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Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Gwreck Sep 18 2011 05:27 PM

Some info here but no details (ie. $$). Presumably a 1-year contract again.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2011 05:28 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

You feel the heat, Jose?

Frayed Knot Sep 18 2011 06:33 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Sensible move. After a bit of a rough start he's been as reliable as one can get in that sort of specialized situation.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2011 06:53 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

"I'm very happy with the team here and stuff like that and wanted to come back." I prepared his talking points for him.

Ceetar Sep 18 2011 07:52 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

this seems odd timing, but interesting anyway.

Gwreck Sep 18 2011 08:29 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Sounds like Sandy being proactive.

smg58 Sep 19 2011 05:37 AM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

One less bullpen spot to fill. Assuming long relief can be filled cheaply (Schwinden perhaps?), that's two left. And they need to be of the high-end variety.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 19 2011 07:32 AM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Good on Sandy... and glad to have him back. He handled the Howards and Fielders capably, and, with southpaws hitting just .204/.232/.323 against him and striking out 5.5 times more often than they walked, he's out PedroDos-ed PedroDos (.211/.282/.297, 3.96 K/BB ratio career vs. LHB) this year.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2011 07:48 AM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

btw, Pedro-dos will have surgery (or maybe already has) and has been ruled out for the entirety of next season. That will make it 12 years across two continents plus at least five organizations and the dude still hasn't thrown a pitch in any other ML uniform but the NYM. Now all we need is for FA-compensation pick Michael Fullmer to work out down the road and it'll be a triple-happiness situation. So which interviewer was it who was trying real hard during ST to get Alderson to admit he made a mistake by not re-upping P.F.?

Edgy DC Sep 19 2011 08:18 AM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Let's just hope he doesn't take, with Byrdak, the same bullet he dodged from the Feliciano case.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2011 08:26 AM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Nice story for the Byrdman. He looked like a bust after his first handful of NYM outings but really improved since and if he wants back with a 1-year deal, fine with me. I've been kinda disheartened to see how destablizing the Rodriguez departure turned out to be but Byrdak hasn't seemed to have been affected.

smg58 Sep 19 2011 03:01 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I've been kinda disheartened to see how destablizing the Rodriguez departure turned out to be but Byrdak hasn't seemed to have been affected. I'm not sure the trade destabilized the pen so much as exposed it. Izzy had a limited amount of gas in the tank, Parnell and Beato are still works in progress, and guys like Carrasco and Igarashi just aren't any good. Edgy DC wrote: Let's just hope he doesn't take, with Byrdak, the same bullet he dodged from the Feliciano case. If it's something like a year and $1.5M, it's not that big of a bullet. He's already taken a bigger bullet with Carrasco, but even that isn't crippling.

themetfairy Sep 19 2011 03:17 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Oh boy....we're saved....

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2011 06:57 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

smg58 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I've been kinda disheartened to see how destablizing the Rodriguez departure turned out to be but Byrdak hasn't seemed to have been affected. I'm not sure the trade destabilized the pen so much as exposed it. Izzy had a limited amount of gas in the tank, Parnell and Beato are still works in progress, and guys like Carrasco and Igarashi just aren't any good. Oh, I agree with all that. I was just hoping that somebody would do more with the opportunity his absence created.

themetfairy Sep 20 2011 09:13 PM Re: Byrdak Re-Signed for 2012

Sigh....