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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
He tends to come onto the mound with runners on, allows all those runners to score then gets out of the inning. Insanely frustrating as a fan, and doesn't show in his ERA
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A quick look at his stats show him giving up 17 runs last season (compared to 13 earned), 20 to 17 the year before, and zero additional unearned runs the year before. Hardly the situation you seem to be calling his norm. Looking at his peripherals he's probably due some some negative regression on BABIP but not much and he has a positive career and recent season GO/AO ratio (which in the AL East is a good thing to have).
Given his age it's just a matter of time before father time catches up with him so I'm a little concerned with that but ultimately he's just a part of the bullpen and by extension individually not very important. It's an alright signing provided that his dollars aren't the difference between getting a piece of true significance or not.
Speaking of really old guys I wonder if Moyer is going to pitch this year?