Luis Vizcaino
Age: 32 Years Old (Turns 33 in August).

Three-Year History, three-year splits and last year's splits.

SEASON Team W L ERA G SV BS IP H R ER HR BB SO
2004 Brewers 4 4 3.75 73 1 4 72.0 61 35 30 12 24 63
2005 White Sox 6 5 3.73 65 0 3 70.0 74 30 29 8 29 43
2006 Diamondbacks 4 6 3.58 70 0 2 65.1 51 26 26 8 29 72
2007 Bill James 4 4 3.65 67 0   69.0 62     9 26 63
2007 CHONE     3.84       68.0 63 32 29 9 27 57
2007 Marcel 4 5 4.15   0   65.0 62 31 30 8 27 54
2007 ZiPS 4 6 4.77 68     66.0 66 38 35 9 28 56

SEASON Team K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 AVG WHIP BABIP LOB% FIP
2004 Brewers 7.88 3.00 2.63 1.50 .231 1.18 .259 73.7 % 4.66
2005 White Sox 5.53 3.73 1.48 1.03 .273 1.47 .299 80.0 % 4.79
2006 Diamondbacks 9.92 3.99 2.48 1.10 .217 1.22 .277 79.7 % 4.10
2007 Bill James 8.22 3.39 2.42 1.17 .242 1.28 .287   4.29
2007 CHONE 7.54 3.57 2.11 1.19 .247 1.32 .286 75.9 % 4.57
2007 Marcel 7.48 3.74 2.00 1.11 .253 1.37 .295 75.5 % 4.52
2007 ZiPS 7.64 3.82 2.00 1.23 .262 1.42 .305 68.8 % 4.55

Outlook: I might have been the only person in northeast who was genuinely excited about Luis Vizcaino's acquisition. I am ecstatic because Luis should provide Torre with something he sorely lacked last year, a third solid option in the bullpen. Yes, I know Joe had Villone last year but he didn't use him in the first half and overused him in the second. Now, if Torre uses him, Luis should be a consistent source of quality innings (5 years of 60+ IP, 4 with ERA+ of over 110) and the addition of that has a pretty striking impact. Farnsworth and Proctor can then be used less and with his splits, it reduces the need for a second lefty (just in case Henn doesn't work out). It's actually pretty interesting - he's a righty that's good against both but especially good against lefties (.163/.281/.288/.569 last year and .214/.305/.362/.667 over the last three). He's the bizzaro Mike Stanton!

Also, over the course of the last two years, he's pitched in hitters parks and did a decent job there so the move to Yankee Stadium should help mitigate his move from the NL to the AL. Finally, another interesting thing to notice is Luis' GB ratio. Now, I don't know what he changed up in 2005 but he's got his groundball groove going now (42.8% in 2005, 45.1% in 2006) so that could work out well with an improved Yankee infield.

Please post your predictions for the following stat line in the comments section:

G Innings W L BB KSVBlSv ERA