mlb hotstove Stories - McCovey Chronicles
A's Sign Orlando Cabrera
One year, $4 million. Cabrera's 34 and might not have another good year left, but he's a reasonable gamble for Oakland and a nice upgrade over the disappointing Bobby Crosby. Unfortunately, they also give up a second-round pick. The A's are also talking to Nomar Garciaparra, who's deciding whether...
Royals Sign Juan Cruz
Everyone loses! Cruz will receive $2.25 million for 2009, $3.25 million for 2010, and a $4 million team option for 2011 in the deal, with a $500,000 buyout. The right-handed Cruz could represent a major upgrade for the Royals' bullpen amid high hopes within the organization that Kansas City...
Pirates Sign Ruben Gotay
The Pirates have signed infielder Ruben Gotay to a minor league deal. Gotay's more interesting than the usual minor league signing--he isn't old (he turned 26 in December), he was once a fairly good prospect (in the Royals' system), and he's actually been pretty helpful in the big leagues at times....
Dodgers Set to Sign Orlando Hudson
For one year and $3.8 million, plus $4.6 million in incentives. We'll see how reachable the incentives are, but jeez--Hudson has to be the free agent market's biggest loser so far. He was hoping for a multiyear deal at around $10 million per season, and as a second baseman who plays good defense...
Three Long-Term Deals: Why We Shouldn't Worry
John Perrotto expresses concern about the Pirates' signings of Nate McLouth, Ryan Doumit and Paul Maholm to long-term contracts: However, the Pirates are taking a bit of a gamble by committing to all three in the long term. Maholm's lifetime record is 30-35 and his ERA is 4.30 after 96 starts....
Pirates Stocking Up On Corner Players
Earlier today Vlad noticed that the Pirates just signed first baseman and former Nationals prospect Larry Broadway (who, just in case you saw the name and got a little confused, isn't the same person as White Sox pitcher Lance Broadway). Obviously, this move isn't any kind of a big deal and...
Washington Nationals: Spring Training 2009: Odalis Perez and The Case Of The Missing Lefty...
So Pedro Martinez Is Still Unsigned, Huh?... I started the morning wondering what was up with "Opening Night" Odalis Perez after reading Washington Post writer Chico Harlan's Nationals Journal post entitled, "Bergmann To 'Pen, And Other Notes", where Mr. Harlan made mention of the fact that Perez...
MLB May Change Free Agent Compensation Rules
A week or so I wrote about the depressed market for players like Juan Cruz, who is a Type A free agent because the Elias rankings don't make any sense. It turns out Major League Baseball may be considering doing something to help Type A free agents like Cruz, Orlando Hudson and Orlando Cabrera--all...
"Most Unimproved"?
I've been thinking about ESPN.com's recent claim that the Pirates are the "most unimproved" team in the National League. Dan H. emailed it to me and Ketcham Bruce put it in a fanpost, but I was planning to ignore it on the grounds that it doesn't tell us much, and it probably only confirms our...
Addition By Subtraction?
Two former Detroit Tigers top Jayson Stark's poll of 15 "baseball sages" for the worst free agent signings of the offseason. They're just not that into you, Edgar Renteria and Kyle Farnsworth. There was nothing -- nothing -- in this poll that our panelists agreed on more thunderously than how...
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