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Players Elect Free Agency

By Tim Dierkes [October 9, 2008 at 8:54am CST]

Several players refused outright assignments to Triple A recently, electing free agency. Let me know if I missed anyone of note.

Jolbert Cabrera played second base, shortstop, third base, left field, and right field for the Reds this year. He'll be 36 in December; he hit .252/.310/.400 in 126 plate appearances. He spent time in Japan a few years back.
Dave Borkowski, 31, tossed 36 innings of relief for the Astros with a 7.50 ERA. Home runs were a problem this year.
Jose Castillo, 27, hit .246/.292/.376 in 455 plate appearances with the Giants and Astros. He played second base, shortstop, third base, and right field this year.

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Josh Bard, Shawn Estes from MLB.com's transactions.

Francisco Cruceta according to Tigstown.com

Posted by: ebajek85 | October 09, 2008 at 09:32 AM

most of these guys are bums anyway

Posted by: derman1984 | October 09, 2008 at 09:38 AM

That's cute, Borkowski thinks he might land a gig else where as a FA. The guy had one season where he was reliable at best, but since then hasn't really been too impressive.
Good riddance, Dave, it was fun watching you at Round Rock.

Posted by: thered86 | October 09, 2008 at 09:53 AM

I'd like to see the Pirates sign Castillo. They are going to have a need for that back-up middle infielder with the departure of Chris Gomez, and the verdict is still out on the other bench players (Mientkiewicz, Michaels, Rivas.) I feel Castillo got a bum deal under Jim Tracy, and he's a servicable bench player with a cannon of an arm and decent range. Plus, he's capable of playing some RF. He'll be a nice addition as long as he's not relied on to heavily.

Posted by: Polka | October 09, 2008 at 09:57 AM

Bard and Estes have been addressed previously...Cruceta I could add though.

Posted by: Tim Dierkes | October 09, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Polka,

I severly doubt Castillo returns to the Pirates he hated it here.

Posted by: BucSox | October 09, 2008 at 12:27 PM

"That's cute, Borkowski thinks he might land a gig else where as a FA. The guy had one season where he was reliable at best, but since then hasn't really been too impressive.
Good riddance, Dave, it was fun watching you at Round Rock"

Thank God he is finally gone. I hated watching him. The only time I wanted to see him pitch is if we were getting blown out. I didn't even want to see him come in if we were up 20. He will be playing AA on another team(because the Astros minor league is in bad shape was the only reason he was at AAA), but he might be able to fit in nicely with the Nationals

Posted by: H-Town-Baller | October 09, 2008 at 03:00 PM

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