[Dbobola22]

thanks alot for this information.

Here is a spinoff to the original question, I don't know if anyone would have an anwer to:

Is there any correlation to type of pitchers and less money that can give you a good bang for the buck. I know its alot more complicated, but i am speaking of your personal experience.

I am going to assume a guy with good stuff (primary) plus good velocity and control would command a big sum of money (i'm going to guess in excess of $8-9 mil).

In real life, this offseason, the Cincinnati Reds adopted a similar theory to 'Moneyball' when teams like Anaheim were targeting Colon, the Reds were targeting Corey Lidle. Because they could get him cheap ($2.75 mil to be exact when last season he made $5.35 in Toronto, thats a good bargain). The reason was to most teams he did not have a big market, but to the Reds, he was a control pitcher who could limit the amount of walks and let their good defense win the games.