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Phillies Interested In Otsuka?
UPDATE, 12-14-07 at 10:09am: Ah, now the true story comes out on Otsuka. MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan says the Rangers were going to send him to the White Sox for Chris Carter but the Sox nixed the deal after looking at Otsuka's medical reports. No surprise the Rangers non-tendered him, now. Hat tip to Rangerfans.com.
FROM 12-14-07 at 8:47am:
Reliever Akinori Otsuka hit the free agent market on Wednesday; he turns 36 in January. With a career ERA of 2.44 in 232 innings, it's surprising the Rangers chose to non-tender him. Otsuka earned $3MM in 2007, and even with a raise he'd have been a decent play on a one-year deal.
Unless, of course, the Rangers believes something is still wrong with Otsuka's elbow. I think that has to be the case, despite a trickle of positive reports recently. The Phillies are the latest team to express interest in Otsuka. Also, Tom Krasovic suggested a few days ago that the Padres might look to bring him back.
Back to the Phillies for a moment - Steve King notes that they have no interest in free agent Morgan Ensberg. Also, they're still planning to watch Kris Benson throw next week.
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Cool. The Phillies are interested in Aki.
That means we're not getting him.
Posted by: tolo316 | December 14, 2007 at 09:00 AM
I think Aki Otsuka is loosely translates to "Freddy Garcia." Hell, I'd still like him on a 1 year deal though.
Posted by: wayne gomes | December 14, 2007 at 09:09 AM
Agreed.
But I think if they're interested - which it's been reported that they are - Aki will sign with the Padres. He still lives in San Diego in the offseason and loves it there to the point that he told Fukudome to play there.
Posted by: tolo316 | December 14, 2007 at 09:23 AM
why are the tigers not jumping all over him. bullpen is the biggest weak spot for my tabbies.
Posted by: mckeetho | December 14, 2007 at 10:08 AM
he wasn't named in the report. He's gotta be clean!
Posted by: toshiro | December 14, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Kissyface agrees.
Posted by: jessethebody | December 14, 2007 at 10:17 AM
She told you that too?
Posted by: wayne gomes | December 14, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Aki will end up in SD, no doubt.
So once we also sign prior, we will have signed 3 pitchers with sketchy arm injuries, great...
Posted by: UCSDPadsFan | December 14, 2007 at 11:22 AM
I would love to see the Phillies start getting agressive in getting the rest of the pieces to the puzzle... Signing Prior, Otsuka and Jenkins would surely do that. That would leave just a 3B that I would like to see signed, I don't know why not Ensberg?
Posted by: FyreKnight | December 14, 2007 at 05:33 PM