GapControl Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yep, Your Cincinnati Reds, folks, have signed Kirk Saarloos P after getting him in a trade for a minor leaguer and player to be named later. He sucks... if you want to know more about this sucky pitcher and his new, just-as-sucky infielder teammate, go to the Enquirer.Saarloos, 27, went 7-7 with a 4.75 ERA in 16 starts and 19 relief appearances last season. A third-round pick by the Astros in the 2001 draft, he has a 27-25 record and a 4.79 ERA in 123 career major league appearances that include 69 starts with the Astros and A’shttp://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...SPT04/301230024Why must I suffer through horrible baseball in the city where pro baseball was created? Why does baseball exist without a salary cap? please help me someone..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I see you can't hold back the excitement, Gap. Yep, they look like more of the low-end crap we usually bring in, but Krivsky's signings have had some short term success. I'll reserve judgement, but like you...not looking foward to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapControl Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I love baseball so much. And I love the Reds so much... that is why I keep watching............................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg BpG Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Sarloss has shown flashes of somethign good, but then crumbles.He still walks too many guys, and doesn't have great command. He has pretty good stuff though.Any pitcher coming from the AL, going to the NL, has a leg up from facing stiff comp for years. Granted this guy is a stud, but with your pitching staff...it can't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why does baseball exist without a salary cap?They do have a "luxury cap" that taxes teams for going over a set number that's redistributed across the teams. No, it's not perfect and no, it's not football's system -- which, in time, will dissolve.This is the Reds fault. They've decided not to go into the inflated free agency wars this year. Yes, the cost for free agents keeps climbing, but the Reds made no effort to get quality this year. They're not even in the top three in their own division of paying players. Again, it's their own fault for trying to stand up and say, "we're not paying these over-inflated prices so we'll go after retreads and projects". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whur CHad At? Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Doesn't suprise me...typical Reds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Saarloos = groundball pitcher in GABP....Can't be all bad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I love baseball so much. And I love the Reds so much... that is why I keep watching............................................I'm starting to again, and I for one can't wait for the real baseball season to begin in April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crttylr Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!!Krivsky's players only won five fewer games last season than Walt's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!!Krivsky's players only won five fewer games last season than Walt's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crttylr Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!!Krivsky's players only won five fewer games last season than Walt's. Buuuuuut you are forgetting one thing, one glaring difference in those 5 games!!!!! Im sorry I forgot who are the world champs, ohhhhh yeah thats right Walt Jockettys cardinals!!!!! Obviously the man is doing something right, the last oh I dont know the last 4 years they have been to the playoffs!!! When was the last time the reds were even in the playoffs, I think it might have been the Chris Sabo days but I could be wrong!!!Whine, whine, whine!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!!Krivsky's players only won five fewer games last season than Walt's. Buuuuuut you are forgetting one thing, one glaring difference in those 5 games!!!!! Im sorry I forgot who are the world champs, ohhhhh yeah thats right Walt Jockettys cardinals!!!!! Obviously the man is doing something right, the last oh I dont know the last 4 years they have been to the playoffs!!! When was the last time the reds were even in the playoffs, I think it might have been the Chris Sabo days but I could be wrong!!!Whine, whine, whine!!!! I never said Walt isn't doing something right you annoying troll. I was discounting your ill-advised claim that Krivsky doesn't have an eye for good players while Walt does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 You have bad players cuz Krivsky doesnt have the savvy and the eye for players that can help, like Walt Jocketty, you know the GM for the world champs!!!!!Krivsky's players only won five fewer games last season than Walt's. Buuuuuut you are forgetting one thing, one glaring difference in those 5 games!!!!! Im sorry I forgot who are the world champs, ohhhhh yeah thats right Walt Jockettys cardinals!!!!! Obviously the man is doing something right, the last oh I dont know the last 4 years they have been to the playoffs!!! When was the last time the reds were even in the playoffs, I think it might have been the Chris Sabo days but I could be wrong!!!Whine, whine, whine!!!! I never said Walt isn't doing something right you annoying troll. I was discounting your ill-advised claim that Krivsky doesn't have an eye for good players while Walt does. And let's not overlook the fact that Walt Jocketty has been with the Cardinals since, what...1995?On the other hand, Krivsky has had 1 year with the Reds. That's a GREAT comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 man...seatle is about to sign jeff weaver to a one year deal. why oh why didnt the reds go after him? he is definately better than some of our starting pitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whur CHad At? Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 becuz we are the reds, we won't go after anything that is decent, we go after overrated players and overpay them dramastically(Eric Milton) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 man...seatle is about to sign jeff weaver to a one year deal. why oh why didnt the reds go after him? he is definately better than some of our starting pitching.I agree that Weaver would be a positive addition to the staff, but he wouldn't come cheap at all... and I doubt he'd be good enough to make such a signing the Reds' while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spor_tees Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Harang was the fifth starter in the A's rotation when the Red's traded for him, maybe Sarloos can come over and duplicate what Harang has done. He should be good for at least one year, as it takes a year for betters to adjust to a guy that they have never seen that played in the other league. That is why Arroyo was so good in the beginning, National League hitters weren't used to his "frisbee like" curve ball. All we can do is hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg BpG Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 man...seatle is about to sign jeff weaver to a one year deal. why oh why didnt the reds go after him? he is definately better than some of our starting pitching.I agree that Weaver would be a positive addition to the staff, but he wouldn't come cheap at all... and I doubt he'd be good enough to make such a signing the Reds' while.Why?Because Jeff Weaver SUCKS!!!He did ALRIGHT in the NL. Shined in the playoffs, but that means NOTHING when your a team that can't make the playoffs.Jeff Weaver was NEVER that good (maybe in Detroit). Before he went to the Cards last season his recored was ROTTEN probably along the lines of 2-9, 5.5 ERA, then he goes to the cards and STILL sucked, then turned it up for the playoffs.He is now going BACK, to the AL???Bust, bust, bust...what are the mariners doing????Adrian Beltre...Jarrod Washburn...Jeff Weaver????The GM for the Mariners needs to get his head out of his ACE. Or quit watching SOOO many Westcoatst games...sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 he has tremendous upside, thats why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crttylr Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 he has tremendous upside, thats why.He has fabulous upside actually, he was pitiful to watch in the regular season, and I was pissed about my birds signing him, but he was just another reclaimation project for Dave Duncan, as Kip Wells will hopefully be this season (Cringes). I was very upset to see him go to Seattle, hes gonna get hammered in the AL, more than the NL did to him in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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