feeling a bit nauseous about the pending announcement of what the Giants did with regard to Bengie? So many players are not being offered arb, and I’d have to wretch if that was also the case with Bengie. Need them draft picks!

Randy Wolf (33) – Type A, not offered arb

I can’t believe that the Fodgers didn’t offer Wolf arb. What are they thinking? They need big help at starting pitching, and Wolf was their best starter at the end of the year. Above and beyond that, even if they have no intention to sign him, by not offering arb they’re losing out on a first and second round compensation draft picks, or at least a guaranteed 1 Sup and 2nd rounder.

I mean Wolf is the #2 SP on most team’s list behind Lackey, and there is absolutely no chance he doesn’t get signed by some team quickly. What a maroon – it seems as if Agent Ned is adopting Sabes’ brain dead attitude toward draft picks from the early part of this decade.

Now that the Angels have announced, I’m pretty sure we know about all A-types EXCEPT Big Money.

What an idiot. In 2007 he calls up Timmeh so early in the year to pitch for a team that has no chance at making the playoffs, and ends up allowing him to get so much ML playing time that he now qualifies as a Super 2 and will cost us about $10-13M more than we should have had to pay for him next year. Then he jumps into the FA market last offseason and signs Rent to an obscene contract without waiting to see what the market would be like. Then, in July he jumps in well before the trade deadline to trade T2 for FSanch instead of sweating the Pirates a better deal, or to pay some of the salary.

But now, when it makes no difference, he waits to the last possible moment to announce the arb decisions. Why is this man still in charge?

I’ve got to question the Mariner’s decision to offer Adrian Beltre arb. I don’t know the exact numbers, but I believe that the lowest he would make for next year if he accepted arb would be about $10M (80% of his 2009 salary – which I believe was around $13M). The M’s can’t afford that, and since he’s unlikely to get even 60% of that on the open market he just might accept arb. He could sign for 1 year, come back from his injury and re-establish himself, then go FA after 2010 season and get a nice multi-year deal.

I guess the M’s are banking on the fact that his agent is Boras. They’re hoping he pulls his normal act (see Veritek last year) and declines arb because of his ego.

No news on whether we’re offering arbitration? The deadline’s tonight at midnight eastern, right?