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Carl Pavano P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
18	302	1788.7	108	107	0	4.39	26.3

Birth Date	1-8-1976
Height	6' 5"
Weight	265 lbs

Age	49 years, 3 months, 5 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1998	MON	MLB	24	23	134.7	6	9	130	43	83	18	93	8.7	2.9	1.2	5.5	0%	.262	1.28	4.70	4.21	97	3.62	75.1	3.3
1999	MON	MLB	19	18	104.0	6	8	117	35	70	8	98	10.1	3.0	0.7	6.1	0%	.321	1.46	3.85	5.63	86	4.34	84.3	2.1
2000	MON	MLB	15	15	97.0	8	4	89	34	64	8	106	8.3	3.2	0.7	5.9	0%	.276	1.27	4.10	3.06	95	4.07	78.2	2.3
2001	MON	MLB	8	8	42.7	1	6	59	16	36	7	99	12.4	3.4	1.5	7.6	0%	.377	1.76	4.71	6.33	98	4.47	92.6	0.6
2002	FLO	0	22	8	61.7	3	2	76	14	41	5	100	11.1	2.0	0.7	6.0	0%	.345	1.46	3.42	3.79	98	5.55	119.2	0.0
2002	MON	0	15	14	74.3	3	8	98	31	51	14	103	11.9	3.8	1.7	6.2	0%	.340	1.74	5.48	6.30	97	5.43	116.6	0.1
2003	FLO	MLB	33	32	201.0	12	13	204	49	133	19	97	9.1	2.2	0.9	6.0	0%	.290	1.26	3.71	4.30	94	3.79	79.4	4.4
2004	FLO	MLB	31	31	222.3	18	8	212	49	139	16	92	8.6	2.0	0.6	5.6	0%	.282	1.17	3.44	3.00	90	3.46	71.4	5.7
2005	NYA	MLB	17	17	100.0	4	6	129	18	56	17	101	11.6	1.6	1.5	5.0	0%	.327	1.47	4.91	4.77	102	5.10	109.7	0.5
2007	NYA	MLB	2	2	11.3	1	0	12	2	4	1	95	9.5	1.6	0.8	3.2	0%	.282	1.24	4.27	4.76	102	4.97	102.9	0.1
2008	NYA	MLB	7	7	34.3	4	2	41	10	15	5	103	10.7	2.6	1.3	3.9	0%	.300	1.49	5.40	5.77	119	6.95	148.2	-0.5
2009	CLE	0	21	21	125.7	9	8	150	23	88	19	103	10.7	1.6	1.4	6.3	0%	.327	1.38	4.32	5.37	98	4.41	94.7	1.6
2009	MIN	0	12	12	73.7	5	4	85	16	59	7	104	10.4	2.0	0.9	7.2	0%	.332	1.37	3.54	4.64	85	3.26	69.9	1.9
2010	MIN	MLB	32	32	221.0	17	11	227	37	117	24	108	9.2	1.5	1.0	4.8	0%	.281	1.19	3.98	3.75	97	3.80	85.9	3.7
2011	MIN	MLB	33	33	222.0	9	13	262	40	102	23	103	10.6	1.6	0.9	4.1	0%	.306	1.36	4.13	4.30	101	4.75	110.5	0.8
2012	MIN	MLB	11	11	63.0	2	5	80	8	33	9	102	11.4	1.1	1.3	4.7	0%	.329	1.40	4.32	6.00	117	5.62	128.7	-0.3
2002	TOT	MLB	37	22	136.0	6	10	174	45	92	19	102	11.5	3.0	1.3	6.1	0%	.000	1.61	4.55	5.16	97	5.49	117.7	0.1
2009	TOT	MLB	33	33	199.3	14	12	235	39	147	26	103	10.6	1.8	1.2	6.6	0%	.000	1.37	4.03	5.10	93	3.99	85.5	3.5
Career		MLB	302	284	1788.7	108	107	1971	425	1091	200	100	9.9	2.1	1.0	5.5	49%	.303	1.34	4.11	4.39	97	4.28	91.8	26.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1995	GRL	A	MDW	22	22	141.3	6	6	118	52	138	7		7.5	3.3	0.4	8.8	0%	.000	1.20	3.11	3.44	0	0.00	0.0
1996	TRN	AA	EAS	27	26	185.0	16	5	154	47	146	16		7.5	2.3	0.8	7.1	0%	.000	1.09	3.46	2.63	0	0.00	0.0
1997	PAW	AAA	INT	23	23	161.7	11	6	148	34	147	13		8.2	1.9	0.7	8.2	0%	.292	1.13	3.19	3.12	0	0.00	0.0
1998	MON	MLB	NL	24	23	134.7	6	9	130	43	83	18	93	8.7	2.9	1.2	5.5	0%	.262	1.28	4.70	4.21	97	3.62	75.1
1998	JUP	A+	FSL	4	4	15.0	0	0	20	3	14	1		12.0	1.8	0.6	8.4	0%	-1.056	1.53	3.05	6.60	0	0.00	0.0
1998	OTT	AAA	INT	3	3	18.7	1	0	12	7	14	1		5.8	3.4	0.5	6.7	0%	-.500	1.02	3.60	2.41	0	0.00	0.0
1999	MON	MLB	NL	19	18	104.0	6	8	117	35	70	8	98	10.1	3.0	0.7	6.1	0%	.321	1.46	3.85	5.63	86	4.34	84.3
1999	OTT	AAA	INT	2	2	5.0	0	1	7	0	3	1		12.6	0.0	1.8	5.4	0%	-1.500	1.40	4.83	9.00	0	0.00	0.0
2000	MON	MLB	NL	15	15	97.0	8	4	89	34	64	8	106	8.3	3.2	0.7	5.9	0%	.276	1.27	4.10	3.06	95	4.07	78.2
2001	MON	MLB	NL	8	8	42.7	1	6	59	16	36	7	99	12.4	3.4	1.5	7.6	0%	.377	1.76	4.71	6.33	98	4.47	92.6
2001	JUP	A+	FSL	3	3	12.3	1	1	10	2	11	1		7.3	1.5	0.7	8.0	0%	-.643	0.98	2.95	2.20	0	0.00	0.0
2001	OTT	AAA	INT	4	4	27.7	2	1	27	5	19	4		8.8	1.6	1.3	6.2	0%	-.821	1.16	4.21	3.57	0	0.00	0.0
2002	FLO	MLB	NL	22	8	61.7	3	2	76	14	41	5	100	11.1	2.0	0.7	6.0	0%	.345	1.46	3.42	3.79	98	5.55	119.2
2002	MON	MLB	NL	15	14	74.3	3	8	98	31	51	14	103	11.9	3.8	1.7	6.2	0%	.340	1.74	5.48	6.30	97	5.43	116.6
2002	OTT	AAA	INT	3	3	20.3	3	0	23	2	9	2		10.2	0.9	0.9	4.0	0%	.304	1.23	3.78	3.10	0	0.00	0.0
