Volquez available

[DHonks]

Saw Edinson Volquez was DFA'd. I'd definitely take a chance on him. He's still recovering from arm surgery, has a great arm, has had success, and is only 30. He'd be a power arm that could help us next year. Kind of reminds me of when we got Pete Harnisch late in a year and he threw well. Unfortunately we let him go and he had a nice run with the Reds. Hideo nomo as well. At the very least, he could be a David Weathers. Weathers was awful til we put him in the pen and he wound up having a very good career

[craigharmann]

Couldn't be worse than Aaron Laffey or Micah Owings, could he?

[paul253]

Wonder what SD is looking for in return.

[narwhalattack]

Wonder what SD is looking for in return.

 

Considering they just DFA'd him and that he's had a horrible season, probably not much.

[mothershipconnection]

I wouldn't take him for free right now. He's paid too much, sucks more than our current options, and would block an opportunity to evaluate a Nelson or Hellweg, I'd be totally cool with a minor league deal or cheap MLB deal for next year, though. Our pen will likely need a few additions after Axford and Gonzalez walk and we suffer inevitable injuries.

[umphrey]

He was only marginally useful because he went to Petco and his HR rate plummeted. If he's pitching in Miller Park, it's going to go up again, and he's the same useless player the Reds let go.

[JohnBriggs12]

Well, an optimist might look at the year Francisco Liriano is having and think the same could happen with Volquez. He was good once, albeit in 2008. But the thing about Liriano, if you looked at his game logs the last few years, occasionally he would toss in a gem. He just wasn't doing it with any consistency and his bad outings were bad. But the talent was still there.

 

Volquez on the other hand has had several nice starts mixed in there, but nothing one would classify as dominant and when he's been bad, he's been real bad. He'll get a look somewhere, but given the number of guys the Brewers need to sort through, not sure if the Brewers would or should be interested.

[Fear The Chorizo]

in addition to his arm troubles, wasn't he also busted for PEDs when trying to recover?

 

no thanks on mr. volquez