After that…either one year, or poor performance, or (usually) both!

Dessens was an interesting little pitcher. I remember always being incredulous that he’d continue to perform, but he put together some nice years for us. And let’s see here…Dessens was flipped for Felipe Lopez, who was part of a package for Bill Bray, Gary Majewski, Royce Clayton, and Daryl Thompson. Bray, though injured last season, is the only player with the ballclub (I think: Thompson was outrighted—is he still controlled by the Reds?).
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and the same 5 were the only ones with an ERA+ over 100. They got my vote.

Only 7 starters in the list had a .500 or better record with the Reds. Only 4 had a winning record, including 8-4 Lance Davis.

Ahem…

FUCK RYAN DEMPSTER SQUAW IN THE PANTS!

but his 3 complete games in 2000 were worthy of him getting my no. 5 vote. kudos, pete, you 6-foot-nothing workhorse.

Shit, would you believe he’s the only player on the list drafted by the Reds this decade?

(Of course, Lance Davis was drafted by the Reds in ‘96, and they signed JQ as an international free agent, so, no, obviously, you shouldn’t believe it.)

what do you guys think of Alfredo Amezaga? I dont know alot about him other than he plays great defense everywhere on the field and is a switch hitter. could platoon with janish, his splits shows he is a better hitter from the left side. could be a nice pickup as more insurance for the ss position so we arnt putting all our eggs in the janish basket

Harang, Arroyo, Volquez, Lidle, Dessens.

As for Amezaga, I’m a fan of his versatility. He hasn’t played a lot of SS as a big leaguer, though. I’m not sure he has enough bat to be a significant upgrade over Janish. I think Fay wrote that Walt is leary of Amezaga’s injury history.

harang, arroyo, volquez, dessens, cueto

Harang, Arroyo, Cueto, Volquez, and Wilson. I could of went with Dessens over Wilson, but I always had a soft spot for Wilson.

Barf.

Somewhere, obc is crying into his Blue Moon.

He was never great, but you could usually count on him to be serviceable. I feel like you could count on being in a game whenever he was on the mound.

Other than that, Volquez, Harang, Arroyo, and Dessens.

but was paid the most average salary per year. It’s pretty staggering to think that ~$40MM (not adjusted for inflation) was doled out to Eric Milton (3 years), Ramon Ortiz (1 year) and Paul Wilson (4 years) in order to be three of the worst starting pitchers of the decade. Throw in Dempster as a bust contract and I don’t think there was a single successful FA signing from outside the organization this decade. Harang and Arroyo were both resigned to their big contracts and I wonder if there isn’t something to the Reds having the inside track with those two. Signing outside free agent SPs – spending big on the free agent pitching market in general – is something the Reds probably shouldn’t be doing.

but I think the point stands. The only way this team is going to have respectable pitching is by internal development and trade. I guess this is obvious, but I’d be far happier to see the Reds balk at trading Homer Bailey away for Jermaine Dye and have Homer never amount to anything than have the Reds sign someone like Rich Harden.

But I chose Milton as my #5 pitcher, for a few reasons. First, there’s not exactly five guys that are open and shut, “have to be on the list” pitchers. Secondly, I chose him as being emblematic of the Reds decade. He cost a lot, wasn’t productive, and hamstrung the organization. If there’s one guy to point to as being a representative face of the decade, I think you could definitely start with Milton (ok, Harang, but then Milton).

Like your sortable Google table. And they’ll probably just tell me to stop using Internet Explorer. No! You can’t make me!

I think withe Mets. Hard to believe he’s still around.

if we had to give it out for individual performances, it would’ve gone to you. May you have a retirement full of fat, slow-moving, flies:

5 starters with an ERA+ over 100.

That, my friends, is really how truly pathetic this is. Only 5 above average starters in a decade.

Plus, sort it by innings pitched. Only 3 starters had over 500 IP in the decade. Hmmmm.

totally the bestest.

to the pitchers of the 2000-decade Reds, they generally pitched in front of some terrible defenses and in front of some terrible bullpens, and in a hitter friendly park. Still, that list is so sad and pathetic, it basically sums of the feeling of being a Reds fan for the past 10 years. Absolutely disgusting starting pitching.

They were also often relying on the run support of mediocre to bad offenses. Those four situations will conspire to make a lot of pitchers look bad.