The BRANDON McCARTHY Thread

and, in fairness, someone else would have likely gone 4 eventually
better to have him than wait til the cupboard's bare and scoop up shit like corriera and carmona faustino whatever the fuck he was

 

Lol at his photo on Twitter.

 

would have preferred something this which took like 10 minutes (if that)...



i mean, you gotta have wifey in there

 

i could but this is easier...

 

indeed
that, right there, is worth the $48MM alone :ruca:
plus we get her for 4 years :woot:

 

will merge with the other thread eventually
just wanted to be sure everyone saw...

Dodgers Sign Brandon McCarthy
By Mark Polishuk and Jeff Todd [December 16, 2014 at 2:20pm CST]

The Dodgers have officially signed a four-year contract with Brandon McCarthy, as FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal first reported (Twitter link). The four-year deal will pay McCarthy $48MM, Rosenthal tweets. McCarthy receives a $6MM signing bonus, $11MM per year in 2015-16, and $10MM annually in the final two years of the deal, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times tweets.

A four-year guarantee would’ve seemed like a fantasy for McCarthy as recently as last summer when he had a 5.01 ERA through 18 starts with Arizona. Advanced metrics revealed that McCarthy pitched much better than his ERA indicated, however, and he ended the year on a dominant run after being traded to the Yankees. In 90 1/3 IP in New York, McCarthy posted a 2.89 ERA, 6.31 K/BB rate and 8.2 K/9.

McCarthy would receive a three-year deal this winter, though a four-year deal wasn’t out of the question given the amount of interest the veteran righty was likely to generate. The wait for Jon Lester to sign likely held up McCarthy’s market, as only the Royals and Yankees had been linked to him, and New York was hesitant to give McCarthy even a three-year contract given his injury history. Needless to say, the fourth year was a nice get for McCarthy and agent Ryan Ware.

If the deal is finalized, McCarthy joins Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-jin Ryu in what should be a very strong top four in the Dodgers rotation, with lefty Brett Anderson now reportedly also on board to fill the fifth slot. Los Angeles had been linked to high-profile aces like Cole Hamels or James Shields, and though you can never say never with the Dodgers, McCarthy’s signing could mean the team is done with its rotation shopping this winter.

There is no denying the risk that the Dodgers are taking on with this deal. While any long-term pitching contract comes with it, McCarthy has a particularly spotty injury history and greatly improved his stock with a strong second half. That is not to say he cannot meet and exceed the value of the deal, of course, as the price tag reflects his ceiling.

ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick reported on Twitter that the deal was completed.​

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agreed
and as i've mentioned ad nauseum
someone else would have ultimately offered the same

 

McCarthy Wants To Learn From Greinke, Pitch To Ellis
by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation | December 22, 2014

Although the Los Angeles Dodgers were briefly tied to Jon Lester during his days as a free agent, and their financial resources have some believing a pursuit of Max Scherzer or James Shields may occur.

Amid the speculation, the Dodgers signed Southern California native Brandon McCarthy to a four-year, $48 million contract and are believed to have agreed to terms with Brett Anderson on a one-year deal.

While McCarthy is looking forward to joining the Dodgers due to the expectations of needing to consistently pitch well, the draw of working with A.J. Ellis was also attractive, the right-hander told David Vassegh and Kevin Kennedy on Dodger Talk:

• "That excites me to no end. Honestly, that was part of when I was going through the process finding a team, those were the kinds of questions I wanted to ask. ‘How is this? How are you guys game planning? What’s the catching situation like?’ I threw with Kershaw all of last offseason, so I developed a relationship with him and reached out to him to tell me about A.J. Ellis and what he’s like in his strengths and game calling. Everything was reassuring.”

As the leader of the Dodgers’ pitching staff, Clayton Kershaw figures to be the pitcher most look forward to learning from. McCarthy said that holds true to a certain extent, but mentioned him not being a strong armed left-hander and identified more with Zack Greinke:

• "Greinke is the one that I’m really excited to get under and see what is it he does, how does he break down his hitters.”

In what’s been a career plagued by injury, McCarthy threw 200 innings last season for the first time in his nine-year career. He got off to a slow start with the Arizona Diamondbacks but rebounded after being traded to the New York Yankees, where he improved across the board.

Although questions on McCarthy’s health remain, Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi views him as a long-term solution, which played a role in signing McCarthy to a four-year deal. If McCarthy is able to build on the success he had last year, he will prove to be a more than viable option for the Dodgers at the backend of their starting rotation.
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