Fremont Bound

The Athletics odd offseason continued as they signed oft injured Bartolo Colon to a one year deal pending a physical.  Colon was oddly effective last year after some time out of the league and while he got off to a nice start for the Yankees, he tapered off pretty quick as his first half ERA was 3.20 versus a second ERA of 4.96.

The one time Cy Young winner has 161 career wins and he’ll turn 39 in May.  He was good for 164 1/3 innings last year and for a one year deal, if they can get that out of him, I’d be happy.  His 3.38 Strikeout to walk ratio last year was the best of his career and his strikeout rate was the best he’s had since 2001 when he was still with Cleveland.