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Who wants Jamel McNeil?
April is just a few days away and Jamel McNeil, the greatest reliever in the game and possibly the most talented pitcher, period, in the WPK, still sits as a free agent without a team.
It appears that he even is looking for a fairly reasonable salary. Yes, I realize we are talking about a reliever here, but this guy is off the charts good. And we aren't talking about your modern closer with his 60-75 innings pitched and 3 to 3.5 WAR at best. This guy has averaged over 138 innings pitched per season in his 8 year career and has racked up 48.0 WAR. He has a career won-loss record of 90-37 with 172 saves, an ERA of 1.76, a WHIP of 0.98 and a career K/9 of 11.7. He is a 5-time Reliever-of-the-Year and 8-time All-Star. The man is a beast.
And universally despised.
Someone is going to give in and sign him. He's just too tempting to leave alone. I've done it myself. Only to trade him mid-season.
He's a clubhouse cancer.
And a Hall-of-Famer.
Who want's Jamel McNeil?
But perhaps even more to the point, how long will we have to wait to find out?
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