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Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
Kill This Rumor. Kill It Now.
Steve Young, in yesterday's Register: "The rumors persist that the Angels are interested in Mets slugger Mike Piazza. He would be a great fit at designated hitter, but not at catcher." Kill this rumor. Kill it now.Chisox Non-Tender Schoeneweis
Another of the 2002 Angel squad gets non-tendered: Scott Schoeneweis, whom the Chisox have released. The Sox refused to budge from a take-it-or-leave-it $1.725M offer. Schoeny had bone chips removed from his pitching elbow in August but was never the same afterwards; before the surgery, he had a 3.33 ERA and a 4-1 record in eight starts. I hate to say it, but the Angels might consider picking him up as insurance.Dave Roberts Traded To San Diego
Try to keep yourself healthy, Dave. For Jay Payton, Ramon Vasquez, minor leaguer David Pauley, and cash."This is where I wanted to be all along," said Roberts, who earned a World Series ring with the Red Sox just six weeks ago. "You don't think life can get any better, and then it does. Being a Padre after growing up here watching these guys my entire life, this is where I wanted to be."This will be another in the likely failed attempts to figure out who is going to play center at Petco. The Pads haven't had a good CF since Finley, and the new park in particular is really killing them.
Dodgers Finalize Valentin Signing, Non-Tender Cora, Wilson, Stewart
The Dodgers announced a host of moves late today:- First off, they finalized the Valentin signing, to a $3.5M/1-year deal. Valentin, despite Jon's earlier assertion that he "is no Adrian Beltre", will man third base as a starter. Watch out for olé plays!
If I told you that Valentin's line from 2004 was .216/.287/.473 and Juan Encarnacion's was .236/.299/.405, would it surprise you?
- All of Alex Cora, Tom Wilson, and Scott Stewart were non-tendered. These were not particularly surprising.
"With the loss of Adrian, we needed people with power. Kent goes a long way, as does Valentin, but ultimately that takes significant at-bats away from Alex," said DePodesta. "Frankly, he deserves better, he deserves to play every day somewhere."
... said DePodesta, at least being civil about a mediocre offensive player. - The Dodgers acquired reliever Frank Brooks off waivers from Pittsburgh. (Here's his baseballcube.com link.) Brooks has a 4.67 ERA in 17.1 IP, with 9.35 K/9 and 2.00 K/BB rates, not too shabby. He's a flyball pitcher, so outfield defense will be key.
- Wilson Alvarez was offered a $4M/2-year deal. He will pitch in relief.
- Olmedo Saenz was offered a $650k/1-year deal, and will be the team's main righty pinch-hitter.
- Giovanni Carrara was offered a $500k/1-year deal, and will provide swing relief.
- Also: the Dodgers are still waiting on Scott Boras-represented J.D. Drew to complete the Big Trade.
- The Dodgers are close to a one-year deal with Milton Bradley to avoid arbitration. Presumably it has a no-soda, no-Uncle Tom clause.
- Free agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski is not that interesting to the club (good).
Angels Kremlinology
Anybody wondering whether the Angels considered Eckstein expendable need have only observed his absence on the large posters above the main entrance in 2004.
Comments:
Hello Rob,
Treat that comment about the limited interest in the unspellable ex-Giants catcher with a grain of contempt. Yesterday, DePo was quoted as saying the arbitration deadline would not affect his plans for Cora.
Is there truth in there? Probably, but not enough to tip his hand.
-- T. Austin
Treat that comment about the limited interest in the unspellable ex-Giants catcher with a grain of contempt. Yesterday, DePo was quoted as saying the arbitration deadline would not affect his plans for Cora.
Is there truth in there? Probably, but not enough to tip his hand.
-- T. Austin
# posted by 
: 12/21/2004 05:35:00 AM
: 12/21/2004 05:35:00 AM
Terry: did DePo say what his plans were? It's the kind of Delphic comment you expect from a GM.
Mr. Giants Suck: Lima hasn't had two good years in a row. The Dodgers failed to re-sign Adrian Beltre. DePo therefore has to acquire enough offense to overcome it. The explosion was necessary; "will it work?" is the question.
Mr. Giants Suck: Lima hasn't had two good years in a row. The Dodgers failed to re-sign Adrian Beltre. DePo therefore has to acquire enough offense to overcome it. The explosion was necessary; "will it work?" is the question.
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