Going, going, Gomes gone.

Also, Lance Broadway is available from the same system.

I sure I hope that’s true, cuz I loves me some Gomes.

but after the 6th year they have to agree on a price? So Votto, Cueto, Bruce, ect are going to be cheap as hell for the next 4 years?

Thanks for the info…are you ready for Christmas? I’ve lost your email address so I may have to just put my wish list up on RR cause I know you’ll be wanting celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ by among ways, giving…as is taught in the gospel it is better to give than to receive. In order to facilitate that beautiful Christ-like process I’m willing to forgo the joy of giving and be the dull but appreciative guy who receives.

More than five OFers? Is this an NL thing?

it was like that scene in LOTR when the skeleton army rises from the lake to fight for the good guys and slaughter all the orcs. the only problem is, that skeleton army is only fighting for you once. still awesome though.

And I’m not really objective here, because Wang was my favorite Yankee not named Bubba Crosby.

On the one hand, Wang is only 29. His recent ineffectiveness was due to injury. (Which can probably be traced back to the foot injury he suffered on the basepaths – stupid interleague.). He had shoulder surgery this year, and maybe that will fix it. He is a good guy, more mature than average, never a problem in the clubhouse, will to do anything asked of him. I have no doubt he’ll work hard to get healthy. When he’s good, he’s very good. A heavy sinker at 96-97 mph, and a bunch of other pitches to fall back on if necessary. (The Yankees actually told him to drop some of them. He’s one of those guys who loves to learn new pitches, but they felt it wasn’t good for his arm to throw so many. Maybe they were right.) He was the Yanks’ ace for a couple of years. And he’s very good on defense, too – a good thing for a groundball pitcher.

OTOH, shoulder surgery is always iffy for a baseball player. And Wang has a history of injury.

A lot of the beat writers were puzzled at how the Yanks treated Wang. They took him to the mat when he became arbitration-eligible, and won. Meanwhile, players like Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera got big contracts. The media found that baffling, because Wang is such a good guy (while Cano and Cabrera…well…aren’t – at least not always).

Cashman said the reason was that pitchers are always at higher risk of injury than position players, so he wasn’t going to sign Wang to a big contract until it was necessary. I guess he was right.

i think walt knew what was coming with the catcher market. if not, he got really lucky.

the kendall signing is a joke, though. i’d feel bad for kansas city fans if they

which is why i apologized earlier for criticizing him. but if having Hernandez, even if it’s a good contract for a catcher this winter, means not re-signing Gomes, then im mad again.

and probably had an upper limit for what they wanted to pay. If they couldn’t bring Gomes’ people down, they have two potential LFers in the minors who hit lefties extremely well, one of which plays much better defense.

Heisey (vs LHP minors): .344/.419/.510

Frazier (vs LHP minors): .334/.406/.576

I’m okay with that thinking to an extent, but neither of these guys has even played a full year at AAA. They haven’t proven they can hit in the majors, let alone for the power the Reds need from LF. And it doesn’t seem wise to get nothing in return for Gomes or the roster spot he represented, especially over what was likely less than $750,000.

it was Cantu all over again. They were hoping they could get him for cheap. When it became obvious they couldn’t, they cut him loose. Which was too late for the Rule 5 draft.

probably based on the 40% calculation in the 40-60-80 continuum. If you make it a round $2M, then it looks like the Reds chose to spend that extra cash on Hernandez and not Gomes, while probably saving a little flexibility for SS, where they felt there was a lack of depth. I can’t fault that thinking, but why they went full Cantu with him makes no sense to me.

until you make this weekend the worst weekend ever, huh?

that doesn’t make it all better, but it did make me laugh. :)

bravo

It’s sad, really

            less than 30 HRs is “no power” than that statement would be accurate. However, I can easily see us getting 15-20 HRs from C, 3B, CF and LF depending on who Dickerson splits time with.

I said Still 23,

but reaching Homer Bailey territory for the Marlins, complete with this great big red flag: “has been battling control issue and right knee tendinitis. His knee improved over the winter, and he will unveil a new delivery to help reduce the impact on the knee.”

43 walks in 80 innings later…whattayaknow?

to minor league deals. That didn’t take long.

hmmmmmm …

an 11″ × 15″ picture of Mr. Dumatrait. It belongs to another RR, not me.

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if Heisey can hit lefties like he has in the minors. It wouldn’t provide much power though – which is where the Gomes signing would’ve made sense (and where My Wladdy Balentien might come in). I just don’t understand why they couldn’t get something for Gomes… my sneaking suspicion is that this presages another crappy move we don’t like.

…here.

They’ve only had the easiest schedule in the history of professional sports.

They’ve only had the easiest schedule in the history of professional sports.

In fact, I bet we complain every time Taveras or Dusty’s scrub-of-the-day steps to the plate.

they sure did piss it away with Gomes. I mean, “apparently” of course, since I have never actually played with the guy.