Phillies close to signing RHP Chan Ho Park

Per Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports.

Really?

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The Phillies might view Park as a starter, the source said, although the 35-year-old right-hander made only five starts last season in 54 appearances. He was 4-4 with 79 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA in 95 1/3 innings, mostly as a setup man.

Sure – miss out on Derek Lowe – screw up with Moyer – Chan Ho Park makes perfect sense.

I’m so glad they chose amaro and gave arbuckle the finger

by jemagee on Dec 10, 2008 11:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mets: K-Rod, Putz, Reed

Braves: Vasquez

Phillies: Paulino, Park

I’m not quite at the point where I really believe the dominant Jerkass Faction of the Ownership has explicitly said, “Okay, you got your championship. Now we’re gonna profit-take this mofo until the peasants come burn our Main Line mansions down.”

Not quite at that point.

by dajafi on Dec 11, 2008 12:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

not fair to judge the offseason, yet. this isn’t about making the quickest moves, but the right ones. let’s at least give ruben a chance.

also, whoever said that the phils might view him as a starter is an idiot or misinformed or something. there is no way he would get that fifth spot. I realize it isn’t a huge impact deal, but I dont have any huge reservations about having him in the bullpen or to make a couple spot starts along the way…

by char6587 on Dec 11, 2008 12:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m highly skeptical that the Phils view Park as a starter. If it turns out they do, then someone in that front office needs to seriously have his head examined, but until that’s proven, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.

As a middle reliever/long man, the current incarnation of Park is a solid addition. He became a sinker/slider pitcher this year, inducing grounders at a career high rate (50.3%). He even added a few ticks to the fastball (up to 92.6 mph from 88.4 mph the year before). The result was his best year in, well, quite some time. His splits scare me a little bit — LHB hit .301 against him, with RHB hitting just .237 — but for a 6th or 7th inning guy, that’s something you can live with.

by PhillyFriar on Dec 11, 2008 12:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yuck. (Sticks index finger down throat. Throws up on self.)

by FuquaManuel on Dec 11, 2008 3:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

If he’s just gonna be a reliever who can make an occasional spot start , I don’t really like the move, but whatever, fine.

But if this is their guy instead of Lowe…

by SethC on Dec 11, 2008 5:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

There is no way they view this guy as a starter unless 4 guys get hurt. The guy reports for Yahoo people.

secondly, why is this a bad pick up? you never know when the guy might get hot and it seems he is good against righties…not exactly are strong point last season. We had 2 guys for lefties…but righties, I wouldn’t say that was Durbins specialty. Depending on the cost this isn’t a bad pick up…maybe Condry has been mentioned in trades too?

by Clyde Simmons on Dec 11, 2008 8:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yes, dismiss Yahoo as irrelevant to sports media because we all know how irrelevant the web is and that the strongest people are still on ESPN and in newspapers which aren’t going to hell.

you never know when the guy might get hot and it seems he is good against rightie</blockquote.

Yeah, that’s a good reason to sign anyone…of crap, we might get lucky and he’ll get hot, who cares that for the most recent years he’s sucked bloody ass…it makes a lot of sense.

Give up on Derek Lowe folks, he ain’t coming here.

by jemagee on Dec 11, 2008 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ok you want a better reason? He looked good in the post season, and he’ll be cheap. There is little risk involved here.

And latest reports say the Yanks are offering at least 66mil 4 years to Lowe. I don’t know about you, but I think the Yanks will probably pay him more than he’s worth. If thats the case, then I dont fault the phillies for walking away.

And I don’t know about you, but taking the word of a yahoo reporter that the phillies are signing Park as a starter is just insane….I am sorry you think he is such a reputable reporter.

by Clyde Simmons on Dec 11, 2008 10:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Well that’s not exactly what I said, but dismissing it because it’s from Yahoo (and if you read closely it’s not the yahoo reporter who is saying it)

Then again, since you still think the yankees are the reported front runner for Lowe, it makes sense

by jemagee on Dec 11, 2008 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It is the Yahoo reporter who is saying it. The fact that he is citing a source does not alter that fact. In order to accept the validity of the statement, you not only have to believe in the source’s credibility, but also in the reporter’s judgment in (1) assessing the source to be knowledgeable, and (2) quoting the source accurately.

Do you have any particular reason to believe that this Yahoo reporter is reliable? Or do you really believe that everyone on the web in reliable merely by virtue of them being on the web? If you really believe the latter, that takes internet triumphalism a bit far.

by taco pal on Dec 11, 2008 11:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

While I don’t like most of the rumors I’ve heard so far this offseason, it seems a little premature to bash the front office over this particular move until they actually (1) sign Park, (2) say they view him as a starter, (3) give some indication that they’re not going to do anything else as well.

The Paulino move is much more troubling to me, since it actually happened, and it logically lends credibility to the DeRosa rumor.

by taco pal on Dec 11, 2008 11:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Totally agree. Everyone needs to keep their cool until all of this shakes out. Let’s at least be Monday morning quarterbacks (instead of Saturday morning quarterbacks).

Steve Jeltz
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by Steve Jeltz on Dec 11, 2008 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Know what? The more I think about this one, the less it bothers me… so long as they use Park as a multi-inning reliever, doing what Chad Durbin did before he pumpkinized in August or so.

As a former starter, Park can log some innings, and if his velo really is back up, he’s useful. For that matter, if he makes a half-dozen starts in various moments of need, that’s fine. He shouldn’t be the signature acquisition of the offseason, but at the right price and in the right role, he’s potentially helpful.

by dajafi on Dec 11, 2008 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs