Orioles close to signing Aubrey Huff

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 30, 2006 12:31 PM CST in News

Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Orioles are close to signing Aubrey Huff to a 3 year, $18 million deal.

Huff was one of the more underrated players in the game for a while, and has now gotten overrated because of the decline in his offensive skills combined with the publicity he's gotten for being underrated.

Didn't really have much interest in the Rangers pursuing him. This isn't that bad a contract, I guess, all in all.

Update [2006-12-30 19:6:23 by Adam J. Morris]: -- ESPN now says it is 3 years, $20 million.

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ESPN is reporting that the Rangers, along with the Angels and Pirates, are also pursuing Huff.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2714918

Why would we have had any interest at this point? Platoon with Cruz in RF?

Doesn't look like it's going to happen in any event, though.

by BurntOrange on Dec 30, 2006 1:01 PM CST reply actions

Could be innacurate

Agents love creating competition by throwing out suitors that don't exist. Sadly, it seems to work.

by AZranger on Dec 30, 2006 6:56 PM CST up reply actions

Inaccurate

by AZranger on Dec 30, 2006 6:57 PM CST up reply actions

Not at this point

I think Cruz deserves a chance to play everyday. Plus despite the criticism I have recieved on other posts I don't like throwing money at marginal players. Huff could be great or a dud and he was last season. Save that money until something better comes along.

by Bigfan16 on Dec 30, 2006 7:03 PM CST up reply actions

WOW

You advocate spending a gozillion dollars for Soriano but Huff is a marginal player who is coming off a dud season? Take away the missed games, and that dud season is better than both of the years Soriano had while in a Rangers uniform.

I got a fever and the only prescription is more blockquotes!

by LoneStarBallUser on Dec 30, 2006 7:11 PM CST up reply actions