Yardbarker: Carl Pavano

Five Hours and Counting

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:06:18 -0500

Free agency looms. Will any of the Twins five free agents return? It's been confirmed that the Twins have had opening talks with Carl Pavano's agent, but other than Ron Gardenhire saying he'd be interested in bringing back Orlando Cabrera as his second basemen there's been no news on the rest of Minnesota's remaining free agents. Mike Redmond #55 / Catcher / Minnesota Twins Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 Bats: R Throws: R Born: May 05, 1971 ...

Baseball Free Agency Starts Friday

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:19 -0500

It is amazing how dates like this can sneak up on you when your expectations are nil. The Indians were semi-active last season in free agency. They went out and signed Mark DeRosa, Carl Pavano, and Kerry Wood. This season? Not so much. At this point, it is tough for me to even sit here [...]

Why We Should Care About Pitching Independent of Fielding

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:07:00 -0500

When the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner conceded during a press conference that he follows a lesser known three-letter acronym statistic (FIP) than the reigning mainstream accepted one (ERA), pundits took to the keyboards to either extol his virtues of being a forward-thinker or criticize his tomfoolery of shrouding himself in “new age” nonsense. Why hesitation exists to embrace FIP is beyond my comprehension. Yes, relinquishing what you are comfortable with is difficult, but...

Potential bargains, busts at each position

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:58:51 -0500

Free agency once was a yellow brick road to riches. Free agents could count on being wined and dined and enriched. Does anyone remember a recruiting tour of the country by Carl Pavano -- yes, Carl Pavano -- unofficially named Carlpalooza?

J.J. Putz, Carl Pavano Enter Free Agency

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:24 -0500

On the third day of MLB free agency filings, two more players have joined the ranks. J.J. Putz, who the Mets declined their club option on Friday night, and the Twins Carl Pavano were officially added to the ranks today, it was announced by the MLBPA. The two elected free agency pursuant to Article XX B (2) of the Basic Agreement. Today is the third day of the 15-day period in which eligible players may give notice of their election of free agency, which ends on Nov. 19. To date, 120 players have filed for free agency. Here are the listings for the 79 players that filed on Day 1 the 39 players that filed on Day 2, as well as all 183 players that are potential free agents involved in the process when it started. OTHER NEWS FROM THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK (THE BIZ OF FOOTBALL) Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game Does the NFL Salary Cap Still Work? Browns Fire GM George Kokinis After 1-7 Start UFL Failing to Dazzle at the Turnstiles (THE BIZ OF HOCKEY) Panel Installs Mike Ouellet As Acting Executive Director of NHLPA Ian Penny Steps Down as Interim Exec. Director of NHLPA NBCU & VERSUS: An Alternative to ESPN? (THE BIZ OF BASKETBALL) Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Settles For $2.725M in Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Rajon Rondo Reached 5-Year, $55M Extension with Celtics NBA.TV Adds Brent Barry to On-Air Talent Roster (SPORTS BASH) Nationals Front Office Latest to See Pink Slips Yankees Make Some Want to Eat the Rich 5,855 You Twit: NBA Players Make MLB Look Anti-Social George W. Has to Go to Japan To Play Baseball NFL, MLB Tell States to Get Off Their Lawn When it Comes to Drug Policies Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He is available for hire or freelance. Brown's full bio is here. He looks forward to your comments via email and can be contacted through the Business of Sports Network. Don't forget to register and log in on The Biz of Baseball site to get updates via your in-box, and see information only logged in members can see. Follow Maury Brown on Twitter Follow The Biz of Baseball on Twitter Follow the Business of Sports Network on Facebook

2009 Pitching Appraisal: Carl Pavano

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:03:00 -0500

C. Pavano (33 Starts) FIP | MLB Rank 4.00* 40th* BABIP | +/- MLB Avg .330 +10.0% Runs Support | +/- MLB Avg 6.13 +27.1% GAME SCORES Decisions No-Decisions Game Score 50 or Greater: 11-3 3-1 Game Score 49 or Lower: 3-9 2-1 Average Game Score Per Start: 47 Season High/Low: 85 (6/5) 3 (4/9) Game Scores over 90: 0 Game Scores 80-89: 1 Game Scores 70-79: 1 Game Scores 60-69: 7 Game Scores Below 40: 9 Recor...

