George Sherrill

[chw42]

He's been absolutely terrible this year, almost worse than Randy Williams. He has more walks than strike outs, his fastball velocity is down 2 MPH, and yet he still intrigues me.

 

Erick Threets is not the answer, he hasn't proven that he is the answer. Adding a veteran like Sherrill who has had success before wouldn't be a terrible idea. He's mainly struggled against righties this year, so having him as a LOOGY can't hurt.

 

He's making $4.5 million and he will make around ~$2 million the rest of the way. He hits free agency next year.

 

Nothing in his current numbers tells me that Sherrill's horrible numbers are due to something that's not his fault, but you know, Don Cooper can work some magic and we really aren't in a position to nitpick at LOOGYs. I'd be willing to to take a shot at him.

[MattZakrowski]

 

Get me some LHRP, FOR FREE! Cuz I ain't got no prospects! And you gonna give me the prospects you got!

 

 

 

But really, a little too much salary for this kind of thing IMO. I'm almost certain some team will though.

[chw42]

This does come with the risk of a $2 million price tag. If he continues to suck, well, that's $2 million gone.

 

That's unless he clears waivers, gets released, and the Sox pick him up for the minimum.

Edited July 15, 2010 by chw42

[NorthSideSox72]

I'd rather stay on Threets for the minimum, see if he looks decent. If he does, great. If not, by the time you determine that, Sale can be brought up, also for the minimum. If we have $2M to spend, there are about 5 different priorities for spending it that are higher than lefty specialist reliever.