The Red Sox have reached terms with lefty reliefer Javier Lopez, who was eligible for arbitration: 1 year, $840,000.
Just so we’re clear, that’s a 109 percent raise over Lopez’s salary in 2006, when he allowed a .293/.366/.439 line to the only batters he’s on the roster to face.
And a .176/.300/.265 line to the righties. Oh, just monstrous.
The righties he pitched to were typically weaker hitters.
Another measure of Lopez’s work is his 1.328 WHIP. That’s significantly worse than the other regulars in the pen.
LOOGYs are one of the stupidest ideas in ‘modern’ baseball bullpen usage. Especially when they don’t actually do what they’re supposed to do.
If Lopez were actually brought in only to face righties, I would love having him in the bullpen. But he’s not used that way. His inability to throw strikes led to the ALCS Game 2 debacle for which Gagne got most of the blame.
Are we sure he wasn’t signed as a third catcher?
Thanks for that, FSP. Now I won’t sleep for a week.
everything is relative…..like jc romeros $12 million for the next three years.
True that. It’s getting to the point where almost the only guys making less than a mil per are pre-arbitration players. Bud’s going to have his work cut out for him for the next CBA!
Pavano.