2008 mlb hot stove Stories - Over the Monster
Manny Ramirez to the Angels Now Makes TOO Much Sense
Manny Ramirez has turned down the Dodgers offer of 1 year, $25 Million. How can the Angels NOT make a run at him? Manny Checklist: HE wants to make more than $40 Million to justify having left the Red Sox HE hated the fishbowl that life in Boston is and would be in New York HE wants to be the...
Player Value Graphs: A Look At Adam Dunn
It's not until around January when the offseason really starts to crawl for me. Most of the major free agents have signed, the winter meetings are over, and not much else is happening in baseball. We're just 15 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp and then, the next thing you'll...
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...
You Sending The Wolf? Shoot, That's All You Had to Say
The Dodgers are interested in bringing in starting pitcher Randy Wolf, who pitched decently enough for them for half a season in 2006. While I would prefer Ben Sheets in Dodger Blue, I am somewhat comforted by this excerpt from Ken Rosenthal's FoxSports.com report: The Astros sought to retain...
It's Settlement For Either, Or Else
The Dodgers and Andre Ethier have exchanged salary arbitration numbers today, as they were unable to come to terms (yet) on a contract like the club did with Russell Martin and Jonathan Broxton earlier in the day. Per Tony Jackson, here are the numbers: Salary Submission Andre Ethier ...
Return of the Grievous Angel: Jays Avoid Arbitration With Frasor, League, Bautista, Accardo
Hi all - hope everyone is doing well. It has been an interesting 4-day weekend here in Washington DC, to say the least. The city all but bursted at the seams, but it was great fun, so I've no complaints. The Jays, who have yet to go to an arbitration hearing with a player while JP Ricciardi has...
Updated Dodger Payroll
Here is the payroll, through 2012. ...
Dodgers Slow to Lowe: "Let Yourself Go"
Now that Derek Lowe has signed with Atlanta (for 4 years, $60 million), let's look at the updated draft pick compensation worksheet. Here is a list of all the Type A free agents, in order if their Elias ranking: Mark Teixeira - 98.889 already signed with Yankees CC Sabathia - 98.110 already...
Hello Mota?
According to various reports, it appears former Dodger setup man Guillermo Mota is on his way back to the Dodgers. Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times has the story: Guillermo Mota has agreed to the terms of one-year contract to rejoin the Dodgers, according to baseball sources who were granted...
You Always Play Me in the Cheapest Key - Jays Say Signing Orlando Cabrera "Makes No Sense"
This Buster Olney blog post talks about how some Type A free agents who were offered arbitration are having trouble getting offers because teams don't want to give up draft picks to sign them. The one most relevant to us is Orlando Cabrera, 34-year old shortstop and Richard Griffin's favourite...
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