http://sports.yahoo.com/news/red-sox-agree-to-terms-with-reliever-edward-mujica-164826949.htmlReliever Edward Mujica and the Boston Red Sox have agreed on a two-year, $9.5 million deal, sources told Yahoo Sports.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/red-sox-agree-to-terms-with-reliever-edward-mujica-164826949.htmlReliever Edward Mujica and the Boston Red Sox have agreed on a two-year, $9.5 million deal, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Rough Carrigan said:Wow. I didn't see this coming at all. I'm not sure why they felt the need to spend that money. I thought his peripherals were good but not great and we know they don't completely buy into the magical closer aura. This is a bit puzzling.
I would have thought Tazawa would be as good for that, for closing out 6 or 7 games next season as Mujica.Corsi said:
Koji pitched 90 innings last season (regular season and postseason). It'll be nice to have a guy that can close a game in a pinch when he needs a breather.
johnnywayback said:I like the signing. A guy who has closed games successfully and has consistently exhibited solid command for not much money. If he hadn't slumped a bit in the second half last year, he'd have cost a lot more (and demanded a closer job), and I think it's worth gambling that a slump was all it was.
Pilgrim said:it isnt a huge necessity, but another 80 innings of high quality RH relief was definitely on the shopping list.
Wish we knew more about what happened to him at the end of last year, though.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/29/edward-mujica-is-a-mess/
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131025&content_id=63344488&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl&tcid=tw_article_63344488Mujica admitted Friday to dealing with a mild groin strain since mid-September, which coincides with his late-season struggles. He said the injury was concentrated on his right side, his push-off leg, and it affected his delivery but has since healed with rest.
"My groin was bothering me, but I was trying to keep going, trying to help the team win. But you know, it [didn't] happen," Mujica said. "The first five months [of the season], it was an unbelievable [time] in my career. September, I had bad outings. Bad things are going to happen."
https://twitter.com/ScottLauber/status/408644786791280640In July, when #RedSox were looking for a stable closer, one team official pointed to Cardinals and said, "We need to find our Mujica"
He pitched 2 innings according to bref.Corsi said:
His slump was really only the final 7.1 innings in September. He pitched 9 innings in the postseason and posted a 2.79 ERA and 1.138 WHIP.
bosox79 said:He pitched 2 innings according to bref.
MentalDisabldLst said:B-ref page.
Great BB rates, throughout his career. Middling K rates, but primo K/BB as a result of the combination. And is still only 29. That said, those rates are from being in the NL, where 90% of his career innings have been: 2 years each with SDP, MIA and most recently STL.
I like the signing. Short money and years but they didn't "go cheap".
jsinger121 said:It definitely is a weird signing as in his only AL stint from 2006-2008 with Cleveland he was bad two of those 3 years.
foulkehampshire said:I like it. The price of free agent relievers is only going to go up from now. Better bet than Bailey to stay healthy.
Shit, Joe Smith got 3 years/15.75 mil.
Rough Carrigan said:Wow. I didn't see this coming at all. I'm not sure why they felt the need to spend that money. I thought his peripherals were good but not great and we know they don't completely buy into the magical closer aura. This is a bit puzzling.
mt8thsw9th said:I don't get this move at all. Why would they want a really good reliever who throws strikes for reasonable money?
drbretto said:Solid reliever, costing only reasonable cash. I'll take these all off-season.