Roy Oswalt spent most of the offseason telling teams that he'd prefer to sign close to his Mississippi home, but the free agent right-hander will now consider other opportunities. He's telling clubs he'll play anywhere, according to ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick (all Twitter links).
Oswalt said last month that he's looking at a possible midseason return and the probable timeline for a deal hasn't changed, according to Crasnick. By June Oswalt's kids will have finished school, and a potential move would be easier on his family at that point in the season. Oswalt's decision may depend on which contender needs pitching depth a few months from now, Crasnick writes.
Kansas City needs to jump on this opportunity.
Just waiting for the Phils to trade Blanton
Who would want him?
Except Pittsburgh I guess…
We don’t want him anyways! *goes to cry in a corner*
Come on Tigers offer him 8-10 mil sign him then we get to keep Turner let him develop more, give him a few spot starts, then let him crack the rotation next year
They already tried that and got turned down.
Read the title he is now open to play ANYWHERE he didn’t want to to play in Detroit at the time but I they put the offer back out there he would probably accept.
I dont know how you could be so confident.. He doesn’t actually mean anywhere.
He wants to play on a winning team if he comes to Detroit he will and he will get plenty of wins with the run support
I’ll bet you $5 that Oswalt doesn’t sign with the Tigers. If winning was his priority, he’d sign for $2 to play for the Phillies again.
This bet is made with Canadian currency, so you could be set for life if you win this arrangement. 🙂
Just think of what he can do with the extra 5 cents!
I can guarantee you that the tigers will be better than the phillies our lineup is much better than the aging phillies we have Cabrera fielder and young all in their prime boesch Jackson and Avila just entering their prime obviously you have the better rotation but verlander foster scherzer and porcello isn’t bad at all if you add oswalt who could mentor some of the younger kids and add production to their rotation that would make them a legitimate world series contender
*fister
If the Tigers are not already “a legitimate world series contender,” then no, they will not be better than the Phillies.
I’m not saying they won’t actually do better, but if you think the Phils aren’t a WS contender now, who in the NL is going to beat them out on paper?
I’m sayin if the Tigers get Oswalt it would make them one if the favorites to win it all, and I could see the dbacks or even the Cardinals even without Pujols competing for the beat record in the NL, I think the phils will end up with the best record but I dont see them making it past the NLCS
If Oswalt was all it took to make the Tigers favorites, they would have made it happen by now. Nobody trusts that he’s as healthy as he claims to be, and he’s ineffective on the occasions when he does pitch hurt.
Cardinals didn’t even win their division with Pujols. I’m not saying they won’t compete, nor even that they won’t make the post-season but the best record in the NL is a stretch.
DBacks are a maybe in my mind. A whole lot of things came together at exactly the right time for them to do what they did in 2011. With Posey returning to the Giants, and the Dodgers getting rid of their off-the-field drama, I don’t think they’ve got as much of a shot.
As to the Phillies not getting past the NLCS, any time you say that the team you expect to have the best record in the regular season won’t win the playoffs in their league, it’s not statistics talking.
The Tigers have tried to make it happen when they offered him 10 mil and got turned down they should put the offer back on the table and see what happens.
I said i think that the phillies will most likely have the best record in the NL im saying just watch the cards and dbacks, yes they lost pujols but now wainwright is healthy and they also got beltran, obviously beltran is no Pujols but he can put up some good offensive numbers, they may not be better than the phils but there not as bad as you would think after losing a superstar.
If the Tigers are not already “a legitimate world series contender,” then no, they will not be better than the Phillies.
I’m not saying they won’t actually do better, but if you think the Phils aren’t a WS contender now, who in the NL is going to beat them out on paper?
money might not be there with princes huge contract eating up a good chunk of the payroll
Princes contract will not affect the Tigers payroll for the future. Illitch has stated this a few different times. Prince contract is coming directly out of his pocket from his other revenues.
On top of that, ticket sales, merchandising, and future playoff runs and TV deals will more than pay his salary even if Mr. I starts singing a different tune.
Mr. I?
Ahhhhh! Thank you–fixed
Apparently they offered a 10 mil deal, and had Verlander make a recruiting call and were still turned down.
Anywhere meaning a place beginning with an “s” and ending with a “t. louis” or starting with an “a” and ending with an “rlington”?
but hey, if you’re really that open about playing, come to oakland! almost a guarantee you’ll be on a contender by august 1st.
August 1st….
2015
The Cubs will take him just to keep him away from STL and trade him at the deadline for minor pieces.
Paging Jim Hendry. Paging Jim Hendry.
why would the cubs care about what St.louis does?
Because they’ve been heated rivals for the last 100 years…
While they are rivals, it’s not like that. Neither team makes poor moves JUST to keep the other team from doing something. In reality, this isn’t even much of a rivalry on the field. It seems they are never good at the same time. It’s more of a fan rivalry.
Roy, just stop it.
Signed,
A Red Sox fan/jilted lover
“I will go anywhere…” translates to, “but not the Padres, Mariners, A’s, Royals, Twins, Mets, Blue Jays, Orioles, Astros, Cubs, or Pirates. But anywhere though after those teams :D”
add the whitesox to that list…he is still jilted about 05…he is very good friends with peavy and last year or the year before they had a deal in place to trade for him and peavy was saying how great of a city chicago is and how the sox were a good organization and he turned them down because of what they did to him in 05….actually same thing with berk 2 years ago..
Unfortunately for Oswalt, I just don’t think he’s worth $10MM/yr. Anyone who gives him that much is reaching.
I wish the Twins would try and sign him. I know Terry Ryan will never do it, but we need pitchers if we want to be contenders.
And Mauer to be a catcher all year while replicating that insane contract year along with Morneau using the way-back machine to tell his former self that July 7th of 2010 should be a sick day.
dont forget about morneau to actually play some games, and for them to find a real 2nd basemen and SS and DH and right fielder, and closer, and bullpen besides perkins, and about 4 starters
Bet he’s wishing he didn’t turn down that 10 mil from Detroit now. Don’t get me wrong, I respect a man who sticks to his guns and wants to do things his way. Which Oswalt has earned. But dont crawl and beg when you can’t find a way to settle on doing things within your scope of reason. It looks pathetic.
atleast you don’t sound bitter. lol
nothing about what he’s doing is pathetic. He put his family first, its commendable
Not bitter; didn’t expect him to sign with Detroit considering he has blocked potential trades to Detroit in the past. he obviously doesn’t want to play there.
My point is this: don’t relent from your hellfire and brimstone just because you aren’t getting what you want. Stick to your guns or don’t bring them to the fight.
I still think he has a list of teams he is only going to play for and big city markets are scratched off that list.. Boston, NYY, Detroit.. IMO he has -0- intention of playing in the negativity and other reasons not going to go into that surrounds those areas.
KC, Colorodo, AZ may however be in play now.
I still think he has a list of teams he is only going to play for and big city markets are scratched off that list.. Boston, NYY, Detroit.. IMO he has -0- intention of playing in the negativity and other reasons not going to go into that surrounds those areas.
KC, Colorodo, AZ may however be in play now.
How about Pittsburgh? Oh wait…he already declined.
Adding a pitcher of Oswalts quality near the trade deadline without having to give up prospects is going to look really attractive to a team looking for a late season push. He will also be (presumably) healthy and well rested.
Add to that, where his kids dont have to change schools, this is a great move by him .
Doesn’t ring true to me. He is going to pitch somewhere for 6 months, no reason why the family needs to move. And now he is willing to pitch anywhere for 3 months, so it will be easier to move the family?
I wonder if his back is bothering him and he is stalling for time until it feels better
now that Jose Canseco has been cut I hear there is an open roster spot for Roy on the Quintana Roo Tigers of the Mexican League.
All I heard was “Tigers.”
I think the Astros are a good fit. It’s close to home, the team is showing some potential, and it’s a place he is very familiar with. Plus, the Astros could trade him at the deadline for some prospects. Win-Win situation in my opinion.
How is that a win for Oswalt? He gets to pick whatever team he wants to pitch for and doesn’t have to be stuck on a team not in contention.
Because the Astros match what he’s looking for. I understand why you say the Astros are a team “not in contention”, but they definitely have potential to be a good team this year. Our hitting is good, we just need to get our pitching in line. If we do that, we could make a run for the playoffs this year. The things I’ve learned watching sports is to never count anyone out. You never know.
potential to be better than the mets..maybe.
You’re right to have optimism as every team has a shot when spring training starts, but in my honest opinion Astros will not make the playoffs. There are too many teams ahead of them even with a 2nd wild card.
Yeah I see where you’re coming from. I think what will hold the Astros back is the lack of experience. The team is really young and it’s a whole new team than last year’s spring training team.
But hey, can’t blame me for believing! I’m impressed so far with their play this spring training, but then again… It’s spring training. Haha We’ll see.
Always believe, brother!
I would love to see the Astros in the World Series again.
Would be amazing! A man can only dream! Haha
BLue jays sign him for 1 mil. Watch it be the only offer. Trololol
BLue jays sign him for 1 mil. Watch it be the only offer. Trololol
lol oswalt would be a second starter on the tigers…
He’d be the third starter behind Verlander and the most underrated pitcher in baseball, Doug Fister.
He’d be number three.
Angels?
Bet his back is messed up. He’s not the same pitcher anymore.
He’s just saying “anywhere” so that the teams for which he wants to play may worry about someone else snagging him first. His actions with the Tigers, BoSox and Pirates this offseason undermine his statement.
Tigers do not need Oswalt
Their rotation is loaded with Verlander, Fister, Scherzer and Porcello.
Tigers #5 spot has 5 very good young pitchers competing for one opening:
Turner, Smyly, Below, Wilks? Crosby?
Any of those 5 will give as good or better results than an aging NL pitcher
like Oswalt for the 400k major league minimum.
Save the 5M or 10M for a deal for a fast leadoff 2B guy.
He should come to the Mets. Get rid of Pelf!!! I know this would never happen but I can dream.