Friday, December 05, 2003
TWO MORE TIDBITZ
Larry LaRue is making Darrin Beene look like crap by bringing it once again. He brings up the 1-yr, $4M difference between the Mariners and Hasegawa, and also the on-the-table offer to Mike Cameron of 1-yr and under $5M. Basically, he says that someone will be the odd man out, and it's probably Cameron. LaRue also brings up the horror story from last year when Freddy Garcia somehow won his arbitration case (Steve Sandmeyer will attest that the MLB lawyer screwed up the hearing) to take $2M more than what the Mariners were offering.
Jeremy threw me this link before he retired for the night, and it's to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for a story (registration required) saying that four teams have made contract offers to Eddie Guardado. Since you probably don't want to register, I'll give you the Guardado-related part--
Four teams present offers to Twins' Guardado
La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune
Published December 5, 2003
The Twins' attempts to keep closer Eddie Guardado have gotten tougher, as he's received offers from four other teams, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
Oakland, Seattle, Boston and the Chicago Cubs all have presented contracts proposals to Guardado, but not all for him to be a closer.
Kevin Kohler, Guardado's agent, said he expects to know by the end of the weekend where Guardado will pitch.
"Something is going to happen this weekend, and that's nice," Kohler said. "I can tell you that things are going as good as we hoped."
Teams must offer arbitration to their own free agents by Sunday night or they can't sign them until May 1, which has created frenzied negotiations across the league this week.
Twins General Manager Terry Ryan said Thursday the club remains very interested in keeping Guardado.
Guardado and Ryan, who did not speak to each other much during the season, talked on the phone this week.
"It went real good," said Guardado, who resented the lack of contact but still wants to remain a Twin. "I wanted to talk to him, just in case we didn't work something out and I go somewhere else, just so I could leave with a little respect. Hopefully, we can get something done here."
Jeremy threw me this link before he retired for the night, and it's to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for a story (registration required) saying that four teams have made contract offers to Eddie Guardado. Since you probably don't want to register, I'll give you the Guardado-related part--
Four teams present offers to Twins' Guardado
La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune
Published December 5, 2003
The Twins' attempts to keep closer Eddie Guardado have gotten tougher, as he's received offers from four other teams, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
Oakland, Seattle, Boston and the Chicago Cubs all have presented contracts proposals to Guardado, but not all for him to be a closer.
Kevin Kohler, Guardado's agent, said he expects to know by the end of the weekend where Guardado will pitch.
"Something is going to happen this weekend, and that's nice," Kohler said. "I can tell you that things are going as good as we hoped."
Teams must offer arbitration to their own free agents by Sunday night or they can't sign them until May 1, which has created frenzied negotiations across the league this week.
Twins General Manager Terry Ryan said Thursday the club remains very interested in keeping Guardado.
Guardado and Ryan, who did not speak to each other much during the season, talked on the phone this week.
"It went real good," said Guardado, who resented the lack of contact but still wants to remain a Twin. "I wanted to talk to him, just in case we didn't work something out and I go somewhere else, just so I could leave with a little respect. Hopefully, we can get something done here."
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