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Ok, you’re the GM of a team who could use one or more of these big-name free agents to fill a hole. Who are you willing to sign, given the money they’re likely to demand? You can select as many choices as you’d like. Share your thoughts in the comments.
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November 5th, 2007 at 11:07 am
I went with Aaron Rowand and Barry Bonds. Rowand’s only turning 30 next season, relatively young for a free agent, and is a good (+1 win) center fielder (+1 win) with an average-to-very-good bat (+2 to +4 wins). If he signs for $15 per season, that’s not horrible, and it could be for less.
It would only take a one-year contract to sign Bonds, making him a great signing for a team looking to make a push in 2007 but not looking to take on much risk. Because some teams don’t like his baggage and he’d really like to play somewhere in 2008, his price-tag could be suppressed a bit.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Rowand and Hunter for me. I wouldn’t touch the aging Bonds as I think he’s about to drop off a cliff with both the defense and health. If he can find a DH gig then he’s worth looking at, but I’m not expecting a lot next year from him.
I read somewhere that Hunter expressed interested in playing for the Nationals due to the large African-American population there. Does that seem weird? I mean, yes, DC has a large African-American population, but is it really that different from a lot of other MLB cities, say, Philly, Atlanta, Baltimore, NYC, LA, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit… Anyways, seemed like a weird thing to say, but maybe he’s really tired of seeing the descendants of vikings in Minneapolis for the past however long he’s been there.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Tommy, we may have to put some sort of non-monetary bet on Bonds’ performance in 2008. I’m going to post something eventually about him being an awesome signing.
I notice you didn’t mention Boston in your list of major cities…
November 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Bonds and Andruw for me. Bonds can still hit, and would make a great 130 game DH for an American League team. Best of all, his price tag will be depressed because of his baggage. Andruw is not the superstar everyone thought he was after the 50 HR season, but he’s still relatively young, can still play good defense, and hit 35 HRs. That’s valuable, and he’ll be undervalued coming off of a poor season.
I wouldn’t touch Rowand; he screams “injury-prone player coming off career year in favorable park.”
November 5th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
I’m surprised there’s not more Andruw Jones love?
Do people think hes washed up after this terrible year?
I don’t think he’ll end up with a super low deal, like some are predicting, but it should be a solid value signing.
I’m OUT on Bonds, Schill, Posado and Mo.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:54 am
I know it’s sacrilege, but I’ll join Frank on the Andruw Jones talent bandwagon. But I think he’ll probably cost more than the other CF options, negating any value.