Brandon Webb to Texas Rangers

[BREWCREW5]

Good to see Webb isnt going to the ScRubs.

 

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/...with-Brandon-Webb-122610

[Brewer Fever]

More importantly, he's not going to Cincy or St. Louis.

[mothershipconnection]

More importantly, he's not going to Cincy or St. Louis.

 

Every time a guy like this is linked to a rival, I think to myself "he'll struggle and be rusty with anyone else, but is just destined to regain form if he plays in our division". We really shouldn't be that nervous about guys likely to miss time and not be very good their first year back, but I still am for some reason.

[RockCoCougars]

I was hoping that someone in the division would toss some cash at him because I think he's done. He's been hitting 84 mph on his fastball in workouts and guys with major shoulder issues tend to have unsuccessful comebacks.

[jjkoestler]

The base deal is worth $3m. Could be up to $8-10m with incentives.

http://www.mlbtraderumors...agreement-with-webb.html

[Funketown]

I'm happy we didn't throw $3MM at him. From everything I've heard, his fastball is sitting around 84MPH, down from around 88 in his heyday.

[DHonks]

funketown, he's been throwing for a few months. There's no reason to think his velocity won't come back! The bigger issue is that they never figured out what was wrong with the arm, just that Andrews/Peterson recommended he lower his arm slot

[Warning Track Power]

More importantly, he's not going to Cincy or St. Louis.

 

Every time a guy like this is linked to a rival, I think to myself "he'll struggle and be rusty with anyone else, but is just destined to regain form if he plays in our division". We really shouldn't be that nervous about guys likely to miss time and not be very good their first year back, but I still am for some reason.

My god mothership, you and I are on the same wavelength. I was terrified of the Cards signing him and Duncan working his voodoo on him and watching him regain his Cy Young form.

 

 

[RockCoCougars]

funketown, he's been throwing for a few months. There's no reason to think his velocity won't come back! The bigger issue is that they never figured out what was wrong with the arm, just that Andrews/Peterson recommended he lower his arm slot

Sounds to me like the type of things that we were hearing about Teddy Higuera 18 or 19 years ago. He may start throwing fairly well in workouts again, and then there will most likely be another setback. The list of pitchers that have came back effectively from major shoulder issues is very, very short

[Funketown]

funketown, he's been throwing for a few months. There's no reason to think his velocity won't come back! The bigger issue is that they never figured out what was wrong with the arm, just that Andrews/Peterson recommended he lower his arm slot

I thought he'd been throwing longer than that (like 6-8 months). I'm still skeptical that he'll be able to bring his velocity back up, given that he's essentially out of baseball for 2 years now.

[RedFlash2]

Good to see Webb isnt going to the ScRubs.

 

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/...with-Brandon-Webb-122610

No offense, but the Cubs pulled out of the Webb "sweepstakes", if you can call that, awhile ago. Most in the org feels Webb won't pitch till July and IMO he won't be all that good. In fact I think there is a good chance that guys like Wells and Gorzy will have better 2011 then Webb. So.......there's that.

 

[Invader3K]

RedFlash2 wrote:

No offense, but the Cubs pulled out of the Webb "sweepstakes", if you can call that, awhile ago. Most in the org feels Webb won't pitch till July and IMO he won't be all that good. In fact I think there is a good chance that guys like Wells and Gorzy will have better 2011 then Webb. So.......there's that.

Yeah, I don't get why people were talking like Webb would be able to make an immediate impact at the major league level. That's why I was really questioning why the Brewers should go after him, as some were suggesting.