2003	FLO	MLB	NL	33	32	201.0	12	13	204	49	133	19	97	9.1	2.2	0.9	6.0	0%	.290	1.26	3.71	4.30	94	3.79	79.4
2004	FLO	MLB	NL	31	31	222.3	18	8	212	49	139	16	92	8.6	2.0	0.6	5.6	0%	.282	1.17	3.44	3.00	90	3.46	71.4
2005	NYA	MLB	AL	17	17	100.0	4	6	129	18	56	17	101	11.6	1.6	1.5	5.0	0%	.327	1.47	4.91	4.77	102	5.10	109.7
2005	TAM	A+	FSL	1	1	6.0	0	1	6	0	3	1		9.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	0%	-1.250	1.00	4.61	4.50	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TAM	A+	FSL	3	3	11.0	0	2	10	3	10	2		8.2	2.5	1.6	8.2	0%	.250	1.18	4.88	2.45	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TRN	AA	EAS	3	3	11.2	1	0	6	0	12	0		4.8	0.0	0.0	9.6	0%	.214	0.54	1.20	1.61	0	0.00	0.0
2006	COH	AAA	INT	1	1	6.2	1	0	8	1	5	0	101	11.6	1.5	0.0	7.3	0%	.471	1.45	1.95	2.90	79	6.07	127.4
2007	NYA	MLB	AL	2	2	11.3	1	0	12	2	4	1	95	9.5	1.6	0.8	3.2	0%	.282	1.24	4.27	4.76	102	4.97	102.9
2008	NYA	MLB	AL	7	7	34.3	4	2	41	10	15	5	103	10.7	2.6	1.3	3.9	0%	.300	1.49	5.40	5.77	119	6.95	148.2
2008	CSC	A	SAL	2	2	5.0	0	0	6	1	6	0	105	10.8	1.8	0.0	10.8	0%	.429	1.40	1.75	1.80	78	4.98	102.0
2008	TRN	AA	EAS	3	3	14.0	1	1	14	3	13	3	95	9.0	1.9	1.9	8.4	0%	.289	1.21	5.22	3.86	97	4.10	84.0
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	21	21	125.7	9	8	150	23	88	19	103	10.7	1.6	1.4	6.3	0%	.327	1.38	4.32	5.37	98	4.41	94.7
2009	MIN	MLB	AL	12	12	73.7	5	4	85	16	59	7	104	10.4	2.0	0.9	7.2	0%	.332	1.37	3.54	4.64	85	3.26	69.9
2010	MIN	MLB	AL	32	32	221.0	17	11	227	37	117	24	108	9.2	1.5	1.0	4.8	0%	.281	1.19	3.98	3.75	97	3.80	85.9
2011	MIN	MLB	AL	33	33	222.0	9	13	262	40	102	23	103	10.6	1.6	0.9	4.1	0%	.306	1.36	4.13	4.30	101	4.75	110.5
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	11	11	63.0	2	5	80	8	33	9	102	11.4	1.1	1.3	4.7	0%	.329	1.40	4.32	6.00	117	5.62	128.7
2012	FTM	A+	FSL	2	2	5.0	0	0	4	0	3	1	97	7.2	0.0	1.8	5.4	0%	.200	0.80	4.79	1.80	101	3.55	73.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	564	0.4486	0.4557	0.8327	0.6443	0.3023	0.8957	0.7234	0.1673
2009	3066	0.5091	0.4697	0.8035	0.5926	0.3422	0.8508	0.7184	0.1965
2010	3127	0.5299	0.4755	0.8238	0.5757	0.3626	0.8962	0.6942	0.1762
2011	3379	0.4930	0.4833	0.8408	0.6363	0.3345	0.9038	0.7243	0.1592
2012	895	0.5140	0.4827	0.8472	0.6174	0.3402	0.9014	0.7432	0.1528
Career	11031	0.5074	0.4758	0.8257	0.6059	0.3434	0.8863	0.7156	0.1743

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-01-24	2013-01-24	FA	0	0	-	General Medical	Surgery	Ruptured Spleen Fell Shoveling Snow	-	-
2012-06-02	2012-10-04	60-DL	124	111	Right	Shoulder	Sprain	Capsule with Bone Bruising	-
2012-05-20	2012-05-26	DTD	6	5	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2012-05-09	2012-05-09	DTD	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Sprain	Capsule	-	-
2010-09-11	2010-09-16	DTD	5	4		Neck	Stiffness		-
2010-04-12	2010-04-12	DTD	0	0	Right	Hand	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2009-06-17	2009-06-24	DTD	7	5	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2009-06-08	2009-06-10	DTD	2	1	Right	Neck	Tightness		-
2008-09-14	2008-09-14	DTD	0	0	Right	Hip	Soreness		-
2008-03-22	2008-08-23	60-DL	154	128	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2007-06-05
2007-04-15	2007-10-09	60-DL	177	152	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2007-06-05
2007-02-24	2007-03-04	Camp	8	0	Left	Foot	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2006-08-15	2006-08-15	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Trunk	Fracture	Rib Cage From Car Accident	-
2006-05-17	2006-05-17	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Chips	2006-05-19
2006-03-28	2006-10-08	60-DL	194	162	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-
2006-02-12	2006-03-26	Camp	42	0		Low Back	Strain		-
2005-06-28	2005-10-11	60-DL	105	86	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Rotator Cuff Tendinitis	-
