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A's Sign Orlando Cabrera
One year, $4 million. Cabrera's 34 and might not have another good year left, but he's a reasonable gamble for Oakland and a nice upgrade over the disappointing Bobby Crosby. Unfortunately, they also ...
Royals Sign Juan Cruz
Everyone loses! Cruz will receive $2.25 million for 2009, $3.25 million for 2010, and a $4 million team option for 2011 in the deal, with a $500,000 buyout. The right-handed Cruz could represent a...
Pirates Sign Ruben Gotay
The Pirates have signed infielder Ruben Gotay to a minor league deal. Gotay's more interesting than the usual minor league signing--he isn't old (he turned 26 in December), he was once a fai...
Dodgers Set to Sign Orlando Hudson
For one year and $3.8 million, plus $4.6 million in incentives. We'll see how reachable the incentives are, but jeez--Hudson has to be the free agent market's biggest loser so far. He was hoping for a...
Three Long-Term Deals: Why We Shouldn't Worry
John Perrotto expresses concern about the Pirates' signings of Nate McLouth, Ryan Doumit and Paul Maholm to long-term contracts: However, the Pirates are taking a bit of a gamble by commi...
Pirates Stocking Up On Corner Players
Earlier today Vlad noticed that the Pirates just signed first baseman and former Nationals prospect Larry Broadway (who, just in case you saw the name and got a little confused, isn't the sa...
MLB May Change Free Agent Compensation Rules
A week or so I wrote about the depressed market for players like Juan Cruz, who is a Type A free agent because the Elias rankings don't make any sense. It turns out Major League Baseball may...
"Most Unimproved"?
I've been thinking about ESPN.com's recent claim that the Pirates are the "most unimproved" team in the National League. Dan H. emailed it to me and Ketcham Bruce put it in a fanpost, b...
Adam Dunn Signs With Nationals
Two years, $20 million, which is a bargain for a guy who'll hit a ton of home runs and net the Nats a couple of good draft picks when he hits a better free agent market. Nats GM Jim Bowden drafted Dun...
LA Times: Pirates "Expressed Interest" in Bobby Abreu
Well, this is interesting. The Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Chicago White Sox reportedly expressed interest in Abreu, whom Greenbe...
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