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Odds and Ends: Sisco, Murton, Thigpen

By Tim Dierkes [February 5, 2009 at 12:31pm CST]

Links for Thursday...

Lot of people tossing around the number of unsigned free agents...I have it at about 80, at least if we draw the line at players that are remotely useful. Here's my list.
Joe Pawlikowski of River Ave. Blues would like to see the Yankees sign Mark Grudzielanek.
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle says the A's will attend Andy Sisco's Friday workout.
Scott Miller of CBSSports.com takes a stab at the All-Free Agent team.
The Rockies did not acquire Matt Murton as a precursor to another deal, Troy Renck learned.
The Blue Jays designated catcher Curtis Thigpen for assignment to make room for Brian Burres.
Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star shows that MLB has done a nice job of keeping player salaries at 40-45% of the game's revenue in recent years (as opposed to 62% in the NFL).
RotoAuthority looks at how you can combine a Rich Harden type with a Randy Wolf type to create a top ten fantasy baseball starting pitcher.

Comments

Sisco would be a zero risk, high reward LHP signing. I like the idea.

I honestly think the Angels and A's match up in terms of bullpen. Yes, the Angels have Fuentes, but there is no guarantee that he's better than Devine. Actually, going forward, I take Joey over Brian, although I'll call them equal so I don't sound like a homer.

Fuentes = Devine
Arredondo > Ziegler
Springer > Shields
Blevins > Oliver
Wuertz/Casilla = Speier

Posted by: melonis rex | February 05, 2009 at 01:16 PM

Either match up or the A's have a slight advantage.

Posted by: melonis rex | February 05, 2009 at 01:17 PM

And shall be called Hardenolf, God of the Pitch, Destroyer of Cities...

Posted by: basemonkey | February 05, 2009 at 01:18 PM

Rich Harden healthy is one of the top 3 pitchers in all MLB.

The problem is that Rich is never healthy.

Posted by: melonis rex | February 05, 2009 at 01:20 PM

Ricciardi DFA'd Thigpen for Burres??? WHAT??? A couple months ago, Thigpen was the catcher of the future for the Jays? Arencibia had a hot AFL showing, but Thigpen for Burres? time to lay low Jays fans, real low...

Posted by: Ontario Greg | February 05, 2009 at 01:30 PM

"Jamey Newberg wonders if the Rangers could sign Ben Sheets to a Jon Lieber/Yankees-like contract."

Sounds more like a Pavano contract is in order.

Posted by: Little Bear | February 05, 2009 at 01:32 PM

"I honestly think the Angels and A's match up in terms of bullpen. Yes, the Angels have Fuentes, but there is no guarantee that he's better than Devine. Actually, going forward, I take Joey over Brian, although I'll call them equal so I don't sound like a homer."

How can you say the Arredondo is a better pitcher in the bullpen than Ziegler? At least I would give them an =, and I would still have a hard time doing that. The guy posted a 1.06 era

Posted by: Swellchavez | February 05, 2009 at 03:43 PM

Thigpen isn't a major league catcher.

I'm not saying Burres is better, but still...

Posted by: rpriske | February 05, 2009 at 04:40 PM

Crazy letting Thigpen go

Burres better be something good or J.P will have a lot of explaining to do

Posted by: JaysFan22 | February 05, 2009 at 04:44 PM

"How can you say the Arredondo is a better pitcher in the bullpen than Ziegler? At least I would give them an =, and I would still have a hard time doing that. The guy posted a 1.06 era"

Ziegler is a major regression risk.

I'm an A's fan. The furthest I'd go is equal with a mild edge to Arredondo. Arredondo is the better pitcher going forward.

Same with the Fuentes v. Devine one. Actually, I take Devine over Fuentes any day. Again, that's a

Posted by: melonis rex | February 05, 2009 at 04:51 PM

I agree wiht milonis and i think oaklands line up and sp will look like this.

A’s 2009 Starting lineup
1. *Orlando Cabrera (SS)
2. Kurt Suzuki (C)
3. Matt Holliday (LF)
4. Jason Giambi (1B)
5. Jack Cust (DH)
6. Eric Chavez (3B)
7. Mark Ellis (2B)
8. Ryan Sweeney (CF)
9. Travis Buck (RF)

Pitching Rotation
1. Justin Duchscherer
2. Dana Eveland
3. Vincent Marazzo/ MILB: 15-7
4. Sean Gallagher/ MLB: 5-7
5. Gio Gonzalez/ MLB: 1-4
*Free Agent
Backup Pitchers
1. Brett Anderson
2. Trevor Cahill

Posted by: Briggs | February 05, 2009 at 05:43 PM

I think with cabrera the lineup will look like this!

1. Orlando Cabrera (SS)
2. Ryan Sweeney (CF)
3. Matt Holliday (LF)
4. Jason Giambi (DH)
5. Jack Cust (RF)
6. Eric Chavez (3B)
7. Mark Ellis (2B)
8. Kurt Suzuki (C)
9. Daric Barton (1B)

1. Justin Duchscherer
2. Dana Eveland
3. Sean Gallagher
4. Dallas Braden
5. Gio Gonzalez

Anderson and Cahill waiting in the wings

Posted by: Grim Reaper | February 06, 2009 at 01:24 PM

Marazzo had a better season in the minors the both anderson and cahill though

Posted by: Briggs | February 08, 2009 at 12:09 PM

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