I thought it was kind of a “cheap” gamble for the Rangers that solidified getting Feliz out of the bullpen. If he doesn’t work out, Adams can probably close. It would be interesting to know how much of Nathan’s contract money includes incentives or guaranteed money.

In Nolan and JD I trust.

At least they didn’t give a 32 year-old already decling star a quater of a biillion dollars over 10 years.

IF…. If Nathan is a bust, it’s a hit on the wallet, but not a ten year drag on the franchise.

Based on the deals that were on it.

The city of Oakland was dealt a blow in their attempt to keep the Oakland Athletics by courting them with a new stadium. With the Athletics still looking at San Jose, Oakland has tried to keep itself in the mix with a waterfront ballpark that’s now dead in the water. The reason is that the state of California is pulling back it’s redevelopment money, and the Oakland Redevelopment Agency is going to be dissolved. That’s where the money would have come from for a new ballpark.

it hasn’t been bad, and obviously its mostly tied to how well Yu performs, but the Nathan deal looks a little hasty, and he had to see the glut of relievers in the market. He’s basically paid at or above market value for two resources who should help the team, but both come with higher degrees of risk than most premier FAs.

No one can ever question the man’s tremendous ball sack.

I’m not a huge fan of the Andrus extension, mostly because I don’t see the need for it. Doesn’t really reduce the team’s risk while completely nullifying Andrus’ risk. What did we gain besides cost certainty, and how much do we believe that Andrus will all of a sudden become more potent on offense?

We basically paid the Roy Oswalt of closers 14 mil over two years just to appease our manager and our pitching coach so we could try Feliz in the rotation.

That does kinda suck.