Carl Pavano Finally Helps Yanks (No, Not Really)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:48:00 -0500

On Saturday I heard a radio talkshow host joke that, in his upcoming ALDS start, Carl Pavano might finally help the Yankees in their quest to win a championship.He was right!Well, not exactly. Carl Pavano pitched very well against his former team, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and striking out 9 over 7 innings. Pavano did his part. He was no help to the Yankees. The help came from his teammates with all of their blunder-producing brain cramps.Do the Twins have a third base coach? If they do, why ...

Once Mocked in New York, Pavano Now Valued in Minnesota

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:02:06 -0500

by Ed PriceFiled under: Twins, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Division SeriesMINNEAPOLIS -- People in New York must think we're talking about some other guy named Carl Pavano. And maybe we are. The Carl Pavano who will start for the Twins on Sunday in Game 3 of their American League Division Series against the Yankees doesn't sound like the one who spent four years on the Yankees. Or, more precisely, their disabled list. He's married now, with one child and another on the ...

Carl Pavano Starring In A Can’t-Win Situation

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:18:11 -0500

With last night’s 4-3, 11 inning defeat of the Twins — highlighted by heroics from the previously clutch-phobic Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira —- the Yankees are one victory away from advancing to the American League Championship Series. Standing in their path is Minnesota’s Game 3 starter, former Yankee Carl Pavano, whose unfortunate tenure in [...]

Carl Pavano, Now an Important Baseball Player

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:23:00 -0500

Well yesterday was enough to make any Yankee fan vomit. Carl Pavano pitching in the most important start of the 2009 regular season and throwing on three days rest picks up the victory. Granted he was helped mightily by incredible run support but still, the words Pavano, win, three days left, and playoffs uttered in the same sentence are baffling to myself and any other Yankee fan.Carl Pavano has been with the Twins for less than 2 months and he's already won more meaningful games than he...

For One Day, Carl Pavano is the Most Important Man in Baseball

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:55:58 -0500

There's some tired aphorism about baseball being "a marathon, not a sprint," right? So when you take a sizable lead in that marathon from about the fourth mile to the last thousand feet, then trip all over yourself at the end, you're the Detroit Tigers.That's not entirely fair to the Tigers, who, it should also be noted, did the baseball equivalent of a kick earlier this week, taking two straight against the Minnesota Twins in the middle of a four-game set and pushing th...

It All Rests on Pavano

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:36:00 -0500

After last nights loss the Twins fell back to a deficit of 2 games with just 5 games to be played. Another loss today would move the Tigers magic number to 2 games with just 4 to play. It's imperative that the Twins win today and set themselves up for an opportunity to tie the Tigers tomorrow, rather than giving the Tigers the opportunity to clinch. And thus today there is no man more important to the the Twins than Carl Pavano. Yes that Carl Pavano.Who would have thought that after wrapp...

Twins May Bring Back Pavano

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:32:04 -0500

According to Baseball Prospectus’s John Perrotto (article is subscriber only) the Twins are interested in bringing back Carl Pavano. Good idea? Pavano has had a very good 2009, with a 3.93 FIP. He has been even better with the Twins than he was with the Indians, being worth 7.7 runs above average in his time in [...]

Twins acquire pitcher Carl Pavano from Indians

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:24:59 -0500

The Minnesota Twins have acquired right-hander Carl Pavano from the Cleveland Indians in an attempt to shore up their rotation.

Pavano To Twins

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:45:31 -0500

From the Twitter account of Joe Christensen, the Twins have acquired RHP Carl Pavano from the Indians. Boof Bonser gets moved to the 60 day DL and RA Dickey has been optioned to AAA as part of the deal. After a couple of injury plagued seasons as a member of the Yankees, Pavano has had a [...]