Friday, December 19, 2003
MY HALF-ASS ROTOWORLD MAIL-IN POST
I've been out most of the day, but luckily, not much of note has happened. Except the Sonics lost to the Spurs and the Lady Huskies lost to 4th-ranked Texas Tech at home to complete the Texas two-step in Seattle.
To the RotoWorld wire...
Ben Weber's agent, Andy Lipman, said the Angels have made several one-year offers that he and his client considered unacceptable.
Anything to break up the components of the Angels bullpen is a very good thing. How Ben Weber gets anybody out is beyond me. Do people buy into the persona? It seems like his fastball tops out at 89...it must have some sick movement or something.
Angels signed outfielder Jose Guillen, who had been with the Athletics, to a two-year, $6 million contract with an option for 2006.
Looks like the Angels have their new rightfielder, if they know any better, because that's the only place you put this guy's amazing cannon arm. This seemingly means Tim Salmon will be the everyday DH, what with Brad Fullmer out the door.
Yankees non-tendered outfielder Karim Garcia.
What a great couple of days for Karim Garcia. From an assault charge to a pink slip. What this guy was doing on the Yankees in the first place was a mystery to me. If memory serves me right, he had a couple of fluke games here and there and his value went up so Cleveland could trade him off. But come on...the guy's a hack.
Devil Rays agreed to terms with infielder Geoff Blum on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
Just in case anyone thought Geoff Blum might be a bench idea.
Devil Rays agreed to terms with RHP Rob Bell on a one-year, $500,000 contract.
I didn't know that piles of crap were worth $500k. I think the D-Rays overpaid here.
Outfielder John Vander Wal declined Milwaukee's offer of arbitration.
The Brewers have until Jan. 8 to re-sign Vander Wal, but it doesn't look like they're going to do so.
This seems too easy and makes too much sense. Therefore, Gillvasi will look the other way.
White Sox agreed to terms with outfielder Carlos Lee on two one-year, $15 million contract with an option for 2006.
The Raul Ibanez deal shot down the chances of Carlos Lee as a Seattle Mariner, but this just made it official. Sorry, Jeremy.
And to save the best for last...
Indians signed RHP Giovanni Carrara to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
At least there's a little something to put a smile on all our faces. The weather in the Puget Sound region today was just horrible. At 1pm, it seemed more like it was 5:30pm thanks to all the clouds. Seasonal affective disorder is in full swing in these parts. But thank you to Indians GM Mark Shapiro for pulling the trigger on this one. He's obviously on the skids after not pulling that deal for Carlos Guillen.
Well, there's the comment-worthy RotoWorld stuff I found. There's more, but the other stuff seemed maybe a little too obvious or too obscure.
To the RotoWorld wire...
Ben Weber's agent, Andy Lipman, said the Angels have made several one-year offers that he and his client considered unacceptable.
Anything to break up the components of the Angels bullpen is a very good thing. How Ben Weber gets anybody out is beyond me. Do people buy into the persona? It seems like his fastball tops out at 89...it must have some sick movement or something.
Angels signed outfielder Jose Guillen, who had been with the Athletics, to a two-year, $6 million contract with an option for 2006.
Looks like the Angels have their new rightfielder, if they know any better, because that's the only place you put this guy's amazing cannon arm. This seemingly means Tim Salmon will be the everyday DH, what with Brad Fullmer out the door.
Yankees non-tendered outfielder Karim Garcia.
What a great couple of days for Karim Garcia. From an assault charge to a pink slip. What this guy was doing on the Yankees in the first place was a mystery to me. If memory serves me right, he had a couple of fluke games here and there and his value went up so Cleveland could trade him off. But come on...the guy's a hack.
Devil Rays agreed to terms with infielder Geoff Blum on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
Just in case anyone thought Geoff Blum might be a bench idea.
Devil Rays agreed to terms with RHP Rob Bell on a one-year, $500,000 contract.
I didn't know that piles of crap were worth $500k. I think the D-Rays overpaid here.
Outfielder John Vander Wal declined Milwaukee's offer of arbitration.
The Brewers have until Jan. 8 to re-sign Vander Wal, but it doesn't look like they're going to do so.
This seems too easy and makes too much sense. Therefore, Gillvasi will look the other way.
White Sox agreed to terms with outfielder Carlos Lee on two one-year, $15 million contract with an option for 2006.
The Raul Ibanez deal shot down the chances of Carlos Lee as a Seattle Mariner, but this just made it official. Sorry, Jeremy.
And to save the best for last...
Indians signed RHP Giovanni Carrara to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
At least there's a little something to put a smile on all our faces. The weather in the Puget Sound region today was just horrible. At 1pm, it seemed more like it was 5:30pm thanks to all the clouds. Seasonal affective disorder is in full swing in these parts. But thank you to Indians GM Mark Shapiro for pulling the trigger on this one. He's obviously on the skids after not pulling that deal for Carlos Guillen.
Well, there's the comment-worthy RotoWorld stuff I found. There's more, but the other stuff seemed maybe a little too obvious or too obscure.
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