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Olney On The Free Agent Market

By Nat Boyle [August 24, 2008 at 11:58am CST]

Buster Olney's latest below:

False Echoes: "the phenomenon of veterans who have quickly descended from productive players into something much less than that over the last couple of years," often from discontinuing PED use. Olney thinks the industry is not going to throw "long-term dollars" at players in their mid 30s. That in combination with the economy and recent successes of small market clubs spells a bad market for mid-level free agents, according to Olney. If Olney's right, that's bad news for guys like Manny Ramirez; however, Manny has shown in L.A. that he can still produce.
Overlooking all of that, Olney thinks the Dodgers could land CC Sabathia if they make a nine-figure offer. For a salary-shy team, that would come as a mild surprise. Olney suggests the Giants would go for Sabathia if not for their massive commitment to Barry Zito.

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I hope you're right about Izzy, the king is dead, long live the king.

Posted by: dep258s | August 24, 2008 at 01:09 PM

"Overlooking all of that, Olney thinks the Dodgers could land CC Sabathia if they make a nine-figure offer. For a salary-shy team, that would come as a mild surprise."

The Dodgers aren't salary-shy, rather they have lately been overcommitted to non/negative producers like Jones and Schmidt. Both those guys come off the books for '10 and Schmidt might be salvagable next year, because they say his velocity is there. I think they were a bit salary shy this year because their budget was likely planned early on when they thought Andruw Jones would be worth a damn.

Posted by: AA | August 24, 2008 at 03:38 PM

they won't go for Sabathia... he's not an ex-Red Sock...

Posted by: petrie000 | August 25, 2008 at 03:30 AM

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