Tough, not tender

[Frayed Knot]

Players not tendered contracts by tonight's deadline:


Victor Zambrano - Mets
"The Mets planned to continue negotiations with Zambrano" (espn.com)
IOW, we might want you ... but not at $2.4mil

Alexis Gomez - Tigers

Joel Piniero - Mariners

Aaron Guiel - Yanquis

Marcus Giles - Braves

Jason Bulger (RHP) - Angels


More to come I'm sure.

[metsmarathon]

piniero could be interesting, no?

[Frayed Knot]

He was at one time at least.
Not sure what he's been up to lately.



Meanwhile, we did sign Dave Williams to a 1-year deal.

[nymr83]

Williams is nice depth, but i sure hope we don't have to see much of him.

[Frayed Knot]

Complete List; which includes several who were at one time regarded as decent to good prospects:


Angels: Jason Bulger, RHP.

A's: Jerome Williams, RHP.

Mariners: Joel Pineiro, RHP.

Orioles: David Newman, OF; Aaron Rakers, RHP; Todd Williams, RHP.

Rangers: Mike Wood, RHP.

Rays: Damon Hollins, OF.

Royals: Scott Dohmann, RHP; Brandon Duckworth, RHP.

Tigers: Alexis Gomez, OF.

Twins: Luis Rodriguez, INF; Willie Eyre, RHP.

White Sox: Eduardo Sierra, RHP.

Yankees: Aaron Guiel, OF.



Braves: Marcus Giles, 2B; Chris Reitsma, RHP.

Cardinals: Rick Ankiel, OF; Jorge Sosa, RHP.

Cubs: Jose Reyes, C; Adam Harben, RHP.

Dodgers: Toby Hall, C; Jayson Werth, OF.

Mets: Victor Zambrano, RHP.

Padres: Jon Knott, OF.

Reds: Brandon Claussen, LHP; Miguel Perez, C.

Rockies: Chin-hui Tsao, RHP

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It's sad seeing Rick Ankiel listed. He's now struggling to make it as an outfielder after losing all control as a pitcher. A person's psyche can be a very mysterious and fragile thing sometimes.

[seawolf17]

I guess the Cubs' make-Jose-Reyes-a-catcher experiment didn't work.

I'd throw Brandon Claussen a minor-league deal.

[nymr83]

theres alot of interesting names there, i'd want to talk to the agents for Duckworth, Piniero, Williams, Sosa, Werth, Giles, and Tsao. With the exception of Giles i don't think we'd offer any of them an immediate job (Sosa would make the team in the pen i suppose and Werth would probably displace someone as the 5th outfielder) but all would be well worth stashing away as projects at AAA.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, an injury cost Ankiel all of 2006. He slugged 21 homers in only 85 games between two levels in 1985.

I've no doubt he could have made it as an outfielder had he started earlier. He'll probably eventually get some big-league opportunity, but it may be too late to stick anywhere.

[Vic Sage]

i like Piniero and Giles, for immediate help, and Werth and Claussen for AAA depth, because of their still unrealized upside.

[Guest attgig]

Edgy DC wrote: Well, an injury cost Ankiel all of 2006. He slugged 21 homers in only 85 games between two levels in 1985. I've no doubt he could have made it as an outfielder had he started earlier. He'll probably eventually get some big-league opportunity, but it may be too late to stick anywhere.

so, he hit 21 homeruns when he was about 6 years old? awesome prospect! :-P

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't know what I'm smoking some days.