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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Harper, A-Rod, Dice-K, A's
On this date 45 years ago, in the final year before Major League Baseball instituted the amateur draft, Rick Reichardt was signed by the Los Angeles Angels for $200K. At the time, it was the largest signing bonus ever given to an amateur baseball player. Reichardt would only play 57 minor league games before making his big league debut later that year. He would go on to play 11 seasons with four franchises. With this year's draft class starting to sign their first contracts, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere...
- Jorge Says No! says MLB should consider moving the trade deadline since the introduction of the wild card leaves more teams in contention in July.
- Sully Baseball says it is hypocritical to criticize Bryce Harper for wanting to turn pro at age 16.
- River Ave. Blues suggests that if the Yankees could have one contract absorbed by MLB it would be Alex Rodriguez's.
- Around the Majors takes a look at Scott Boras' upcoming free agent class, which includes Eric Gagne, who has been converted back to a starter.
- MLB Notebook wonders who the A's can trade outside of Matt Holliday.
- Fire Brand of the American League looks at whether Daisuke Matsuzaka has been worth the contract he signed.
Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.
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"Eric Gagne, who has been converted back to a starter."
LOL
"Fire Brand of the American League looks at whether Daisuke Matsuzaka has been worth the contract he signed."
The contact itself, MAYBE. The contract + posting fee, HELL TO THE NO.
Posted by: maximumpotential | June 26, 2009 at 05:22 PM
i have never been a big dice k fan...i would prefer a pitcher that attacks the strike zone even if he gets beat by the long ball now and then...i just cant watch games he pitches..it's brutal...
BUT the redsox have more than made the posting fee back because of his popularity in japan and it has made it easier for them to get talent from there...i really dont think you can look at the posting fee in isolation as lost $...
bottom line...he has not lived up to the hype, but the moved has benefited the sox financially and in other areas
ps... i would love that spot to have been bowden or clay
Posted by: UpstateNYSOXfan | June 26, 2009 at 07:09 PM
If I were in Beanes position I would be looking to trade Carbrera, Garciapara and Holliday.
Basically anything of value you can get for the first two is a bonus and then with Holliday you're looking at a few good prospects.
With Daisuke if you look in baseball terms purely performance then no he hasn't been worth all the money but if you look in terms of future prospects and the Japanese market share then he will be more than worth the money.
Posted by: OhPityMe | June 27, 2009 at 04:49 AM