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Yahoo! Sports: MLB - Cone to leave Yankees
Cone is on the market now. I think he would be well worth the risk of a $2m deal with heavy incentives. I would rather have him than someone like Mesa or Cormier.
I'll admit that Cone was worse than bad last year, but from 1997-1999 he started thirty games a year and had an ERA below 3.60 each of those seasons. Not many starters have been good for that long. When Frank Castillo gets two years for a good second half of 2000, I think Cone is worth a fair investment.
A team like the Giants or A's should be all over this guy. He isn't a long-term option, but he could help in a playoff run this season and maybe next. He might be done, but his collapse was so sudden, that I wouldn't be surprised to see him bounce back some.
Here's a look at his ERA and K/9 rates over the last four years from theHILL.
Cone is on the market now. I think he would be well worth the risk of a $2m deal with heavy incentives. I would rather have him than someone like Mesa or Cormier.
I'll admit that Cone was worse than bad last year, but from 1997-1999 he started thirty games a year and had an ERA below 3.60 each of those seasons. Not many starters have been good for that long. When Frank Castillo gets two years for a good second half of 2000, I think Cone is worth a fair investment.
A team like the Giants or A's should be all over this guy. He isn't a long-term option, but he could help in a playoff run this season and maybe next. He might be done, but his collapse was so sudden, that I wouldn't be surprised to see him bounce back some.
Here's a look at his ERA and K/9 rates over the last four years from theHILL.
posted by Sean Foran # 9:06 AM 
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