Round 1 FA signings

[nick]

Free Agent Siginings
Monday, 2/6/2008
Free agent signings :



Day 1 :



Day 2 :

Los Angeles (N) : RF Kosuke Fukudome, 17,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A) : C Michael Barrett, 4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : P Masahide Kobayashi, 4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Arizona : P Matt Wise, 3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Colorado : P Shawn Chacon, 750,000 per year, for 3 years.


Day 3 :

Tampa Bay : P Kenshin Kawakami, 12,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Los Angeles (N) : P Paul Byrd, 3,800,000 per year, for 1 year.
San Diego : CF Torii Hunter, 13,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : C Ivan Rodriguez, 3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tampa Bay : P Eric Gagne, 8,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia : P Julian Tavarez, 1,000,000 per year, for 1 year.
San Francisco : P Jeremy Affeldt, 2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Colorado : P Elmer Dessens, 950,000 per year, for 1 year.


Day 4 :

Kansas City : RF Pedro Feliz, 1,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego : CF Mike Cameron, 2,500,000 per year, for 1 year.
San Diego : LF Frank Catalanotto, 3,000,000 per year, for 1 year.


Day 5 :

New York (N) : P Koji Uehara, 11,200,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : P J.C. Romero, 2,100,000 per year, for 2 years.

[Dry1313]

Torii Hunter at a nice deal, sweet.

Only off of Fukudome by a few mil too...oh well.

[perforatededge54]

Wow, I was way off on Fukudome. I should've offered him 20.

I missed out Eric Gagne but I got the older import version for cheaper.

[Dry1313]

Plus you don't have to pay compensation.

[Kingdom]

Woo, Chacon returns.

[mntwinsfan]

Good luck with Hunter. I hope he will play better for you. He has a terrible batting average for me. Maybe a team change will work. 13 million is alot though..

[Slyder]

Feliz hopefully gives me a bit of a power boost my bench, team, and system was lacking. For 1.5 mil not bad for a guy who might find at bats everywhere.

[Dry1313]

I like the speed and contact of Hunter. And as long as he can hit in a #4 or 5 spot consistently, I'll be happy.

Anyone got a power hitter up for trade?

[nick]

Wow, I was way off on Fukudome. I should've offered him 20.

I missed out Eric Gagne but I got the older import version for cheaper.

I overpaid on him big time... but I really, really needed a middle of the order hitter for right now, until guys like Kemp can step it up. And without many other targets (only 2, actually) I felt like I could affoard to spend big on him.


also... paul byrd *****es!


Paul Byrd and Randy Wolf are gonna win co-cy young and then take a shit on the award, because that's what animals do

[nick]

and the Kobayashi hotdog eating champion signing was very good... 4 million is a bargain for him, with his talent.

[bjd2933]

Ok, so feliz wouldn't re-sign with me for 4 million per.... **** you buddy.

At least I got Affeldt... should be an improvement over Kline.

[DiamondDave]

Not signing Fukudome hurt some... I was just slightly off on my offer... same with Gagne... but I am not paying 8MIL for a RP, so I am not upset about that

time for plan B

[General]

Tampa Bay has never had a legit closer in the history of the franchise. Baez was never that good. Happy for that, *****es.

[Hammer]

tampa owes a 2nd round pick to texas
cubs owe a 2nd round pick to detroit

could be 3rd rounders depending where they pick, but i dont know the order off hand

[General]

I'm def in the top 8.