Jamie Moyer is almost 50 years old. But he might be a rotation starter in 2012 -- for the Rockies.
Jamie Moyer Signs Minor League Contract With Rockies
This was frightening enough the other day, when it was just a rumor. Now it’s reality. Jon Morosi:
There’s still a physical in the way, and you never know what might show up given that Jamie Moyer is ALMOST FIFTY YEARS OLD, but assuming he passes, Moyer will be battling with a host of other arms for a job in Colorado.
Read Article >Is Jamie Moyer A Hall Of Famer?
Getty ImagesMany voters insist that Morris deserves Hall induction; they claim his relatively high career ERA (3.90) is because he “pitched to the score”; in other words, when his team was scoring a lot of runs, he figured he could give up almost as many. (Personally, I think that’s utter nonsense.) I don’t think Morris is Hall-worthy; if the voters would simply admit they’re essentially voting for him because he pitched one fantastic game in the 1991 World Series, at least they’d be honest with us.
Moyer? Really?
Read Article >Rockies Offer Jamie Moyer Minor League Deal
Starting pitcher Jamie Moyer of the Philadelphia Phillies delivers a pitch during a game against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) Getty ImagesNormally, we at Baseball Nation wouldn’t make a big to-do about a pitcher signing a minor league deal. There are dozens of such deals made at this time of year, and we’d quickly be overrun by them if we wrote about all of them.
This one, though, reported by Troy Renck of the Denver Post, is different:
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