What a Duketastrophe
Justin Duchscherer has agreed in principle on one-year deal with A's. Could be worth $5.5 million if he reaches his incentives. Justin would have made for a Dukelicious 5th starter, but eh.
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Bah
One of my offseason targets. =/
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 24, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions
So, for reference, if we sign DeRosa, it will cost us probably $12 mil total.
For that we probably could have gotten Nick Johnson AND Duke.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
That’s just not accurate.
Derosa for two years, 6mil per year. Dush and Johnson both signed for 5ish mil each. That’s 10 mil in one year, versus 12mil in two. Not even close.
It’s a moot point though, see jponry’s statement.
by fantastical on Dec 24, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I concede Jponry’s point, but I see nothing wrong with the statement “$12 mil total”.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
not only that, duschbag signed with his original team. It would have cost the Giants more money than it cost the A’s to sign him. Isn’t it funny that we want the Giants to sign every freaking free agent that’s out there except our own?
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
and if Duchscherer did sign, we’d all yell about it for some reason, talk about how the $5mil could’ve gone to a hitter, etc.
not really. I would have been ecstatic. The guy can straight up pitch.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
You are aware FA get to decide where they play? We offered more to Johnson than the Yankees, he still opted to play for NY.
Also, the total for 1 year compared to that for 2 years is a difference. If your landlord told you that you had to pay double your rent this year but could live there for free next year, is that really the same? Baseball teams are businesses and cash flow does matter. Not to mention that if we did pay both Duke and NJ this year, we couldn’t sign another bat for this year.
Not sure what to do about my screen name at this point...
by AngelWillSaveUs on Dec 24, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I hear ya. I chose my words poorly. I am mostly just frustrated that we could have afforded Duke and NJ for what they ended up getting paid HAD they chosen to sign with us.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Gotcha. Yeah, NJ was one guy I really wanted too. Why does everyone hate us?!?!?!
Not sure what to do about my screen name at this point...
by AngelWillSaveUs on Dec 24, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Bork and Sabes are still here ? Frandsen and Lewis bad mouthed the Giants ? They don’t like garlic fries ? There could be a number of reasons.
Matt Downs . The Kevin Frandsen of 2010 !
That sucks.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Dec 24, 2009 12:16 PM PST reply actions
Yes!
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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DAMMIT!
WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS!
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
HES VERY FRAGILE
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Its ok
I’ve wanted Bedard more. Hopefully we can still get him
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Sheets or Bedard Please
If we are going to spend more than a 2 mil base.
I like Duke and would have loved to give him a chance here but he got a fair deal with his former team and there are plenty of reclamation prjects out there with plenty of upside.
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Question is...
If we do end up signing both DeRosa and Uribe, will we have enough left over to make Quizibuck a word?
If we just sign both of them, we’ll be in one.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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