According to Sun-Times beat reporter, Gordon Wittenmeyer , with the signing of John Grabow to a 2/7.5 contract (backended as only Jim Hendry can do) and the trading of Aaron Heilman to the Snakes, the Cubs have supposedly made their final bullpen move of the offseason. The deal appears to secure the final key piece to the Cubs' projected 2010 bullpen, coming one day after the team traded veteran Aaron...
Let’s start today with several Hot Stove goodies from Joe Smith… Andrew Friedman is looking at right-handed and left-handed relievers and has a target list of free agents and trade targets depending on how the market plays out. Smith lists lefties Joe Beimel, Will Ohman and Darren Oliver and righties Kevin Gregg, J.J. Putz and John Smoltz [...]
As the immortal Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe puts it, "Standing around an airport hotel lobby at night just in case Scott Boras walks by was not covered in journalism school." Meanwhile, you get to keep up with the latest rumors in the comfort of your own home! As expected, the Dodgers declined their $2.2MM option on Will Ohman. Randy Miller of the Bucks County Courier Times says that...
Wolf, Hudson are Type A Free Agents The Elias free agent rankings have been released and, as expected, the Dodgers have two Type A free agents -- Randy Wolf and Orlando Hudson. Ken Gurnick dropped the news today, which confirms the projections from Eddie Bajek , who has been tracking these rankings all year. The Dodgers' Type B free agents are Ronnie Belliard, Jon Garland, Guillermo Mota, Will Ohman,...
More photos » by Gus Ruelas - AP Browse more photos » In an unsurprising move, the Dodgers have declined the 2010 $10 million option on Jon Garland , per Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times . By declining the option, Garland is owed a $2.5 million buyout. Per terms of the August 31 trade with Arizona , the Diamondbacks are paying that buyout. Kensai at Memories of Kevin Malone said...
According to Bruce Levine on ESPN 1000 , the Cubs are working on signing lefty reliever John Grabow to a multi-year deal worth between $6.5 million and $7.5 million. Agent Paul Kinzer represents Grabow, who would be the team's left-handed set-up man and a possible back-up closer in the event Carlos Marmol is injured or needs a day off. Jesus, really? Grabow as our set-up guy? Grabow closing games?...
by Mark J. Terrill - AP One Type B free agent greets a Type A free agent on the mound View full size photo uploaded October 21, 2009 There will be plenty of time this offseason for moves, but here's an overview of the current Dodger 40-man roster. There are 43 players currently on the 40-man roster , including four on the 60-day disabled list. That will change quickly after the World Series as players...
Many including myself, wanted the Mets to pick-up Will Ohman for several years. Ohman was seen as a solid lefty who could pitch multiple innings. When the market dropped out, it appeared that the Dodgers had stole the lefty reliever signing him to a one year 1.35M minor league deal with a 2.2M club option for 2010. Ohman made the team out of spring training but only appeared in 22 games before being...
I choose to ignore the divorce talk. After all, they are but temporary holders of the "Boys in Blue." Will Ohman has bee released . His option with the Dodgers for 2010 has been declined and his contract was bought out. Great pic of a Dodger fan from twitter: @DodgerLadies . I'm hoping for a quick recovery for rising soccer star Charlie Davies after a deadly car crash this past week. Zack...
The offseason hasn't even started yet for the Dodgers, but they've already made their first personnel move. According to MLB.com's Ken Gurnick, the team has declined a $2.2MM option for lefty reliever Will Ohman, instead paying him a $200K buyout. Ohman was one of the last free agents to sign last offseason, landing with LA at the end of Spring Training. Ohman posted a 5.84 ERA in 12.1 IP for the Dodgers,...
Type A/Type B Free Agents from MLB Traderumors MLB Traderumors has a pretty cool spreadsheet up with projected Elias rankings for all of this offseason's free agents.The projections are reverse-engineered by Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts. Teams get compensatory picks in the next year's First Year Player Draft if they offer arbitration to Type A or Type B free agents and they subsequently sign...
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