No thank you.
Estrada's numbers are better in relief. He stays in 'pen. Norris and Sanchez start. Or we trade for Hamels and raid the farm. I don't want that.
Good point.
But how much service time would he need to accrue in the majors to get full pension? I know IIRC in the NFL it's three seasons for a lifetime of pension. Thames must be close to getting the required service MLB time in...
Just a thought.
But if I'm a team on the cheap I totally take a chance on him.
If his fielding has been close to average I don't see why a MLB club wouldn't take a flyer on him for next year. Could be a cheap way to get some offense. He's sort of an A's type of reclamation project. Hmmm, with Cespedas gone....
I think that will happen almost for sure, a 15-day stint, or maybe they space his starts out to every 6th start. When was the last time he pitched this much prior to his TJ surgery?