A 6.89 ERA. 1.959 WHIP. -1.0 WAR. 6.99 BB/9. Horrific numbers right? Yep, those numbers belong to St. Louis Cardinals reliever Brett Cecil. We are paying this guy 7 million dollars a year…to flat out suck. Let’s flash it back about two years ago real quick, shall we?
On November 21st, 2016, it was announced that the St. Louis Cardinals have signed LHP Brett Cecil to a four year-$30.5 million contract. He was one of the top lefty relief arms on the free agent market. Though he was not as dominant as he was in previous years, he still had a solid 2016 campaign and showed that he could contribute to a bullpen in need of a lefty reliever.