Punto was great, but there's always a Punto out there... 2 years ago was Carroll... we will get someone...
Punting on Punto opens the door for more Urine, the return of Eugenio Velez, Dance Fever Theriot and any other former Gnat hack Ned can fill the roster with.
we didn't make any qualifying offers (Which means we would have offered them 14.1 million for 1 year), so we won't get any picks
This new QO rule puzzles me more than any other. It seems to me that it is designed to increase the amount of free agents available each and every year, thus making it harder for any team to maintain a stable roster from year to year. If that is the intent, then why not just say that any player is open to free bidding after their sixth year in league? At $14.1 million, only the elite will be made QO's, unless teams are willing to gamble on players accepting. I just don't see the reasoning here (and truthfully, I'm already a few beers in. Long live Lagunitas Brown Shugga Ale).
the system is designed to eliminate the problem that was being created by the type A and type B tags. That system was creating a lot of problems to some players (mostly relievers). I think the right way to fix it was to change the evaluation process of players, not eliminate the type A/B rule.
Not that it's a big loss but Shitmaker is a Red. Is Ned going to do anything or are we waiting on Stan?
Another one bites the dust. What will Ned do? http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10044068/former-yankee-luis-cruz-signs-japan-lotte-marines
Posted this another thread but how about Garrett Jones late of the Pirates and maybe Furcal. Thoughts?
The qualifying offer is also in place to keep cheap ass teams from letting guys walk and just take the pick. You have to at least try and compete with some money
I'd love to see them go after Furcal with a low-ball games-played incentive deal. But that's it, no big money, no multi-year.
