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jbryant93
In regard to Francis, I think the drop in velocity in ’11 has teams concerned:
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Aaron Steele
No love for Linebrink? I thought it was pretty good signing.
jesse heiman
Went to college with Linebrink go bobcats
Vance Macdonald
Everyone, and I mean everyone, is touting Manny as “no risk”. Everyone is wrong.
Thizzie
Brad Hawpe will probably hit over 20 bombs for the AL Champion Rangers this year on a minor league deal. Thinking that will top the list at the end of the season…
Jason_F
Hawpe will have a hard enough time making the team, much less getting the number of at bats needed to hit 20 home runs. There are a lot of players ahead of him in the pecking order.
Rangersfan32 2
As much as I’d love that, he has 3 guys ahead of him at 1B and our OF is stacked. Unless he can play CF, I don’t see it working.
martinfv2
I did think about Hawpe, maybe I could have been more liberal with the honorable mentions. Although if Hawpe gets 400 PAs for the Rangers it probably means something went wrong with other players.
Hordak Sanchez
Its Manny time in Oakland (after 50 games)!!! Finally the A’s will have someone who can drive in Weeks and Crisp and Barton (walk master 5000)
Rangersfan32 2
Lol, the A’s are scraping the bottom of the barrel with that one. Doubt Manny makes much of a useful impact at all.
nm344
How about Dontrelle Willis?
JPH_GSG
Willis is on a non-guaranteed major league deal.
Orlando Cabrera County
It really makes me wonder how Manny and now Cristian Guzman got minor league deals before Dmitri Young. At least Dmitri looks serious about a comeback.
Willjhull
Ankiel should be on this list, he had major league deal offers but wanted to stay on easy coast and pref in DC
Alison Lurie
Padilla?? Really- I guess he can be the one to go on the Beer and Chicken runs…
Philley11
Koyie Hill as a honorable mention? Really? Gotta be scraping the bottom of the barrel there. Dude couldn’t hit his way out of a paper bag.
James S
The Pirates were smart to sign Former Met farmhand Nick Evans, (who plays first base and outfield), and invite him to spring training. He could win a bench spot on the major league roster, or if nothing else, be a very good call up later on for any injury.
Evans has the potential to be another Garrett Jones type of buy-low hitter.
He seems to at least be better than some of the other honorable mentions.
jimboslice9
I’m not sure if he would make this list, but he could definitely be a great pickup for the Pirates at 1B/3B/OF. He can do a decent job coming off the bench with some defensive versatility. I wanted the Mets to keep him, but he was out of options, and with Murphy and Duda, Evans was basically redundant.