The Nationals, as they said they would during the actual season, have let Chad Cordero walk (essentially let him walk, they offered him a AAA contract, and he said no thanks). Cordero, before injury was amazing. He was a great closer, he was young, and still is young, and he had good stuff. He is coming off of a tough injury, which has teams a little iffy on him. The Mets have tried to trade for him before, so what about now?
I say go get him. He's a bargain right now and we don't need him to be a closer. We need another 7th or 8th inning guy, and Cordero could easily bring that into the bullpen. I think that signing Cordero, especially if he is cheap, would be a great pick up for the bullpen. Before we look at Cordero's numbers remember Bradford? When the Mets made that signing before 2006, there were a lot of question marks about him, he was coming off of an injury, and the Mets knew what they would do with him and he was great with the Mets. He then went to the Orioles who overpayed him and and didn't use him correctly in 2007 (but he rebounded with a good 2008).
In the height of his carear thus far, between 05 and 07, he had an ERA of 1.82, 3.19 and 3.36. During that time he had 47, 29 and 37 saves. One thing the injury he had cannot hold stop is his pitching mentality. He is mentally tough. So, as you can probably tell from reading this, I am a Cordero fan, and think he would be a great 7th inning guy, depending on how he is recovering from his injury (even if he has to stay a bit in the minors and make his resurgence in 2010, that wouldn't be a problem either, Cordero is a good pickup).
