No one hates Carlos Silva more than I do.I hated him from the moment the M's signed him in December 2007. The Twins considered DFAing Silva after he was awful from 2004-2006. During that time, opponents were hitting .300+ against him. Silva shocked the world by putting together a decent season in 2007, shockingly, his walk year to free agency.
Somehow, Silva's agent defrauded the M's into believing that Silva was an "innings eater" who would perform even better outside of the Metrodome. Bill Bavasi drove a truckload of money to Silva's house and was easily the high bidder when no one wanted him. Not surprisingly, the Twins made no effort to re-sign Silva and called up a AAA starter instead.
Carlos Silva must be released as soon as possible.
He can't pitch, teammates don't like him (he affects so-called "team chemistry"), reporters don't like him, and he's preventing better, younger players from showing their stuff. We'll never know if Jason Vargas or Garrett Olsen can pitch unless we open a slot for them -- Silva's slot. At the very least, the club will improve simply by not having him pitch.
He can't pitch, teammates don't like him (he affects so-called "team chemistry"), reporters don't like him, and he's preventing better, younger players from showing their stuff. We'll never know if Jason Vargas or Garrett Olsen can pitch unless we open a slot for them -- Silva's slot. At the very least, the club will improve simply by not having him pitch.
Jack Z, for the good of the ballclub, please put Carlos Silva out of his misery. And do Miguel Batista next.
I'll go out on a limb and say that the M's either:
ReplyDeletea) cut Silva before June 1
b) put him on the DL
c) put Silva in long relief and elevate someone else to starter (Bautista?) when Rowland-Smith is due to come off the DL
d) trade his contract for another bad contract
In any event, I think he's off the team by June 1. Good riddance.
And Bautista is next. Hopefully gone by July, August or sooner.
I think we're all in hate agreement about Silva's crappiness. But we're still on the hook for another two years, $24 mil, that's a tough pill to swallow. I'm not saying we should let him pitch, but can't we send him to Tacoma, hope he pitches well and then try to unload him. Maybe that's just wishful thinking, but it seems a waste to just cut him.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Miggy's weird and inconsistent, but he bailed us out last weekend and his ERA is surprisingly decent.