Dodgers Sign Ortiz & Restovich To Minor League Deals
by Eric Stephen on Jan 8, 2010 10:44 PM PST
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PrintThe Dodgers have signed pitcher Russ Ortiz and outfielder Michael Restovich to minor league deals, per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com.
Russ Ortiz, who turns 36 in June, has not had an ERA under 5.51 since 2004. From the beginning of the 2005 season, there have been 373 different pitchers to throw at least 200 innings. Ortiz has the worst ERA (6.56), worst adjusted ERA (67), and worst OPS against (.916) of the bunch. Over that span, Ortiz has walked 5.0 batters per nine innings while striking out just 5.2 batters per nine. Only Steve Trachsel has a worse strikeout-to-walk ratio than than Ortiz during that time. Ortiz has been so bad that his 4.61 FIP and 4.64 x-FIP last season counts as a massive improvement, as they were his best marks in five seasons. You may remember Ortiz and the Astros beating the Dodgers last April.
Restovich, who turned 31 last Sunday, last played in the majors in 2007 with the Nationals. He played in Japan in 2008, with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. In 2009, Restovich played for the Triple A Charlotte Knights in the White Sox organization, hitting .290/.366/.505 in 135 games (per Minor League Splits, it was a major league equivalent of .246/.310/.393). Perhaps more importantly, Restovich can help lead karaoke in Glendale this spring:
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I don’t expect Ortiz to sniff the starting rotation, but that doesn’t stop this signing from being both thoroughly pointless and utterly depressing.
The press release should arrive in journalists’ mailboxes attached to the big (1.75 liter) bottle of Bombay Sapphire. We’ll all need a drink.
The Ultimate Ned's Kind of Guy
I know Chien-Ming wang won’t be good to go until May, but I want to see the Dodgers sign him. As for Ortiz, it’s a nothing move with lots of downside. Because he won’t be good to go ever.
by StolenMonkey86 on Jan 9, 2010 10:07 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Houston let him pitch, we could make the same mistake. Just the fact he’s going to be eating up ST innings already makes this a bad sign.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Some thoughts on Bedard & Sheets
by D.J. Short at NBC Circling the Bases. I thought this note was interesting:
Speaking on oft-injured pitchers, MacPhail requested the medical records for free agent right-hander Ben Sheets, but never received them. That’s probably a sign that he won’t pitch for them.
“Hey, we would like those medical records”…“No” Must be nice for Sheets to be able to turn down interested teams. Less and less likely he fits in our price range.
pretty good signing...
DH only… now where does jermaine dye and thome sign? what other DHs are there that have to sign?
Mannion says wait til Ned does his magic.
Well he is doing a pretty good job of stocking the AAA Isotopes. After all the prospects he has traded we have to fill some holes. Still waiting for that magic but getting a couple of players for practically free seems to be the recent definition of magic.
Bedard anyone?
By the way McPhail seems to be doing OK, if Ned has magic I wonder what McPhail has.
Remember when we used to pick you premier trash and discards like Weaver?
I can still remember the good ole’ days.
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