Comments on: Remember him? Daniel Cabrera signs with Pirates http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cereal blogger http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266914 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:46:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266914 Its just a shame, the kid could have learned to throw strikes in the minors if he had the chance. You dont learn to do that on the MLB level, throwing strikes is second to locating your pitch. Cabrera was behind the curve, he was never given a chance to develop. THe O’s prefer to rush young big names to the pro’s to appease the fans rather than adequately staffing their system with proven arms that can give you innings. THus they havent produced a proven SP since Mike Mussina. Another wasted talent Sidney Ponson pitched 1 game in AAA before being called up at the age of 21,,,,ridiculous

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266889 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:02:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266889 If he makes the team and gets in the rotation they’ll have two starters that will throw a lot of wild pitches, Cabrera and A.J. Burnett. Cabrera always had control issues and need I say anymore about A.J.?

]]> By: bigmacmantle http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266863 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:24:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266863 damnation, May of 299 supposed to be May of 2009

]]> By: bigmacmantle http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266862 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:23:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266862 Oops ,May of 299 supposed to be May of 2004.

]]> By: bigmacmantle http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266860 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:21:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266860 Is he 6’7″ or 6’9″? Back in May of 299 he started a game against Randy Johnson and this article — Morning Juice: Big Unit, Cabrera stand up, count as tallest ever –
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Morning-Juice-Big-Unit-Cabrera-stand-up-count?urn=mlb,162765 — claimed they set the MLB record for the tallest combined starting pitchers at 163 inches with Johnson 6’10″ and
Cabrera 6’9″ besting the previous record of 162″ set by Cabrera and Mark Hendrickson (6’9″) on 9/1/2004.

Baseball-reference.com and ESPN list him at 6’7″
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabreda01.shtml
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5961/daniel-cabrera

Yahoo! Sports and MLB.com profiles of Cabrera list him at 6’9″

The back of these 2003 Donruss (2), Topps, Fleer, and Upper Deck cards have 6’7″
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/2036f4ff-0680-4dfe-8f3d-db354a1fba6e.jpg
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/efd15ebe-8034-4a09-99f5-4d59967f2a1d.jpg
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/dc8857c1-0b5c-4c7b-8610-6a468c704d24.jpg
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/1074657c-4b5e-4489-8280-81db65743eaf.jpg
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/523371a6-3399-4046-a66e-3c8f81a65074.jpg

This 2008 Topps has 6’9″
http://images.checkoutmycards.com/zoom-back/fb8065c5-8b0d-48ed-8fe7-5b807265d984.jpg

Btw, I grabbed gamelogs from retrosheet.org and player data from baseball-databank.org and found what might be the shortest combined starters to be Larry Corcoran 5′ 3″ and Jack Neagle 5′ 6″ for 129″ on 5/30/1883.

]]> By: cereal blogger http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266845 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:28:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266845 Ridiculous talent rushed through the O’s system, promoted to the majors after 5 starts at AA……brilliant

]]> By: rob0527 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266603 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:07:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266603 R the pirates trying to lead the league in pitchers with potential who never live up to it. Off to a good start with DC and Burnett.

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266528 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:24:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266528 If only they could face Fernando Vina and Craig Biggio again.

]]> By: Loose Changeup http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266500 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:52:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266500 Between DCabs and Burnett, Pirates are going to lead the league in HBP this year

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/29/pirates-sign-daniel-cabrera-to-minor-league-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-266494 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:47:27 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=117900#comment-266494 If they were going to sign this guy, it would have been nice to sign Dimitri as well.

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