2009 free agents Stories - Royals Review
Oakland Signs Orlando Cabrera, White Sox Receive Sandwich and 2nd Round Picks
The Oakland Athletics signed Orlando Cabrera to a 1 year, $4 Million contract. The White Sox will receive a supplemental first round pick (a/k/a sandwich pick) and Oakland's second round pick due to Cabrera's status as a Type A free agent who declined arbitration. The picks in the 2009 Draft are...
Undervalued Free Agents: Craig Counsell
With the news coming out that Troy Glaus could miss up to the first 5-weeks of the upcoming season while he recovers from shoulder surgery, the Cardinals are looking for third base solutions. This morning, Ken Rosenthal has a blurb that the Cards might be interested in Craig Counsell to serve as...
Valuing The Free Agent Starters
Other than Manny Ramirez's hair and the daily Steinbrenner rants, nothing creates more buzz during the hot-stove season than fans clamoring for their teams to add quality starting pitching. If you believe sports talk radio, it seems as though every team is a 3rd starter away from winning the...
Please Stop Abusing Matt Holliday's Road Stats
Over the past few days, you can't escape arguments like this one if you've read anything about the A's-Rockies trade: Matt Holliday is a creation of Coors field. His career line on the road is only .280/.348/.455! That's an OPS of .803, or what Cliff Floyd put up in 2008. I'm not going to...
Valuing The Free Agent Hitters
There's plenty of speculation floating around the web about how much the current class of free agents will sign for, but there's not as much discussion about what they should sign for. I come to remedy that situation. Below are listed all the hitters from Tim Dierkes' list of the Top 50 Free...
An All-Hit, No-Field, Off-Season Experiment
This off-season there are a plethra of all-hit, no-field free agents available. Off the top of my head, I count: Manny Ramirez Pat Burrell Adam Dunn Jason Giambi Bobby Abreu Frank Thomas Milton Bradley Raul Ibanez Barry Bonds (ok, kidding) With more and more teams recognizing that...
Edgar Renteria's Interesting Use of Pronouns
Considering the Detroit Tigers could still finish this season with a losing record, at least one player in their clubhouse is pretty chesty about their chances next year. The boasts are especially notable, coming from a guy who's not assured of being in Detroit in 2009. Nonetheless, Edgar...
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