04/16: Carlos Pena and Jesus Colome
Posted by: Patrick
We've signed both of them. Pena is a career .243 hitter in 489 games and is 27 years old. His Baseball-Reference.com page has an ad stating: "New England Loves Carlos Pena - Let's make him a member of the Red Sox. And please check out the highly touted Red Sox blog at Baseball Thinking." You don't think...
Colome is 28 and has a career ERA of 4.73 in 186 career games.
Neither of them is particularly interesting, of course, but I really don't mind these signings. I don't really look at it as desperation... I look at it as one thing I enjoy about being a Yankee fan. We go out, sign people, make moves, etc. We're active, always trying to get better. It may or may not be my opinion that signing these people makes us better, but signing more people, giving yourself more options is rarely going to be a bad thing. Sometimes things can work out for you. Sometimes really well (Aaron Small). Cases like that are probably 1 in 50 or more, but you don't get that 1 if you don't take that 50.
Via SG.
Colome is 28 and has a career ERA of 4.73 in 186 career games.
Neither of them is particularly interesting, of course, but I really don't mind these signings. I don't really look at it as desperation... I look at it as one thing I enjoy about being a Yankee fan. We go out, sign people, make moves, etc. We're active, always trying to get better. It may or may not be my opinion that signing these people makes us better, but signing more people, giving yourself more options is rarely going to be a bad thing. Sometimes things can work out for you. Sometimes really well (Aaron Small). Cases like that are probably 1 in 50 or more, but you don't get that 1 if you don't take that 50.
Via SG.
