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D'Backs Interested In Mulder, David Wells
Something broken, something old. According to the Arizona Republic, the D'Backs have made an offer to free agent Mark Mulder. Additionally, they may try to coax David Wells out of retirement.
At this point, Wells on a one-year deal for less than $10MM sounds reasonable. This ain't 2005 anymore. Boomer turns 44 in May, but he might be able to provide 180 league average innings. His pinpoint control isn't going anywhere.
Mulder could actually prefer a one-year deal, as a way of maximizing his earnings. Whatever the offer was, it did not include incentives. What would it take - $7MM guaranteed? I don't see a Mulder signing as a potential bargain. He won't be ready for Opening Day and he may struggle upon his return.
The Diamondbacks have also spoken to Tomo Ohka's agent. Brandon Webb, Doug Davis, and Livan Hernandez are locks for their rotation. Juan Cruz, Dana Eveland, and Edgar Gonzalez will compete for openings.
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Boomer and Mulder are pretty reasonable pickups at this point. If AZ picked them both up, they could have a good rotation. Obviously a young guy would pitch until Mulder was ready. I dont see Boomer moving away from San Diego however... I think the heat of the desert would get to him. He not exactly a small guy.
Posted by: dan1to | December 12, 2006 at 12:03 PM
How much does AZ have to spend? If they had enough money to get Boomer and Mulder, why didn't they try to sign Schmidt or Zito?
Posted by: beeniez | December 12, 2006 at 12:13 PM
Dan, you do know that most of the games played at Chase Field are played under a closed roof, right?
Also, I wouldn't be disappointed if we signed one or the other, but if we get both, that leaves Edgar Gonzalez out of options for this season. He seemed to turn a corner this year, actually pitched well in the majors.
Posted by: Projekt | December 12, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Beeniez, The d-backs had about 10 million to spend at the beginning of the offseason. I'm not sure about the contracts involved in the Estrada-Davis trade, but I assume we still have about the same amount to spend.
Arizona is still in debt from the Jerry Colangelo days. He differed everyone's salary so we could be a good team for about 5 years, but then we had no money to spend...
Posted by: Projekt | December 12, 2006 at 12:18 PM
Wouldn't be surprised to see Mulder wind up in Texas either. He's visiting the team in Arlington today. Reports I've seen say he's getting married this weekend, and is likely to make a decision beforehand.
Posted by: mtex | December 12, 2006 at 01:07 PM
Im sure if Mulder signed with Texas, then Zito might be more attracted there. y does everyone say the Rangers are a bad team. all they need is a middle of the order guy who they can get with Otsuka. sure there pitching isnt that great, but its almost certain they will get either Zito or Mulder or both. the lineup is tremendous and is as follows
C-Gerald Laird
1B-Mark Teixeira
2B-Ian Kinsler
3B-Hank Blalock
SS-Michael Young
LF-Brad Wilkerson/Frank Catalanatto
CF-Kenny Lofton
RF-Nelson Cruz
DH-FRank Catalanatto/Brad Wilkerson
im sure they wll trade Cruz and Otsuka for a solid right fielder like Geoff Jenkins
Brad Hawpe
Wily Mo Pena
or Casey Blake
or sign sumone like Trot Nixon
note:dont bash me for thses names i just think those guys could benefit in Arlington
Posted by: bravesrule14 | December 12, 2006 at 08:20 PM