Crasnick's Free Agent Bargains

When will Adam Dunn become a bargain? His name is barely mentioned. He takes his walks, hits homeruns. I know he strikes out a ton but still, he might be an under the radar signing.

I'm with you Mike A., I've always been a Rivera fan. He's always been able to hit, and should make for a nice addition for some team.

I'd be happy with Rivera for that price and then take the money saved and what we'll save after Eaton's gone and sign Hamels to a long term extension.

Wonder what Johnson is gonna ask for. Seemed ready to take a big cut for Arizona. If he'd be up for $8-10M I'd love to see Cleveland land him. He'd fill that number 3 spot right behind Carmona nicely.

Felipe Lopez with the Phillies would be a very good signing as well.... with both Utley and Feliz coming off of surgeries... Utley being the bigger question as to when he will actually return, late April or late May.. big difference.

Lopez would fit nice.

I hope the Angels re-sign Juan and play him fulltime. Its criminal that he sits on the bench and Gary "The Perfect Strike Out Machine" Matthews gets time.

"Crasnick mentions the Rangers as an interesting fit for Crede."

The Rangers are an interesting fit for Crede...because then the Rangers could have 2 often injured 3B that they can swap on and off of the DL at a combined salary of about 12-15 million per season. Crede and Blalock combined aren't a safe bet to reach 162 games. They had exactly 162 games played combined last year. It would typify how Jon Daniels runs the Rangers.

and Lopez has speed as well.. He ha averaged 23 steals a year for the past 4 years, with an average of 12 HRs as well...

""Hmmm a 1) Right handed, 2) LF, 3) with def power potential 4) for not alot of money screams BRAVES.""

Braves would be interesting, but I'd assume they'd sign another OF as well. If Rivera goes down, they have the crapfest in OF that they had this year.

Juan Rivera doesn't scream "bargain" to me. If he's healthy, he's a bargain, hands down. However, if he gives you all of 100 ABs over 2 years, he's 10MM flushed down the drain. And, his defense is subpar.

However, it would be foolish to sign him and rely on him as a starter. If a team has OF depth, a good amount of resources after taking care of other needs, and a serviceable replacement already available internally, they should sign him. If not, I'd say no.