03/27: YB Community Projection: Tanyon Sturtze
Posted by: James
Tanyon Sturtze - Reliever
Age: 35 Years Old.
Three-Year History and splits:
Outlook: Another guy that personally, I think I would like. Tanyon seems like a good guy and he sticks up for his teammates but as a player, I can't help but think that his roster spot could be better utilized. To this point in his career (and he's not a young guy), Sturtze, at his absolute best, has been just about league average (and it's only happened twice in his 10 year career). However, there were rumblings of Sturtze 2.0 (credit RLYW for the nickname) that had been taught a cutter by the great Mariano and that Sturtze showed up for the first couple of months of 2005. However, that fell apart after after a spot start on July 4th where he threw 82 pitches. Whether or not it was the spot start or the overuse by Joe Torre that did it, Tanyon reverted back to Sturtze 1.0 and had off and on arm troubles that have continued to spring training of this year. Nevertheless, the Yankees felt compelled to pick up Sturtze's option if only to continue the tradition of keeping old players who aren't that good (especially when there are younger options that might stink as well but at least have some upside - insert Hubie Brown of Jay Bilas joke here). At this point, expecting a league-average season (or even an ERA under 4.5) out of Tanyon might be wishful thinking but one can dream, especially since Joe Torre considers Sturtze to be of the same caliber as Farnsworth.
Please post your predictions for the following stat line in the comments section:
Age: 35 Years Old.
Three-Year History and splits:
| SEASON | G | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | W | L | SV | HD | BlSv | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 89.1 | 107 | 67 | 59 | 14 | 43 | 54 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -- | 5.94 |
| 2004 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 77.1 | 75 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 33 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 |
| 2005 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 76 | 43 | 41 | 10 | 27 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4.73 |
Outlook: Another guy that personally, I think I would like. Tanyon seems like a good guy and he sticks up for his teammates but as a player, I can't help but think that his roster spot could be better utilized. To this point in his career (and he's not a young guy), Sturtze, at his absolute best, has been just about league average (and it's only happened twice in his 10 year career). However, there were rumblings of Sturtze 2.0 (credit RLYW for the nickname) that had been taught a cutter by the great Mariano and that Sturtze showed up for the first couple of months of 2005. However, that fell apart after after a spot start on July 4th where he threw 82 pitches. Whether or not it was the spot start or the overuse by Joe Torre that did it, Tanyon reverted back to Sturtze 1.0 and had off and on arm troubles that have continued to spring training of this year. Nevertheless, the Yankees felt compelled to pick up Sturtze's option if only to continue the tradition of keeping old players who aren't that good (especially when there are younger options that might stink as well but at least have some upside - insert Hubie Brown of Jay Bilas joke here). At this point, expecting a league-average season (or even an ERA under 4.5) out of Tanyon might be wishful thinking but one can dream, especially since Joe Torre considers Sturtze to be of the same caliber as Farnsworth.
Please post your predictions for the following stat line in the comments section:
| G | GS | Innings | W | L | BB | K | Hld | SV | ERA |
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