Danys Baez pitched in relief for the Baltimore Orioles in 2009 and is currently a free agent. He returned to the majors in 2009 after missing all of 2008 due to elbow surgery at the end of spring training. His 2009 ERA was pretty much in line with his career average (4.04 career, 4.02 in 2009) although he reached that number differently. Before the surgery, be both walked and struck out more batters. Through 2007 he struck out 7.0 batters be nine innings and walked 3.8. In 2009 his strikeouts fell, but he brought his walks down to compensate (5.0 K per 9, 2.8 BB per nine).
While I like the lower walk rate, my guess is that we’ll see a somewhat worse season from Baez in 2010. Despite the low K rate, he allowed just a .222 opposition batting average, one of the lowest of his career. His BABIP was .239, against a career average of .280. I’m guessing more balls find holes in 2010, so free agent suitors should be wary of spending too much money on him unless they have an outstanding defensive team.
7.0/3.8/0.86 2009: 5.0/2.8/1.00
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