What do you all think of Oil Can Boyd?
February 26th, 2007 Posted by: admin
I don’t know if you all heard, but Oil Can Boyd talked about a return to baseball at the age of 49, do you all think this is real or just a publicity stunt. I mean, the article mentions he wants to be like Satchel, and Satchel debuted at 42 and pitched into his 50s. If Oil Can can still throw in the 90s, ya never know.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Oil-Can-Boyd-wants-another-chance-at-the-bigs-at?urn=mlb,141780
By: Jimmy
Tags: Baseball, Oil Can Boyd, Yahoo
February 28th, 2007 at 12:48
I think it’s for real….and it’s also going to be a publicity stunt at the same time.
Since Bob Stanley did say that Boyd’s fastball was not yet in the 90’s, but he had good tight stuff, it looks like he will get a tryout.
I believe, like a lot of older players, he might be able to pich at ML level. But a long reliever is expected to make 50-60 appearances per year while maintaining a respectable ERA….I can’t see that.
Also it’s hard to see a spot on a 25 man roster for a guy unproven to make multilple appearances.
But he definitely deserves a tryout.
March 2nd, 2007 at 09:47
boyd was a great pitcher, still is. with the lack of quality pitching, he could find himself in the major league very soon
March 2nd, 2007 at 14:13
It’s a publicity stunt.
But since it’s The Can, well, maybe he doesn’t think so. He’s always been that type.
March 5th, 2007 at 20:32
He really could pitch well for a team. He would be like one of the Red Sox’s low risk high rewards. He probably won’t go to the Sox, but any team could use him.
March 8th, 2007 at 03:32
I understand his old team, the Expos invited him to spring training and will ink him to a AAA contract at Edmonton.