2005-04-10	2005-04-10	DTD	0	0		Head	Concussion	Batted Ball	-
2001-03-22	2001-08-15	60-DL	146	119	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Bone Chips	2000-08-22	-
2000-06-26	2000-10-01	60-DL	97	89	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Chips	2000-08-22	-
1999-07-12	1999-09-13	15-DL	63	59	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-
1997-07-01	1997-07-13	Minors	12	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-
1997-04-03	1997-04-25	Minors	22	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	MIN	$
2012	MIN	$8,500,000
2011	MIN	$8,000,000
2010	MIN	$7,000,000
2009	CLE	$1,500,000
2008	NYA	$11,000,000
2007	NYA	$10,000,000
2006	NYA	$8,000,000
2005	NYA	$9,000,000
2004	FLO	$3,800,000
2003	FLO	$1,500,000
2002	MON	$1,312,500
2001	MON	$1,300,000
2000	MON	$255,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$71,167,500
13 yr	Total	$71,167,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 161 d	Tom O`Connell	2 years/$16.5M (2011-12)

Details

2 years/$16.5M (2011-12). Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/19/11. 11:$8M, 12:$8.5M, Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 190, 200 IP. $0.15M each for 210, 220 IP. Limited no-trade protection. Club will not offer arbitration after 2012 season. Retired 2/14.
1 year/$7M (2010). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/19/10 (accepted club's arbitration offer 12/7/09, avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.5M (2009). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/6/09. $5.3M in performance bonus based on starts, IP. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Cleveland 8/7/09.
4 years/$39.95M (2005-08). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/04. 05:$9M, 06:$8M, 07:$10M, 08:$11M, 09:$13M club option, $1.95M buyout. Pavano may void option and forfeit buyout by reaching appearance levels.
1 year/$3.8M (2004). Re-signed by Florida 1/04 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star.
1 year/$1.5M (2003). Re-signed by Florida 12/02.
1 year/$1.3125M (2002). Re-signed by Montreal 2/02 (avoided arbitration, $1.425M - $1.2M). Acquired by Florida in trade from Montreal 7/02.
1 year/$1.3M (2001).
1 year/$0.255M (2000).
1 year/$0.225M (1999).
1 year/$0.17M (1998). Acquired by Montreal in trade from Boston 11/97 (Pedro Martinez deal).
Drafted by Boston 1994 (13-355) (Southington HS, Conn.)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2011-05-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What numbers do you expect from Hosmer for the balance of the season? Does he move into elite 1B territory as soon as next year? Also, tell me anything worth hearing about my Twins. (Patrick from DE)	The PECOTA projection was for .272/.326/.439, but PECOTA isn't told about his struggles with eyesight in 2009, so I expect better. I am hopeful for elite 1B territory at some point. Hmm, next year...as a Royals fan it's incredibly tempting to say yes. I'm not sure the evidence is there yet, though, if I try to be objective. I really want to say yes, though. Something worth hearing about your Twins? Ouch. Let's see...Jeremy Greenhouse found Carl Pavano had the straightest fastball in the Hardball Times Annual last fall...no wait, that's probably not the kind of thing you wanted to hear. How 'bout this: I really like Brian Duensing. He seems to be an under-the-radar guy who has decent stuff and good control. I like Scott Baker, too. (Mike Fast)
