샌프 베니테즈 전격 영입!

[timothy]

어제 밤 사이 일어났습니다.

3년, 총액 2100만

이정도면 납득이 가는 액수 아닙니까? 단, 베니테즈가 04시즌처럼만 해 준다면.

게다가 허만슨까지 재영입을 해서 셋업으로 쓴다고 합니다.

하여간 베니테즈의 커리어 성적은

PITCHING STATS

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1994	BAL	0	0	0.90	3	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	1	1	0	1	4	14
1995	BAL	1	5	5.66	44	0	0	0	2	5	47.2	37	33	30	8	5	37	56
1996	BAL	1	0	3.77	18	0	0	0	4	5	14.1	7	6	6	2	0	6	20
1997	BAL	4	5	2.45	71	0	0	0	9	10	73.1	49	22	20	7	1	43	106
1998	BAL	5	6	3.82	71	0	0	0	22	26	68.1	48	29	29	10	4	39	87
1999	NYM	4	3	1.85	77	0	0	0	22	28	78.0	40	17	16	4	0	41	128
2000	NYM	4	4	2.61	76	0	0	0	41	46	76.0	39	24	22	10	0	38	106
2001	NYM	6	4	3.77	73	0	0	0	43	46	76.1	59	32	32	12	1	40	93
2002	NYM	1	0	2.27	62	0	0	0	33	37	67.1	46	20	17	8	3	25	79
2003	NYM-NYY-SE	4	4	2.96	69	0	0	0	21	29	73.0	59	27	24	6	0	41	75
2004	FLA	2	2	1.29	64	0	0	0	47	51	69.2	36	11	10	6	0	21	62
TOTAL		32	33	2.85	628	0	0	0	244	283	654.0	428	222	207	73	15	335	826

인데, 본격적으로 마물로 돌아선 98년부터 대충 살펴보면

세이브 숫자야 뭐 그렇다고 치더라도 년 단위로 방어율이 오르락 내리락 하는 것을 볼 수

 있습니다. 즉, 샌프 첫 해에 삽질을 할 가능성도 있다는 것이겠지만 이제 어느덧 34살이니

알아서 잘 해야 하겠지요.

Giants sign rebounding closer Benitez to three-year deal

 

Nov. 30, 2004 SportsLine.com wire reports

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Free agent Armando Benitez and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a three-year contract Tuesday, a move first reported by SportsLine.com's Scott Miller.

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The Giants announced the deal after Benitez took a physical in Florida on Tuesday. Agent Mike Powers would not say how much the deal would be worth, but the San Francisco Chronicle reported that it would be for about $21 million.

Benitez bounced back from a subpar 2003 season to save 47 games and post a 1.29 ERA for the Florida Marlins this year. His signing fills one of the Giants' biggest offseason needs -- stabilizing the club's closer role that's been in flux since Robb Nen got injured two years ago.

Since Nen was sidelined with a serious shoulder injury following the 2002 World Series, the Giants have pieced together their bullpen. Tim Worrell closed in 2003 before leaving for Philadelphia as a free agent and San Francisco struggled at the end of games last season.

Matt Herges started the year as closer before being replaced by Dustin Hermanson in August. Hermanson saved 17 games but couldn't hold a three-run lead on the final Saturday of the season against Los Angeles, helping cost San Francisco a playoff berth.

Armando Benitez wanted to be on a playoff contender and that's just what he gets with his new deal.(AP)

Hermanson is a free agent and the Giants have talked about bringing him back, but it could possibly be in a setup role.

Benitez is an intimidating presence on the mound and is one of the game's most overpowering pitchers, striking out 826 batters in 654 innings.

But while Benitez has been one of the game's top closers in the regular season with 244 saves in 283 chances in an 11-year career, his postseason history is spotty.

He has blown six of 10 postseason save opportunities -- a major-league record -- with Baltimore and the New York Mets, including the opener of the 2000 World Series against the Yankees and Game 2 of a first-round playoff series that year against San Francisco.

He also gave up three game-winning hits in the 1997 ALCS for Baltimore against Cleveland and gave up the infamous Jeffrey Maier home run in the opener of the 1996 ALCS against the Yankees. In that game, a 12-year-old boy reached over the wall to get a drive by Derek Jeter. The Yankees beat Baltimore that afternoon and in the series.

Despite his postseason troubles, pitching for a team that is in contention every year was a big attraction for Benitez.

"You look at places where you see you can get an opportunity to pitch in big games. They fit the bill," Powers said. "I can't fathom how they could not be in postseason running."

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으... 불꽃슛 부활하면 얼케하노...

[Bat.lock]

베니테즈도 큰 경기에 약하다 해서 은근히 과소평가받는 선수였는데... 그래도 이번에 빅 딜 하나 얻어냈네요 ㅎ

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그럼 롭 넨은 어케 되는거에여?

[timothy]

내년부터 재활 시작이라고 하든가 대충 그렇게 본 것 같습니다. - -

[goliaThe]

"압박" 플러스 "빅" 시추에이션에서 베니테즈만큼 많이 무너진 마무리 투수는 못본거 같음...