Breaking News Flash: Randy Johnson is not going to come to Texas

I thought it might be a bit redundant, but I always enjoy dreaming about J.Sanchez, A. Miller or H.Bailey in a Ranger uniform.

Little did I know we’d be talking about a pitcher who made his first all star game in 1990.

Is there a reason you didn’t include the signings of Jack Morris or Kevin Tapani?

I wonder if a team could get Sheets on a 1yr+Club Option contract. Say $4-6M for the first year and $15M for the option year.

sorry, righetti glove for years, couldn’t help it….

If you look at his stats last season he started 30 games and gave up 2 or less runs 14 times! In these games he was 8-2 with 4 no decisions.

Except for six consecutive terrible starts in June and on July 1st he was great. He got losses or no decisions in ten games where he gave up 3 or fewer runs.

His K/BB ratio was 4 to 1 and he is only 5 wins away from 300 for his career.

He was banged up in 2007, but otherwise he has pitched 184 or more innings and made over 30 starts in 4 of the last five years. He is still very consistent and wants to pitch!

I don’t see why you dismiss him so quickly. Pick up Hank’s option, trade him and use his 6 million on Johnson. It only costs you 4 million to take a flyer on a perfectly good pitcher!!

Take Johnson and trade for Homer, Marshall, Hill and/or Sanchez and that would be fine too. For $4 million in extra spending, I grab Johnson and see if he can be the stopper in the rotation we need.

He is a free agent and even though he loves Arizona, they can’t afford him. Give him a sweetheart Clemens deal and bring him here for a year as a low cost bridge signing.

In his ten starts at RBiA he is 5-2 with a 3.84 era, 1.34 WHIP and opponents BA of .269.
He has 63ip, 66h, 29r, 27er, 7hr, 19bb, 70k. He has had success here and maybe it’s worth it to bend over backwards for a guy that will help Nolan show the kids coming up that you CAN be successful here if you pitch a certain way.

Keeping all options open to improving pitching staff, you must kick the tires and find out.

Randy Johnson’s Future
By Tim Dierkes [October 17 at 9:30am CST] MLBTradeRumors.com
Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic has an in-depth look at the Randy Johnson situation. The legendary 45 year-old lefty was effective this year in 30 starts. It seems highly unlikely that he’ll retire just five wins from 300. There are concerns he would remain committed after winning those five games.

Piecoro says D’Backs GM Josh Byrnes hinted that he is not willing to go as high as $10MM for Johnson in 2009. The team seemingly doesn’t have much more than that to spend in total, and they have other needs. Also, the Diamondbacks are against incentive-based contracts. Still, Piecoro wonders if ownership could step in and mandate re-signing Johnson.

Johnson is right on the borderline for Type B status, but the D’Backs stand to pick up many draft picks for other players so they may not risk offering arbitration. Would Johnson pitch elsewhere? Piecoro feels that he favors the West Coast, making the Dodgers and Angels intriguing possibilities.

Think about it. We ABSOLUTELY have to fix our pitching, on the short term, for next year and possibly 2010 if needed.

There is no fucking way this team thinks it could even put up a credible starting five with the players we have now.

I’m not saying go and sign a CC Sabathia or trade for a Jake Peavy, which will cost teams this bounty according to sources: Two near ready pitchers and a center fielder. Now if that’s what it costs maybe a package of Holland or Feliz, Hurley or Harrison, and Julio Borbon could get the talks started, but Im not saying that or going there.

Signing a guy like Johnson can give this team some relief from the hellish pitching we saw this year. He could hold down a spot until we promote from within.

A 44 year old has-been and a high-dollar perpetual injury risk who might be nearing the end of his prime?

Ugh.

How would this really an upgrade over the young guys again?

Rich Hill-S- Cubs Oct. 18 – 3:27 pm et


Rich Hill surrendered two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings for Aragua of the VWL on Friday.
Hill, who is looking to put a disastrous 2008 behind him, struck out six and walked none in his debut in Venezuela. It’s a very encouraging start as he tries to rebuild his stock and put himself in position to claim a rotation spot next spring.