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Orcin · 03-10-2012, 11:52 AM

January 2, 2002

My pair of trades during the winter meetings sent six players away in return for two, and leaves only 30 players on my 40-man roster. That’s a little thin even for me. I want to build my roster back up to at least 34-35 players via waiver claims or free agents. A couple of those new players arrived last week.

12/25/2001: The Louisville Colonels announced the signing of 19-year-old CF Pedro Dominguez, a 5-star prospect discovered by scouting director Fernando Candelaria in Puerto Rico. Dominguez will probably not play before Rookie League ball starts in June.

12/27/2001: Louisville signed SP Fraser Wall to a two-year contract worth $3.4 million. The second year of the contract is a team option for $1.8 million with no buyout. Wall pitched for the Colonels AAA affiliate last year, going 12-9 with a 3.28 ERA and 174 K’s in 181 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander has two option years remaining.

Starter Ron MacLain has signed a three-year contract extension worth $21 million. Candelaria cautioned me against this move, saying it’s a lot of money for a breakeven pitcher that accounted for 24% of our 2001 losses. He thinks that I should see another year of performance and take my chances in arbitration. The stat-geek moneyball GM disagrees.

MacLain pitches to contact and gets a ton of groundballs (65%) with his sinker. He eats innings and keeps the ball in the park. He gives up some walks but he also throws a lot of double plays. I see that as a pretty good value for $7 million per year when mediocre starters with similar stats are getting $10-12 million.

03-10-2012, 11:52 AM	#207
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,875	January 2, 2002 My pair of trades during the winter meetings sent six players away in return for two, and leaves only 30 players on my 40-man roster. That’s a little thin even for me. I want to build my roster back up to at least 34-35 players via waiver claims or free agents. A couple of those new players arrived last week. 12/25/2001: The Louisville Colonels announced the signing of 19-year-old CF Pedro Dominguez, a 5-star prospect discovered by scouting director Fernando Candelaria in Puerto Rico. Dominguez will probably not play before Rookie League ball starts in June. 12/27/2001: Louisville signed SP Fraser Wall to a two-year contract worth $3.4 million. The second year of the contract is a team option for $1.8 million with no buyout. Wall pitched for the Colonels AAA affiliate last year, going 12-9 with a 3.28 ERA and 174 K’s in 181 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander has two option years remaining. Starter Ron MacLain has signed a three-year contract extension worth $21 million. Candelaria cautioned me against this move, saying it’s a lot of money for a breakeven pitcher that accounted for 24% of our 2001 losses. He thinks that I should see another year of performance and take my chances in arbitration. The stat-geek moneyball GM disagrees. MacLain pitches to contact and gets a ton of groundballs (65%) with his sinker. He eats innings and keeps the ball in the park. He gives up some walks but he also throws a lot of double plays. I see that as a pretty good value for $7 million per year when mediocre starters with similar stats are getting $10-12 million.