Bartolo Colon for 1 yr/$2mm. Why didn't the Jays get him?

by cjcl590 on Jan 16, 2012 7:11 PM EST

Bartolo Colon was available for a 1 year deal. He's a veteran innings-eater who would have been a perfect fit for the Jays who are looking for additional starting pitching, but at a reasonable cost. Colon was a 2.9WAR pitcher last year and while you cannot expect that next year, he would have been good for 150 innings and brought stability to the #4 spot in the rotation. A 3.57 XFip last year for only $2-3MM seems like a missed opportunity.

Here's hoping the Jays take a chance and bring Rich Harden in on a similar deal. The upside there for that price is worth the immense injury risk that Harden brings to the table.

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Because the other guys that could be in the rotation

have a chance at being quite a bit better then him?
Thats my logic anyway

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by Bowling_Guy25 on Jan 16, 2012 7:16 PM EST reply actions

We already have one power pitcher

With a potentially volatile shoulder, and his facial hair is much more epic than Colon’s.

by brigstew on Jan 16, 2012 7:32 PM EST reply actions

uggggg ....

I wanted to type more, but that was all I could come up with

by Playoffs!!!!1 on Jan 16, 2012 7:33 PM EST reply actions

Because the Blue Jays already have a dome-shaped stadium

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by Minor Leaguer on Jan 16, 2012 7:33 PM EST reply actions 9 recs

+1

by MjwW on Jan 16, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions

heh heh

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by yleviticus on Jan 16, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions

Colon

Wouldn’t want to play at the Dome. Honestly, he’s trying to parlay one more 1 year contract into something more next season. Oakland is the perfect stadium for him.

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by Vagabond13 on Jan 16, 2012 7:43 PM EST reply actions

Colon eats innings? He's pitched more than 100 inning once in the last 6 years

It was last year at 164 innings…not exactly what you would want from an innings eater.

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by Tom Dakers on Jan 16, 2012 8:02 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

[insert "eating" joke here]

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by benk on Jan 16, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Oh I get it

because he’s fat!

His 2011 wRC+ is 26

by Pikachu on Jan 16, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

wow

by Aidin on Jan 16, 2012 8:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions

I want Bartolo Colon on this team...

about as much as I want genital warts.

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by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Jan 16, 2012 8:14 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

Where would he fit on this roster?

In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.

by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Jan 16, 2012 8:18 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

List of guys I'd rather give innings to

Other than Romero and Morrow (locks) and Alvarez (prohibitive rotation favourite):
- McGowan
- Drabek
- Cecil
- Jenkins
- McGuire
- Hutchison
- Laffey

And that ignores FAs like Harden, who I’d much rather sign than Colon, even for a little more

by MjwW on Jan 16, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

I'd take Colon over Laffey, but that's the only one

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by JaysfanDL on Jan 17, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

same here

by khaleeji on Jan 18, 2012 5:36 AM EST up reply actions

Harden isn't an innings-eater either

He has never thrown 195+ innings in a season and has only topped 150 once (in 2004). He has thrown less than 100 innings in each of the past 2 season. I don’t get the obsession with Harden as a target.

Yes he’s good when healthy, but very rarely healthy. There is some evidence that staying healthy is a skill, and Harden doesn’t have it. I could see him as a reliever, but he’ll cost a lot more than other relievers who offer likely-comparable production. I’ll pass on him unless he’s super cheap, which he won’t be.

by SuckaMD on Jan 17, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions

I don't think the implication was that Harden is an innings-eater

rather that he’s better

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by benk on Jan 17, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions

ya, you are right

and he is a good pitcher, though I’m not sure he’s definitely better (especially given his poor healthiness skill) than the guys he’d be fighting for a back-of-the-rotation spot. I think Harden’s name has been brought up in previous discussions of potential veteran, innings-eater acquisitions on other threads, though.

by SuckaMD on Jan 17, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

To be fair

I never called him an innings-eater. I was making a list of guys I’d rather give innings to (when healthy) over Colon. And whatever you can say about Harden’s durability, you ca also say about Colon as well.

by MjwW on Jan 17, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions

oh, totally agree

I’d rather have Harden than Colon, but don’t think that either is really a good SP acquisition and I don’t really think the Jays should get either guy.

That said, if AA decided to go after one of them on a similar contract to what Colon got from the A’s, I couldn’t argue since it’s basically risk free. I just think its very unlikely to work out and would just take innings from a younger guy who is likely to be just as good now and better later.

I think we agree here.

by SuckaMD on Jan 17, 2012 1:59 PM EST up reply actions