Braves to sign Glaus to 1-year deal per Ken Rosenthal (amount not disclosed)
by brazfan on Dec 23, 2009 9:08 AM CST
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PrintThe Braves have reached agreement on a one-year contract with free agent Troy Glaus to play first base, according to a major-league source.
The deal, which also includes incentives, is pending a physical, the source said.
Glaus, 33, has made only six career appearances at first, two last season with the Cardinals. However, he will give the Braves a potent right-handed bat as they seek to improve their offense.
The Braves had balked at re-signing free-agent first baseman Adam LaRoche due to his high price, sources said.
Glaus underwent surgery on his right shoulder last January, but returned to appear in 14 games for the Cardinals last September.
All but 24 of Glaus’ 1,360 career appearances in the field have been at third base, where he made only seven errors with the Cardinals in 2008 and had the best fielding percentage of any major-league third baseman.
However, he was athletic enough to make eight appearances at shortstop for the Blue Jays in ’06, and the Braves evidently believe that his size (6-foot-5, 245 pounds), hands and feet will make him more than adequate at first.
Glaus boasts a career .856 on-base/slugging percentage. He has hit 20 or more home runs eight times, including in ’08, his most recent full season. He began his career with the Angels, and was MVP of the 2002 World Series.
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What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Dec 23, 2009 9:14 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
This signing pretty much puts the kibosh
on the Texas Rangers “going for it” in 2010.
It is now officially time for JD to dazzle my ass with a trade for a middle of the order hitter that doesn’t hurt the team’s chances of winning in 2010.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Vlad swings at everything
and his health (and possibly age) is very much in question.
Vlad may or may not have something left but a team that’s truly “going for it” is not going to acquire a huge question mark to attack their most glaring weakness.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Is the solution a 39 year old LH pitcher
that costs a team with a small market payroll $ 3.5 million?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Nope, but I don't think every 3 million signing is supposed to be "the solution"
And if you don’t want Vlad and realize we couldn’t get Glaus, who were we saving it for?
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Don't know, Shepp
but it is finally time for JD to do something that dazzles my ass and directly fixes the obp problem This Thing has had since Milton B left.
I really like CJ and happen to think he will be a pretty good major league starter but I can’t help but think he’s on his way outta town.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Christmas is a frustrating time of year.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
"dazzles my ass" may be his new meme
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
yep
He has used it 3 times already.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Honestly
I don’t need to think about anyone dazzling Josey’s ass. He needs to keep that between him and the girls at the Asian massage parlor.
"To have the judgment and wisdom and personal touch of Nolan Ryan, and the tremendous group that JD has assembled, I think the Rangers on the baseball side are the envy of every franchise in baseball in terms of talent."
-- Chuck Greenberg
I'm sure
when JD and Nolan talk about signings and trades, dazzling an old worn out ass is the first thing they have to agree on.
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Dec 23, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
it is hard to argue
that Glaus potentially filled our needs much better than Vlad. The injury Glaus had last year is not expected to linger, and while I know we can’t expect him to put up the same monster numbers he put up in ’08, his ability to take pitches, build a solid OBP, mash lefties and play the corner IF spots would have been a huge help.
As I state below, Vlad is a decent fall back option at a reasonable price, but he doesn’t get me nearly as excited and doesn’t meet most of our needs.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I said that wrong
it is hard to argue against the sentiment that Glaus filled our needs better than Vlad or really anyone else on the FA market…
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
well lets see
So he has shoulder problems in 2008, but he was supposed to be ready for 2009, then he was coming back in June, then he finally made it back for a handful of games in which he sucked. Sounds like that injury was a known commodity never to give any further trouble.
Not to mention the fact that hes been known as injury prone long before that.
As for his 2008 monster season..
Glaus 2008: .270/.372/.483
Vlad 2008: .303/.365.521
Glaus 2007: .262 /.366/.473
Vlad 2007: 324/.403/.547
Yes, vlad was pretty bad in 2009. But its hard to be that hard on it when comparing to someone who didn’t play.
In my opinion glaus has two advantages against vlad and thats it: His OBP via walks is more likely to be sustained than vlad’s via batting average and being intentionally walked, and he could play 1b vs lefties if Davis struggles.
But again, Glaus’s career obp is .359 so its not like its a mortal lock he will have a better obp than even the broken down vlad, who put up 400s in his prime. Thats not happening, but .360 could.
I think their hitting value will be quite similar for 2010, even though they go about it quite differently.
It would have been nice to have 1b insurance if Davis craters again, but its not that big of a deal.
Although I’m not expecting to get vlad either at this point.
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I think you undervalue
Glaus’ potential defensive contributions, both at 1B and 3B, but other than that you make fine points.
