Micah Owings?

[Kelbysdaddy]

Owings was just dfa'd by the reds. i think he would be a good fit with the crew. better than parra and narveson and having his bat along with wolf and gallardo would give the brewers one of the best hitting rotation.

[Never Outhustled]

Owings was just dfa'd by the reds. i think he would be a good fit with the crew. better than parra and narveson and having his bat along with wolf and gallardo would give the brewers one of the best hitting rotation.

 

 

I too have interest in him, but how is he better, or even different, than Parra? Both had a decent season their 1st year as starters, and have been bad since. Owings hasn't been any better as a reliever than Parra has been as a starter this year.

[dlk9s]

I didn't even know he was still playing.

[DHonks]

He has a nice sinker. At the very least, I see him as a long man in the pen. Potentially, given his minor league stats, he could wind up a #4 starter

[Crash2303]

if you factor in what he gives you offensively per game, does that make him better than Parra/Narveson? Is there a stat that qualifies a pitcher's total offensive/pitching team worth?

[JohnBriggs12]

His WHIP the last 2 seasons is 1.59 which is considerably worse than Narveson's 1.41 over that same time, so I wouldn't consider him an upgrade. Owings control has gotten worse every year.

 

Offensively, he's got more power than Narveson, but their career BA are almost identical, .293 for Owings to .289 for Narveson. But Narveson's been fantastic in the clutch, hitting .500 with RISP this year.

 

I'd would take Owings over Parra but he's really still a 5th starter and as a 5th starter, I prefer Narveson. It wouldn't hurt to bring him in say if they were to unload Bush to someone and take a look though.

[HiAndTight]

His WHIP the last 2 seasons is 1.59 which is considerably worse than Narveson's 1.41 over that same time, so I wouldn't consider him an upgrade. Owings control has gotten worse every year.

 

Offensively, he's got more power than Narveson, but their career BA are almost identical, .293 for Owings to .289 for Narveson. But Narveson's been fantastic in the clutch, hitting .500 with RISP this year.

 

I'd would take Owings over Parra but he's really still a 5th starter and as a 5th starter, I prefer Narveson. It wouldn't hurt to bring him in say if they were to unload Bush to someone and take a look though.

I'm honestly not trying to be a jerk here at all, but should this be in blue? Is this a little "tongue in cheek" type comment? I mean, 12 at bats?

 

 

Anyway, as for the greater point, I would take Parra over him all day long. Owings to me isn't a good pitcher and there's little to no hope he will become a good pitcher. Parra at least offers hope he will become good.

 

Owings for his career; 5.11 ERA, 5.03 FIP, 5.10 FIPx

Parra for his career; 5.22 ERA; 4.46 FIP, 4.20 FIPx

 

Plus Parra's throwing about 93 MPH this year whereas Owings is sitting at about 89. Not that that in and of itself is a significant stat, but I prefer to go with the power arm who can miss bats and hope he can improve his command than the guy who doesn't miss a whole lot of AB's.

 

Plus, for their career, Owings has about a .289 BABIP. Parra's got a .352. One can only hope Parra's comes down, though I'm guessing it'll always be higher than average, even bringing it down to a .315 would be a monumental improvement to his overall numbers.

 

Basically, if he can do that, and cut down on the walks, no small order, but if he can he at least offers the ability to be a #3 starter(or better). Owings offers the ability to be a #5 who can hit.

[jerichoholicninja]

Bring him in to replace Prince at first.

 

Owings Career

.293/.323/.538/.861 20 ab/hr

 

Fielder Career

.281/.384/.540/.924 15 ab/hr

 

Owings has a higher average and their slugging percentages are identical. If Owings could get regular at bats I imagine his walk rate would increase and he could be a very useful hitter.

[thevaccinator27]

Brooks Kieschnick 2.0

[DHonks]

as a 25th man, we could do a lot worse than Owings. He's a lot more useful than Gomez