Wednesday, May 15, 2013
MLBTR: Phillies to sign Carlos Zambrano to minor league deal
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posted 1 week ago by RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) to carlos zambrano, free agents, minor league deal, phillies
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Get ready for WORLD WAR Z.
Read More...The Phillies have officially announced the signing of Carlos Zambrano to a minor league deal. He will report to extended Spring Training in Clearwater, Fla. Zambrano is represented by Praver/Shapiro, as shown in MLBTR’s Agency Database.
The 31-year-old Zambrano had previously agreed to a contract with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League but never signed the contract as he continued to look for employment with a Major League team.
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1. ColonelTom posted on January 31, 2013 at 02:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Sea Bass.
While looking at one of the other Alex Gonzalezezez (the one who is as American as a whistle) he wins the Gaylord Perry award for bouncing around in 2004. He played 37 games for the Cubs, 35 for Les Expos, and 11 for the Padres.
There are 3 minor leaguers with the same name as well. Too bad B-Ref didn't adopt the practice of carrying the family history in the name, that way it would be easier to tell these guys apart. Of course, then he'd have to buy a new N.A.S. box to store all those extra names.
The one who didn't get a big contract from Gord Ash on the basis of a 38 game fluke.
Year OPS+1998 40
1999 91
2000 40
2001 78
2002 66
2003 96
2004 79
2005 85
2006 75
2007 99
[minors in 2008]
2009 65
2010 98
2011 74
2012 107
The peaks weren't so high in 2001 and 2005, but they were better than the surrounding years. Based on this in-depth analysis, I say this is a bad signing by the Brewers. They should have gotten him on a two-year deal.
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