Great news for all
Jamie Moyer fans out there:
the 48 year old is rehabbing at the Phillies' facility in Clearwater, FL and is on the warpath to a triumphant 2012 return. He's an easy favorite for Comeback Player of the Year, beating out the likes of Stephen Strasburg, Brandon Webb, Johan Santana, and any other joker who tries to come back harder than
Ol' One Mississippi, Two Mississippi.
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Even if the unthinkable happens and no team signs Jamie Moyer, we might have another pitcher replacing him on baseball's (career twilit) horizon: the one and only
Bruce Chen.
In a
delightful and heartwarming article on Fan Graphs, Bruce Chen states that he believes he can replicate some of the "success" Jamie has had, relying on pitching smarts rather than pure stuff to significantly prolong his career. Though just 34 years old, he already has a suitably low K/9 of 5.86 while still managing a rather low BABIP of .282, which is quite odd given how easily players make contact with his pitches. Maybe he
can do this!
If he does pull it off,
my ballad will have to morph into an epic poem to do justice to his lengthy list of illustrious back-end-of-rotation deeds. I think I speak for all the TDZ regulars when I say good luck to both of them!
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