Raul Chavez Non-Tendered

by Tom Dakers on Dec 13, 2009 2:01 AM EST in Toronto Blue Jays Analysis

Everyone else gets a contract.

A personal opinion is that Jose Bautista shows that Cito still holds a lot of power in with the team. My worry now is that we are going to go into the season with a .235 hitting corner outfielder, leading off, made worse because he doesn't hit right handers at all.

Oh well, I guess we weren't planning on winning next year but still.....paying $4 million plus for a guy that doesn't hit most pitchers out there is not exactly good use of resources.

All the others on the bubble were tendered a contract. Jeremy Accardo must be thrilled, though I'm sure his agent told him it was likely to happen. I'm sure the team will try to trade him. He won't get too much in arbitration, so he'll still be an attractive piece in a trade.

I don't think that not offering Raul a contract means much, if they decide they want him they can offer him a free agent contract. But it also might mean they have an idea of who they can get to catch. We have no catchers on the 40-man roster now.

There is at least one other catcher newly on the market today. The Royals let John Buck go. If you are a fan of bad GM's the Royals are the team for you, he's given Jason Kendall a two year contract worth $6 million. That's just nuts.

There are also more outfielders available, Ryan Langerhans, Brian Anderson, Ryan Church and Jack Cust were non-tendered. And if you are thinking about another starting pitchers, Chien-Ming Wang was let go by the Yankees.

For a complete list of players non-tendered, MLB Trade Rumors has it here.

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wth

So now we have no catchers except for AAA prospect J.P Arencibia. They need to go after Chris Snyder or Ryan Doumit. Snyder is solid, and Doumit can hit but missed like 90 games last year.

HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THEM, I PRESS DOWN MAH GUNS!

by BenjiDoc on Dec 13, 2009 3:33 AM EST reply actions

they had a deal to get Snyder

and he failed the phyiscal

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Dec 13, 2009 8:42 AM EST up reply actions

That true, but it doesn’t mean he isn’t an option. It may mean that they decided to look around a bit before taking a bit more risk on with Snyder. Or maybe they just wanted a better return for Overbay.

by ayjackson on Dec 13, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions

Buck seems about as good as Barajas, but younger

he also looks about as good as the catchers out there getting 2-year deals. I’d rather have him than Torrealbea.

He wouldn’t be an exciting pickup by any means, but at 29 next season I wouldn’t mind too much taking a chance on him.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Dec 13, 2009 8:51 AM EST reply actions

JoBa …… grrrrrrrrrrrr

by aagoodfella on Dec 13, 2009 9:32 AM EST reply actions

The Atkins Diet

Surely i`m not the only one wh o thinks a Abreu style 1yr-$5mill deal for Garrett Atkins makes sense? He could give us leverage to trade Overbay now and play 1st or help out at 3rd. It`s a no-brainer to me

by voidhelix on Dec 13, 2009 10:52 AM EST reply actions

It’s a no-brainer alright. It makes me think no brain was utilized in contemplating this plan. (lol, sorry for the sarcasm)

The Jays already have a list of low-hitting players — Agon, Joba and JMac — we do not need another in the lineup. Strike one against Atkins.

We already have EE to cover third and JMac to back him up. JMac is already a fairly unproductive use of the bench for a roster that is not otherwise full of slow-gloved hitters who need late inning defensive backup. We do not need to accentuate this roster flaw for the Jays by adding Atkins. Strike two against Atkins.

The lineup to play Jays first base is more jammed than Penn Station at rush hour. We got Overbay, Ruiz, Dopirak and maybe Lind. Why on God’s green earth would the Jays even contemplate adding another 1B? Strike three against Atkins.

Conclusion – to Atkins, an emphatic, YOU ARE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by aagoodfella on Dec 13, 2009 12:23 PM EST up reply actions