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Pirates Have Multiyear Offer Out To Sanchez
Pirates president Frank Connelly verified tonight that at some point this offseason, the Bucs made a multiyear offer to second baseman Freddy Sanchez. It doesn't mean anything is close, however. Sanchez and the Pirates are currently $800K apart on their 2008 figures.
Back on January 7th, Dejan Kovacevic reported that Sanchez had not received a multiyear offer. But even at that time the Pirates were keen to the idea of signing Sanchez through his two remaining arbitration years and tacking on an option to buy out his first of free agency. Ultimately I could see a guaranteed third year.
The 30 year-old Sanchez hit .304/.343/.442 as the Pirates' second baseman in '07. Meanwhile the average NL second baseman hit .272/.341/.418.
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I like what I'm seeing with the front office trying to lock up the good players that we do have. Laroche, Capps and now Freddy all being talked to about extensions. They need to start somewhere I guess. Just a shame they didn't lock up that Aramis Ramirez fella when we had him. Just think about how much better this team would be with him. Makes me very upset
Posted by: BigBP620 | January 25, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Hey just to let every one know that freddy sanchez wife alissa is about 2 days away from having freddy's second kid:D..
Posted by: WilllGoAngels27 | January 26, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Sanchez is an above-average offensive secondbaseman, but locking him up doesn't say too much positive or negative about the Pirates. They'd probably be better off shopping while his batting title is still fresh in other teams' minds. He's a good roll player, but not the kind of player to build your future around.
This is particularly true since the Pirates only real middle infield prospect (Bixler) might not be able to stick at SS and might have to shift to 2nd.
Posted by: mymrbig | January 26, 2008 at 12:11 PM