How Bad Has Sergio Mitre Been?
Posted by Steve L. on September 18th, 2009 · Comments (5)
Well, to answer the question, I went to the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia and asked it to show me seasons for Yankees pitchers where:
GAMES STARTED BETWEEN 9 AND 18
INNINGS PITCHED BETWEEN 27 AND 54
RANKED BY WORST RSAA
and, this is what I got:
PITCHER YEAR RSAA GS IP Chien-Ming Wang 2009 -24 9 42.0 Ian Kennedy 2008 -16 9 39.2 Hideki Irabu 1997 -16 9 53.1 Sergio Mitre 2009 -16 9 46.0 Steve Trout 1987 -12 9 46.1 Shane Rawley 1984 -12 10 42.0 Ster. Hitchcock 2001 -11 9 51.1 Chuck Cary 1991 -10 9 53.1 Ramiro Mendoza 1996 -10 11 53.0 Randy Keisler 2001 -10 10 50.2 Rich Dotson 1989 -8 9 51.2 Bill Short 1960 -7 10 47.0 Mike Witt 1993 -6 9 41.0 Mike Griffin 1980 -5 9 54.0 Cory Lidle 2006 -4 9 45.1
So, the answer is, so far, this season, Mitre has not been as bad as Chien-Ming Wang was earlier this season – but, it’s close. And, Mitre has been, again, to date, just as bad as Ian Kennedy was last year and somewhat worse than Steve Trout was back in 1987.
So, maybe, when I wrote back on November 3, 2008 that: “I’m not certain, but, I think Sergio Mitre is Latin for ‘Jay Witasick.’”…
…I should have wrote: I’m not certain, but, I think Sergio Mitre is Latin for “Steve Trout”…?
h/t to RAB for the link:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/2009-09-17-3848323573_x.htm
so much for all the people saying we should have kept tomko huh?
Cashman signed Tomko for the Yankees, so, of course his arm was going to explode and require surgery…that’s the rule, after all.
Yanks are still paying Tomko, no?
Steve Lombardi wrote:
I’m not really sure how it works, to be honest. I was under the impression that there’s 1 contract, the yankees paid Tomko till the A’s purchased his contract, after which the A’s pay the remainder of his salary for the year. I could be wrong, though.
Yanks waived/released Tomko – so, I would assume that would be on the hook for the rest of his 2009 contract. But, then again, they signed him to a minor league deal and than called him up – so, maybe it’s the league minimum we’re talking about here…unless the Yankees have him a minor league deal that said he would get more if called up….
Mitre’s numbers and results are horrifying. What’s even more horrifying is when it is put into context and we see that Chien-Ming Wang was 50% worse than Mitre. Seriously, can we just get rid of Mitre already?