Wednesday, December 10, 2003
MORE MOVES
With a little assistance from RotoWorld, I bring you the following news...
The Astros are close to signing Andy Pettitte. Apparently he's already passed the physical. The deal is probably in the range of 3 yrs and $30M.
The Baltimore Orioles have apparently inquired about Nomar Garciaparra (short zip-code-and-age semi-registration required -- no big whoop). Again, whichever team Nomar goes to will not end up spending money on Miguel Tejada. But if that team is Baltimore, then the Angels (though I thought they had spent more than enough money on Bartolo Colon) may still have money to play with. I don't how how much money Arte Moreno has stored away, but I'm hopnig it's not much more than what's been spent. At least he doesn't have Brad Fullmer anymore, but then again, the Mariners don't have Fullmer either. But if that Fullmer money is part of the stash that's going Tejada's way, then that's cool.
Oriole management is a little restless because they haven't been able to meet face-to-face with Vlad Guerrero yet.
The Tigers are in the Miguel Batista sweepstakes. Here's to hoping they lose out to a certain local team in the Miguel Tejada sweepstakes.
Here's the Twin City perspective on Ed Guardado coming to Seattle. Apparently the reactive move is for the Twins to inquire about Ugueth Urbina.
Here's the Atlanta J-C blabbing about John Thomson coming to town. Also in the article is speculation about the Braves going after Jose Guillen to help patch up the Gary Sheffield void.
Again, the ATL J-C, this time talking about the Greg Maddux mess. I think he's going to SD, but that's just me.
The Cards are apparently trying to get Rob Alomar to replace Fernando Vina, which really isn't a big pair of shoes to fill at 2B.
Alex, Scott Boras, and the Players union are talking to see if Alex can restructure his contract and have it jive, or something like that.
So now we see the Marlins' progression of thought. Cut loose Ivan Rodriguez, then go after Javy Lopez, whose agent is named Chuck Berry. A different Chuck Berry was the reason why countless people, including Ted Nugent, picked up a guitar for the first time. And to free money, they'll cut Juan Encarnacion loose. Note: I'm looking at those URLs and they look the same, but point to a different story. If so, you shouldn't have to maneuver around the site too much to get the stories.
San Diego probably won't get Kenny Lofton. Next on their list -- Mike Cameron.
And no link here, but a truly comical move -- Rockies signed third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had been with the Braves, to a one-year, $2.1 million contract with a mutual option for 2005. How old is this guy? Like 75 or something? Anyway, he probably just wants to pad his stats one last time. Unfortunately, that probably means there isn't a spot in Denver for Jeff Cirillo...
And there's the surf around the RotoWorld-supplied links today. I didn't bring much material, but I'm just lazy right now. Sue me.
The Astros are close to signing Andy Pettitte. Apparently he's already passed the physical. The deal is probably in the range of 3 yrs and $30M.
The Baltimore Orioles have apparently inquired about Nomar Garciaparra (short zip-code-and-age semi-registration required -- no big whoop). Again, whichever team Nomar goes to will not end up spending money on Miguel Tejada. But if that team is Baltimore, then the Angels (though I thought they had spent more than enough money on Bartolo Colon) may still have money to play with. I don't how how much money Arte Moreno has stored away, but I'm hopnig it's not much more than what's been spent. At least he doesn't have Brad Fullmer anymore, but then again, the Mariners don't have Fullmer either. But if that Fullmer money is part of the stash that's going Tejada's way, then that's cool.
Oriole management is a little restless because they haven't been able to meet face-to-face with Vlad Guerrero yet.
The Tigers are in the Miguel Batista sweepstakes. Here's to hoping they lose out to a certain local team in the Miguel Tejada sweepstakes.
Here's the Twin City perspective on Ed Guardado coming to Seattle. Apparently the reactive move is for the Twins to inquire about Ugueth Urbina.
Here's the Atlanta J-C blabbing about John Thomson coming to town. Also in the article is speculation about the Braves going after Jose Guillen to help patch up the Gary Sheffield void.
Again, the ATL J-C, this time talking about the Greg Maddux mess. I think he's going to SD, but that's just me.
The Cards are apparently trying to get Rob Alomar to replace Fernando Vina, which really isn't a big pair of shoes to fill at 2B.
Alex, Scott Boras, and the Players union are talking to see if Alex can restructure his contract and have it jive, or something like that.
So now we see the Marlins' progression of thought. Cut loose Ivan Rodriguez, then go after Javy Lopez, whose agent is named Chuck Berry. A different Chuck Berry was the reason why countless people, including Ted Nugent, picked up a guitar for the first time. And to free money, they'll cut Juan Encarnacion loose. Note: I'm looking at those URLs and they look the same, but point to a different story. If so, you shouldn't have to maneuver around the site too much to get the stories.
San Diego probably won't get Kenny Lofton. Next on their list -- Mike Cameron.
And no link here, but a truly comical move -- Rockies signed third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had been with the Braves, to a one-year, $2.1 million contract with a mutual option for 2005. How old is this guy? Like 75 or something? Anyway, he probably just wants to pad his stats one last time. Unfortunately, that probably means there isn't a spot in Denver for Jeff Cirillo...
And there's the surf around the RotoWorld-supplied links today. I didn't bring much material, but I'm just lazy right now. Sue me.
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