Twins sign pitcher Ramon Ortiz

[Frymaster]

For about $3 million, pending his physical. This deal sums up a typical offseason for the team. Sign a bunch of (pick up to three) old/injury-plagued/terrible players and hope they have career years. Ortiz has a career record of 79-76 and a career ERA of 4.85. After arbitration numbers were released, and the Twins weren't really close with any of the players, I expected TR to hold on to his cash. Instead, he blows it on this guy. It isn't even a low risk/high reward move, because if you spend 3 million here, 2.5 million there, a few $500,000 deals and you've racked up enough money to sign an actual decent player.

[Durango53]

This is an intresting signing.

[redsfan]

This guy is awful. He pitched for the Reds in 2005. He had an ERA in the mid 5.0 range, and gave up a lot of HRs. What made it worse was that after a few bad outings he would pitch rally good and you would think he was coming out of a slump. The next game reality dropped right on your head again.