David Wells Cut by Padres

by andrewinnewyork on Aug 9, 2007 10:06 AM EDT

and, according to ESPN.com:

"His agent, Gregg Clifton, said Wells was flying to the hunting ranch in Michigan that he co-owns with former big leaguer Kirk Gibson."

Any interest here for a back-of-the-rotation starter who has a 14.33 ERA over his last four starts but has a penchant of pulling it together in the postseason?

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Washed up, dont want him

Saw this yesterday when they said they were cutting him to make room for Young to come off the D/L.
I think age and his lifestyle has caught up with him now and he doesnt have anything to offer better than what we have (yes, even BK....).

by AZDarkKnight on Aug 9, 2007 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

I tend to agree

but watching BK yesterday. Yikes.

by andrewinnewyork on Aug 9, 2007 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

At least Wells might have spent wisely.

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by icecoldmo on Aug 9, 2007 10:47 AM EDT reply actions

No thanks

He's toast.

Bob Melvin Sucks

by nihil67 on Aug 9, 2007 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

Tough to tell what his problem is

GB% is down, BB% is way up which would indicate control problems possibly related to injury, conditioning or just age.

The biggest thing that stands out is his ridiculously high BABIP which could either mean that he has been super unlucky or he just isn't a major league quality pitcher anymore.

The sad thing is that 3 out of 5 SP's are not pitching like MLB quality pitchers either.

by AZSEAfan @ AZ Snakepit on Aug 9, 2007 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

The problem

Is that he's toast. He's too old and too fat. He's lost even the slight amount of velocity that he had before. Worst of all, he's lost the ability to throw to a spot. His breaking balls are flat and his fastball is slow. He's leaving everything up in the zone, thus the drop in GB%.

The other issue is that you don't want to trade anything for him and his salary this year was 3mil. I don't even want to pay the prorated amount of that.

It's just a bad idea. I'd rather stick with Kim, if these are the choices.

Bob Melvin Sucks

by nihil67 on Aug 9, 2007 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions