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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The deadline for offering salary arbitration to impending free agents is midnight tonight. Here's what we know so far (after the jump). Player Team Type Arb? Updated Rod Barajas Blue Jays B NO Joe Beimel Rockies B NO Rafael Betancourt Rockies A YES Doug Brocail Astros B NO Marlon Byrd Rangers B YES *** Kiko Calero Marlins B NO Johnny Damon Yankees A NO Octavio Dotel White Sox B NO Jermaine Dye White...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Astros Offer Arbitration To Jose Valverde, Pass On Miguel Tejada, LaTroy Hawkins, And Doug Brocail Valverde wasn't particularly appealing anyway. Tejada has a spotty fielding history. UZR only really liked him twice: in 2004 (7.1 per 150) and in 2008 (9.4 per 150). He's -4.7 (per 150) over his career and was -12.4 (per 150) in 2009. There has been some talk about shifting him to third, which doesn't...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The Astros offered arbitration only to Jose Valverde (A) and not Miguel Tejada (A), LaTroy Hawkins (A), or Doug Brocail (B), according to the team's Senior Director of Digital Media Alyson Footer. Interesting relief choices; I'd predicted no arbitration offers to Valverde or Hawkins. That said, an offer to Valverde always made sense. He does not seem likely to accept arbitration and take a one-year...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Arbitration decisions are looming and the fate of the Astros offseason will likely be determined by the decisions made by the front office. I know each of us here has some thoughts on the matter, so here's a fanpost with my analysis (hopefully a little more in-depth than you get elsewhere)...disagree with me in the comments! Of the Astros free agents this offseason, only four of them really matter...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
One thing you couldn't have accused the Astros of just before the 2009 season was having a great deal of pitching depth. Wandy Rodriguez had improved in 2008, but it was unknown whether he could continue the trend after just one really good year. The bullpen had been (in part) anchored by such luminous names as Doug Brocail and later the previously-mediocre LaTroy Hawkins . Randy Wolf had been let...
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Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Here are the rankings via AOL Fanhouse : Players with * have 2010 options in current contract Type A free agents (with former team): Jason Bay, OF, Boston Rafael Betancourt, RP, Colorado* Orlando Cabrera, IF, Minnesota Johnny Damon, OF, Yankees Octavio Dotel, RP, White Sox Jermaine Dye, OF, White Sox* Chone Figgins, IF, Angels Mike Gonzalez, RP, Atlanta John Grabow, RP, Cubs Kevin Gregg, RP, Cubs LaTroy...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Houston Astros elected not to pick up the 2010 contract option of veteran relief pitcher Doug Brocail, the club announced on Friday.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Houston Astros elected not to pick up the 2010 contract option of veteran relief pitcher Doug Brocail, the club announced on Friday.
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
More photos » by Bob Levey - AP Happy trails, Doug Brocail. Browse more photos » What's that, you say...a discussion question and a links post, all in the same day? How do you find the time? I'll answer that with a question of my own: It's Friday...would you rather be researching and writing an incisive and well-informed piece about something, or plowing through Season Three of LOST while...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Members of Coaching Staff named; Brocail's option declined for 2010 Bobby Meacham (1st base) and Al Pedrique (bench coach) will be coaches next season. The Astros will pay $250,000 to buy out Doug Brocail's option for 2010. The probable Type B Free Agent will most likely not be offered arbitration either.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Astros named Al Pedrique and Bobby Meacham to new manager Brad Mills' coaching staff Friday and declined the 2010 option on reliever Doug Brocail.
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Astros declined their $2.85MM option on reliever Doug Brocail, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart (via Twitter). Instead they'll pay the $250K buyout on the righty, who turns 43 in May. Brocail pitched only 17.6 big league innings this year due to shoulder and hamstring injuries. While Brocail projects as a Type B free agent, an arbitration offer from the Astros is highly unlikely. McTaggart...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
All the data is in for Eddie Bajek's Elias Ranking projections. There may be a few errors to clean up but we'll take a look at the tentative rankings anyway. The projected Type B free agents (asterisk denotes an option): Garret Anderson Rod Barajas Erik Bedard Joe Beimel Ron Belliard Adrian Beltre Doug Brocail* Marlon Byrd Kiko Calero Mike Cameron Carl Crawford* Doug Davis Carlos Delgado Justin Duchscherer...
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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
I don’t remember if I posted this already, but you can find the information over at Cot’s . I thought I’d post it here as well. Here’s a list of the potential free agent pitchers after this season. Starting Pitchers Brandon Backe HOU Miguel Batista SEA Josh Beckett * BOS Erik Bedard SEA Daniel Cabrera ARZ Bartolo Colon CWS Jose Contreras COL Doug Davis ARZ Justin Duchscherer...
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