Sox add Mujica

[BSN07]

The Red Sox have agreed to terms on a two-year, $9.5MM contract with right-hander Edward Mujica, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Mujica, who is represented by Octagon, will take a physical today, according to Passan.

 

Not bad

[mvp 78]

What??? Ben the Boob should be signing Napoli, not wasting his time on bullpen pieces!!!

[User Name]

I'm not big on Mujica, but he's had some recent success and is death to righties. Considering the money and years some of these setup-types are getting, this looks like fair value. Palodios should be happy.

[BSN07]

What??? Ben the Boob should be signing Napoli, not wasting his time on bullpen pieces!!!

 

You're allowed to negotiate with more than one player at a time

[mvp 78]

You're allowed to negotiate with more than one player at a time

 

Stop feeding me your lies!!!

[BSN07]

Stop feeding me your lies!!!

 

Your gonna eat it and like it you lil unruly bastard

[jacksonianmarch]

This is a good signing. He was miscast as a closer, but as a setup guy, he gives you insurance should Tazawa regress

[Dojji]

Solid addition. Nice work ben.

[Palodios]

After the year Koji and Taz had, I took a hard look at the players with the highest K/BB ratio this offseason. Mujica was on the top of the list. This guy has insane control. Love the pickup.

[seabeachfred]

I'm not big on Mujica, but he's had some recent success and is death to righties. Considering the money and years some of these setup-types are getting, this looks like fair value. Palodios should be happy.

 

I saw Mujica blow a two run lead to the Angels late last Spring or early summer, so my impression of him is a bit on the bearish side, but as long as he is not our closer, and he isn't, I think he might get the job done for us. You can never have enough good arms in the bullpen, a source of strength for us this past season the way things played out. And User, if we do trade a starter as part of a big deal, Workman might just be ready to go into the rotation. Now for Napoli, right out there mvp?????

[seabeachfred]

This is a good signing. He was miscast as a closer, but as a setup guy, he gives you insurance should Tazawa regress

 

As I said in an earlier post, as long as he doesn't close. I don't like him there at all but as a set-up man this could be a good signing for us. You can never have too many good arms in the bullpen.

[Spudboy]

I like this move. A Sox strength ( the pen ) will likely remain so in 2014. I hope they jettison the two high price stiffs they signed in the past two years in Bailey and Hanrahan. Some deals just don't work out.

[User Name]

Bailey was non-tendered and Hanrahan is a FA, so you're getting your wish.

[BornToRun]

Read somewhere that Mujica, Koji, Taz, and Badenhop ranked 1,3,7, and 12 respectively in walk rate among 125 qualified relievers.

 

Having that in our bullpen is pretty awesome. Love this signing.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Sox loading up on low BB rate guys. Love it.

 

Bullpen of Uehara, Mujica, Miller, Tazawa, Breslow, Badenhop, Dempster seems very strong, particularly with Britton, Workman, and RDLR waiting in the wings.

 

7th - 8th - 9th of Breslow/Badenhop - Mujica/Taz/Miller - Uehara is really solid.

[RedSoxNC84]

Miller, Badenhop, Breslow, Taz, Koji, Mujica, + more...

 

Damn the bullpen looks even better than last year

[NZSox]

Dodgers just agreed to pay Brian Wilson 1yr/$10m+, so there's that...

[User Name]

Sox loading up on low BB rate guys. Love it.

 

Bullpen of Uehara, Mujica, Miller, Tazawa, Breslow, Badenhop, Dempster seems very strong, particularly with Britton, Workman, and RDLR waiting in the wings.

 

7th - 8th - 9th of Breslow/Badenhop - Mujica/Taz/Miller - Uehara is really solid.

 

I highly doubt Dempster pitches out of the BP next year.

[Palodios]

And as good as the bullpen seems on paper...

 

You just never know.

[RedSoxNC84]

I highly doubt Dempster pitches out of the BP next year.

 

Knowing Farrel, Dempster starts and Doubront is in the pen

[RedSoxNC84]

And as good as the bullpen seems on paper...

 

You just never know.

 

Well of course, I'm sure we all remember last year when it was supposed to be the best bullpen ever and all the early season blown saves and injuries

[Palodios]

Well of course, I'm sure we all remember last year when it was supposed to be the best bullpen ever and all the early season blown saves and injuries

 

In all fairness, it did have the best closer ever

[Palodios]

The more I think about it, the more I like this deal.

 

Insane control.

Adding another RH reliever frees up Workman to move to the rotation as the 6th man, making Dempster tradeable.

2/9 is a very good deal, considering what we've seen from the top-tier options get.

He's only 29 years old.

Ben didn't trade Lowrie, or Reddick for him, and no draft pick attached.

[RedSoxNC84]

In all fairness, it did have the best closer ever

 

Well yeah but that was after the fact, and none of us knew koji would unleash the beast. I knew he was going to be a good piece but not hands down the best closer of 2013.

[RedSoxNC84]

Going into the season we thought it was going to be Hanrahan in the 9th and that was still a solid option. The current bp on paper looks a good deal better than last year's opening day bp did on paper

[User Name]

Well yeah but that was after the fact, and none of us knew koji would unleash the beast. I knew he was going to be a good piece but not hands down the best closer of 2013.

 

*slowly raises hand*

[SoxFanForsyth]

I highly doubt Dempster pitches out of the BP next year.

 

Where else does he pitch?? Until he's traded you have to assume he's on the team, and he's certainly not going to be in the rotation. Not sure where else he goes

[dupree]

Where else does he pitch?? Until he's traded you have to assume he's on the team, and he's certainly not going to be in the rotation. Not sure where else he goes

I hope he gets traded. And also i hope the training staff gets Doubrant's ass in shape for this up coming year and he finally because the player the FO thought him to be. They need to get him the same trainer as Lackey had last year.

[BornToRun]

On one hand, I want to see what Dempster could fetch us on the market and dump him to free up some money.

 

On the other, I feel like he could still be valuable. Our rotation has two guys that are big injury risks in Buchholz and Peavy. Dempster is pretty durable and would be good insurance in case one of them goes down. The only question is if starting pitching insurance is worth 13 million dollars.

 

I'm very open to trading Dempster but I'd like it if BC could look at a tommy Hanson or Jerome Williams type just as cheap injury insurance. I doubt either one would be much worse than Dempster and both should cost us a bit less.

[dupree]

On one hand, I want to see what Dempster could fetch us on the market and dump him to free up some money.

 

On the other, I feel like he could still be valuable. Our rotation has two guys that are big injury risks in Buchholz and Peavy. Dempster is pretty durable and would be good insurance in case one of them goes down. The only question is if starting pitching insurance is worth 13 million dollars.

 

I'm very open to trading Dempster but I'd like it if BC could look at a tommy Hanson or Jerome Williams type just as cheap injury insurance. I doubt either one would be much worse than Dempster and both should cost us a bit less.

Agreed. I would like to see the FO make that move. Im not a big supporter of a 13million per to be a spot starter of long relief guy when we have Workman right there.