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2011
Mets Acquire LHP Daniel Herrera and RHP Adrian Rosario To Complete K-Rod Deal
An article by Hojo's Mojo
The New York Mets today announced the team acquired lefthanded pitcher Daniel Herrera and righthanded pitcher Adrian Rosario from the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade that sent righthanded pitcher Francisco Rodriguez and cash considerations to the Brewers on July 12.
Herrera, 26, appeared in two games with the Brewers this season after he was claimed off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on May 23, 2011. He was 1-4 with a 2.20 ERA (15 earned runs/61.1 innings) three saves and 54 strikeouts in 46 combined games this season between Louisville (AAA) of the International League and Nashville (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League.
The 5-6, 165-pounder went 1-3 with a 3.91 ERA (10 earned runs/23.0 innings) in 36 games with the Reds in 2010. The Odessa, TX native appeared in 70 games as a rookie with the Reds in 2009, going 4-4 with a 3.06 ERA (21 earned runs/61.2 innings).
Herrera is 5-7 with a 3.94 ERA (41 earned runs/93.2 innings) in 115 major league games with the Reds and Brewers. He has allowed 110 hits, issued 34 walks and notched 66 strikeouts.
Rosario, 21, is 4-6 with a 4.32 ERA (48 earned runs/100.0 innings) with 81 strikeouts in 35 games, 14 starts combined between Brevard Country (A) of the Florida State League and Wisconsin (A) of the Midwest League this season.
The Santiago, Dominican Republic native was claimed by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2010 Rule 5 Draft but was returned to the Brewers on March 24. Rosario began the year with Brevard County, going 4-5 with a 5.83 ERA (43 earned runs/66.1 innings) in 16 games, 14 starts. He moved to the bullpen exclusively with Wisconsin. In 19 games with the Timber Rattlers, Rosario was 0-1 with five saves and 1.34 ERA (five earned runs/33.2 innings) with 42 strikeouts.
The righthander is 16-19 with a 4.64 ERA (146 earned runs/283.0 innings) in 94 minor league games, 29 starts with 122 walks and 236 strikeouts. He was originally signed by Milwaukee as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2006.
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let’s see, if the brewers win the WS this year, and this kids continue to suck, i wonder what the alderson’s apoligist would say down the road.. is funny how some ppl would criticize omar for his “after the facts” draft picks and signing, yet give out no prediction as to what the players alderson is getting will do.. ohh, wait, they do, nommi and wheeler are the saviors of the franchiZe and future Hof’s
Nommi?
More lies that you are making up, not ONE person ever said they are saviors, or even said they are going to be good. They said they have high ceiling potential, and it was said by actual professionals TOO.
One day, you will learn how to comprehend what you read and stop making up lies to post just to see your name in print on a blog.
LMAO <– This is all I have to say on the matter.
The Mets traded K-Rod for two guys who will be driving trucks in 3 years….
lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought LMAO was all you had to say.
Wow Alex. Alderson doesn’t even have one season under belt and you’re hating on him this bad? Sadly he has to rip the guts out of the entire system in order to get this right. Give him a few years and then make up your mind. He’s going to have draft right (he’s had only one so far), and get rid of some dead weight with bloated contracts i.e. Frankie Rodriguez, and Jason Bay (hopefully). Hell Frank Cashen didn’t build the 86 Mets overnight like your asking of Alderson. That isn’t fair at all. Do these kids look like world beaters? Of course not, but common sense told you they weren’t getting much for Rodriguez because of his contract situation. I was happy that Alderson found a sucker to take him.
sucker to take him?? a sucker who will get 2 draft picks for him?? while all we got is a minime pitcher and a guy with a 4.64 ERA in the minors????
by the 3rd yeard of cashen the mets were a 90 win team, aka, at least a wild card winner nowadays.. i understand we need to give him time, but also can we stop praising him as some sort of genious, savior, king or godsend? ppl defend him at all cost when he had a terrible offseason this past year, and is shaping up to be even WORST this upcoming one.. he’s already making up excuses to trade wright or not to sign reyes.. watch santana be gone this upcoming season as well
Correct me if I’m wrong but the only way that the Brewers get draft pick compensation is if they offer him arbitration? Again I may be wrong but ddoesn’t arbitration also have to be some percentage above current salary? Who in their right mind would offer K-Rod MORE? And even if they did, who would top that and still give up two picks? Again I could be wrong or operating under the old rules so I apologize if that is the case.
and quite frankly, they will offer him arb, his agent is scott boras, he believes that even a 1 year deal will be better than what the arb is for.. and no, arb would be an avg of the salary of the closers, sometimes is more, sometimes is less. is like 80% of current salary..
here the CORE got your back
: http://jameslincolnray.suite101.com/how-baseball-arbitration-works-a45599
Milwaukee WIll offer arbitration. Since he’s repped by Scott Boras, K-Rod won’t be accepting arbitration. The Brewers already have a top end closer in Axford and both Boras and Rodriguez will go somewhere where he’ll be the closer. Because of this fact the Brewers will gladly offer arbitration to get 2 picks in June ’12. If K-Rod signs with a team outside of the top 15 in draft order Milwaukee will get an extra pick from 16-30 + a Supplemental 1st round pick.
