Red Sox release one-time top prospect LHP Abe Alvarez
by floridaroar
on May 12, 2008 1:23 PM EDT
From RotoWorld.com
Alvarez was once thought of as a top prospect within the organization and received all kinds of love from Peter Gammons, but began this season at Triple-A for the fourth straight year, posting a 6.46 ERA and 8/11 K/BB ratio in 15 1/3 innings. He's still just 25 years old and figures to latch on somewhere, but has a 5.14 ERA in 378 career innings at Triple-A.
Is Alvarez worth picking up to put on the Durham Bulls roster? As a one-time top prospect you'd think he must have some skills worth taking at shot at salvaging.
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He hasn't posted an ERA under 4 since 2004
Pass.
by Kevin Gengler on May 12, 2008 2:05 PM EDT 0 recs
Durham just added a solid LHP
Kirk Birkins, if no one else wants him, we can give him a few bags of chips to pitch but I don’t see us going after him.
by Dbullsfan on May 12, 2008 4:56 PM EDT 0 recs
Birkins is a RP. Alvarez is a Starter. LH are a commodity, I’d like to see the Rays take a shot at resurrecting the kid. He’s only 25, maybe being released was the wake up call he needed.
by floridaroar on May 12, 2008 6:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Serious physical problem
Gammons loved him, but (a) his stuff was never that good to begin with, (b) even most statheads were wary of him and© he’s blind in one eye, which makes his problems harder to fix than with other guys because he has no depth perception. Not worth the roster space, IMHO. Ben Hendrickson is a similar type of reclamation project in Durham right now.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on May 13, 2008 4:48 PM EDT 0 recs
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