Mariners to Sign George Sherrill
by Justin Bopp on Dec 17, 2011 11:17 PM EST
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The Seattle Mariners have signed left handed pitcher George Sherrill according to Jon Heyman via twitter. Now reportedly done, the deal was rumored to be close earlier by Jason Churchill of Prospect Insider. According to Churchill, the deal is worth around $1.1 million plus incentives.
Heyman points out that this leaves one fewer LOOGY in a shrinking market, too:
- Twitter / @JonHeymanCBS: george sherrill, #mariners ...
george sherrill, #mariners in agreement on deal. - Twitter / @ProspectInsider: Source: The Mariners are o ...
"Source: The Mariners are on the verge of a 1-year deal to bring back LHR George Sherrill for about $1.1m + incent. Pending physical." - Twitter / @JonHeymanCBS: sherrill to m's leaves few ...
sherrill to m's leaves few loogys on market (gonzalez, oliver, rhodes, miller).
Sherrill had previously been with the Mariners from 2004-2007, and had stints with the Baltimore Orioles, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and most recently with the Atlanta Braves. He's a prototypical left-handed-one-out-guy with a career ERA of 3.68 but holds lefties to .180 / .241 / .275 throughout. Now 34, the Mariners should see value out of the deal with Sherrill if he does what he's always done. Thoughts?
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I was making this point on Twitter…
Career FIP/xFIP v. LHHs:
George Sherrill – 2.20/2.71
Javier Lopez – 3.42/3.63
They’re both essentially going to be used as LOOGYs. I would prefer Lopez, esp. given his performance in the last two seasons, but I’d say the difference between the two, utilized as lefty specialists, is mostly negligible.
Lopez got two years, $8.5MM. Sherrill gets an incentivized one-year $1.1MM deal.
The main argument in defense of the Lopez deal was that lefty relievers are scarce on the market, and that the Giants essentially paid market value. But if the Sherrill deal is at all indicative of how the market is shaping up, this basically confirms that the Lopez contract was too lucrative.
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