The release of Justin Speier.

Written by Joe Veno on August 12, 2009 – 12:56 PM -

Fangraphs has a good, short and sweet piece about Justin Speier.  And I guess this is why four year deals should be reviewed very long by the club doling them out, especially when it comes to relievers.

Speier had one really good year with the Blue Jays in 2006, FIP of 3.56.  Then, in his first season with the Angels, Speier had anoter solid season (3.88 FIP).  But since then, he has been nothing short of horrendous, at least in terms of relievers.

Over the past two seasons, Justin Speier has shown us an FIP over 5.00, and ERA’s that reside above 5.00 as well.  His K rate and walk rate are still solid enough, but as Fangraphs mentioned, his home runs allowed are ridiculous.  This season, per nine, he was allowing 1.58 homers.  That is too high for a guy that comes in to get out only a few outs, too high for anyone for that matter.

And this is why I should do my blogging before I peruse the blogs/articles on other sites.  I always come across something that I wanted or could have written, but then read it, and feel compelled do give these guys credit.  Fangraphs is a great site, but I don’t always need their help figuring out the quality of a player :)

Justin Speier could potentially help a team, because it is difficult to believe that these past two seasons are actually indicators of his true talent level.

So who will take the chance on him?

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