09/02: Brown Done
Posted by: Patrick
It's pretty much official. With Kevin Brown being placed on the 60 day DL, he looks to have thrown his final pitch for the Yankees - and perhaps for any team.
At the time of the trade, I felt it was a risk worth taking. Throw out salary because that has limited meaning here. Brown was coming off of a year in which he pitched 32 games, going 14-9 with a 2.39 ERA. He had thrown 211 innings. He had had injury trouble in the two years prior, but had performed very well overall. Weaver, on the other hand, had gone 7-9 with a 5.99 ERA and was 12-12 with a 5.34 ERA as a Yankee. Young with some potential? Possibly, but he simply hadn't performed well. Hindsight is always 20-20.
Since the trade:
Kevin Brown
35 games. 14-13 with a 4.95 ERA.
Jeff Weaver
62 games. 26-21 with a 4.10 ERA.
So, Weaver has vastly outperformed Brown while being younger and earning less money. Would he have done it in New York? Who knows, but I guess not. Kevin Brown has been a disappointment and, while the trade didn't work out in our favor, I can't say that it was really a terrible deal or any great ripoff because how Weaver would have performed in New York is anyones guess.
At the time of the trade, I felt it was a risk worth taking. Throw out salary because that has limited meaning here. Brown was coming off of a year in which he pitched 32 games, going 14-9 with a 2.39 ERA. He had thrown 211 innings. He had had injury trouble in the two years prior, but had performed very well overall. Weaver, on the other hand, had gone 7-9 with a 5.99 ERA and was 12-12 with a 5.34 ERA as a Yankee. Young with some potential? Possibly, but he simply hadn't performed well. Hindsight is always 20-20.
Since the trade:
Kevin Brown
35 games. 14-13 with a 4.95 ERA.
Jeff Weaver
62 games. 26-21 with a 4.10 ERA.
So, Weaver has vastly outperformed Brown while being younger and earning less money. Would he have done it in New York? Who knows, but I guess not. Kevin Brown has been a disappointment and, while the trade didn't work out in our favor, I can't say that it was really a terrible deal or any great ripoff because how Weaver would have performed in New York is anyones guess.
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