February 15, 200620 yr Article NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Lima agreed to a minor league contract with the Mets on Tuesday, giving the team another pitching option for its starting rotation. Lima would get a $600,000, one-year contract if he is added to the 40-man roster. He also would have the chance to earn about $450,000 in performance bonuses -- the same deal the Mets gave Darren Oliver in December. The 33-year-old right-hander was 5-16 with a 6.99 ERA last season in 32 starts for the Kansas City Royals. He gave up 219 hits in 168 2-3 innings, walking 61 and striking out 80. In 2004, Lima went 13-5 with a 4.07 ERA for the Los Angeles Dodgers, walking just 34 in 170 1-3 innings. He has an 89-98 career record An NL All-Star in 1999, Lima has a 5.21 ERA in 344 major league games with Detroit, Houston, the Dodgers and Kansas City. New York heads to spring training with a projected rotation of Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel, Victor Zambrano and Aaron Heilman.
February 15, 200620 yr how does Lima hang around...........i'd be home with my wife if i were him.........
February 15, 200620 yr New York heads to spring training with a projected rotation of Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel, Victor Zambrano and Aaron Heilman. And that's why the Braves are looking at 15 straight.
February 15, 200620 yr New York heads to spring training with a projected rotation of Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel, Victor Zambrano and Aaron Heilman. And that's why the Braves are looking at 15 straight. The Braves rotation isn't exactly a group of world beaters. And they have no pen or Leo Mazzone to pull mediocre pitchers out of his ass.
February 15, 200620 yr The Braves rotation isn't exactly a group of world beaters. And they have no pen or Leo Mazzone to pull mediocre pitchers out of his ass. Smoltz, Hudson, Ramirez and Davies is a stronger 1-4 than Martinez, Glavine, Trachsel and Zambrano, at least in my mind. Combine that with a very pedestrian season from Hudson in 2005 and only 14 starts from Davies and I see reason to expect a much greater output from a rotation that was good enough to win the division the year before anyway. But that's it, enough defending the Braves, I'm making myself sick.
February 15, 200620 yr Author Heilman is going to surprise some people. He's a solid pitcher. I'm not sold on Heilman. He's had one decent year (last season) and a bunch of underwhealming seasons.
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