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Pirates interested in Turnbow E-mail
Written by Pat Lackey   
Wednesday, 03 December 2008 01:02

I suppose every GM has a weakness. For a over year now, I've been intrigued watching Neal Huntington try to rebuild the Pirates, trying to figure out his plan of attack, how feasible it is, how he's different from Dave Littlefield, etc. One thing is inextricably clear: Huntington loves relievers with live arms.

News today in the PG is that the Pirates have contacted fallen Brewers' closer Derrick Turnbow about coming to Pittsburgh. If there was a Neal Huntington checklist for relievers to take a chance on, Turnbow hits every tick:

  • Lots of strikeouts (265 in 257 2/3 innings)
  • Lots of walks (168 in the same span)
  • Arm problems (partially torn labrum caused him to miss the end of 2008)
Of course, this sounds incredibly negative and there's really no need for that. Turnbow won't be expensive and like most of the other live arms that Huntington's taken a chance on, Turnbow is a guy that could at best be a huge coup for the Pirates and at worst be completely awful or not make the team. I mean, he can't be worse than Franquellis Osoria. At least, I hope he can't. I don't really want to see what that looks like.

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Marc said:

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I don't mind signing him, if nothing else, he'll be back to being ok and we have another RH out of the pen, although i see him still sucking.
 
December 03, 2008
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brian said:

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wasnt his era above 5.5 for the second half of the year
 
December 03, 2008
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Gavin said:

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This better not be anything more than a minor league deal or this is BK Kim, part 2. You'd think that NH and company have learned from that gaffe.
 
December 03, 2008
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Will said:

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Pat, we've already seen worse than Frankie Six-Fingers. The man with the highest ERA in Major League history (min. 75 IP) is none other than John Van Benschoten. Bring on Turnbow, I say. An incentive-based minor league contract shouldn't be a problem. He'll either implode again, which would be no big deal, or he'll be healthy and remember how to throw strikes at least SOME of the time, which would give us another good option out of the pen.
 
December 03, 2008
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gregschuler said:

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If Turnbow passes the physical, it's still not 100% certain he won't completely tear his labrum and eventually need surgery.

Are power relievers with diminished control the new market inefficiency?
 
December 03, 2008
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Bishop said:

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Give the guy a shot. It's not like this team is going to contend next year anyway, and if he turns out OK, he can be traded at the deadline.
 
December 04, 2008
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