Interesting Bullpen Arms via San Francisco
By Mike Silva ~ October 12th, 2008. Filed under: Mike Silva.
Josh Jones over at MVN’s The Transaction Guy wrote about the San Francisco Giants out righting Tyler Walker, Kevin Correia, and Brad Hennessey. San Francisco wants to grab a couple players in the Rule-V draft and protect them all season.
Relievers are going to be a Mets focus all off-season. Would any of these three be a cheap start to rebuilding the bullpen? The stats that I normally emphasis are hits, walks, and strikeouts versus the innings pitched. Each of their stats are as follows:
Tyler Walker – 53 innings, 47 hits, 21 BB, 49 trikeouts
Kevin Correia - 110 innings, 141 hits, 47 walks, 66 strikeouts. Also started 19 games
Brad Hennessey – 40 innings, 63 hits, 15 walks, 21 strikeouts. Also started 4 games
Out of the three Correia is the most intriguing. Howard and I always talk about what makes a valuable reliever: low walks and high strikeout rate. Correia has fit that in the past. He also has had success as as starter and reliever. It would be the perfect “Darren Oliver type” out of the pen. Tyler Walker is also interesting, but the Mets have been there and done that already.
Some might like to point out Hennessey because he has closed before. The Mets already seem to have guys like him such as Brian Stokes. Part of having a decent pitching staff is adaquate inventory. All three could fall under that category and be helpful at some point in 2009. I would think that the Mets have to at least take a look at this trio.
