Comments on: No Surprise: Keith Law Hates Benoit Deal

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:31:42 +0000

The Tigers relievers racked up 25 losses last year, not to mention the losses that were tagged to the starters when the relievers let inherited runners score. Maybe they overpaid, but to say the 8th inning is not the place to spend money is moronic. It was beyond a doubt their biggest need, just look at their Major league rankes.

Avg – 7th
Runs – 11th
OBP – 9th
SLG – 11th

ERA – 24th
BB – 14th
K’s – 24th
Whip – 21st

With Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello as the 1st 3 starters, and Valverde having a great year, it’s pretty obvious middle relief was the problem. Actually, they really should grab another quality bullpen arm before addressing anything else

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:37:46 +0000

I believe it was a good deal for two reasons. The first reason as aforementioned is that it fills a void left by Coke, but the reason I like the deal is that the signing should mean that Joel Zumaya won’t be depended on as much. If you can cut down his innings maybe he can stay healthy for a year.

By: Lee Panas

Lee Panas — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:18:37 +0000

I agree Kurt. National writers are almost never good at analyzing individual teams. The local writers know so much more about their teams.

By: Cedric

Cedric — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:15:05 +0000

Keith Law or any other espn reporter is biased towards yankees and red sox. They think its them two teams, then the rest. He’s probably just upset that he didn’t go to one of those teams.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:17:28 +0000

Detroit never gets much respect on the national level. With that being said, this deal definitely addresses a need for the Tigers if they plan on moving Phil Coke into the rotation. However, I’m not so happy on the terms of the contract. Benoit had a career year last season, but is still a pitcher with a career 4.5 ERA. I’m not sold that he is worth that kind of money. We’ll see if he returns to the same form for the Tigers next season.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:07:41 +0000

I find it hard to ever take Law seriously, or any of the national writers. You need a more intimate knowledge of teams to really know what pieces fit or don’t fit, and trying to cookie cutter every team into a national agenda for what it should look like will seldom result in good analysis.