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Week In Review: 8/10 - 8/16

By Steve Adams [August 17, 2008 at 5:35pm CST]

Taking a look back at this week's happenings here on MLBTR...

The biggest move of the month was the Diamondbacks' acquisition of slugger Adam Dunn for Dallas Buck, Micah Owings, and Wilkin Castillo. I can't remember any August trades of this magnitude.
Bronson Arroyo told the media Dunn would be seeking over $100MM this offseason; Dunn denied the report wholeheartedly. I'd be surprised to see him get $100MM, but I also certainly don't think it would be the worst signing we've seen in the past few offseasons.
The Red Sox acquired Paul Byrd from the Indians. Boston will pay the remaining portion of Byrd's salary. Byrd has been very good lately, and you can never have too much pitching depth. Not a bad move for Boston, in my opinion.
The Twins were very active in discussions this week, though nothing surfaced as of yet. Minnesota claimed Jarrod Washburn off waivers from Seattle, but a deal wasn't worked out. Boof Bonser and salary relief was originally thought to be the offer, but that report was later denied. Passing a chance to unload Washburn's salary makes no sense to me. The Twins also claimed Alan Embree from Oakland, but he was pulled back.
Freddy Garcia signed a minor-league contact with the Tigers. They must have liked what they saw at his audition. If he can return to be as effective as he was in his Chicago days, that would be a great signing. Nice low-risk move for Detroit.
We've seen a lot of teams signing their young talent to long-term deals, but it looks like San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum will not be one of them. He'd prefer to go year-to-year.
Minor moves happening around baseball: The Reds DFA'd David Ross, the Blue Jays released Shannon Stewart, and the Twins signed Bobby Kielty to a minor-league deal. The Giants DFA'd Jose Castillo, and Richie Sexson's time in New York was cut short when he was released after just 35 plate appearances. The Rockies added another arm, signing Oscar Villareal.
And now, for the draft-pick signings! Here are all the signings and not-signings teams made with their top picks this week: The White Sox signed Gordon Beckham, the Orioles signed Brian Matusz, the Padres signed Allan Dykstra, the Rangers signed Justin Smoak, the Giants signed Buster Posey, the Pirates signed Pedro Alvarez, the Royals signed Eric Hosmer, and the Reds not only signed Yonder Alonso, but Venezuelan outfielder Yorman Rodriguez as well. The Nationals failed to sign Aaron Crow, and the Yankees failed to sign Gerrit Cole.
And to cap things off, since we just covered a bunch of guys who probably weren't even alive when Jamie Moyer first started pitching in the Majors... he didn't deny the possibility of pitching until he's 50. He's 45 right now with 11 wins and an ERA of 3.64, who knows?

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CORRECTION:

The White Sox signed Gordon Beckham. Not Tim.

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Posted by: DraftInfo | August 17, 2008 at 06:03 PM

I'd like to think bringing in Adam Dunn was a bigger move then Paul Byrd when it comes to major things happening last week, but thats just me. :)

Posted by: schellis | August 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM

I think Linaecum saying he wants to go year-to-year when approached about being the Giants' franchise player, which being approached to extend longterm this early in his career really is, is a bad sign for Giants fans. Right now I gotta say they may be forced to trade him at a high in a few years. It's a risk on both sides to go this route today. One injury or fluky ineffective year a la Verlander will damage Linaecum's leverage and the Giants' ability to get a return on a trade. Linaecum is obviously counting on himself and believing in his ability to be great by the time he hits Free Agency, which isn't a crazy thought considering how he's done so far.

Posted by: basemonkey | August 17, 2008 at 11:43 PM

That being said, between now and Linaecum's Free Agency year, maybe there is a number Linaecum will extend for? Perhaps he just thinks his value today is at too low a point to commit? Though that's pretty hard to believe since I consider it to be extremely high already. An extremely young player who has 3 consecutive years of ML service at top tier level is worth a major jump in salary though so I can understand him holding out to see where things go.

Posted by: basemonkey | August 17, 2008 at 11:47 PM

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