Analyitics

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Chris Carpenter to the Red Sox

No, not that Chris Carpenter.

This Chris Carpenter.

In exchange for nabbing Theo Epstein, the Cubs are sending over a26-year-old righthanded relief pitcher.  Last year was his first year in the majors; he appeared in 10 games and did 9-2/3 innings of work.  During those innings, he struck out 8 batters, walked 7 batters, and gave up 3 earned runs.  

I'm glad to see us get another young arm in the pen, even if those walks are a little worrisome. 

The deal also calls for the Cubs to give Boston a player to be named later, and for Boston to give the Cubs a player to be named later.

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1 comment:

  1. I was reading about this earlier today, and apparently the PTBNL are involved just so that the exchange will fit in with what baseball labels a "baseball transaction." Like the fact that we got a pitcher with some promise, but i'm not holding my breath that this is anything but a depth player.

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