Monday, December 8, 2008

Jon Garland?

According to rotoworld.com the Orioles have shown interest in Jon Garland here is there take on Garland and the O's:
Baltimore makes plenty of sense as a destination for Garland. The Orioles don't want to pay top dollar for starters, but they do need an innings eater or two. Garland has quickly gone from overvalued to undervalued after a disappointing 2009 season. He's not great, but he's just 29 and he's never been hurt. He might be better off going the Kyle Lohse route and taking a one-year contract this winter.
I agree that Garland and the O's would go together well with the O's have one of the worst rotations in all of baseball for the past couple of years. Garland is an innings eater he has pitched over 190 innings the past eight years and the only year he threw under 190 innings was his rookie year. He fits what the O's need, which is players to hold spots until their prospects are ready we cannot have a repeat of last year with the orioles forced to bring up their prospects because they simply do not have anyone that can pitch.

He also makes sense because he is not an injury risk like A.J. Burnett is and is on the younger side of 30 which fits MacPhails plans to bring in guys that can be here long term not just stop-gaps or mercenaries. Also did I mention he will be cheap too when you compare him to the possible cost of Burnett it will probably be at least ten million less then the price of A.J. Burnett. I think that he should be a part of the rotation(back end) next year and will be a solid innings eater and if nothing else put up a sub 5.00 ERA next season.

John Garlands Career Stats:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4235

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