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Today it was announced that Tyler Walker signed with the Nats for less than a million a year. Look at this guys stats – what am I missing? He’s had three superlative years against batters at both the AAA and Major League levels and the Nats got him at bargain basement prices. That could have been a late inning guy, is there something the Cubs know that the Nats don’t?
Everybody knows that the Cubs are looking for a 7th or 8th inning right hander, why not sign a guy under a million with Walker’s numbers? Pity that we didn’t.
Meh. I think I’d file this under “plenty of fish in the sea.” Walker’s numbers last year look decent enough – though I’d point out that his FIP was a full run higher than his ERA. He also threw only 35.1 innings, so there may be sample size issues in play here. Oh, and I’d also point out that he looks a lot older than 33 in that Rotoworld pic.