Now, I’m not bashing Alderson for this trade at all, but I will say that neither Rosario nor Herrera is likely as talented as a top 30 draft choice or 1st Rd sandwich pick. On the plus side for the Mets is that Herrera will likely join the team now and they’ll get to see what they’ve got for next year. However, he’s likely not more than a LOOGY: Lifetime MLB splits: VS RHB-.373/.428/.549 slash line (231 Plate App.); VS LHB .213/.278/.306 (183 Plate App.)
Those are solid numbers against lefty hitters. If he can do that for the Mets we wont need Byrdak back.
No one knows the future, but this kid Danny Herrera is a great story. He’s really a very good athlete. Read more about him here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=4251819
Herrera may not be as good as Bobby Schantz or Billy Pierce, two smallish lefties in the 1950′s, but maybe he is. BTW, Schantz was only 5’7″ and Pierce 5’10″. Both were great and would match up competitively against the best lefties in the game today. Their records were outstanding over long periods of time.
Daniel Herrera is 5-6 165 lbs.? Shouldn’t he be a jockey instead of a pitcher? How doesn’t his arm fall off?
Oh come now, you are being to harsh. There are may little people who have shown they could pitch. Colonel Tom Thumb for example, and then there’s Tiny Tim.
No that’s cool I hope this guy turns out to be great. I’m only 5-7 so trust me I’m rooting for him. When I first saw 5-6 I thought that was his record but then I saw his weight…
WhaT the article doesn’t tell you is that he has orange skin and green hair.
does he make chocolate, sing songs and look really friggin creepy?
Am I the only one that remembers that this trade wasn’t to try to pick up top level prospects? It was a salary dump.
Yes it was a salary dump that came with $6MM cash and a couple of first rounders for the BrewCrew. It was also a 2011 season dump for our bullpen and team.
No, you’re not and I’m happy to see at least one Met fan gets it.
I wouldn’t have cared if we got nothing back in return, as long as we dumped that 17.5 MIL. Two minor leaguers is just icing on the cake.
Holding on to KRod with that salary for another potential .500 team in 2012 is foolish, for any team. Not sure why some Met fans don’t understand this point.
You want to pay KRod 17 million next year to close for you? If you do not, what are you complaining about? Unless you just like complaining. He would have already finished 55 games with this bullpen.
The only problem is that allegedly K-Rod was willing to re-negotiate the option with the Mets. And apparently it’s true since soon after the trade the Brewers got with Boras and got out of that option by making it a mutual option rather than player only option. Also allegedly the Mets considered doing that but thought trading him was the better option. What that tells me is that Alderson is not particularly enamored with Rodriguez.
Certainly, had he stayed with the Mets and they offered arbitration, there would’ve been a slight risk of acceptance since the Mets have no established alternative (Izzy really can’t be counted, IMO). Most likely Alderson looked at Rodriguez and his violent delivery and declining velocity and saw a risky investment and decided to move on. Wise choice I would say.
Mets could not have offered arb, since the contract would have vested. And I don’t believe he was giving it up cheaply as long as he had 17.5 mill in his back pocket!
he only got rid of it with Mill for relative cheap because it had become effectively worthless to him. It was real valuable with the Mets.
no way the mets were getting draft picks.
Either the option vested (most likely) and they paid him 17.5 mill, or he renegotiated to void the option (as Alex keeps saying the Mets should have done).
execpt to drop the option, he most likely would have required a better deal, as in multi years guaranteed at large money. Otherwise, he would have been better off taking 1 more year, and becoming a FA after 2012.
and no guarantee he gets offered arb. He will have to get at least 10 mill, and more likely will win more. And if no good market opens up for him, he just might take it (not the first Boras client to do so). that lets him play the market the next year, hoping it is better.
you just can’t say that Mill and The Mets were even in close to the situation with K Rod. Apples to bowling balls here.
Assuming he gets in the Mets pen, Herrera is the only current major leaguer that throws a screwball.
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