Giants sign Jeremy Affeldt

by Brett Perryman on Nov 17, 2008 2:52 PM CST Comment 12 comments

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&hl=252086&id=3422

The San Jose Mercury News reports that the Giants have signed free agent Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year deal.
No word on terms yet, but if Affeldt is signing this early, it must mean the Giants offered him close to $5 million per year. Affeldt deserved better than a one-year, $3 million contract when he was a free agent last winter, but he held out for three years initially and watched as teams inked other lefties to deals. He entered this winter looking like a better investment than most of the other southpaws available.

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I think this is a sign

I think this is a sign of the players realizing the economy is not good right now and if they get a relatively reasonable offer now it would be best to sign early and leave money on the table potentially rather than hold out and hope for that bigger offer. It probably won’t affect the top FAs but these mid level guys and lower guys it will. Since that is apparantly the only level of guy we can look at we should get in on these now. Otherwise there may not be any guys who are desperate that we actually want in say January

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Nov 17, 2008 2:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

...and Gleeman is dejected...

His words on Affeldt:

Affeldt can bring it in the mid-90s, misses bats, throws strikes, and induces ground balls—which is the perfect recipe for a late-inning reliever—and unlike most potential free-agent targets he’s not yet on the wrong side of 30. Affeldt has a 3.73 career Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) as a reliever, including 3.52 in 2007 and 3.61 in 2008, which compares favorably to the FIPs posted by both Crain (3.81) and Guerrier (4.35) over the past three seasons. Offer: Three years, $9 million.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Nov 17, 2008 3:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Is Joe Beimel a Type A?

1 HR in the last two seasons. That’s pretty good. Even for a lefty situational reliever.

by chrisR on Nov 17, 2008 3:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Type B

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/267210.html

Just can’t measure up to Mr Type A himself, Doug Brocail.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 17, 2008 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

reliever Elias rankings are strange...

far too many type A and type B relievers.

by JBImaknee on Nov 17, 2008 3:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

thanx for link

Wow. Darren Oliver.

by chrisR on Nov 17, 2008 4:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

what is he?

lol

i may get a comp pick for him if hes high in one of my keeper leagues llol

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 17, 2008 5:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Type A

and Very likely to resign with the Angels.

by chrisR on Nov 17, 2008 6:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

woot

he wont resign w/ me in my league lol that may give me a comp pick at the end of the 1st or 2nd rd lol (probably second)

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 18, 2008 1:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was disappointed the Rangers did go after him

He would have been a nice upgrade for out bullpen… Short commitment, too

by BuckyB on Nov 17, 2008 4:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

If we are going to have a limited salary, doesn’t this seem like a good move? Or do all relievers have to be on rookie contracts and similar contracts?

Oh well, still a lot of Hot Stove left and JD has said upgrading the bullpen is a priority.

by GhettoBear04 on Nov 17, 2008 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt the players' union

is very pleased with this one. Just a few days into FA and one of the better relievers signs a very reasonable deal, essentially setting the market for others of his ilk.

But ss bigsteve mentioned above, this could have been the case of a player/agent realizing the market is not shaping up as it has in the past due to a) the economic situation and b) a greater number of impact pitchers than is usually available via FA and they made the decision to sign early to avoid the January bargain bin.

by clark on Nov 17, 2008 4:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs