The Cubs signed Hong Chih Kuo to a minor league contract according to Patrick Mooney.
#Cubs have signed Hong-Chih Kuo, an All-Star in 2010, to a minor-league deal. He will report to Mesa.
— Patrick Mooney (@CSNMooney) June 4, 2012
Kuo was once a pretty good reliever. Taking the average of the non-Fans projections available on Fangraphs gives us these percentiles for Kuo.
| % | G | GS | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | HBP | SO | RA | ERA | FIP | WAR |
| 80% | 50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 59 | 3.24 | 2.70 | 2.16 | 1.3 |
| 65% | 48 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 52 | 3.73 | 3.14 | 2.85 | 0.8 |
| Baseline | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 46 | 4.21 | 3.59 | 3.54 | 0.3 |
| 35% | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 4.69 | 4.04 | 4.23 | 0.0 |
| 20% | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 5.18 | 4.48 | 4.92 | -0.2 |
These were pre-season projections so we would need to adjust the playing time to be more accurate. Kuo is coming off an injury so I wouldn't put a lot of weight into these projections. He was dominating in 2010 and terrible in 2011. The walk rate was out of control last season.
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0.3 WAR? He’s probably the best reliever in the bullpen! (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
He could be this team’s MVP.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
If he reaches his projections he’s definitely the best reliever this team has. I could see a world in which two players who were DFA’d are the Cubs best relievers (Camp and Kuo). (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
I guess Carrie Muskat tweeted that they aren’t going to call up Rizzo for interleague play. I think they don’t want to start an argument about whether he should stay up, just a guess.
joshQuote Reply
Apparently there is a game on now.
joshQuote Reply
Game stream if anyone is interested.
http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/55141/1/san-francisco-giants-vs-chicago-cubs-live-stream-online.html
pinetarQuote Reply
Shark just wants to win
BerseliusQuote Reply
Michael Bowden ———–> Iowa after clearing waivers
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Real men get their own run support.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
F7 not fooling anyone so far.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
He could still work out of this jam.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Fucking nasty splitfinger.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He did just hang clown shoes on Theriot though (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Theriot had as much chance versus that pitch as I have right now in my living room.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Oooh, lucky…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Nice recovery from F7 there.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Awesome. Everyone knows you blow the ball past Theriot and make him look foolish.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
86 mph splitter that changed planes of existence.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Gameday makes it look like Vogelsong’s slider isn’t sliding.
jtsunamiQuote Reply
Huh, that was strike three.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
F7 isn’t going to last long in this game.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Whew.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Agreed. 3 IP, 69 pitches (42 strikes), 4 H, 3 BB, 4 K and some of these outs have been tagged.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Pagan really had a good year in 2010.
joshQuote Reply
It’s pretty amazing what Soriano has done on one leg in the last 3-4 weeks.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Skimming through Keith Law’s chat. so far 80% of the questions have been “will team X take Giolito” (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/minor-leagues/2012-mlb-draft-day-one.html
mb21Quote Reply
Ugh
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