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Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our Thanksgiving holiday was extended a bit here at BYB , so pardon us while we catch up on some of the pertinent news over the next couple of posts. Could this be the last time I get to use this Edgar Renteria photo? I've grown kind of attached to it, you know. The Detroit Tigers, however, would no longer like to be attached to Renteria, and cut the cord with him for good yesterday by declining to...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press : Tigers decline to offer arbitration to Edgar Renteria — The Tigers have declined to offer salary arbitration to any of their free agents, the team announced today. — Shortstop Edgar Renteria, a Type A free agent, was the only player whose status appeared to be in question over the past week.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Tigers have declined to offer salary arbitration to any of their free agents, the team announced today. Shortstop Edgar Renteria, a Type A free agent, was the only player whose status appeared to be in question over the past week.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The big-hitting, big-bodied shortstop "revolution" that Alex Rodriguez, Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter, Edgar Renteria and Miguel Tejada were said to launch in the late '90s and early '00s never amounted to much, the same way the 6-foot-9 point guard "revolution" sprung by Magic Johnson didn't amount to much. Look around baseball right now. It's hard to remember a time when more teams needed a shortstop...
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Rain Delay (Free subscription) | yesterday
This fiery Cuban impressed the suits so much in 2007 that Edgar Renteria was sent packing to the Detroit Tigers for Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens. It was a brilliant move then and still is today, listen I liked ‘Rent as much as the next guy - but you can see him declining. Escobar hit over [...]
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | yesterday
It looks like the empending econmic hardship has got all the owners spooked. At 8pm so far.... Ivan Rodriguez (37) - Type B, not offered arb Gregg Zaun (38) - Type B, not offered arb Jeff Kent (41) - Type B, not offered arb Edgar Renteria (33) - Type A , not offered arb Bobby Abreu (35) - Type A , not offered arb Braden Looper (34) - Type B, not offered arb Greg Maddux (43) - Type B, not offered arb...
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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the unfortunate news of the Tigers decision about Edgar Renteria and arbitration out of the way it’s probably worth looking at some potential Tigers targets and whether or not they were offered arbitration. One potential target at closer who is a Type A is Trevor Hoffman. The Padres didn’t offer Hoffman arbitration which means [...]
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press has the latest on the Tigers. GM Dave Dombrowski wasn't sure Edgar Renteria would turn down an offer of arbitration, and he didn't feel two draft picks were worth the risk. Discussions with the Pirates regarding Jack Wilson are ongoing, but concrete proposals have yet to be exchanged. The Tigers have interest in free agent catcher Gregg Zaun. Zaun, 38 in April,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Tigers could have offered salary arbitration to Edgar Renteria before Monday's deadline as a way to preserve their rights to two compensatory draft picks. The catch was that Renteria would have needed to decline the one-year contract worth roughly $9 million.
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The San Francisco Giants Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Monday, December 1st at 9 pm pacific marks the deadline for teams to offer their free agents arbitration. There was already word out of Detroit early in the day that the Tigers would not be offering Edgar Renteria arbitration, meaning any team could sign him without forfeiting one of their top draft picks. This move comes as a surprise to few as the Tigers bought Renteria out of his contract last month...
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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
I think it is safe to call the Edgar Renteria-Jair Jurrjens/Gorkys Hernandez deal “the trade that just keeps taking.” There was hope that the Tigers could salvage a couple draft picks out of the trade, but that possibility is now gone as the team has declined to offer Renteria arbitration. All players are classified according to [...]
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Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Tigers announced today that they will not be offering arbitration to any of their free agents. This includes Edgar Renteria and that's a very disappointing decision. It means that they will not receive any free agent compensation if he signs with another team. Given that multiple teams are reportedly interested in signing him to more than a one year deal, offering arbitration seemed
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View from the cheap seats (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The path is clear for the Cardinals -- and any other team, for that matter -- to pursue Edgar Renteria without fear of getting soaked for a couple of high draft picks.The Tigers on Monday announced that they would not...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
According to Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press, the Tigers declined to offer arbitration to Edgar Renteria today. The risk of the Type A free agent accepting must've been too strong. Since he will not cost any draft picks, Renteria now becomes more appealing to potential suitors. Rafael Furcal is neither Type A nor B, so he carries the same appeal. Only 17.3% of MLBTR readers expected the Tigers...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Action this offseason will likely pick up with tomorrow's arbitration deadline, but let's take a look back at the week leading up to it: Early in the week we heard a false rumor that the Giants had signed Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18MM contract. I didn't understand the signing at the time, and the fans seemed to share my sentiment based on the comments. The Pirates signed Dinesh Patel and Rinku...
