Angels re-sign Abreu -- reportedly 2 years, $19 million
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 2:59 PM CST
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The Angels have signed Bobby Abreu to a 2 year deal,reportedly for $9 million per year for 2010 and 2011, and with a $9 million team option with a $1 million buyout for 2012.
I think there were some folks who were interested in the Rangers pursuing Abreu as a cheap one year option at DH. As it turned out, he wasn't real cheap, and he didn't take a one year deal.
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well, the die is cast
the Angels apparently aren’t planning on sitting idly by as the kids on the Rangers and A’s duke it out for the division.
Abreu was quite good that year, and it was pretty obvious he wasn’t going to be the bargain this offseason that he was last. 2 years/20 million is pretty steep for a guy who really is going to be their dh; but he is a good player and the Angels are far better with him than without
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by JBImaknee on Nov 5, 2009 3:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
To me this just highlights exactly what the Rangers can’t do right now.
by FuturePants on Nov 5, 2009 3:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Meh
.286 EQA for Abreu in 2009. .283 in 2008, .280 in 2007.
And he’s entering his late 30s.
I wanted them to get Abreu in 2006. I’ve always liked him.
But with his power disappearing, and the aging curve, this doesn’t seem like that great a contract for the team. Good deal for Abreu, though.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mean I wanted Abreu
…what I meant was get free agents in general. I’d like us to be ready to fire off $19 million starting the day FA’s declare and continue from there, if need be, but that is not possible.
by FuturePants on Nov 5, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"this doesn’t seem like that great a contract for the team."
I agree with that statement, but teams like the Angels can worry about signing good players, rather than trying to find players that will sign good contracts.
If Abreu gets lost at sea and never plays another ML game, I doubt that contract will have much impact on anything else the Angels want to do.
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by tricer on Nov 5, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thats the key
is the angels can afford to take the hit if the contract goes south. just look at the gmj contract.
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by rentz on Nov 5, 2009 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What kind of deal do you think Lackey will get?
90 Million over six years is my guess
by ramjam36 on Nov 5, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
they've got 3 more crucial FA's
Figgins, Guerrero, Lackey. it will be interesting to see how many of them come back.
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by Mizzou12 on Nov 5, 2009 3:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Can't see them paying Figgins what other teams might, same with Lackey.
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by Chase Irwin on Nov 5, 2009 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they let Figgins and Vlad go and work something out with Lackey.
by LiamP on Nov 5, 2009 3:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
What do you guys think Vladdy will go for?
On par with Abreu?
by FuturePants on Nov 5, 2009 3:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Vlads injuries the last couple of years should lower his price down a tad,
I bet he gets a two year deal but maybe 7 or 8 mil per.
I could see a team doing a one year with an option for a second year also though.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I see two years, but less money; I’d say even $14 million?
by FuturePants on Nov 5, 2009 4:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think if that's the case then it will be an incentive laden deal.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He's in his late 30s...
…had a 794 OPS last year, and can’t play the field.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And, yet, the sad thing is...
Most common Ranger fans are going to demand we sign him
Cause, ya know, he totally destroyed us when we played
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by Smoak Some on Nov 5, 2009 5:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well Mr. Sullivan states he could be of interest to the Rangers
for the right cost.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I could see us signing Marlon and Vlad for the right cost.
I dont like it but it could happen.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 5:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rational opinion or not I'll be shocked if he doesn't get two years.
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by DSheppard on Nov 5, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What is he, 35?
I guess I’m not terribly surprised he got a 2yr deal, but $9million/year? Especially when they have other players hitting free-agency? The guy is talented, but I’m not sure if I like this deal if I’m an Angels’ fan (which I’m most certainly not)
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by WhipSmart on Nov 5, 2009 3:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
x
when is our ownership situation going to be resolved?
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by Longhorn on Nov 5, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
probably right AFTER all the top FAs sign..
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by bking on Nov 6, 2009 10:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Forget
Who Abreu is, his age, his past performance, however you expect him to perform this year….
Doesn’t this seem incredibly stupid for the Angels to be dishing out that kind of a contract this early in the off-season? It seems to me like it would have made more sense to let the market begin to establish itself. This is certainly not as bad of a deal as the Cubs gave Bradley, but I feel like this deal could have been made later in the off-season and maybe for less money.
Just a thought.
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by tdi1985 on Nov 5, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
They have money
and don’t want to risk losing him
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by JBImaknee on Nov 5, 2009 3:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
patience is a good idea this offseason
but if you get a good deal, you take it and we have to find a true impact bat. Abreu is one less of those now off the FA market. If we can’t sign one, we have to trade for a bat. I’m not talking about an Andruw Jones type either. I hope Hamilton rebounds, but I don’t think we can count on him.