I don’t know why you don’t expect Vlad. We’ve been linked to him all offseason and he’s almost completely out of viable options, unless the A’s or Twins make a last minute run.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
THe problem with that defensive contribution
is that it comes with expected everyday playing time on the field. Glaus would be nice to have here but on top of the things DShep mentioned, he just wasn’t going to be here as the DH when there was an everyday job out there on the field.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Time to focus our sites of Vlad, apparently,
at least according to BP.
And that makes sense, because he does everything we wanted to address this offseason. He’s sees pitches and works counts, he mashes lefties, and he can occasionally play in the field.
Oh, wait. His 3.24 P/PA ranked last among OFs who qualified, his OPS is actually .070 less vs lefties over the last three years, and he is a true defensive laibility in the OF.
Unless he’s willing to sign for less than $4, I’m not sure how much sense this makes for the Rangers…
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
let's play "identify the trade targets"
That’s a fun game.
I mentioned Hawpe several times the other day, as I think he would be a pretty good fit even though he’s a lefty.
Another guy that might work, although there are obvious question marks, is Travis Hafner. His contract is horrid, 3 years and about $40M. But for a package of mid tier prospects and fringe ML guys, Clevelland might be convinced to eat a good portion of that. At what salary does he become palatable?
Other ideas?
What a drag it is being broke.
Trade Candidates
What we want, it seems,is a RH hitter (or a guy who hits lefties well) who can play the field, especially 1B, in case Davis tanks again. Who might be a player that fits that mold? I don’t think Hafner because I don’t think the Indians will eat his salary and he can’t play the field, Hawpe is better but still leaves no cover at 1B.
"When you play happy, good things will happen"-Elvis Andrus
I am now hoping DeRo's price somehow slips down
to the point that we can sign him. Dye is another viable FA option. Of course, according to Jamey’s report, both of those guys are talking to the Yankees right now as well.
If we go the trade route, I would rather see the club use it’s farm system to bring in a Hunter Pence or Billy Butler type than see us send two B prospects to some club so they eat the salary on a Lowell or Hafner type.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I like the CrapMaster myself
but if Polanco gets 3/$18 million, DeRosa is surely going to match that.
Tejada is out there but he doesn’t get on base enough.
We’re either going to see a trade or JD is going to troll over to the Fullmer/Nevin/Hidalgo cutout bin looking for something old and cheap that can’t play any more.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
CJ for Nick Swisher -- I'd love that deal
If you look at the profile that we need, I think it would be hard to find a better fit for this team than Nick Swisher, persona be damned.
What a drag it is being broke.
I would definitely give this
my stamp of approval, but I don’t think we can afford him, can we?
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Well hes gonna make 6.75 million next year
CJs looking at around 3 in arbitration I imagine so it would only cost us an extra 3-4 million. Thats what we supposedly have left and are looking for a DH in that price range.
He goes up to 9 mil in 2011 but with a new owner hopefully that shouldn’t be an issue
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.
i would think the yanks would have to take on some of that contract
I don’t want our second highest paid player to be Swisher. That would be stupid.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
That guy will play 50 games tops.
75 games if he were our DH.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 23, 2009 9:36 AM CST reply actions
that's funny
because Bill James projects Glaus to play 147 and MB to play 133, and everyone seemed up in arms when Seattle landed Milt.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Reading on mlbtraderumors
it sounds as though Glaus went to ATL fairly cheap.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
How can Bill James predict how many games someone will play?
Sorry man, there’s no way to predict that…..wait, is there?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 23, 2009 9:43 AM CST up reply actions
well
i think he just uses historic data, probably taking career averages or something simplistic like that.
The point is that they are both certainly injury risks, but both guys will play enough games in a normal year to make an impact.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
you like bill james predictions?
heres ones
glaus 2010: .817 ops, .356 woba
vlad 2010: .877 ops, .377 woba
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actually
i don’t think much of most of the projection systems, but again, I see your point. We could certainly do worse than Vlad. But as I stated above, Vlad is a free swinger with no position in the field, and that hurts his value outside of his stat line.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
It doesn't hurt it if hes brought in to be the DH
DHs don’t need defensive value
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.
Ryan Garko...
come on down.
You’re the next contestant on the mediocre bats that my favorite team can afford show.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
The SFO Giants, who had one of the worst offenses
in MLB, couldn’t use Garko.
