Brian Bruney to the Braves?
December 7th, 2009 | by joelucia |This is the hot rumor du jour this morning…Brian Bruney could be heading to the Braves, says George King III of the NY Post. My immediate reaction? “…zuh?”
Seriously, Bruney makes absolutely no sense unless the Braves are looking for a Scott Proctor type reclamation project. Only thing is, Bruney won’t come with a low downside…he’s arb eligible and will get a raise on the $1.25 million he made last year. Dude isn’t even a good pitcher. He’s had a FIP under 4 twice in 6 seasons, and only one of those years was below 3.50. He’s had more seasons above 5.00 than below 4.00! Plus, he’s got an abysmal 1.62 K:BB ratio, and allows 0.83 homers per 9 over his career.
This rumor legitimately makes no sense to me. Maybe King misheard his source, and he said RAYS instead of Braves. I’d be much happier then. If anything else breaks, I’ll be on it.
UPDATE 1 PM: Bruney traded to the Nats. And…exhale. Thank god for that.
By Crackeer! on Dec 7, 2009
Nats signed Bruney, hallelujah. I was with you, no sense adding payroll with a bum of a rp.
By joelucia on Dec 7, 2009
Thank god for that, I’m going to update the post right now.
One of my poor friends is a Yankee & Nats fan. He just can’t get rid of the dude.
By GwinnettBraves on Dec 7, 2009
Yankees and Nats fan? That’s interesting. Those teams are so different.
By joelucia on Dec 7, 2009
Yeah, his dad is originally from NY which is where the Yankeeness is from…and I guess Washington could be considered localish, which is where I guess thats coming from.