of view of the A’s.

December 6, 2015 March 24, 2012

Madson, We Hardly Knew Ye

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Ryan Madson requires Tommy John surgery:

This stinks. There’s no doubt this stinks, but of the major players on the Reds, this might be the least painful injury. Relief pitchers are overrated in how much they contribute to a team. Still, Madson was a very good pitcher and it’s going to hurt to lose him for the season.

My post on Joakim Soria from earlier today applies here. Over the last ten seasons, the Reds have been slightly below average in converting leads after seven innings into both saves and wins.

March 23, 2012

Elbow Swoon

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It looks like Ryan Madson‘s elbow isn’t progressing as well as the Reds would like.

Article goes on to state that if Madson isn’t ready, Sean Marshall would likely close…and you know what that probably means, Aroldis Chapman starts the year in the Reds bullpen.

Chapman may end up like Jonathan Papelbon. The closer role was supposed to be temporary, but by the time the Red Sox decided to try him as a starter, Papelbon liked the bullpen better.

January 11, 2012

The Madson Deal

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The Reds signed Ryan Madson for one year, and Rob Neyer breaks down the deal:

And what of Ryan Madson? Madson wasn’t worth $10 million last season. But the way FanGraphs figures these things, it’s exceptionally difficult for a relief pitcher to reach that bar. According to FanGraphs, last season only five relief pitchers in all the major leagues were worth at least $10 million: Craig Kimbrel, Jonathan Papelbon, Sean Marshall, David Robertson, and Mariano Rivera.

The way these things are figured, the best relief pitchers are generally overpaid.

Which is about as far as I care to digress. The Reds might not get their $10 million worth out of Ryan Madson, but he’s a real good pitcher and they’ve built a real good bullpen. Sean Marshall is real good. Bill Bray is real good. Aroldis Chapman … well, there is still a chance he’ll be really good.

Relief pitchers are even more of a crap shoot than starters. Remember last season when the Rays built a bullpen from spare parts and Boston spent money to create a great one? It didn’t seem to make much of a difference in the team record.

It’s also possible that elite closers are not overpaid. These are the pitchers who are consistently good year to year. That consistency may be worth the money. GMs today are much more savvy about spending money than they were 20 years ago. It’s quite possible they value something that the numbers don’t capture.

November 10, 2011

Making News

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The Ryan Madson signing saga is a good example of baseball people trying to make news in a slow week. What struck me odd about the early stories was the money, four years for $44 million. As a closer, why should Ryan take less average money than Rafael Soriano, the Yankees set up man. Like it or not, the Phillies are now the Yankees of the National League, and ball players are going to expect to be paid top dollar. I’m not at all surprised that offer (if it even was on the table) was rejected.

May 3, 2010

It’s a Lot Safer to Yell

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Ryan Madson broke his toe kicking a chair.

Madson had a CT scan Monday and it revealed further damage to his foot. The right-hander filled in as the team’s closer in Brad Lidge’s absence early this season.

He needs surgery, so it’s going to be a while before he’s pitching again. Don’t punch wall, don’t kick objects, don’t head-butt anything or anyone. Just scream real loud to get you your frustration.

April 20, 2010

G-H Bye!

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Glaus and Heyward hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth for the Braves to turn a 3-0 deficit into an extra inning contest with the Phillies. They victimize Ryan Madson, after Kyle Kendrick pitches eight shutout innings to lower his ERA to 7.24. The Say-Hey Kid hits his fourth homer of the season and is now slugging .617, with 16 RBI in 13 games.