Saito to the D-Backs

[Joeflyers]

http://rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/346767/report-d-backs-sign-reliever-takashi-saito

[Matt Breen]

Bummer. I liked Saito. Would have been nice to have had him back - at least at the right price. Oh well, I think we have the arms - assuming we keep K-Rod - to do fine.

[TheCrew]

I think we got his last good year out of him anyhow - wish him the best though.

[chadomac]

Loved Saito, the K-Rod thing screwed any chance of bringing him back. Good luck to him.

[RobertR]

I like Saito too, but it's hard to get too broken up over a reliever who pitched under 30 innings in the regular season and is going to be in his 40s leaving.

 

Robert

[hawing]

Thanks for playing, Takashi. I wonder if his interpreter stays with him.

[RightFieldCoder]

I liked him because he had a good walk-in song. Sad to see him go, but we can find someone else to pitch those 30 innings. At that age he's a hand grenade waiting to blow up. We got away with it not blowing up in our faces (any more than him getting hurt made us use Loe too much). I'd rather let a guy go a year too soon than a year too late.

[MessiahRp]

$1.75 million is all he got? It would seem he would have been a bargain for the Crew if they had retained him....

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors...-sign-takashi-saito.html

[RockCoCougars]

$1.75 million is all he got? It would seem he would have been a bargain for the Crew if they had retained him....

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors...-sign-takashi-saito.html

As I've said elsewhere, the Brewers seem to be a little penny wise pound foolish this offseason.

[JohnBriggs12]

I would certainly prefer him over Loe. But overall, the bullpen is still a strength. There isn't a team in the NL that wouldn't take an 8-9 combo of K-Rod and Axford, and yeah K-Rod's expensive but the Ax man is still cheap.

[Polish Falcons]

Would it have been smarter to just cut McGehe and sign Saito, rather than trade for Jose Veras? Veras is expected to make $2.5 million through arbitration which is more than Saito's $1.7 salary. I am not trying to be critical because I don't know much about Veras but this was my initial thought on the Saito signing. I guess an important factor is that Veras pitched 71 innings last year so we might see a lot of him in the 6th and 7th inning next year along with Loe and Braddock. Saito is old and odds are he won't be healthy the entire season to log nearly that many innings. Or we couldn't non-tendered Loe and signed Saito for a million less, sheeesh.

[RockCoCougars]

The more I think about this, the madder I get. Yes, Saito is old and was hurt last season- but when he was pitching, he was about as effective than K-Rod. Not to mention that he was the go to guy against lefties in the post season. Who will that be this year? Manny Parra? The thing that really ticks me off is that Parra will likely be making about the same.

[TooLiveBrew]

Understood, but Parra will most likely be making less than $1.75M & he will also probably be able to give you more than 30-40 IP.

[brettac1]

The more I think about this, the madder I get. Yes, Saito is old and was hurt last season- but when he was pitching, he was about as effective than K-Rod. Not to mention that he was the go to guy against lefties in the post season. Who will that be this year? Manny Parra? The thing that really ticks me off is that Parra will likely be making about the same.

Postseason? You're talking about postseason?

[RockCoCougars]

The more I think about this, the madder I get. Yes, Saito is old and was hurt last season- but when he was pitching, he was about as effective than K-Rod. Not to mention that he was the go to guy against lefties in the post season. Who will that be this year? Manny Parra? The thing that really ticks me off is that Parra will likely be making about the same.

Postseason? You're talking about postseason?

Believe me, after the past month, I'm not looking ahead. Let me rephrase that.... 'who will pitch to lefties this season'. All the lefty relievers currently in the organization seem to be pipe dreams at this point. We'll probably see a lot of Cammy Loe against lefties again next year.

[dadofandrew]

Saito is limited to one inning and for the most part can't pitch consecutive days. That said, he did pitch well when healthy, but the Crew probably offered him close to what he signed for, if not more. Some FA's prefer to sign elsewhere.

[pepsimax23]

july 20. brewers @ dbacks. bottom of 9, tied 2-2 and saito comes in. anyone remember that moment? maybe kevin towers was impressed.

 

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Arizona - Bottom of 9th SCORE

Takashi Saito pitching for Milwaukee MIL ARI

T Saito relieved F Rodriguez. 2 2

J Upton hit a ground rule double to deep right center. 2 2

J Upton to third on wild pitch by T Saito. 2 2

C Young grounded out to third. 2 2

R Roberts grounded out to third. 2 2

K Johnson intentionally walked. 2 2

S Burroughs hit for D Hernandez. 2 2

S Burroughs flied out to center. 2 2

[ilovebeer]

When healty last season, he did well. To bad we couldn't work out a deal with him.