Pass, we’re supposed to be “going for it” in 2010.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
If we can trust our manager to use him correctly
and that’s a big if, then Garko can be of use to this club. He’s got a career .889 OPS vs lefties, and that includes a career .391 OBP. Platooned with Davis or Murphy, he’s not a horrible option. But if the club is indeed only set to add one bat, then it probably shouldn’t be Garko, and if it is, we better be shopping Frankie, cause this ain’t our year.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
and I apologize for my pessimism this morning
between the Yankees reminding me that it isn’t much fun playing for second place, the Braves signing Glaus to an incentive laden one year deal, the Mavericks losing to a Blazers team that had like six healthy players, the Aggie basketball team losing a key player to a gruesome leg injury on the same night a charmed Longhorns team that $omehow $eems to keep all its key $enior$ beats MSU….blurg.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Derrick Roland
Think Theismann-like injury. It’s bad.
by Outworlder47 on Dec 23, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
I'm beginning to think thats most likely at this point
which is quite uninspiring. though not terrible.
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Come down off the ledge folks.
Glaus would have been a nice fit, if you could guarantee his health. In 4 of the last 7 years, he has played less than 115 games, so I would have been quite nervous to see them sign him for everday use.
On another note, they may have been all over him, but if he wanted to start, he wasn’t coming here.
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
What's your over / under
on the number of games Glaus plays this year?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Dec 23, 2009 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
I find it hilarious
that you didn’t like the Harden deal because he’s fragile and you can’t rely on him to pitch enough innings. But you are championing Glaus — a guy who played less than 30 games last year.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 23, 2009 10:40 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I like the first 125 IPs that
Harden is going to give us next year but I don’t like the other 73 IPs that are going to be needed to replace what Millwood gave us.
If Harden gives us 198 IPs, this was likely a masterful deal by JD.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Dec 23, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
You can't judge deals in hindsight. Yet you refuse to acknowledge this reality of baseball.
Douche bag.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Dec 23, 2009 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
This or any other deal is either masterful or it is not, and that status is instantiated at the point when the deal is made. The outcome of a deal may reflect whether the deal was masterful, but it doesnt determine it.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Dec 23, 2009 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
I have no idea, since crystal ball is broken
But if Lowell was “broken-down” then what is Glaus?
My point-he would have been a huge gamble with the little funds we have left. Great player, greater risk.
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
I'm guessing Glaus plays 130 games
and Lowell will be lucky to play 81.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Dec 23, 2009 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
bags + tissue paper = greatness
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 23, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
Ugh.
Garko or a trade, please.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
Salary
2 million + incentives. Well, thats not good for vlad.
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wow.
wow. not good for vlad, dye, nady, or many of the other players left out there.
sorry JD, my expectations just jumped again.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
So $ 2 million plus incentives
gets you Troy Glaus…We are not going to ever win with this stupid sonofabitch as the GM of the team.
Unbelievable.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Unless we could start playing 5 IFs we couldn't offer him what he wanted non-monetarily
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.
Yes we can
Chris Davis shouldn’t feel entitled to 1B after the season he had last year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
so you'd rather have someone whose never played the position starting the season there?
come on bro, your reaching here….
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 23, 2009 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
S whatever offensive upgrade Glaus gives you over say......Vlad
goes away due to the defensive liability he will be at 1B
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.
I think you have a valid point
Watching Glaus sign for 2M after we spent 3.5M on a 40 year old reliever is frustrating.
As for the “wanted to play in the field” crowd, I don’t think Chris Davis has done enough to be handed the starting job. Tell Glaus that he’s playing everyday and hitting cleanup. How his playing time is split between 1b/DH depends on how things go in ST and early in the season. I think that opportunity plus an extra million dollars would be plenty to get him here.
What a drag it is being broke.
The guy, by all accounts, wants to play in the field everyday
This isn’t a video game. I am sure we contacted him and did our due diligence and informed him of all the possibilities if he came here. But I don’t think we would commit to a everyday position in the field and because of that I don’t think we had a shot with him.
I agree Davis shouldn’t be handed the job with no competition but I don’t think you decide the starting 1B job based on a few spring training ABs either. Davis is obviously the front runner and it would take not only someone being great in spring but also Davis being terrible.
If we sign a guy like Vlad to DH all is fine. Glaus obviously if healthy is probably the best option out there but thats only if hes at DH. If you put him at 1B on this team when we have invested so much into improving our defense whatever improvement he gives you offensively over Vlad or whoever the DH is would be negated by the defensive liability he is going to be over there at least initially. Im sure hes gonna be fine on routine plays and catches but its the difficult ones and the stretches and shorthops that are going to eat him up while he gets used to playing the position. Davis is amazing at those.
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.
Ok, where is that troll script?
I think i’ve finally had enough.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
How does Darren Oliver help
our OBP?!?!?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
If we sign Vlad will that not help?
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.
it's over in that Josey thread in the rec fp section...
…towards the bottom.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 23, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
Man, this is frustrating, watching guys that make sense for us fly off the market
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle
Happens every year
I’ve become desensitized.
by oc on Dec 23, 2009 7:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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