He’s 38 years old and has only pitched 65 innings over the last three years, including a two-year, 25 IP stint in Detroit that only cost the Tigers a cool $12 million. He’s already been retired once, has a balky elbow and only throws in the high 80’s. ESPN is reporting the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are close to signing Troy Percival to a multi-year deal and Rotoworld believes he’ll have a shot to take over the closer’s role. I would have gone the Robb Nen route, but this works.
And what marketing genius came up with this? “Watch it happen?” If the Raiders can cling to “Commitment to Excellence,” the Devil Rays are good enough to come up with something better than the equivalent of “Shit Happens.”
