Jo-Jo Reyes signed

[thedddd]

Thank god it is on a minor league deal! I hope he never starts a game for the Pirates and is only insurance as a lefty out of the bullpen if Watson or Moskos fail.

 

[element1286]

He'll be filling the Brian Burress role this year, methinks.

 

[stillmatic32]

Yeah, wow, he's been terrible every year.

 

[magnumo]

The archetypical low-risk, low-reward signing. :bored:

On the other hand, one report stated that some of the newer metrics indicate that his actual 2011 season was a full run better than his ERA..... and that he suffered from making most of his starts against the best offensive teams in the AL.

It would be infinitely cool if one of these scrap-heap guys would pan out.

 

[thedddd]

Looking at the scrap-heap there is a lot better canidates than Jo-Jo.
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Heck I would be happy with the bottom two on this list.

 

[element1286]

Looking at the scrap-heap there is a lot better canidates than Jo-Jo.
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Heck I would be happy with the bottom two on this list.

Not sure they are comparable, Webb and Young are more in the Bedard realm of signings, high risk, high reward. Reyes is more of a depth signing, a warm body that isn't complete trash in case of injuries.

Plus he is lefthanded.

 

[thedddd]

Not sure they are comparable, Webb and Young are more in the Bedard realm of signings, high risk, high reward. Reyes is more of a depth signing, a warm body that isn't complete trash in case of injuries.

Plus he is lefthanded.

Good point and very true. I just don't trust him enough to be anything longer than a single start or so, it is mainly due to witnessing way to many soft tossing lefties start for the Pirates.

As for Young and Webb I think another high risk/reward signing would be nice to offset Bedard.

 

[element1286]

Good point and very true. I just don't trust him enough to be anything longer than a single start or so, it is mainly due to witnessing way to many soft tossing lefties start for the Pirates.

As for Young and Webb I think another high risk/reward signing would be nice to offset Bedard.

I hope he stays in the minors the whole year, but the organization has a need of a AAA starter who, if need be, can spot start a couple of times a year, a la Brian Burress last year.

If he makes the team out of spring training then there is a problem.

 

[thecrow124]

I have no idea why he was signed. I see no need for him in Indy, he isn't good enough to be on our opening day roster, so I am not sure what this accomplished. Just another crap fling in my opinion.