2010-12-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Yo, Christina: Is the biggest mistake the Yankees could make now just spending to spend? (AKA who knows who comes available between now and July) (JT from Michigan)	Absolutely. As should be obvious from the Yankees' actions before 2008, Cashman plays a deep, multi-year game; he didn't spend for spending's sake, not when he knew that the major commitments worth making would come the following winter, with Sabathia and Teixeira. I figure losing on Lee is a setback, with the additional problem that 2012's class isn't exactly loaded with aces, which is why I would anticipate the Yankees getting very, very serious about Greinke, instead of just throwing cash at... well, who? It's sort of amusing to note that Carl Pavano might be the best starter left in the free-agency pool, when he's perhaps the one person on the face of the planet less likely to be signed by the Yankees to fill their rotation needs than myself. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-12-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Marc. Two parter: 1) What are the chances that the Yankees don't get Lee? 2) If they don't sign Lee, what is their Plan B? Can they get Greinke with Montero? (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR)	Well, if they won't go seven years on him, and someone else is offering seven years, then there is a really good chance they don't get him. Greinke, supposedly, has no interest in playing for New York. The Yankees aren't going to deal for someone that will cost what Greinke will in prospects only to let him walk away after a season. The problem is that the free agent market for starting pitching is pretty thin now. Carl Pavano is a legitimate option at this point, so the Yanks may need to either trust some of their kids with a rotation spot, or sign some low-cost, bounce back candidates. (Marc Normandin)
2010-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	if the Pirates only go and get (say) Webb and Duescherer to potentially fill out some gaps in the rotation,is this a sound strategy given their current status? And will tehy be able to stand the resultant wrath of the fans? (frank from vegas)	If I were a Pirates fan, personally I'd rather see them buy a lottery ticket like Webb and Duchscherer right now than overspend for league-average pitching. Small-market teams -- check that, almost all-market teams -- need to develop young, relatively inexpensive pitching themselves to remain competitive, or trade their young, inexpensive hitting talent for it. Signing someone like Hardy will be cheaper than signing, oh, I dunno, Carl Pavano. Maybe I just have an allergy to non-elite free agent starters. If anyone knows a cure, I'm all ears. (Ken Funck)
2010-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How amazing is it that after getting overpaid by the Yanks Carl Pavano is about to reel in another multi-year free agent deal that will look bad from the outset? (WilliamWilde from Boston)	Though to his credit, he did the work to earn it. But that's the problem with free agency anyway, at least from management's perspective -- you usually wind up paying for what the guy's already done, not what he's about to do. (Cue Casey Close quote). I'd love to sign Carl Pavano for a year; I'd hate to sign him for three. (Ken Funck)
2010-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who does the Veteran's Committee let into the Hall first ... Marvin Miller or George Steinbrenner? (dianagramr from NYC)	Probably The Boss, though Miller is definitely more deserving due to his incredible impact on the game. Why is Carl Pavano about to become overpaid yet again? Marvin Miller and his almost pathological understanding of how markets work. (Ken Funck)
