Moyer Making a “Comeback”

By Blaidd Drwg

Methuselah, err…I mean Jamie Moyer is planning on making a comeback, at age 49, with the Colorado Rockies. I like Jamie Moyer, I think he is a swell guy, but Jamie, it is time to hang it up.

Some reasons why this is not going to go well:

• Despite being a lefty, he is 49 and not a knuckleballer and isn’t named Satchel. He was barely effective at 47, when he last pitched in the majors.
• He is coming off reconstructive elbow surgery. Pitchers half his age sometimes don’t come back from that and I don’t think all of the conditioning in the world will help. On the flip side, I doubt that he could actually lose any speed on his “fastball”.
• As mentioned, he wasn’t all that effective in his last stint in the majors in Philadelphia. He would be pitching in Coors Field. He has a tendency to give up the long ball. You do the math.

Somehow I don’t think that Jamie has any desire to be a LOOGY and will be expecting to make the team as a starter. I really hope that he doesn’t embarrass himself too badly.

My prediction – his elbow doesn’t hold up, he retires before playing a game in spring training and gets a job as a coach somewhere.