Olney On Wagner, DeRosa, Betancourt, Wolf
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... The free agent rankings are out, so ESPN.com's Buster Olney breaks down the winners and losers. Here are the details from his latest blog post:
Billy Wagner is a Type A free agent, so teams will have to surrender a draft pick to sign him if the Red Sox offer arbitration, as expected. This hurts Wagner's value, since he's coming back from Tommy John surgery and teams will hesitate to give up a top pick for an injury risk.
Olney wouldn't be surprised to see Mark DeRosa field two and three year offers. The versatile ...
Heard this: Orlando Hudson has been informed that he will be the NL Gold Glove Award winner at...
True Blue LA —
... Buster Olney of ESPN breaks the news that Hudson will win a Gold Glove award
News: Randy Wolf is a Type A Free Agent
MetsBlog.com —
In a report yesterday from the GM Meetings in Chicago, Jon Heyman of SI.com said the Mets are expected to make a play for free-agent LHP Randy Wolf.
According to Heyman, ‘The Mets have interest in a do-over in their decision to go for Oliver Perez over Wolf last winter.’
Wolf has been ranked a Type A free agent, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
In a post to his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney says of Wolf, ‘Being a Type A free agent could chase away possible suitors.’
The team that signs Wolf will be forced to surrender a first-round draft pick to the Dodgers, assuming he is ...
Too much hubbub over Type-A free agents
The Hardball Times —
... While there's no question the Type A designation will harm some free agents, I think too much is being made of this. Take Buster Olney and his contention that Billy Wagner will be harmed by the Type A designation. While I'm certain that Wagner will be frozen out of the picks 16-30 market, I don't think he'll be left wanting for a job. ...
Phils-ville rumor central
phillyBurbs.com: Phils-ville RSS feed —
How do rumors get started? The Timex Social Club asked that musical question in 1986, long before every baseball geek had a blog, and round-the-clock hot stove coverage rendered the notion of a baseball "off-season" a laughable misnomer. All it really takes is one newspaper writer (The Inky's Jim Salisbury ...
End of the Week Article Roundup (and new poll)
No, You're a Towel —
Links here! Get your links here! Check out these nice hot links (while we ponder how much one should bid for Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman on the right).
Joe Posnanski gives him 2010 Hall of Fame thoughts for his blog and then for Sports Illustrated. I have to say that I'm underwhelmed by all the candidates. I just ...
End of the Week Article Roundup
No, You're a Towel —
Links here! Get your links here! Check out these nice hot links (while we ponder how much one should bid for Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman on the right).
Joe Posnanski gives him 2010 Hall of Fame thoughts for his blog and then for Sports Illustrated. I have to say that I'm underwhelmed by all the candidates. ...
