The end of a Long and Stormy Road

by justin007000 on Feb 20, 2010 8:30 PM EST

341 games, 398.1 innings of relief, a WHIP of 1.39, ERA of 3.97, ERA+ of 112, and 61 saves. That is what David Weathers provided for Cincinnati in his almost 5 years. It wasn't always pretty, but he was a solid relief pitcher who did whatever was asked. He had 33 saves in 2007 11 of those saves required 4 outs or more. He took a beating on RR but in 2006 and 2007 the bullpen would have been pretty barren without him. Seeing that he is 40 and is not being mentioned in any rumors, I am guessing this is the end for "Stormy". For that I raise my glass to him. He didn't have the best stuff, but more often than not he got the job done. Here is to making the most out of your limited skill set and putting together a nice career David!

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"the bullpen would have been pretty baron without him"

so it would, so it would

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by Dave from Louisville on Feb 22, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

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Anyone have him in the pool?

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by Cy Schourek on Feb 20, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions

I just hope nobody has me in the pool

I can’t frickin’ swim.

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by johnu1 on Feb 20, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

I don't think so

by Highlifeman21 on Feb 20, 2010 11:13 PM EST up reply actions

the end of an error?

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by Daedalus on Feb 22, 2010 5:44 AM EST up reply actions

Stormy's going to make a hell of a MLB coach

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by Madville on Feb 20, 2010 9:26 PM EST reply actions

prost, Stormy!

a pat on the back for a job…done.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 20, 2010 9:44 PM EST reply actions

Very nearly a four-decade player

Debut in ‘91, looks like he’ll end in ’09. 17th all-time in appearances.

by ken on Feb 20, 2010 10:13 PM EST reply actions

And he looked like Shrek.

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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 20, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions

Stormy deserves some props.

I think pretty much from his first year in a Reds uniform everybody was pretty much waiting for the inevitable implosion you tend to see out of aging relievers without good stuff or control…and yet it never came. He was horribly miscast for most of his time as a Red and still performed admirably. I hope I never see him take the mound for the Reds again, though. I’m still worried he’s gonna sign with us at some point this year.

by Geki on Feb 20, 2010 11:41 PM EST reply actions

The Reds don't have a place for him

Coco, Masset, DRH, Rhodes, Burton, pretty much have guaranteed spots. I’m guessing Lincoln and Owings will take the final two spots. Plus the Reds have Bray on the mend, Viola, and a whole host of other names I can’t think of and don’t want to look up.

Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.

by justin007000 on Feb 20, 2010 11:46 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder if he'd accept a minor league deal

with the chance of being called up in case of injury or suckitude.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 20, 2010 11:52 PM EST up reply actions

I doubt it

I think the only reason Weathers came back last year was Cincinnati isn’t that far (all things considered) from his home in Tennessee. I don’t think he would have voluntarily signed with the Brewers even if they offered him more money.

I think he played last year because it was convenient and he still could. I think he would rather be home with his family than being a place holder in Louisville.

Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.

by justin007000 on Feb 20, 2010 11:56 PM EST up reply actions

The Brewers had an option on Weathers

They declined it.

And if he lives in Tennessee, wouldn’t Louisville be even closer to home?

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by BubbaFan on Feb 21, 2010 12:03 AM EST up reply actions

More what i meant was

I don’t think he wants to play minor league ball. Probably the only way he plays this year is if Cincinnati, St. Louis, or Atlanta offer him a contract.

I’m guessing based on his 3.92 ERA last year he could have gotten an MLB contract if he wanted too, but he probably is only willing to play on a guaranteed contract in a city close to home.

Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.

by justin007000 on Feb 21, 2010 12:14 AM EST up reply actions

I see very few sure things on that list.

Coco’s about it. Masset, DRH, Burton, Lincoln, Owings all have definite suck potential. If that happens, I will not be even a little surprised if the Reds offer Stormy a deal and he takes it. It won’t happen now, but at some point in the early part of the season, I could absolutely see it. I don’t think you’re really reading the market very well Justin, nobody other than the Reds has had much interest in David Weathers for years, which is why we didn’t trade him until last year and the only thing we got in return was salary relief. I’d be shocked if he was offered a major league deal after his 1.32 K/BB, 1.45 HR/9, and ridiculously obvious BABIP/LOB% luck leading to his low-ish ERA/WHIP last year.

by Geki on Feb 21, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions

there are a lot of GM's who will just see his ERA and think he had a quality year

I’m not saying they are right.

Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.

by justin007000 on Feb 21, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

I think this is a myth.

These days I don’t think there are ‘a lot’ of GMs who look at Ws and ERA and BA and RBI and don’t dig much deeper. Too much money is being spent on players and too many GMs lose their jobs every year (though not as many as you might think) for these guys to just look at the backs of baseball cards.

I could be wrong but I think a distinct majority of MLB GMs must be doing their due diligence. Sports talk radio and the like haven’t changed much over the past ten years so maybe it seems like reliance on ‘counting stats’ and the like is still the industry-wide folly it’s always been but I doubt it really is.

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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 21, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions

gotta agree, FVA

Talk radio guys give us the illusion that the stats tell the story.
Hell, I am absolutely mind-boggled looking at the amount of data that is available, not counting what the personal phone calls reveal.

Like calling the guy’s medical specialist to see if his grip is 1.3 percent worse than last year.

Stormy might get a MiLB contract but he’d be a fool to think his career can extend much past a summer fling just to get him the Bill Veeck Award for pitching in 3 decades.

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by johnu1 on Feb 21, 2010 5:15 PM EST up reply actions

you may be right

i may be a couple of years behind in my judgment of the intelligence of the industry. Still Ed Wade did just get an extension, and Dusty sits on our bench makes decisions.

Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.

by justin007000 on Feb 21, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions