Who Wood Have Thought?!
The Tribe Daily —
... Now that've gotten that out of the way, let me go ahead and tell you that Jeremy Affeldt has just signed with the San Francisco Giants. ...
Giants Sign Jeremy Affeldt
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... According to Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News, the Giants signed lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year deal. He was a Type B free agent, so the Reds will receive a sandwich pick for him in the June draft. ...
News: Giants sign Jeremy Affeldt
MetsBlog.com —
The Giants have signed free-agent LHP Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year deal, reports the San Jose Mercury News.
Sweet Relief
El Lefty Malo —
The Giants just signed Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year, $8 M contract. Affeldt is a B-level free agent, so the Giants won’t surrender a draft pick. More on this later, but first — Ha! Cruel fates. Just before the news broke I finished writing the post below, which I’ll let you read for a few chortles and galumphs.
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Because this Hot Stove season will almost certainly find a shiny new free-agent relief pitcher wrapped up under Lou Seal's Christmas tree, I need to submit to the inevitable. It's going to happen, kids, so ...
Affeldt the Giant
El Lefty Malo —
... ” that Affeldt’s raw stuff took “a pretty big step forward.” (Link tip from Baggs.) His fastball and curve got faster, which perhaps made him feel more comfortable throwing strikes. He got a lot of swinging strikes, too. ...
Giants Sign Affleldt: 2 years, $8M
obsessivegiantscompulsive —
The Giants have announced the signing of lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt, 2 years, $8M. Reports on this at sfgiants.com, Extra Baggs, The Splash (Chron), and SF Chronicle (Schulman). As Sabean usually does when he has money, he goes out and get the best or one of the best free agents available. That doesn't always work (Benitez for example) but we knew those negatives the moment we got him, whereas from what I've been reading, there is hardly a negative to be found on Affeldt. From what I read among the various reports, Affeldt was considered one of ...
MacDougal, Cruz & Affeldt......
Mets Fever —
... Affeldt, 29, was ranked among the top relievers on the market, and even if his contract is in the $8 million range, there is reason to believe this is a good signing. He’s a durable, 6-foot-4 power pitcher with a good curveball who pitches around the strike zone (25 BB, 80 SO in 78.1 IP). That was key for the Giants, who couldn’t stomach all the walks their relievers allowed last season. source Mercury News ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... examining my favorite low-cost bullpen targets, but sadly less than 24 hours later he's already off the market after becoming the first free agent of the offseason to sign. My suggestion was that the Twins should offer Affeldt a three-year deal worth $9 million and he ended up taking $8 million over two years from the Giants, which is a very nice deal for San Francisco. Apparently he wasn't even on the Twins' radar, which is a shame at that price. ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... Two weeks ago the Giants signed Jeremy Affeldt to a reasonable two-year, $8 million contract after he topped my list of free-agent relievers the Twins should target this offseason. Bob Howry wasn't on that list of targets because at the time he was a "Type A" free agent and would have required giving up a first-round pick to sign, but his exclusion did come with the disclaimer that Howry "would definitely move near the top of my preferred targets list" if the Cubs didn't offer him salary arbitration. Sure enough that's exactly what ...
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