Colby Lewis insurance

by eshock on Mar 23, 2007 1:15 PM PDT Comment 9 comments

Okay, a cast off from the horrendous staff of the Nats, I like the signing. The A's signed Colby Lewis to a minor league contract. He's reporting to the Rivercats, so I don't know if its diary-worthy. But, considering he's 6'4" and 230 and 27 years old, I think his signing points to that he's not a prospect and yet another live arm project.

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Combining all those numbers,

he's a prospect to eat Blanton, but that's about it.

Maybe the A's feel "27 years old" is the undervalued commodity right now...

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by Nico on Mar 23, 2007 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that age + A's training staff

= all-too-likely death for Colby Lewis...well, maybe if he was just a little bit better at his craft, anyway.

Who's next, by the way, Tim Redding?

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by Cutthemullet on Mar 25, 2007 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Had rotator cuff surgery in 2004

Link to lengthy breakdown of Lewis' career from a Nats blogger. Two pitch-pitcher with a low 90s fastball at least pre-operation, lets see if we can teach him to throw sidearm or something to regain his former potential.

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by eshock on Mar 23, 2007 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Basically, if Colby Lewis

is your insurance, you should seriously look into switching to GEICO.

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by Nico on Mar 23, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

"15 minutes could save you .15% of your team's payroll"

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by Cutthemullet on Mar 25, 2007 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like

a candidate for the bullpen. He has had very little success as a starter in the majors, but if he has at least 2 good pitches he can make it in the 'pen. Either Beane is seriously desperate or he's thinking this guy's future is as a reliever.

by Philip Christy on Mar 24, 2007 3:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

2 things to like about signing Mr. Lewis

Last year's Rivercats rotation included two 30 year old pitchers who combined have less big league time than Colby Lewis.

Colby Lewis pitched well against the A's when he was with Texas.

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by grover on Mar 24, 2007 8:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Forgot to mention

The A's were interested in signing Lewis to a minor league contract at the start of FA but lost out to Washington. So this is a signing the A's have been trying to accomplish for a long time.

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by grover on Mar 24, 2007 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

nationals

they might as well hold open tryouts at this point...let's face it, Colby Lewis' confidence had to take a hit when he couldn't make that squad of castoffs.

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by Cutthemullet on Mar 25, 2007 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs