John Smoltz

Columns

1. The blueprint: How teams have built championship rotations

   Columns

   01/19/2012

   … returning in September. 1995 Braves Greg Maddux (1.63 ERA, 262 ERA+), Tom Glavine (3.08 ERA, 139 ERA+), John Smoltz 3.18 ERA, 135 ERA+), Steve Avery (4.67 ERA, 92 ERA+) Notable change: None.
2. Where the Red Sox stand in the starting pitching market

   Columns

   12/22/2011

   … Sox have also had some January contracts that did not pay off, including the one-year, $5.5 million deal with John Smoltz from 2009 and a one-year, $4 million deal with Joel Pineiro in 2007. But those have typically featured little risk …
3. The Waiting Game: For Red Sox, no rush to make moves

   Columns

   12/08/2011

   … break. Perhaps most memorably, in 2009, after the Sox missed out on Mark Teixeira , the team signed Brad Penny and John Smoltz to contracts in January. Both pitchers were dumped before the end of the year after pitching poorly. All of that …
4. Money in the ninth: Ryan Madson deal raises bar for Jonathan Papelbon, closer market

   Columns

   11/09/2011

   … nine who depend on oxygen for sustenance ... the returns are decidedly less impressive. Of those nine, just three ( John Smoltz , Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez ) averaged as many as 60 innings a year over their contracts. Four ( Eric Gagne , Ryan, Nathan …
5. Trading for Carlos Beltran would be a mistake for Red Sox

   Columns

   07/27/2011

   … to try and sell you on the idea that this could turn out to be a Larry Anderson/Jeff Bagwell or Doyle Alexander/ John Smoltz . Those are deadline outliers. But I don't think it's in any way a reach to imagine a scenario where the Sox give …

Blogs

1. Source: ‘Nothing to report’ on Red Sox interest in Vicente Padilla

   Blog

   01/12/2012

   … also seen pitchers returning from injury flop. Notable recent instances from the 2009 season include Brad Penny and John Smoltz , both of whom were signed to significant fanfare and returned to health but had poor results that resulted in their being sent …
2. Red Sox opportunity would appeal to Roy Oswalt

   Blog

   11/16/2011

   … couple years ago, the Sox invested in multiple veteran buy-low options coming off of injuries, signing Brad Penny and John Smoltz to one-year deals. Both returned to health, but nonetheless flopped in Boston; both, ultimately, were released …
3. Andrew Miller offers Sox a ‘very encouraging’ first glimpse

   Blog

   06/21/2011

   … The Red Sox have had plenty of buy-low candidates making appearances on their roster in recent years – players like John Smoltz , Rocco Baldelli , Brad Penny and Jeremy Hermida come to mind – but none with quite the combination of stuff and singularly …
4. Opening Day Nuggetpalooza: The Players

   Blog

   03/31/2011

   … Trailers (same minimums): 8.14 – Jeff Suppan (active; Giants) 7.63 – Phil Niekro 6.99 – Carlos Zambrano (active; Cubs) 6.43 – John Smoltz —————————————————————————————————————————– * – Rollie Fingers amassed …
5. MLB Power Rankings, 3/31

   Blog

   03/31/2011

   … Phillies. Why: While all this “best rotation ever” talk is a little overstated — Greg Maddux , Tom Glavine and John Smoltz were all Cy Young winners (seven combined) and are going to the Hall of Fame — there is no question that Halladay …