Ollie vs. Gaudin

 

When The Yankees acquired Chad Gaudin on August 7th, I assumed an immensely undervalued asset such as him would at least cost the Bombers a token prospect.

$100,000. Brian Cashman probably paid Kevin Towers in cash.

Gaudin is hardly flawless. He struggles against left-handed batters, often lacks command, and has reliever written all over him. He is just 26, however, and if you watch him he has some pretty impressive stuff. Thus, in a lot of respects, he is similar to Oliver Perez, our $36 million dollar man.

Here is how the two young hurlers stack up against each other (age in parentheses).

Gaudin:

Year	IP	K/PA	BB/PA	HR/PA	GB%	FIP
2007 (24)	199.1	17.38	11.29	2.37	51	4.69
2008 (25)	90	18.56	9.57	2.88	39.1	4.14
2009 (26)	113	22.22	12.09	1.56	45.5	3.80

Perez:

Year	IP	K/PA	BB/PA	HR/PA	GB%	FIP.
2007 (25)	177	22.7	10.33	2.88	35	4.29
2008 (26)	194	21.3	12.4	2.83	34	4.66
2009 (27)	65.1	19.6	17.7	3.16	30	5.91

 

Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall.