(Yes, I know, but we already covered the Grimmace signing. This is different.)
What\’s interesting there is two of his similar pitchers listed are Jeff Suppan and Jeff Weaver. The former is an unspectacular journeyman who just signed for big money. The latter is an even less spectacular journeyman who was cut in the middle of last season (think about that!) and is about to sign for big money. Mr. Ponson, who was also cut last year, just didn\’t have the good fortune to finish the year on the World Series champions, so he has to sign a minor league contract with the Twins that will only pay him about 25 times more than I\’ll make next year, and that only if he makes the team. (It\’s a deal for 1 Million, with incentives that could earn him 2M more.)
Still, I think this is an interesting signing for the Twins. If Ponson can demonstrate the ability to even pitch at league average, he has value. There are no guarantees beyond anyone but Santana in the rotation, so this makes sense to give it a shot.
And on the plus side, we now have a new icon for \”Twin most likely to have gout\”, a posiition that\’s gone largely unfilled since LeCroy left town.
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