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by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 3:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
for a team like the angels, i think it makes sense to go ahead and sign the guy. The market could sputter, but you might as well get your guy early if he is there for a price you are comfortable with. As someone mentioned earlier, they can afford to pay a little surplus to get the guy they want, and if it turns out they overpaid, it shouldnt be a significant loss or impede their other offseason plans.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Nov 5, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Teams don't have that much time to negotiate with their own free agents once the offseason starts
The Angels didn’t have the luxury to wait for the market to shape up before Abreu was going to be on the market for everyone. If they really wanted him, better to risk paying a little over market value rather than not get him at all.
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by Gdawg on Nov 5, 2009 5:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
SO
What does this say about Marlon Bryd?
If Abreu can get two years at 9 mill, plus a third year option, what can Byrd get?
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by PM Productions on Nov 5, 2009 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
more than we should give him
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by JBImaknee on Nov 5, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I bet bird get a three year deal but one that isn't that expensive.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 4:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Does this mean the market for FA will
still be depressed this winter?
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by RangerMad on Nov 5, 2009 3:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
the wavier wire is gonna be more interesting for the Rangers then anything
I bet.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
if the Rangers wait til next season for waiver wire claims
we’re in trouble. did you mean non-tender’s.
the organization does need to make some moves this offseason, partly because the players need to be given confidence that the FO is trying to help this team when, and frankly, more importantly because the Rangers have needs that aren’t going to be address via the waiver wire.
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by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 4:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
lol type fail *when = win*
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by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yes sir my bad:)
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
only 9 teams increased their attendance
maybe only 4 of them grew significantly. The other 21 teams obviously had a lower attendance, but the majority lost a considerably higher percentage than those gained. For instance, the mets lost nearly 900,000 in attendance this past year while all the teams that gained attendance only gained around a combined 970,000. This should affect alot of teams.
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by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the mets lost nearly 900,000 in attendance
with a new stadium
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by RangerMad on Nov 5, 2009 4:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Madoff
Didn’t the Wilpons loose a ton of cash because of Madoff as well?
by Excel Hearts Choi on Nov 5, 2009 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No
They actually made money with Madoff.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 5:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Red Sox acquired outfielder Jeremy Hermida from the Marlins for LHP Hunter Jones and LHP Jose Alvarez.
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by tyd3311 on Nov 5, 2009 6:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Might this mean Boston
is not interested in Marlon Byrd?
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by RangerMad on Nov 5, 2009 6:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
he is very good
coming off a very good year, but wow. he’ll be 36 next season.
vlad will be 35 (40?)
hunter will be 35
gmj will be 35
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by gossamer on Nov 5, 2009 6:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
oops
didn’t read and realize vlad was a FA…he could dh for some team somewhere. sounds like a project for rudy in chicago…
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by gossamer on Nov 5, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Vlad isn't a project for ANY hitting coach
you just hand him a bat and point him toward the plate. He’s going to do what he does, regardless of how much coaching you try to give him or who it comes from.
by twinkilling on Nov 5, 2009 8:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If Rudy can figure out how to use a DH in Chicago...
Then he’s quite the skilled guy…
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by bking on Nov 6, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of our chances for the division next year kinda hinge on how well the Angels can duplicate their career seasons from this year
Unfortunately, the chances of them carrying that success over probably just went up a smidge. Oh well.
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by lonestarJon on Nov 5, 2009 6:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
By the way
Is anyone else having a problem with the site not loading all the way? On both the home page and the comments page it’s getting right up to where it has 1 item left to load and just stops.
The result seems to be I can’t use the reply button in the threads. Which is really fucking annoying, obviously.
I’m using Opera 10 if that makes a difference. I’m about to switch to Chrome and see if that makes a difference.
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by lonestarJon on Nov 5, 2009 6:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
So apparently it's fine in Chrome
Which is meaningless, because chrome is the armpit of internet browsers.
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"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by lonestarJon on Nov 5, 2009 6:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, so maybe it ain't working properly in Chrome either
I know this is probably turning into an annoying monologue at this point, but now it’s not loading the comments section the first time in some threads because it’s “waiting for optimized by rubiconproject.com”.
Haven’t we had this problem before?
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by lonestarJon on Nov 5, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
remember when you asked us to let you know when you were talking to yourself
well…
by Panorama on Nov 5, 2009 7:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
Whatever it was, it seems to be okay now (back in Opera). Dunno whether it was just my problem or if the tech guys jumped on it, but now I feel kinda silly.
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"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by lonestarJon on Nov 5, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
this is how lsj racks up those pretty little comments
by having conversations with himself :).
who has the most comments on LSB anyway? Is it LSJ?
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by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 11:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
AJM this is funny!
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by Agreen07 on Nov 5, 2009 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well, he was a pretty good player before his shoulder fell off
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