Thursday, July 1, 2010

I know your guys like to go to New York and all but...


Ken Rosenthal reported that the Yankees, Rangers and Phillies all had scouts in New York this week to see the Mariners Cliff Lee pitch against the Yankees.

I did a double take when I read this for the obvious reason being:

Why would anybody need to scout Cliff Lee?

He has a 2.45 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP, a .227 BAA and a 78/5 k/walk ratio.

What is a scout going to say?

He's overrated? The numbers are a mirage? I can spot his problems? We probably don't want this guy? He can't help us?

Further, the Phillies reportedly sent a scout and Lee pitched for them as recently as......oh last year.

Would these teams scout Albert Pujols if they were interested?

What could a scout say?

He is not good when the count is 0-2?

Guys, you are wasting your time here, ok?

Watching a Single A game might be more productive.

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