The Pirates and Astros haven't been the most successful baseball teams in recent years, and today we saw a possible reason for that.
Two awful pitchers have found work. First, the Astros signed Zach Duke to a minor league deal. Duke pitched 76.2 innings (9 starts and 12 relief appearances) in 2011 in his first season away from the Pirates organization and posted a 4.93 ERA. Believe it or not, that was an improvement from his last season with the Pirates when he put up a 5.72 ERA in 29 starts.
The Pirates countered the Astros minor league deal with Duke by signing former Orioles pitcher Daniel Cabrera, who hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2009. He had a career 5.10 ERA in the big leagues and a 4.32 career minor league ERA. He didn't pitch an inning anywhere last year, so this seems like a complete waste of a signing for the Pirates. Again, there's no risk to a signing like this, but there's no way he ever helps the Pirates in any way.
At the end of the day, these two signings are not going to mean anything, but at least they'll have jobs to support their families with, right?
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