Actually he didn't, Bucholtz never went to Chicago or took a physical. Edit- that's what they always use as the excuse, also Mike Gonzales for Adam LaRoche is on hold until Atlanta can have it's doctors look at Gonzales' elbow
Of course Soriano also blew out an elbow and took a line drive to the head, he's no guarantee to be as good as he was.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/1206200...g_goodbye_for_alex__jason_yankees_.htm?page=2 As someone who has followed the MLB Draft very closely for many years (even closer than the NFL Draft, as I've followed the MLB Draft more than just as a fan), this is great news. They might change it from a weekday afternoon to a weekend, or to the night time, but that's just speculation on my part since I can't imagine ESPN/TBS being too thrilled with putting it on 2 PM during the week. I also imagine the format will change. Teams only have 2 minutes to pick right now, might get extended to 5 minutes for TV purposes.
Glad to see that LaRoche for Gonzalez won't go through. Unless I'm missing something, that is almost as dumb as Seattle trading away Rafael Soriano for Horacio Ramirez and as dumb as giving Bengie Molina the contract he got from SF. GMs around the league are mind-bogglingly dumber this year thanks to the randomly and unnecessarily inflated market.
Royals Add Dotel by James on Thu 07 Dec 2006 09:24 PM EST According to the Boston Herald, RHP Octavio Dotel has turned down an offer from the Red Sox to accept a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $5 million from the Kansas City Royals. Dotel’s deal also is believed to include as much as $2 million in incentives that could bring the deal to $7 million. At SI.com, Jon Heyman writes that the Mets are closing in on a one-year deal for reliever Guillermo Mota. Mota will serve a 50 game suspension starting the first day of the season.
So much for the Giants not wanting to pay a lot of money. 16 million for a fading superstar who MIGHT play 120 games is unreal.
This was inevitable, and I think that SF actually did okay. That is the only city in the country where people would cheer for him when he approaches/breaks Aaron's record. You can be sure that they will sell out every game during that time, and sell loads of souvenirs about it to the Bay area suckers as well. Meanwhile, they're actually paying him less than last year (and less than they would have paid if they had offered him arbitration), and can pray that he breaks the record in 2007 so they can dump him immediately afterwards. The Giants are going nowhere this year anyway (especially with Schmidt signing with the Dodgers), and this way they'll get a little attention in SF. But I thought there would be loads of interest in Bonds, according to his agent Jeff Borris? I guess not.
Looks like the Cubs have signed Jason Marquis, hopefully not as a final solution. Zambrano, ______, Lilly, Hill, Marquis. Still a hole at spot #2. Prior still to be assumed useless.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6270798 Nationals going to suck even more.... Jose Vidro to Seattle for Chris Snelling and Emiliano Fruto
it seems like if you were a professional ball player, NOW would be the time to be in the MLB and signing a contract. Jesus these deals are big.
