Grabow

[BT]

So I'm wondering. What is the downside to simply offering Grabow arbitration? We don't have to commit to a multiyear deal, my guess is that there is almost no chance he would say no, and we would go to arbitration having his base salary of whatever grabow was making this year (I assume under 2 million). Other teams are going to be hesitant to sign him since he will be a type A free agent, so his best bet would probably be to stick with the Cubs.

What am I missing?

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=65817:date=Oct 7 2009, 12:36 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Oct 7 2009, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->So I'm wondering. What is the downside to simply offering Grabow arbitration? We don't have to commit to a multiyear deal, my guess is that there is almost no chance he would say no, and we would go to arbitration having his base salary of whatever grabow was making this year (I assume under 2 million). Other teams are going to be hesitant to sign him since he will be a type A free agent, so his best bet would probably be to stick with the Cubs.

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Nothing...I think.

Except Disipio says Hendry likes throwing money and years at guys for no reason...

[rok]

There might be a team dumb enough (maybe the Cubs are) to sign him to a 3 year deal, and then we'd be left without an effective lefty in the pen. I don't understand why it's so difficult for this organization to develop a loogy who can actually get LH hitters out.

[BT]

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That's the thing though. You really don't develop a loogy, he becomes a loogy by default when he can't cut it as a starter or a closer. Grabow himself pretty much sucked until he was 29, and STILL doesn't really do better against lefties than he does against righties.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=65822:date=Oct 7 2009, 12:53 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Oct 7 2009, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=65820:date=Oct 7 2009, 12:40 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Oct 7 2009, 12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->There might be a team dumb enough (maybe the Cubs are) to sign him to a 3 year deal, and then we'd be left without an effective lefty in the pen. I don't understand why it's so difficult for this organization to develop a loogy who can actually get LH hitters out.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


That's the thing though. You really don't develop a loogy, he becomes a loogy by default when he can't cut it as a starter or a closer. Grabow himself pretty much sucked until he was 29, and STILL doesn't really do better against lefties than he does against righties.
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That's sort of what I meant. You would assume the odds of a failed lefty SP becoming a serviceable loogy would be fairly good provided he has a good arm, but we can't seem to transition any of our young left-handed pitching talent into anything serviceable in the pen. And I'm still not sure where Marshall fits into all of this other than as a long man in the pen.

[Scarey]

Between Marshall, Gorzelanny, and Gaub, I think we can find someone to get lefties out. However, I don't mind adding Grabow by offering arbitration.