A's Out Of Running For Furcal

If everything works out right, the Braves will sign Burnett, trade Kelly J. for a power hitter, and if Furcal's not signed by then, they should have enough to get him. I'm sure he would be willing to play 2nd for the Braves, who really need him!

There is no way that the Braves sign both Burnett and Furcal.

Furcal kind of screwed himself for waiting so long to sign. There aren't too many teams that need a SS anymore. 4/40 is the best that he's going to get and the A's know it.

Furcal will come around and sign with Oakland.

Which teams are left that even needs a SS anymore?

Any word if the White Sox are in on Furcal? If Dye ends up getting traded, Ramirez can shift out to CF and Owens/Wise/Anderson can fight for LF and Quentin flips over to RF, Getz can get 2B. Or Ramirez can take 3B, if the Sox can get a true CF.

Now they to LA and ask for 4/44, get rebuffed, and go back to Oakland, where the 4/40 may be gone.

braves sign furcal, trade escobar to the twins for delmon young?

by furcal passing on what he was looking for financially and length wise this has to mean that atlanta is definitely in on furcal. dodgers seem to have moved on for the most part, the braves certainly can afford both furcal and burnett. they have 45-50 million to spend. javy vasquez 11.5, burnett 15, furcal 10. then smoltz re signs and other small signings push you close to 45 million. it works financially let's see if it happens

dodgers havent moved on. a few days ago, on this site, a story said colletti wants furcal back, and they would def. talk, but they didnt want to match 13m a yr. it seems its the As and dodgers, and the as just dropped out...

just thought of something, sign furcal at 11m/per and you could have berroa/hu play 2nd with dewitt at third, OR you could also sign blake, non-tender berroa and have hu as a backup, OR sign furcal and blake and keep both hu and berroa, OR you could sign blake and furcal, keep berroa, and trade hu for pitching(part of jake peavy deal??)

Furcal just turned down the best offer he's gonna get,no teams gonna go higher for a guy who spent most of the year on the DL...He'll be back eventually and take the A's offer

I think its always possible that the A's trade Crosby anyways to either the Tigers or Dodgers, either before or to the team that misses out on Wilson. A's could shed Crosby's salary and use that towards Randy Johnson and Adam Dunn, then just use Cliff Pennington or Gregorio Petit at Short. After all, if you are going to have a no-hit SS anyways, might as well go with a cheap one with a glove.

The A's have a lot of Middle Infield depth in the minors now, but its ALL at lower levels. Coleman, Christian, Leyja and Weeks are all at Low A or below. Only Cardenas is at AA, but theoretically, if he develops, he could split time between AA and AAA in 2009 and be ready to play SS for the A's in 2010. If he sticks there, that is.

Furcal should had taken that offer. Who else will offer that? Dodgers don't want to pay, Giants got their SS, Tigers wont pay all that money, they might get Wilson. Cardinals got Green. Good luck Greedy Furcal

The Dodgers almost had a deal worked out with Furcal in May. I think Furcal thought he would get both the $12-$14M a year AND a 4 year deal. He'll probably go to the team that offers him the most money per season, either the Dodgers for 2 years or the Braves for 3 if they trade for Peavy.

Was Furcal offered arbitration?

i'm still holding out hope that the white sox are the mystery team and have cleared some payroll to sign him and move alexei to CF.

not likely, but hoping...

Oakland is out - SF has ERent - Cards have Greene - once again I will state my predicition from previous threads that Furcal ends up with the Yankees

Got to like Billy Beane, tells player and agent, we would like to have you, here is what we can afford, and intend to offer. If they do not like it he moves on. More GM'S should be like him.

Honestly how many options does Furcal's agent think he really has? I can see ATL working out if they could get the Peavy deal to work and Burnett declines their offer but I think LA is a long shot for him and really noone else is going to pay that type of $ for him. He may become a real bargain for somebody later on this winter. But then he will pout and it won't be a real bargin anyway.

I could see above suggestion of Furcal with the Yankees and I think the scenerio of the Yanks dealing Cano is very reasonable.

Cano for Kemp with Furcal at 2B; assuming of course the Dodgers could sign Manny.

Another reason I like this is Jeter could also slide to 2B as his defense is declining with age.

The A's pulling out of the race could be seen as pure posturization. If Furcal has one less option in terms of teams, his price goes down. And, if Furcal's price goes down, so does Cabrera's. A's can grab one of them.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes in here. I fail to see how furcal is dumb for not taking an offer that could be as low a 4 years 35mil. It would not surprise me if he could get quite close to that for 3 years. The only reason the As were considered the most likely suitor is that the rumors were saying they offered something like 4-48. So there is a lot of posturing going on but give me a break trying to say the market for furcal has dried up because greene and renteria went to new teams, neither of which probably had any intention of signing furcal.

maybe Furcal is waiting for the Braves? He still has a house there and he thinks of Bobby Cox as a "Father figure". Either way, if that is the case he might be screwing himself. Worst case he could go back to the Dodgers for a one year deal and prove he is healthy and come back next year when the economy better.

Furcal to White Sox?

Furcal is not going to become a bargain for anyone. He is worth too much to the Dodgers who need a SS, a leadoff hitter and a leader for their young guys. Once they get him, they can move to trade Pierre and the team can begin to take shape. Joe Torre has been adamant that Furcal is the key for the Dodgers and Ned's interest has never wavered.

I like how at the end of the article Rosenthaul says furcal could make himself available to the mets and yankees by playing 2nd base. If you were the yankees would you trade Cano so you could have the opportunity to sign someone older and more expensive who just came off a major injury? And last time I checked, the Mets had one of the best leadoff hitters in the game. Thanks, Ken, for adding this absurd bit of speculation.