Comments on: Red Sox avoid arbitration with new closer Joel Hanrahan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/18/red-sox-avoid-arbitration-with-new-closer-joel-hanrahan/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 23:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: agc99 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/18/red-sox-avoid-arbitration-with-new-closer-joel-hanrahan/comment-page-1/#comment-429007 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:15:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=292798#comment-429007 Anyone making over the minimum wage is too much for the Pirates. No commitment to putting a winning team on the field. I’ve been a Pirate fan for over 40 years and since 1992 it’s all been down hill. You have to pay and keep your good players.

]]> By: Stiller43 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/18/red-sox-avoid-arbitration-with-new-closer-joel-hanrahan/comment-page-1/#comment-428807 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:39:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=292798#comment-428807 I thank hammer for his awesome service, but…

the buccos did well to get rid of hammer (and get SOME return) while they could.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/18/red-sox-avoid-arbitration-with-new-closer-joel-hanrahan/comment-page-1/#comment-428803 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:25:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=292798#comment-428803 That seems like a lot of money for a guy who only has 2 years closing experience and that in the NL Central Division. He really took a step in Pittsburgh last year with his strikeout to walk ratio going from 3.81 in 2011 to 1.86 in 2012. And his ERA jumped by nearly a full point. But I guess when your only other options for closer are Bailey and Bard you have to roll the dice so to speak.

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