Veteran free agent starter Cliff Lee has been cleared by doctors to begin
working his way back to the hill, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports on
Twitter. Lee has already begun throwing and intends to pitch in 2016 so long
as he can find the right opportunity.
There figures to be no shortage of interest in the one-time ace. Clubs pay
good money for the right to take risks on injured players all the time, but
rarely is there as much upside as comes with Lee.
True, Lee is already 37 years of age and is looking to return after a lengthy
rehab from a partially torn flexor tendon. But he’s also thrown at an
exceedingly high level as recently as 2014. Though he only put up a 3.65
earned run average in his 81 1/3 innings that year, Lee carried a 6.00 K:BB
rate and drew ratings from metrics that valued his effort in the 3.00
earned-per-nine range.
Of course, Lee has also shown much more prior to that season. He racked up
over 220 frames per season over 2011 through 2013, working to a cumulative
2.80 ERA in that span while striking out a batter per inning and walking less
than one-and-a-half per nine.
It goes without saying that Lee’s past success guarantees nothing moving
forward. He might re-injure his arm. Or he might have reduced velocity,
movement, and/or command. But even a lesser version of Lee would likely be a
productive big league asset, and there’s hope of much more. Assuming he
continues on track to throw in 2016, Lee will be a fascinating player to
watch on the market.
受傷所苦 原本還想退休的Cliff Lee還想再戰2016
2015整年報銷 費城人以12.5M買斷
明年37的他希望繼續大聯盟生涯 看有沒有球隊有興趣 可能是個不錯的福袋
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