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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
Angels Sign Donnelly For One Year, $950,000
Brendan Donnelly signed with the Angels on a one-year deal for $850,000, according to the AP.
Update: Donnelly was thus the last arbitration-eligible player for the Angels this year. The Chronicler made a good point earlier in the day when he said that the team is still beholden to its cheap players. Even after these deals, the club will have many inexpensive players providing most of its value despite grossly overpaying for the likes of Darin Erstad, Orlando Cabrera, and Garret Anderson. Seconding the Chronicler, Bill Stoneman deserves applause for this aspect of managing the club, especially with very talented infielders coming up to replace Erstad, Troy Glaus, Adam Kennedy (who's about to get expensive), and even Cabrera.
Update 2: MLB.com says the contract was for $950,000.
Comments:
I really wish we could have packaged up Erstad, Anderson, Cabrera and 1 arm (not Ervin) to Boston for Manny. Before they filled holes it was a perfect fit to fill in the Sox. I say go young like Atlanta did. We'd still have 3 top starters and youth=grind.
# posted by 
: 1/18/2006 11:23:00 PM
: 1/18/2006 11:23:00 PM
$950,000 makes more sense. i couldn't figure out why BD would accept the club's offer of $850k without even going through arbitration.
I don't think Boston would have been foolish enough to trade for Anderson, Cabrera, Erstad, and an arm. Yes, they had holes in those positions, but that's four players who can't hit (anymore) for one who can.
But as to the fourth outfielder, Quinlan is servicable, Gorneault has earned a chance at the big leagues, and the Angels have a good defensive center fielder in the minors (I think his name is Tommy Murphy, but I may be wrong.)
But as to the fourth outfielder, Quinlan is servicable, Gorneault has earned a chance at the big leagues, and the Angels have a good defensive center fielder in the minors (I think his name is Tommy Murphy, but I may be wrong.)
# posted by : 1/19/2006 08:51:00 AM
: 1/19/2006 08:51:00 AMNewer› ‹Older
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