Big FA signings board

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:46 pm

Rafael Perez: $45M/3 yrs
Maurice Hines: $22M/1 yr
Emilio Gomez: $40M/5 yrs

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:46 pm

Juan Arelleno: $51.7M/6 yrs
Javier Ybarra: $42M/3 yrs

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:04 pm

I can't believe you signed a 39 year old catcher to that deal. Risky move Jonah

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:08 pm

Bill_Abner wrote:I can't believe you signed a 39 year old catcher to that deal. Risky move Jonah

He shows no signs of slowing down yet. Look at his power numbers. He's a bad C - he'd be plopped at first, but Ledezma is still there and can stroke the ball, too. Perez is a bigger risk, IMO.

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Dennis Chapman: $26.4M/2 yrs
Javier Salinas: $33M/3 yrs.

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:40 pm

I really ought to include position and new team:

Sherman Payne, SP, Gold Sox: $39M/3 yrs

There's a story here: Payne, former Cy Young winner, had an inexplicable drop in 2010. Is it just a fluke, or is it a decline? $12.3M per year is a steal for him if he's anything like his former self.

Rumor mill:
Jose Garcia, SS to Isotopes for $50M.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:52 pm

Payne's 2nd half of the year was pretty good, though.

Baroo-Novi · Post by **Baroo-Novi** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:37 pm

Considering he didn't sign with me... he's gonna bust!

He better anyway... greedy bastard.

Breadman-HagerstownGoldSx · Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:03 pm

The "Major" is going to have a bounceback year with the Gold Sox this year. With the defensive addition of Chapman and the trade for Lang the club is much better defensively and offensively.

His signing allowed me to trade stud SP Salomon Jimenez and get cheap middle infield help.

Playoff tickets are now being printed in Hagerstown.

Steve

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:15 am

Chappy's defense?

Steve I hope you didn't bring my boy to that cesspool of a city for his defensive abilities. 23 errors last year didn't give me a bunch of warm and fuzzies.

Of course...if he hits .365 who cares?

Watching the NL will be fun this year with you, Charleston and New Orleans.

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:09 pm

Luis Gomez, SP, Drillers: $63M/4 yrs
Antonio Salazar, SP, Rivermen: $35M/5 yrs
Richard Adams, SS, Socialists: $19.5M/4 yrs
Joe Baldwin, CL, Cicadas: $9M/2 yrs

Gomez earns the highest total salary this offseason, though not the highest per year - not by a long shot (Hines).

Breadman-HagerstownGoldSx · Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:38 pm

Some big FA signings this week.

I'm not in on the Dirk Franks (SP) sweepstakes but I'm interested to see where that one will land. Over $17 million / season?

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:34 pm

Breadman-HagerstownGoldSx wrote:Some big FA signings this week.

I'm not in on the Dirk Franks (SP) sweepstakes but I'm interested to see where that one will land. Over $17 million / season?

uh...yeah

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:38 am

The rumors are true:
Jose Garcia, SS, Isotopes: $49.4M/5 yrs

Also, Novi spends an amazing amount on a MR, which is strange because the closer they signed makes a fraction of that contract:

Paul de Blooys, MR, Drillers: $31M/3 yrs

You have to think de Blooys will be assigned as a CL, and the newly acquired CL will be a MR.

Post by **Jared** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:40 am

Breadman-HagerstownGoldSx wrote:Some big FA signings this week.

I'm not in on the Dirk Franks (SP) sweepstakes but I'm interested to see where that one will land. Over $17 million / season?

If Luis Gomez, a 30-year old 4-star guy went for nearly $16m a season and four years, I'd think that Franks should go for at least $20m per season. Probably more.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:16 pm

GreenSoxJonah wrote:The rumors are true:
Jose Garcia, SS, Isotopes: $49.4M/5 yrs

Also, Novi spends an amazing amount on a MR, which is strange because the closer they signed makes a fraction of that contract:

Paul de Blooys, MR, Drillers: $31M/3 yrs

You have to think de Blooys will be assigned as a CL, and the newly acquired CL will be a MR.

Unless he tries the closer as starter experiment -- that guy does have a 10 stamina

Post by **Jared** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:56 am

Manuel Aleman, $600k/1 year

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:41 pm

Bill_Abner wrote:
GreenSoxJonah wrote:The rumors are true:
Jose Garcia, SS, Isotopes: $49.4M/5 yrs

Also, Novi spends an amazing amount on a MR, which is strange because the closer they signed makes a fraction of that contract:

Paul de Blooys, MR, Drillers: $31M/3 yrs

You have to think de Blooys will be assigned as a CL, and the newly acquired CL will be a MR.
Unless he tries the closer as starter experiment -- that guy does have a 10 stamina

I think when you change position with a CL, the stamina changes. Not entirely sure.

Post by **Jared** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:24 pm

SP Dirk Franks, $130m/5 years!

Wow. Miami's payroll is now $131.7m; for a team that made $87.6m last year. Eek.

GreenSoxJonah · Post by **GreenSoxJonah** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:07 pm

CC Sabathia money there.