Jeff Fassero retires

JoseA · 02-09-2007, 09:18 PM

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Jeff Fassero is retiring from baseball after winning 121 games over 16 major league seasons.

The 44-year-old lefty, cut by the San Francisco Giants in May, worked out for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Feb. 2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

For some reason I always like the guy, I thought he was a good solid pitcher. I espically like him when he pitched for the Cubs. 16 seasons was a pretty good career..

Goose · 02-09-2007, 09:34 PM

Heh. I remember back before I had a better understanding of baseball, that I though the Mariners had one of the best pitchers in baseball because of what Fassero did for the Mariners in 97 and 98. If he were 10 years younger when he put up those numbers, that might of been true.

Nimajneb · 02-09-2007, 09:47 PM

Loved him in '97, hated him in '99... 4-14, no excuse for letting a pitcher start 24 games with a 7.38 ERA. And then there was Ken Cloude in the same year, with an ERA of 7.98 in 72 innings... and the year of Brian Hunter.

The ultimate expression of a team unable to accomplish replacement level talent... and they still almost made it to .500. *sigh*

Goose · 02-09-2007, 09:52 PM

Well, they let Joel Pineiro run a 6.36 ERA in 165.2 innings last year.

Nimajneb · 02-09-2007, 10:01 PM

And I was ranting about it the whole time. It never ceases to amaze how long a major league team will stick with a failing player.

And then you take that same pitcher out of his nice, friendly Safeco Field and pay him 4 mil to work out of the bullpen in Fenway?

The Mets are paying much less for Chan Ho Park.

JoseA · 02-09-2007, 10:09 PM

Is Jesse Orosco still pitching?

Hes getting up there in age if he is, I dont remember

Nimajneb · 02-10-2007, 03:06 AM

Nah, Orosco's last year, in the majors at least, was '03. We're still blessed with Jamie Moyer though (because he's still effective).

Goose · 02-10-2007, 04:09 AM

Like I told a friend of mine the other day. When Felix Hernandez retires, Jamie Moyer will still be pitching to Julio Franco.

Nocahoma · 02-11-2007, 02:04 AM

Orosco and Moyer aren't very comparables at all. Orosco was an extreme LOOGY for the last several years in MLB (albeit a very good LOOGY), but how many teams can afford to take up a roster spot with a guy that faces a batter or two per week??

Moyer is still starting, is he not? I heard his Father-in-Law (Digger Phelps) talking on the radio a while back, joking about how he's still playing.

Nimajneb · 02-11-2007, 03:05 AM

I wasn't really comparing them by style, Noca... simply by age. It always used to aggravate me to no end to hear some compare John Halama and Jamie Moyer, and that was a helluva lot closer than Orosco.

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Nimajneb Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 760	Loved him in '97, hated him in '99... 4-14, no excuse for letting a pitcher start 24 games with a 7.38 ERA. And then there was Ken Cloude in the same year, with an ERA of 7.98 in 72 innings... and the year of Brian Hunter. The ultimate expression of a team unable to accomplish replacement level talent... and they still almost made it to .500. sigh

02-09-2007, 10:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nimajneb Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 760	And I was ranting about it the whole time. It never ceases to amaze how long a major league team will stick with a failing player. And then you take that same pitcher out of his nice, friendly Safeco Field and pay him 4 mil to work out of the bullpen in Fenway? The Mets are paying much less for Chan Ho Park.

02-10-2007, 03:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nimajneb Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 760	Nah, Orosco's last year, in the majors at least, was '03. We're still blessed with Jamie Moyer though (because he's still effective).

02-11-2007, 02:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nocahoma Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,238	Orosco and Moyer aren't very comparables at all. Orosco was an extreme LOOGY for the last several years in MLB (albeit a very good LOOGY), but how many teams can afford to take up a roster spot with a guy that faces a batter or two per week?? Moyer is still starting, is he not? I heard his Father-in-Law (Digger Phelps) talking on the radio a while back, joking about how he's still playing.

02-11-2007, 03:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
Nimajneb Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 760	I wasn't really comparing them by style, Noca... simply by age. It always used to aggravate me to no end to hear some compare John Halama and Jamie Moyer, and that was a helluva lot closer than Orosco.