Following up on their big trade, the Tampa Bay non-Devil Rays signed 38-year-old relief pitcher, Troy Percival, to a two-year, $8 million contract (plus incentives). I think that it’s a little crazy to make a 38-year-old reliever who didn’t pitch in 2006 the second-highest paid player on your team. Buster Olney thinks:
The Rays also will probably value Percival for his old-school approach, something that could be a help with such a young team as Tampa Bay.
Good call, Buster. Can’t wait to see that $4 million old-school approach in action next year.
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MJ // November 30, 2007 at 3:20 pm |
What is an old-school approach to relief pitching? Is it pitching three innings to earn a save the old-fashioned way? Is it pitching 100 innings a year like Kent Tekulve used to do? Or is it rocking the handlebar mustache like Rollie Fingers back on the A’s and Brewers?
I’d love it if Buster Olney would clarify his position here.
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