Lilly signs with Dodgers - 3/33m

[jjkoestler]

Ted Lilly and the Dodgers have agreed on a 3 year deal pending a physical. No word on the value of the contract yet.

 

Per MLB Trade Rumors

http://www.mlbtraderumors...-to-three-year-deal.html

[RockCoCougars]

Good. That's one aging expensive pitcher off the market, which means less temptation for Melvin.

[molitor fan]

I assume that this stuff is still from the Suppan signing right? Because if this is venom for signing Wolf - look at some stats from hawing's link from the other day....Wolf was a good signing and worth his contract.

[The Truth]

I assume that this stuff is still from the Suppan signing right? Because if this is venom for signing Wolf - look at some stats from hawing's link from the other day....Wolf was a good signing and worth his contract.

Wolf was the exception and a good signing, as was Hoffman. But then there is Suppan, Doug Davis, Gagne, L Hawkins etc etc

[RockCoCougars]

I assume that this stuff is still from the Suppan signing right? Because if this is venom for signing Wolf - look at some stats from hawing's link from the other day....Wolf was a good signing and worth his contract.

I think it's a little premature to say that with two years remaining on the deal. I'll be the first to admit that Wolf earned his money in his last 10 or so starts, and if you look at his season stats as a whole, he was 'OK' for the money. That said, he was mediocre to bad for the rest of the season. With two years left and Wolf not getting any younger, it's far too soon to call this one a 'good signing'.

[crewcrazy]

Interesting, since there was some talk of him possibly going back to the Cubs. He continues to be a very solid pitcher, but I'd be worried about giving him 3 more years. He's already 34, and as the MLBTR link notes, he was expected to be a Type-A FA.

 

Then again, the Dodgers aren't exactly known for their foresight on long-term deals.

[nate82]

I wonder if this makes Billingsley or Kershaw available in a trade? Possibly a Prince for Billingsley or Kershaw deal could be worked out.

 

I really like Lilly and I wouldn't have been mad if Melvin would have signed Lilly for a 2-3 year deal though that third year would have had to of been a team option for the deal to work.

[1992casey]

There must be existing topics for discussing Wolf, Suppan, and Melvin's past free agent pitcher signings. I know we've done Wolf just recently. Let's stick to the Lilly signing and its implications.

[chadomac]

I don't see any reason why they'd part with Kershaw... but Billingsley is a possibility as he is becoming less and less cheap.

[JohnBriggs12]

Per baseball-reference, Lilly's number 1 comparable is Randy Wolf.

 

Randy Wolf's number one comparable is Ted Lilly.

 

The Brewers already have Ted Lilly. His name is Randy Wolf.

[CheezWizHed]

Well, the Dodgers had Randy Wolf in 2009 and they must have missed him in 2010. So now the Dodgers have Randy Wolf. His name is Ted Lilly. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[nate82]

I don't see any reason why they'd part with Kershaw... but Billingsley is a possibility as he is becoming less and less cheap.

I agree. Which would make Billingsley available and the Dodgers probably would then resign Kuroda in that scenario then. I'm not sure though if the Dodgers would be able to financially afford that.

[endaround]

The Dodgers have Manny's money coming off. And Billingsley will cost the same or less than Kuroda.

[nate82]

The Dodgers have Manny's money coming off. And Billingsley will cost the same or less than Kuroda.

And they would have to replace Manny's production. Trading for Fielder would be the second best option behind signing a free agent to replace Manny.

[RockCoCougars]

Hmmm......Billingsley for Fielder would be somewhat intriguing to me, hadn't thought of that one. It would make sense in that you'd have Billingsley for two seasons, while trimming quite a bit of payroll to use towards another pitcher like Greinke. I like the fact that he strikes a lot of guys out and gets a lot of groundballs.

[jjkoestler]

The deal is worth 3/33 with a 3.5m signing bonus.

[davemakovec]

I'm happy he's no longer with the Cubs. That dude really seemed to kill the Brewers.

[TooLiveBrew]

Career 3.54 ERA, 1.08 WHIP in 61 IP against the Crew. Glad to see him out of the division as well.

[WestSideWillie]

I agree, seems Lilly does well against the crew. However, I am amazed about Randy Wolf--could his

super stats in Aug and Sep mean he pitches well when the pressure is off----or did it take four months

for him to find his groove. Jorge De la Rosa---big bucks amazing as a FA, seeing Guerillmo Mota in the WS

plus he will be an FA. Grant Balfour with TB in post season a FA lots of former Brewers

arms floating around. I am intrigued by Arroyo as a FA.

[Ennder]

I'm just praying we don't sign Garland.