Study: Signing Old Relievers to Pricey, Multi-Year Deals Not Wise

Exhibit 346: The Reds are regretting signing Mike Stanton, then 39 and now 40, to a two-year, $5.5 million deal.

Relievers React to Mitchell Report

- There was only a bit of circumstantial evidence, but that was enough for Brendan Donnelly to be forever linked with the Mitchell Report. Now he’s sick to his stomach.

- Who is Kirk Radomski? Mike Stanton says he has no idea what the man who purportedly sold him human growth hormone even looks like.

- Unsigned reliever Ron Villone is glum.

- Matt Herges is mum, but his team believes that he’ll have to provide an explanation.

Surfing the Bullpenternet – 11/28 Edition

This installment of the bullpenternet has news, analysis, wild conjecturing, father-daughter games, and shopping!!

• Sox fans break down the upcoming Rule 5 Draft, focusing on the Royals’ AA Loogy Carlos Guevara (among others). (SOSH)

• Retrospective: former-DOE-daughter relieved former-MLB-no hitter-father in 1956 American Legion game: rambling article follows 51 years later. (Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune)

• Red Sox miss out on Kerry Wood, consider signing Percival or…Japan? (Yardbarker; DaBigTicket)

• A bad week for a few middle relievers: following the Joe Kennedy tragedy, Indians’ relief pitcher Juan Lara’s career is cut short. (ESPN)