Braves Sign Former Royal
The Braves signed minor league free agent Juan Abreu to a big league contract, tweets Ed Price of AOL FanHouse. The righty, 25 in April, was previously in the Royals organization. This year he tossed 41.6 innings between High A and Double A, posting 53 strikeouts and 36 walks.
Heading into the 2009 season, Baseball America ranked Abreu as the Royals' #25 prospect. Their take: "Abreu has shown a great arm, iffy command and rotten luck during his time with the Royals." The luck note refers to Abreu twisting his ankle in August of last year by stepping on a baseball and missing the rest of that season.
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Abreu's future with the Royals ironically improves with this move
by Freneau on Nov 24, 2009 2:53 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
I've got a good feeling about this
it’s the turning point…someone else want our ex-players, er, player
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besides the White Sox and Astros
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Nov 24, 2009 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
that's true
instead of “someone” i guess i should say “teams whose players we used to covet, now covet ours”
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I remember when that team acquired and gave starts to both Kris Wilson and Aaron Guiel. Weirdness.
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by Scott McKinney on Nov 24, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
hmm...
i guess this is a two way street.
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by CollininCalifornia on Nov 24, 2009 2:42 PM EST reply actions
didn't realize THIS at first:
big league contract
That seems a bit curious for a guy with little success at Double-A last year, right?
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by CollininCalifornia on Nov 24, 2009 2:45 PM EST reply actions
Dutton reports
earlier today that w had resigned Abreu to a minor league deal. Is this report legit? Does the major league deal trump the minor league deal? I do not understand…
and opps was probably supposed to be oops
oh the irony.
I saw the Dutton story, too.
Bullington is the 14th minor-league player, and eighth pitcher, signed by the Royals since the end of the season. The other seven pitchers: Juan Abreu, John Bannister, Jorge Campillo, Jairo Cuevas, Carlos Rivas, Brad Thompson and Kelvin Villa.
Not sure if the mlb deal trumps the minor league one. Kind of interesting.
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by CollininCalifornia on Nov 24, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Schaum says
Abreu had reached terms with the Royals, but no deal had yet been signed. Maybe the Braves swooped in at the eleventh hour and offered a big league deal, which the Royals were not willing to offer.
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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 24, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Retaliation for the tete-a-tete last offseason
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that would actually have made sense, considering he’s a decent player (CHONE has him as almos a league-aveage hitter next season — very good for a catcher — a bet he’s got a good shot of beinga 2 WAR player if he’s full-time, even with his dreadful defense)
Was it Jairo Cuevas or something?
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by Matt Klaassen on Nov 24, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
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by philofthenorth on Nov 24, 2009 3:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Don't worry, Abreu will likely come available again
His career walk rate in the minors is 5.7 BB/9 (not a misprint), he is a flyball pitcher, and he has only 20 innijngs above A ball despite next year being his age 25 season. His K rate is shiny (10.9 K/9), but that is about it, so he is essentially a medium stakes lottery ticket. I would guess the Braves give him a few months in the minors to see if the walks come under control, and if not, he goes on waivers the next time the Braves need a 40-man roster spot.
by Gopherballs on Nov 24, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
so to clarify:
a big league contract, like the one Abreu received, only means he’ll be paid like a major leaguer, not necessarily play in the majors?
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by CollininCalifornia on Nov 24, 2009 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
It means he is on the 40-man roster
He has three options left since he was just added to a 40-man roster for the first time, so the Braves could send him to the minors without having to place him on waivers. Most likely, he signed a split contract that pays him the league minimum for any time he plays in the majors but a lesser amount while in the minors.
how would the Royals’ contract have been different? not added to the 40-man and thus he could start in the minors w/o using an option?
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Yeah, he will likely get more money in the minors, plus major league pay during spring training
He also gets protected by the union, receives other benefits of the CBA (e.g., the better health insurance plan, I think), and starts burning his options, so he can only be forced to play in the minors for three more years instead of four. Except in very rare circumstances (usually involving fringe major league veterans who want to play for a certain team), the player takes a major league deal over a minor league deal.
Of course, the Royals could have added him to the 40-man roster and kept him under the same terms as Atlanta. But the Royals elected not to add him to the 40-man roster. He had six years in the minors, so he qualified for minor league free agency.
by Gopherballs on Nov 24, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ah, thanks for clarifying
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by CollininCalifornia on Nov 24, 2009 6:20 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully the Royals can leverage the dead spots on the 40-man roster
to entice better minor league (and some of the interesting but fringe major league) free agents by offering a major league deal.
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