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After all, Hengten was the Jays first Cy guy, and is remembered reasonably fondly in the Toronto area, plus the Jays can use any help that they can get for boosting their attendance. Considering that, the $2.2M doesn't seem that unreasonable.
If only they could resign Escobar the rotation would look pretty solid, which is all they really need with their offense.
(A) If you believe that Chavez's splits are for real, which you may be able to convince even primates of becasue (first( he's left handed and (second) they've held steady for 4 years, then you still have to figure in...
No. Durazo is not an FA as he doesn't have close to 6 years service time yet. He's only in his second year of arbitration (4 years of service time). The A's can sign him (for 1 or more years), offer him arbitration, or non-tender him. He is only free to sign with another team if they non-tender him, but the A's will receive no compensation.
Beane has reportedly wanted Durazo for a long time, so he won't non-tender him. And Durazo wasn't that great last year (especially by arb standards) and only cost $1 M in 2003, so he won't be very expensive next year.
What's ZIPS got to say about Kielty? Still looks like a decent OBP, no power guy to me. The A's could use the OBP, but I don't foresee him being all that valuable.
With Delgado, Wells, Hinske, and Phelps anchoring the offense, and now Lilly and Hentgen added to Halladay for the pitching, it seems to me they might just be one or two moves away from making a move to win this division next year.
I'm not so sure. Cameron was pretty average last year and Ibanez could certainly reproduce that (or close enough to it). There'd be a defensive hit obviously. If Olerud bounces back at least a little bit, Ichiro bounces back, and Edgar stays healthy, no reason the M's offense shouldn't be as good or better. Then if they can actually address their 3B problem, they should be better even if one of the above doesn't happen.
The M's of course are an old team (Hasegawa is 34??!!) and could collectively fall off the cliff at any moment. But if they don't, swapping Cameron for Ibanez is not going to turn them into also-rans.
First, you can count on Beane signing at least one cheap vet for a #4 pitcher, a la Halama and Yarnall last year. Beane does build a good team with youth, but he does not like to have to rely on untested guys. Harden will probably make the rotation. Behind him, and in front of Rheinecker is Duchscherer. And there is still Harville rotting away at AAA if they need a replacement guy and don't want to bring up Rheineker for any reason.
Overall I'd say it depends if Beane snags one or two arms off the scrap heap, how those guys preform, and if anyone goes down to injury. I'd give you 9/10 that Rheineker spends September in the rotation, but only 1/4 that he sees the majors before the All-Star break.
Just a SWAG.
Assuming he doesn't get run over by a helicopter or anything, he will. In fact, he'll probably get most of the save opportunities.
The money might be a bit more than most of us would have predicted, but this is consistent with Ricciardi's other signings since he shook Godfrey's hand. The man's never been afraid to overpay for what he wanted. Up to a point.
It's not Stieb-Alexander-Key-Clancy, but it'll do.
As for finding a "great fielding, no hitting SS" they've already sort of got that in Woodward. Woodward has never been anything more than a sub in my mind, but he and O-Dog seem to get along well, he practices hard and has a worker attitude. Woodward hit 261/316/395 this year and is a pretty decent fielder. I don't know if picking up (who's an available defensive whiz?) Rey Ordonez is going to make that much of a difference in the field, to make up for the weak bat. The NL teams do it with an pretty easy out every 9th batter, but I just don't think signing a Felix Martinez as your SS would work in the AL. Woodward is not any kind of a longterm player, but he's not paid like one either.
He's tater-iffic. 26 HR in 91 IP the last 2 years. That's absolutely horrifying.
Craig B posted this Bob Brenly quote about Batista on Batter's Box:
"He is a refreshing breath of fresh air. Not that this is a criticism, but if you are not talking about fantasy football or baseball or girls, most ballplayers don't have much to say.
"Miguel's got opinions on everything. He's extremely well-read, extremely well-spoken and a very thoughtful, caring human being. And he's a great pitcher on top of it. He's fun to be around."
And in one of Richard Griffin's recent columns, Griffin listed some of Batista's accomplishments - he's a published poet, he's writing a detective novel, he's got a program going to drive poor kids to and from school and day care.
The contract details have been announced, by the way - total 13.1 mil, 3.6 mil of that in '03 and 4.75 mil each of the two years after that.
You also developed Bernie Williams and Mike Lowell
The bullpen wasn't great last year, but I was a lot more concerned about the back end of the rotation. It wasn't pretty, and I think it hurt the team a lot worse than the bullpen did.
I don't know anything about de los Santos, but I'm not too worried, as there are about four guys ahead of him on the depth charts. I do like the fact that his last name comes in three pieces.
Halladay, though, appeared to relish his starts on three days' rest, and claimed he felt much sharper when doing so, especially compared to five days' rest. I wouldn't mind seeing him throw 220-230 innings, but I'd be disappointed if those innings came in less than 37 or 38 starts - about 32 starts on four days' rest, with the occasional start on three days' rest following a short outing. If he wants to work, I say let him work - and just keep his pitch counts lower.
One thing to remember about Halladay, is that he is efficient enough that throwing 260 innings for him (at around 14 pitches per inning) is the same wear-and-tear as throwing 225 innings for a typical pitcher (at around 16 pitches per inning). In fact, it's probably somewhat less, since he works very fast, so he's throwing many fewer pitches when tired.
Given that the market conditions are identical, could the Blue Jays have signed him to a three year contract for less money? Or does Halladay's consistency add $$ to his perceived market value?
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