[外電] White Sox Sign Mat Latos
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White Sox Sign Mat Latos
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By Jeff Todd | February 9, 2016 at 3:04pm CST
The White Sox have officially added free agent righty Mat Latos on a
one-year, $3MM pact. It’s a straight guaranteed deal with no incentives or
options.
Latos has long appeared to be one of the better bounceback options on this
year’s market, as he’s only just turned 28 and has established a rather
lofty ceiling in the majors. The Bledsoe Agency client does come with some
health concerns after dealing with elbow issues and tallying just 218 2/3
innings over the past two seasons, but he was largely healthy after an early
DL stint in 2015.
Clubs are often willing to give more significant guarantees to such players —
Justin Masterson, for instance, got $9.5MM from the Red Sox and Doug Fister
just secured $7MM from the Astros. Low-base, high-incentive deals are another
popular option; to take but one recent example, Bronson Arroyo received $6MM
worth of upside in his deal with the Nationals (if he cracks the major league
roster).
In the case of Latos, though, it seems there may have been some hesitation
about adding a player who has developed a questionable reputation in prior
clubhouses. It doesn’t help that he scuffled badly down the stretch with
both the Dodgers and Angels, of course, but it remains notable that Latos
fell so far shy of expectations — $12MM on a one-year deal, in the
estimation of MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes — in a market that paid out so much for
pitching. It was just last winter that the Marlins gave up a solid young
pitching prospect for the rights to employ Latos at what turned out to be a
$9.4MM salary.
By taking on some risk, but making only a limited commitment, the White Sox
seem to have made a worthy gamble to bolster their rotation. The staff’s top
three looks quite strong, but as August Fagerstrom of Fangraphs notes, John
Danks and Erik Johnson are an underwhelming duo behind that group and there
isn’t much depth to speak of. Fagerstrom was explaining why a move for
Yovani Gallardo might make sense, but that would seem rather unlikely after
today’s move.
Of course, the addition of Latos represents quite a different proposition
than that of a player such as Gallardo, whose main claim to free agent
earnings comes from durability and solid innings. But gambling on the
still-youthful righty is arguably a better allocation of resources for a club
that’s already committed to exceed its 2015 Opening Day payroll and still
has other areas to improve.
Latos has every incentive to get himself back on track, and the upside is
significant. Other than his struggles as a rookie and his troubles last year,
the big righty has been a major contributor. In over 900 innings between 2010
and 2014, he logged a 3.27 ERA with 8.2 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9.
Looking more closely at his efforts last year, it’s easy to see cause to
look past an unsightly 4.95 ERA. All major ERA estimators valued him as a
sub-4.00 pitcher, and he not only recovered velocity from 2014, but improved
over his early-season results as the year wore on. Latos posed a swinging
strike rate (9.9%) that lines up with his earlier years’ work. Of course,
the finish left much to be desired, but on the whole there’s plenty to roll
the dice on.
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1. 白襪隊以$3MM/1YR的保障約簽下了Mat Latos,沒有選擇權,若是得到美聯MVP、賽揚獎
、世界大賽MVP每項分別可得到$100K的激勵獎金。
2. 白襪隊2016年的輪值陣容(參考2015年球季):
Chris Sale、Jose Quintana、John Danks、Carlos Rodon、Erik Johnson、Mat Latos。
3. Mat Latos在2015年球季的成績表現(今年28歲;去年球隊:MIA/LAD/LAA;
去年薪水:$9.4MM):
W - L ERA IP R ER SO BB ERA+ FIP WHIP
4 - 10 4.95 116.1 67 64 100 32 78 3.72 1.307
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Jon Heyman @JonHeyman 2小時
Latos gets 100K for MVP, Cy Young and WS MVP. All 3 and he gets 300K
incentives and is officially the biggest bargain in MLB
※ 編輯: saiulbb (61.64.153.97), 02/10/2016 09:07:58
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