2010-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Well hello John! What's been the key to Carl Pavano's success this season with the Twins? His 17 wins, 3.75 ERA were the most since 2004 (where he went 18-8 with the Florida Marlins). (jjbehr from Syracuse, New York)	Health has been a big thing and as the great Matt Swartz points out, the American Idle has had a little bit of luck this season as his peripherals suggest he has not pitched as well as his ERA. It was the opposite last year when his peripherals were good and his ERA was bad. Our stat guys call it regression to the mean. Since I'm not that bright, I call it all evening out in the long run. (John Perrotto)
2010-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat. Do you think the Indians will go after a veteran starter at a low cost, and could Chris Young be an option? (warclub from Strongsville, OH)	Yeah, someone along the lines of Carl Pavano last season. Chris Young would be a great choice for a lot of teams next season. He's had his share of injuries but he pitched pretty well in a pennant race after sitting out five months. (John Perrotto)
2010-08-24 14:30:00 (link to chat)	What do you make of Carl Pavano's hirsute upper lip? (Beard from Library)	If Tommy's beard is back in the library, another year of law school must be about to begin. As for Pavano's 'stache, I'll just say that you can't argue with success. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-07-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, you're take on Carl Pavano's big comeback season? Also, what are the best places to eat in Cooperstown if you're taking your girlfriend's mother out to dinner during induction weekend and you plan to ask her (the girlfriend's mother) to marry you? (The VORPal Sword from Minniehaha, MN)	Pavano's got a career year going, in part because he is making the necessary sacrifices to Jobu after skimping on them during his New York days. That said, his 3.98 SIERA suggests some regression is in store - the 1.2 BB/9 may be real but the .253 BABIP won't last forever - and I'm still skeptical he gets through the year without a 15-day vacation or more given his history. Plus I'm sticking pins in my Carl Pavano voodoo doll every night. It ain't working, but then those of you who understand the Jaffe Reverse Jinx already knew that. No idea about dining in Cooperstown, particularly as it relates to creepy marriage proposals, though I do remember liking the burger I had a few doors down the street from the museum when I was there with my then-girlfriend in 2000. Probably the nicest thing this woman (who broke up with me a month later) ever did for me was to suggest the detour to Cooperstown amid our one roadtrip together, and to let me go back to the museum after dinner. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-10-23 16:00:00 (link to chat)	I hear a lot about the smart decisions that the Yankees make with their money, but not a lot about all the poor decisions (Jaret Wright, Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, etc.). Does it make a whole lot of sense to congratulate them for big contracts when the opportunity costs are essentially nil? (Christopher from Nashville)	I don't think anyone congratulates them for big contracts or lauds smart decisions. In fact, more people discuss their poor decisions than praise them for having a lot of money. (Eric Seidman)
