Trevor Cahill - Could he surprise us this year?

[82CardsGrad]

Cahill blows, but he is only part of the equation. Remove his numbers entirely and our staff still has an ERA of 5.8... good for 2nd to last in the entire league.

Among the players there is no individual so terrible that they deserve a majority of the blame. I hope you're starting to come around on what a massive screw job Kevin Towers has pulled on this franchise.

100+ million dollars and a drainage of the farm system to produce an absolute turd of a baseball team... that was built to "win now". Barring some miracle work by whoever replaces KT, its probably going to get worse before it gets better.

When you lose your #1 and you are not the Yankees, or Dodgers, your rotation will certainly take a major hit... IMO, Cahill is exceedingly horrendous. The balance of the rotation deserves a few more starts before we pass total judgement. But not Cahill... He simply sucks and yes, will go down as a major miss by KT...


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[SunCityCarl]

From Dbacks twitter account: "@Dbacks: #Dbacks place infielder Eric Chavez on the 15-day DL with a sprained left knee and designate pitcher Trevor Cahill for assignment. (2/2)"

 

[AZ Native]

Surprise surprise surprise...

 

[Phrazbit]

Wow... DFA with nearly 20 mil left on his contract. Having seen him in public during the off season, I must say, I've never been less impressed with an athlete in person.

 

[overseascardfan]

Wow... DFA with nearly 20 mil left on his contract. Having seen him in public during the off season, I must say, I've never been less impressed with an athlete in person.

Trading for him was a big mistake but to be fair Parker has not been able to stay off the DL. In fact, Brett Anderson who we gave up in the Haren deal had injury issues as well.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I can't stand that schlub but hopefully he gets to Visalia and figures it out.

 

[Mulli]

Leave Hot Fudge alone!

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[DWKB]

Trading for him was a big mistake but to be fair Parker has not been able to stay off the DL. In fact, Brett Anderson who we gave up in the Haren deal had injury issues as well.

If you want to really be fair, you've got to point out that Parker has cost the A's less than $1M total so far (or about $200k more than just Cahill's buy out options of that horrid contract we signed him). For a small-to-mid market team, salary matters, not just performance. Pitching is flaky and having cheap young under control horses in your stable is invaluable to a team on a budget. If it doesn't pan out you still have flexibility to maneuver.

 

[Phrazbit]

Trading for him was a big mistake but to be fair Parker has not been able to stay off the DL. In fact, Brett Anderson who we gave up in the Haren deal had injury issues as well.

Parker has pitched 378 innings since that trade and cost Oakland just under 500k per season to do so, Cahill has pitched 387 innings, has cost the Dbacks about 13 million so far and they owe him another 17 mil over the next season
and a half. And thats just financially. Statistically Parker has been clearly the superior player.

On top of that we tossed Ryan Cook into the trade. Over 157 relief appearances with Oakland he has a 2.39 ERA and has been an All-Star.

Even if Cook was ignored, I'd rather have Parker making 500k on the DL than Cahill healthy and on our roster.

 

[BC867]

Trading for him was a big mistake but to be fair Parker has not been able to stay off the DL. In fact, Brett Anderson who we gave up in the Haren deal had injury issues as well.

It doesn't even matter whom we traded for Fatty. He has tied up a spot on the roster, first in the rotation and now in the bullpen.

He has had one good season, his second. All the rest have been mediocre.

When a team admits its mistake by dumping an over-priced failure, it is not something of which they should be proud. A mistake is a mistake.

 

[Lefty]

Don't forget the Trumbo trade and how much more debt that put the team in. Very similar to the Parker/Cahill trade. I can't see how LaRussa can keep Towers on after this year unless he wants the team to continue to finish close to the basement every year with terrible contracts to pay.