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Odds and Ends: Perez, Torres, Beimel

By Tim Dierkes [November 14, 2008 at 11:21am CST]

Links for Friday, with an unplanned emphasis on relievers...

The Tigers and Trevor Hoffman may be a match. Hoffman's agent closed the door on the Padres.
The Royals brought Mike Arbuckle aboard, formerly of the Phillies.
The Nationals have interest in re-signing Aaron Boone and Odalis Perez. MLB.com's Bill Ladson gives it a 50-50 chance. The Nats re-signed infielder Pete Orr, who could earn $600K.
The Brewers picked up Salomon Torres' 2009 option, more of a procedural move than anything.
The Marlins have an eye on minor league free agent Zach McClellan.
Ken Davidoff makes contract and destination predictions for top free agents. K-Rod, Juan Cruz, and Russ Springer to the Cardinals for a combined $73MM?
The Rockies have Joe Beimel and Jeremy Affeldt on the radar, among others.
The New York Daily News has a cool free agent tracker.

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"The Tigers and Trevor Hoffman may be a match."

I think they might be too. The Tigers need a cheapish veteran reliever to finish off games behind Zumaya and Rodney. I think Hoffman may be poyfectt.

And Davidoff is an idiot if he thinks any team would spend $73M on the bullpen. Remember when Baltimore tried to buy a bullpen and ended up with the worst in the AL? Come on..

Posted by: scribbletone | November 14, 2008 at 11:24 AM

Davidoff's predictions are horrible. If K-Rod is going to take 4 years, then the Mets would definitely outbid the Cardinals for him.

Posted by: icedrake523 | November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM

they are flippin' horrible predictions. davidoff is worse than the brand of cigarettes that bears his name.

the braves, with 42 million to spend this offseason, ONLY signing Renteria?

please. they're not even interested. Now, if they trade for Peavy (not looking so likely now), then I could see them signing Furcal. But they'd also look HARD at Dempster and Burnett.

This guy...sheesh

Posted by: apoxonbothyourhouses | November 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM

"And Davidoff is an idiot if he thinks any team would spend $73M on the bullpen. Remember when Baltimore tried to buy a bullpen and ended up with the worst in the AL? Come on.."

That's just dumb. The Cards has a few young, inexpensive arms that are going to be good in the 2009 bullpen. I see them signing one more righty to close and a loogy or two. Not K-Rod, not Cruz, not Springer. Any half witted baseball fan would know that. I would expect better out of a BASEBALL WRITER!

Posted by: inthecards | November 14, 2008 at 12:27 PM

i wanna see Salomon Torres go "wait, changed my mind, wanna play now" lol that would be priceless

Posted by: 04Forever | November 14, 2008 at 12:39 PM

As another Cards fan, I totally agree with the previous posts. $73mil for a bullpen is way too much, especially with that we have coming up. I liked what I saw of Perez and Motte.
I could see Springer and/or Cruz for the right price, but definitely not K-Rod. I'm still unsure about how much impact a single closer has, and that's after the destruction we saw last year.
I'd rather go after someone like Furcal if we're going to be spending that kind of money on one player, or God forbid a quality starter we can count on more than 25 starts from (Derek Lowe...).

Posted by: Travis | November 14, 2008 at 01:05 PM

Hey guys, I don't know if this means that Davidoff changed his predictions, but he doesn't have K-Rod going to the Cards on the site now. He has him going to the Mets with Fuentes to the Cards. No longer the $73M bullpen, but rather the $57M bullpen. As a Cub fan, I would appreciate them whizzing this much money into the bullpen when it looks like they already have more than one quality arm there! But anywho, that's what i saw.

Posted by: cycub | November 14, 2008 at 01:58 PM

K-Rod will not be a Cardinal...though Cruz and Springer very well could be.

Posted by: Cardsfan387 | November 14, 2008 at 02:06 PM

Chris Perez says hi.

The Cardinals just need to grab a lefty (Affeldt), and show Izzy the door, and they'll be fine.

Posted by: melonis rex | November 14, 2008 at 02:57 PM

scribbletone is right on.. overpaying for a bullpen isn't the way to go.. cruz and affeldt would make sense

Posted by: #1O'sfan | November 14, 2008 at 03:04 PM

I would love to see Hoffman in a Tiger uniform. I understand fully Hoffman is not what he used to be, but he has mastered the changeup, and might be able to help out Rodney with his. Even with his dropoff due to age, he is better than Rodney at closing.

Is Crosby up for grabs? If so, what do the A's want?

Posted by: Calriver | November 15, 2008 at 02:43 AM

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