2009-10-07 14:30:00 (link to chat)	Do this year's Twins have one of the least intimidating starting rotations in postseason history? (David from Evanston, IL)	It's fairly unimpressive, for sure, and certainly belongs in the discussion. What I'd like to know is why Scott Baker wasn't tabbed for Game Three instead of Carl Pavano, given that after throwing last night, he'd have four days of rest. You've got to guarantee your best pitcher a start in that series. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-10-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How many New York sportswriters soiled themselves when Pavano was announced as the Game 3 starter? The weekend column will write itself! (Phil from NJ)	How many Twins fans did? Who looks at Carl Pavano and Scott Baker and chooses Pavano? Bad decision by Hamels. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-09-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's a reasonable expectation for Erik Bedard in 2010, given his health? (Todd from Wasilla, AL)	As propositions go, that's a strange way to ask about Bedard. If he were healthy, he'd be a swell pitcher to have, but "if" is a powerful word. If I were fabulously wealthy, I'd take vacations more often than once a decade, for example. Bedard's going to get a better deal than, say, Carl Pavano did last winter, but a heavily incentivized contract makes sense, because if Bedard's healthy, then he'd be good enough to be an important part of a contending team's front three. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-09-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you see in the Minnesota rotation next year? Baker, Slowey, and Blackburn are almost givens, considering their manager/pitching coach. But will Manship or Duensing stick? Will Pavano stay in town? How about a free agent signing this winter? (Akneeland from Arizona)	Betting on Carl Pavano seems dodgy; I like Duensing as a fourth or fifth guy, and with the other in-house options, I'd be totally unsurprised if the Twins don't add a token veteran for camp competition. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Carl Pavano appears to have recovered from his "dead arm" period and is back to being a decent starter who can get you into (maybe through) the 7th: if a team traded for him, would they be on the hook for his innings-based incentives? How much would Cleveland have to kick in to get an asset for Pavano? (I am on a crusade: it worked with Mark DeRosa.) (buffum from Austin TX)	I hear what you're saying, Steve, but one good start in a row does not a decent starter make, and his previous three times out, he didn't get through six innings. At any rate, I suspect it's the kind of complication that the Indians might have to add cash to for the right to make Pavano somebody else's problem. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-06-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Steven: How hard did you laugh when you read the reports today that Carl Pavano might return to the Yankees in August? (Joe from Washington, DC)	I did laugh bitterly, but it's useful to remember, as per earlier in this chat, that pitchers aren't that predictable. If Aaron Small could save a Yankees season, so could Carl Pavano. I don't think that will happen, but it could... (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	Next, Carl Pavano. Payback is a bitch. (Steven Goldman)
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	bobbob1313 (Miami): With all of the ragging on the Vicente Padilla's of the world going on here, I've got to ask: Off the top of your heads, who is the worst opening day starter you can think of in recent memory? Is there a better (worse?) choice for this than Mark Hendrickson? Hendrickson is certainly a good choice (no pun intended), but I distinctly remember one Carl Pavano, post-buttocks injury, taking the ball on Opening Day a couple years back. (Steph Bee)
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Oh, Steve, you exaggerate. Carl Pavano pitches on 217 days rest. (Jay Jaffe)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Carl Pavano threw 11,295 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Sinker (88mph) and Splitter (80mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (87mph).