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Casilla signs three-year deal (it's probably an OK deal)

Casilla signs three-year deal (it’s probably an OK deal)

Published by on December 18, 2012 | 3 Responses

The good news — when Casilla is pitching well, he looks like a dominant reliever, throwing mid-90 MPH heat with filthy breaking stuff. GIF example of said filthy breaking stuff. That’s from April 26th this past season when Casilla struck out the side in a game against the Cincinnati Reds. In this particular game, Casilla was burying 95-MPH two-seam fastballs… Read more →

A brief word on Clay Hensley

A brief word on Clay Hensley

Published by on April 19, 2012 | 9 Responses

Relievers are a dime a dozen. Literally, they cost 10 cents per reliever. That is, unless, you’re buying LOOGYs — which run about $70M per dozen. There are essentially two camps in baseball when it comes down to paying relievers: those who think that relievers are too volatile to lock up long term and that it should be easy enough… Read more →