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Tuesday Rockpile: The Waiting Game

Brian Fuentes has until this Sunday to accept or decline the Colorado Rockies' offer of arbitration. Fuentes could make $10M on a one-year deal if he accepts and wins his arbitration case, but does anyone seriously believe Fuentes would accept that at this point? Though Dan O'Dowd has said nothing would surprise him with the state of the economy, Fuentes accept arbitration would be a surprise to me. Given the comments Fuentes' agent has made over the last month, Fuentes would need to have a serious change of heart this week to take himself off the free agent market.

Of course, the Rockies will get two picks for Fuentes when he does sign somewhere else. But the Arizona Diamondbacks will receive five draft picks all together after offering arbitration to Type A free agents Juan Cruz and Orlando Hudson and Type B free agent Brandon Lyon. The total would have been seven had they offered Adam Dunn, a Type A free agent, arbitration.

The Los Angeles Dodgers offered arbitration to Type A free agents Manny Ramirez and Derek Lowe and Type B free agent Casey Blake. The Dodgers did not offer arbitration to Type B free agent Joe Beimel, whom the Rockies have interest in. The blog entry incorrectly states Beimel (and a few other Dodger free agents) to be Type A. Thomas Harding also incorrectly writes that Beimel would have cost the signing team a draft pick had he been offered arbitration. So, the Dodgers not offering arbitration to Beimel really doesn't work in favor of the Rockies or any other team since he was never going to cost a draft pick in the first place.

Larry Walker turned 42 yesterday. Texas Rangers fans think about what they would have lost had Walker not vetoed a trade to there in 2004.

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As Rox Girl mentioned yesterday

this is starting out to be an odd off season. All the free agents are looking for long deals, and big money.

But like looking for any job right now, when they seem to apply, they hear, “Um, we can’t pay that much” or “We’re not hiring anything but entry level”, “I think the Mets are hiring. Have you applied there?” “I know it’s hard to feed your family on $10 Million a year, but it’s all we can pay”

I can here the screams of collusion already. Once CC signs, and maybe K-Rod, I think there will be some movement, but the slow economy, and high salary busts like the Mets, Tigers, and Mariners, and low budget winners like the Marlins, Rays, Twins and 07 Rockies seem to have GM’s rethinking their strategies.

Young and Cheap is in….old and expensive is out this Holiday season.

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Dec 2, 2008 9:08 AM MST reply actions  

Ugh...

At least we got the money for signing Dexter Fowler by unloading Walker’s contract, but we would have had that cash if we traded Walker to Texas as well. Could you imagine an Iannetta, Tulo, Kinsler, Fowler up the middle core? There wouldn’t be much doubting our ability to contend at that point, and as an added bonus, the front office wouldn’t have been quite so hesitant to unload Chris Nelson in a Dan Haren deal last winter. Ah, what might have been… this is why no trade clauses are always a bad deal for teams.

by Rox Girl on Dec 2, 2008 9:34 AM MST reply actions  

Rockie Hero or Rockie Goat?

At least the Walker trade (via one of the three no-shows from St. Louis) landed the Rockies Byung-Hyun Kim. And then, extrapolating further, Jorge Julio, who, until the play-in game, was sometimes useful in the ’07 run. So, Walker is a hero for eventually supplying a marginal bullpen arm that pitched well enough at times to earn 16 holds and 5 blown saves with the team.

I’m drooling at the idea of having Kinsler and not having the Barmes-Baker-FA at second base argument. The almost-trade shows O’Dowd has some acumen for acquiring talent, and is even better at giving up on looking for good trades and acquiring junk.

by deacs on Dec 2, 2008 10:20 AM MST up reply actions  

Uh...

Don’t forget to imagine Longoria at 3B which would have freed up Atkins/Stewart to move to 1B/LF.

TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Dec 2, 2008 3:19 PM MST up reply actions  

Nah

Give me Timmy Lincecum from that draft instead

by Roberbola on Dec 2, 2008 4:17 PM MST up reply actions  

Nah 2.0

Apodaca would have had his delivery screwed up.

TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Dec 3, 2008 1:52 PM MST up reply actions  

Mike Hampton

The bum signed a one year deal with the Astros. Get this, the Braves offered him more money and he turned it down!

Aut Vincam Aut Periam

by PioneerSkies on Dec 2, 2008 12:32 PM MST reply actions  

Huh...

Money doesn’t mean much to him anymore, I wonder why that would be…

by Rox Girl on Dec 2, 2008 12:42 PM MST up reply actions  

At least he's not cashing checks

from the Monfort’s anymore, thank god.

Second half run?

by moomacher on Dec 2, 2008 2:07 PM MST up reply actions  

2b

who the heck is Kinsler ?

by lizardlad01 on Dec 2, 2008 1:27 PM MST reply actions  

Must not follow the AL much

Ian Kinsler’s one of the best middle infielders in the American League.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Dec 2, 2008 1:39 PM MST up reply actions  

And would look

reeeeeeealllly nice turning double plays with Tulo….

Eh, while we’re at it, I’d like a pony.

Blast and botheration.

by Silverblood on Dec 2, 2008 7:37 PM MST up reply actions  

ooh me too...

Or if not a pony, a sports car would be just fine.

by Rox Girl on Dec 2, 2008 8:18 PM MST up reply actions  

I'm just thrilled to death that

Brian Fuentes won’t be around any longer to break my heart. Thank you God.

by pedalpusher on Dec 3, 2008 2:18 PM MST reply actions  

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