Addition By Subtraction?

by Ian Casselberry on Feb 15, 2009 8:00 AM EST in News Comment 3 comments

Two former Detroit Tigers top Jayson Stark's poll of 15 "baseball sages" for the worst free agent signings of the offseason. They're just not that into you, Edgar Renteria and Kyle Farnsworth.

There was nothing -- nothing -- in this poll that our panelists agreed on more thunderously than how out of line they thought the Renteria deal was with the rest of the market. One NL exec got so worked up, he even voted for this deal twice. Why? Here's just a sampling of the vociferous opinions: "The only thing more in decline than his three-year drop in homers and RBIs is his range." … "Probably should have gotten a third of that money." … And this succinct review: "That guy's done." Meanwhile, Farnsworth allowed 27 hits in 16 innings in Detroit, and still, somehow, got a two-year deal.

The only signing that was worse than Renteria or Farnsworth, in the eyes of the panel, was Adam Dunn's two-year, $20 million deal with the Washington Nationals.

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In today market Dunn did receive too much

Dunn would although look good in a Tiger uniform as a DH with his left handed bat, 30 plus homeruns and high OBP.

by Barry2 on Feb 15, 2009 9:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I’d forgotten about the Matt Joyce trade until listening to ESPN radio last night, the host was interviewing Rob Neyer, and Neyer was talking about Joyce on the Rays, in “he’s going to be a good player” terms.

by ahtrap on Feb 15, 2009 6:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The only reason...

…the Dunn signing looks bad at all is because it was so recent. The Phillies signed an older, worse version of Adam Dunn for more years at more money per year.

“Remember Raul Ibanez!”

In DD we trust; all others must bring data.

by cherub_daemon on Feb 16, 2009 8:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs