sports.yahoo.com - 11/18/2008
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Reliever Jeremy Affeldt became the first of 171 free agents to agree to a contract, striking an $8 million, two-year deal Monday with the San Francisco Giants. One of Giants general manager Brian Sabean's offseason priorities was to bolster his club's inconsistent bullpen, so adding the left-hander helps in that process.
blogs.mercurynews.com - 11/17/2008
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SF Mike : "Good signing. Vote NO on
Joe Beimel." Guru : "Panda is going off in...
Winter Ball." Diego : "Mr. Sandoval just got to be the player of the week at Venezuela winter league. 12 for 21, 4 homers, 6..." Lori Phillips : "call him “ace.” i’ve been ...
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Giants sign LHP Jeremy Affeldt | Extra Baggs
sportsagentblog.com - 11/18/2008
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sportsagentblog.com —
In an effort to beef up their bullpen,
the San Francisco Giants signed Jeremy Affeldt to a...
2-year, $8 million deal.
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Giants Scoop Up Affeldt
sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com - 11/21/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' pursuit of free-agent
second baseman Orlando Hudson, previously considered casual, is apparently...
serious. Two industry sources said on Thursday that the Giants have reaffirmed their interest in Hudson, who is widely ...
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Giants heighten interest in Hudson | SFGiants.com: News
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Sabernomics —
... to a two-year $8 million deal. Based on his performance over the past two years—I normally go back three, but two seems more appropriate here—I have him projecting a value of about $4.5 million/year. I normally don’t like big-dollar reliever contracts, but this one seems spot on. ...
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usatoday.com 11/18/2008 — Reliever Jeremy Affeldt became the first of 171 free agents to agree to a contract, striking an $8 million, two-year deal Monday with the San Francisco Giants.
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mlbtraderumors.com 11/17/2008 — 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.
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Giants ink Jeremy Affeldt to 2 year deal for $8 million
metscitiblog.typepad.com 11/18/2008 — Score one for the Giants, what was Jeremy Affeldt thinking? MLB.com is reporting that the Giants signed the free agent to a 2 year deal worth $8 million. Damaso Marte just got a 3 year deal from the Yankees for $12 million. Affeldt is a 29 year old lefty with a 3-1 strikeout to walk ratio.
Giant Affeldt
hardballtimes.com 11/17/2008 — Jeremy Affeldt, the left-handed reliever from the Reds, signed a two-year deal with the Giants today. The deal is reportedly for $8 million. It doesn't take too many brain cells to call this a very good deal for the Giants. Keith Law ranks Affeldt the 15th-best free agent available (subscription ...
Affeldt the Giant
leftymalo.com 11/18/2008 — Is Jeremy Affeldt ready for a breakout year? He had by far his best performance as a big-leaguer in Cincinnati in 2008 but still was no great shakes. He posted a WXRL of 0.19, this after a wretched ‘07 number of negative 0.65.
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Free Agency Begins: Giants Sign Jeremy Affeldt
mlb.fanhouse.com 11/21/2008 — by Jacob Wheatley-Schaller Baseball's free agent signing period began a few days ago, and now we have our first signing, as the San Francisco Giants have inked left-handed reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year contract . Affeldt, 29, had his best ...
Giants sign reliever Affeldt
sfgate.com 11/17/2008 — The Giants announced they have signed Affeldt to a two-year contract. Terms were not immediately available. He earned $3 million last year in his lone season for Cincinnati. Affeldt, who turns 30 in June, has spent most of his seven-year career with ...
