Link</p> </p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ATLANTA -- <font color="#000000">Tom Glavine</font> is coming home.</p> The 303-game winner returned to the <font color="#000000">Atlanta Braves</font> on Sunday, agreeing to an $8 million, one-year contract.</p> </p> <div class="io"> <div class="clearfix">The agreement between the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the Braves was revealed by a person familiar with the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not yet announced it.</div> </div> Glavine already has taken a physical for the Braves, the person said.</p> The Braves needed less than a week to lure Glavine back after an acrimonious split in 2002 that led to him spending five seasons with the <font color="#000000">New York Mets</font>.</div></p> </p> Good move, i think. Take what you can from a division rival.</p>
In a weak pitching FA market, this is a pretty good signing. But what scares me with Glavine is that, along with his glossy record, he also gave up 23 HR which he's only done once in his career and also had 89 K's which is the second lowest of his career; you'll have to go back to 1989 to find a season he had less strikeouts. Also, that 4.45 ERA in a weak NL East scares me a bit.</p> Fun stat: Glavine batted 2.14, his highest since 1998, which is 2 points lower than starting Braves' 1B Scott Thorman. Strangely enough, Tim Hudson batted 2.63 in 76 AB.</p> </p> <hr width="100%" size="2" />
This is great news!</p> Not only do the Mets get to face him plenty of times next year, but since the Braves stupidly signed him before Dec. 1, they should also get a first round pick to boot!</p>
Glad to see him back. If we can have a healthy pitcher core, we should be good no matter the age of these guys.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Universe @ Nov 19 2007, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'> Glad to see him back. If we can have a healthy pitcher core, we should be good no matter the age of these guys.</p></div> The little kid in me is glad to see him back in a Braves uni, and based on the market, the signing isn't half bad, but he sucks. He won't be better than a #4 starter behind Chuck James - who also sucks - and the only thing keeping him from the bottom of the rotation is the fact Mike Hampton is a walking hospital bill.. Luckily for us Braves fan, pitching isn't really a strong point in our division, especially when it comes to depth in the rotation. The fact that we have such a good 1-2 is encouraging.
