Now that the World Series is over, we will start seeing a flurry of transactions in the coming days. Last week was no exception. I've already discussed the J.J. Hardy-Carlos Gomez trade, but wanted to make mention of some of the other moves completed last week.
- Philadelphia exercised Cliff Lee's 2010 option. No surprise here. Cliff pitched amazingly down the stretch for the Phillies. Now they need to start working on a contract extension and keep him there even longer.
- Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers on his exercised option. Also not a huge surprise to me here. Manny likes it in Los Angeles, and probably knew that he would never get $20 million on the open market this season.
- Brandon Webb had his 2010 option exercised as well. Based on how much the buyout was ($2 M), it wasn't a huge surprise that it was picked up. Well worth the risk in my opinion.
- Jermaine Dye had his option for 2010 bought out, and became a free agent. He'll catch on somewhere, as he is still a productive outfielder. Just not at the price of his 2010 option.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Weekly Links
Once a week, I will be posting articles and links that I found interesting related to baseball.
- Baseball America has begun posting its organizational top 10 prospects. They started with Atlanta. For more in-depth information, you'll need to subscribe. It does give some good basic info though.
- One of the Philadelphia papers made a mistake. Not a particularly good one either. After losing both games at home, I'd probably be pretty upset too.
- Jorge Says No! is starting a series of columns reviewing some of the worst contracts in baseball, beginning with Jake Westbrook. Interesting read, and I'm looking forward to the future columns as well.
-Yawkey Way Academy looks at what it would take for the Red Sox to acquire Javy Vasquez from the Braves. I love these "what-if" articles. Always fun to play the GM. (Thanks to OvertheMonster for the link)
- Vicente Padilla apparently has a small problem. But he's going to be fine, and apparently there's interest from the Dodgers in him returning next season.
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- Baseball America has begun posting its organizational top 10 prospects. They started with Atlanta. For more in-depth information, you'll need to subscribe. It does give some good basic info though.
- One of the Philadelphia papers made a mistake. Not a particularly good one either. After losing both games at home, I'd probably be pretty upset too.
- Jorge Says No! is starting a series of columns reviewing some of the worst contracts in baseball, beginning with Jake Westbrook. Interesting read, and I'm looking forward to the future columns as well.
-Yawkey Way Academy looks at what it would take for the Red Sox to acquire Javy Vasquez from the Braves. I love these "what-if" articles. Always fun to play the GM. (Thanks to OvertheMonster for the link)
- Vicente Padilla apparently has a small problem. But he's going to be fine, and apparently there's interest from the Dodgers in him returning next season.
You can follow me on Twitter.
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