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BP Daily: Weighing Wagner's impact

By Eric Seidman
Baseball Prospectus

Monday, August 24, 2009

By signing Francisco Rodriguez to a lucrative three-year deal and acquiring J.J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in a trade, the New York Mets virtually ensured that their ties would eventually be cut with Billy Wagner, the injured left-handed closer with an $8 million option looming in 2010. Entering the season, PECOTA did not factor in Wagner's recovery from ulnar collateral ligament surgery, projecting a 3.03 ERA and 1.9 WXRL in 49.1 innings. Though his rehab and recovery was always going to ...

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