Chris Reitsma Rumors

Odds and Ends: Alfonzo, Hill, Kline, Reitsma

Time for a link roundup. SI.com's Jon Heyman says the Mets have talked with Edgardo Alfonzo. Alfonzo, 34, came up a Met and snagged MVP votes in 2000 with a .967 OPS. Seems like Aaron Hill's contract extension may wait until after the season, when his offensive value is more clearly established. No interest in Steve Kline yet...teams will probably wait the Giants out so they don't have to pay his $1.75MM salary. If Chris Reitsma doesn't make a decision soon about heading to Triple A, the Ms could place him on the restricted list. Dejan Kovacevic hasn't heard anything...   Continue Reading

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Reitsma Mulling Options

30 year-old reliever Chris Reitsma is on a minor league contract with the Mariners, and they don't feel he's ready for the big league roster quite yet. John Hickey says Reitsma can retire, go to the minors as requested, or ask the Mariners for his release (they'd have no obligation to grant it). Reitsma has yet to throw on back-to-back days, and he doesn't offer the upside of Mark Lowe. Reitsma had a fifth elbow surgery in July of '07. The Mariners declined his $2.7MM option for '08 but re-signed him to a minor league deal. He's healthy now, but...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Reitsma, Affeldt

Some late night odds and ends to digest... The Mariners re-signed Chris Reitsma; he hopes to be ready for Spring Training following August elbow surgery (not Tommy John, of course). Reitsma hopes to return to his groundballing, healthy form of 2005. On a related note, Bleeding Blue and Teal speculates that the Mariners could target Jeremy Affeldt if they trade George Sherrill. At one point Affeldt was said to be seeking five years. His agent has already pitched him to the Mariners as a possible starter. Eduardo Encina reports that the Rays seek a superutility player and lefty reliever, and..   Continue Reading

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Mariners Decline Option On Jose Guillen

UPDATE, 11-3-07: There had been conflicting reports of this, but Cot's Baseball Contracts had it right. Guillen's player option is for $5MM, and he's already said he's declining it. The Mariners pretty much wasted $500K in declining the club option. FROM 11-2-07: The Mariners are saying they put the ball in Jose Guillen's court, but they really didn't. They declined his one-year, $9MM option. Now Guillen can choose to exercise an option for 2008 for $5MM or elect for free agency. Seems pretty clear he'll pass on that. It figured to be this way from the start; the $9MM team..   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Aramis, La Russa, A-Rod

A random smattering of links this morning... I wrote a postmortem on why the D'Backs beat the Cubs over at The Hardball Times. Just a whisper at the moment, but I'm hearing that the Angels could pursue Aramis Ramirez if the Cubs make him available. They were in hard on him last year when he was briefly a free agent. Seems that Joe Torre is done as Yankees manager, but Tony La Russa is not interested. Another important date to mark down: November 10th. That's when Alex Rodriguez decides whether to opt out of his contract. Right after the GM..   Continue Reading

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Mariners Sign Chris Reitsma

According to RotoWorld, the Mariners have signed right-handed reliever Chris Reitsma for $1.35MM with an option for '08. Not bad for a guy with an 8.68 ERA, eh? Reitsma had July elbow surgery (not Tommy John) and hopes to be ready for spring. The 29 year-old is yet another groundballing addition to the Mariner pitching staff (they've already got grounder-lovers Felix Hernandez, Miguel Batista, and Horacio Ramirez)   Continue Reading

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Rockies Still High On Lawrence

Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post runs down the reasons the Rockies are the favorite for free agent pitcher Brian Lawrence: he wants to pitch in the NL West, and he grew up in Colorado. Conversations are ongoing between Colorado and the soft-tossing righty. The Giants and D'Backs could be interested as well. While Lawrence is a year older and right-handed, is he otherwise much different than Mark Mulder right now? Additionally, Rodrigo Lopez is a possibility for the Rockies' rotation. It's also been revealed that the Rockies are one of the six teams in on Chris Reitsma, along..   Continue Reading

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Reds Talking To Chris Reitsma

David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that 29 year-old reliever Chris Reitsma will not be returning to the Braves on a lesser contract. Yesterday we learned that the Marlins are not involved either. Six teams have made offers to Reitsma, and he's well into negotiations with the Reds. Reitsma formerly pitched in Cincinnati before he was traded to the Braves in March of 2004. He had elbow surgery in July and hopes to be ready by spring training. I'm no doctor, but I know that is different than Tommy John. Even in the midst of recent struggles, Reitsma has..   Continue Reading

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Marlins Interested In Benitez, Reitsma

Another year, another phoenix closer for the Fish. This time they're considering going back to one of their best, Armando Benitez. The Marlins and Giants are still moving along on that one, though the players and money involved aren't clear yet. Benitez seems to like the idea. The Marlins may go after new free agents Chris Reitsma and Jorge Sosa as well. Might as well round 'em up and try to piece together a bullpen. The team is still hunting for the right center fielder, but the rotation is set with Willis-Johnson-Olsen-Sanchez-Nolasco   Continue Reading

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Giles and Reitsma Free Agents

MLB.com reports that the Atlanta Braves have decided to not tender contracts to Marcus Giles and Chris Reitsma. Giles and Reitsma can now be offered contracts by any team in the MLB. The second base market now consists of Giles, Mark Loretta, and Ron Belliard. As for Reitsma, I think he's worth a million on the gamble that he can return as a useful starter or reliever   Continue Reading

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