Guys I/we hadn't realized were still jobless for 2012

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Wasn't he MFY property lately?

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Wasn't he MFY property lately?

yeah, last season wasn't it?, never made it to the Bronx though , shocked really because of the MFY's history of rehabbing bum pitchers...

[Edgy MD]

Nah, they just corral enough usta-be-goods that some of them shake out. Many others do not.

[Frayed Knot]

Meanwhile, the 45 y/o (in late April) Omar Vizquel is NOT joining those being told that he can no longer play the children's game as he will head north with the Blue Jays as their utility infielder.

[Edgy MD]

Omar's 160 hits short of 3,000.

[Frayed Knot]

sharpie wrote: Johnny Damon Derek Lee Magglio Ordonez Miguel Tejada ..also guys who don't have a job who would like one.

Tack the name of Hidecki Matsui onto that list.
No 'Thrillas from Godzilla' on the marquee anytime soon.

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Damon "close to signing" with the seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians".
Guess that knocks Vlad out of contention for that spot.


Past All Star vets who are still jobless in 2012 (AFAIK)
[crossout:f3ikdeha]Johnny Damon[/crossout:f3ikdeha]
Derek Lee
Magglio Ordonez
Miguel Tejada
JD Drew
Mark Grudzelanek
Hidecki Matsui
[crossout:f3ikdeha]Omar Vizquel[/crossout:f3ikdeha]

[Edgy MD]

Fonzie. Still banging on that door.

[MFS62]

Has Roy Oswalt signed with a (new) team yet?

Later

[G-Fafif]

Pudge Rodriguez still out there.

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Has Roy Oswalt signed with a (new) team yet?

No, although in his case it's semi-intentional. He turned down several offers over the winter because they weren't the "right" ones - only to find that there were no right ones coming behind them. IIRC he only wants the south or south-east, the National League, good weather, lotsa money, comfy blankets in the locker room, and a few other assorted amenities like that.

So as of now he's sitting at home, biding his time, and probably driving around the tractor he once got as part of a contract he signed in Houston. What he's hoping for is for some team to decide they need him desperately at which point he can take a page from the 'Roger Clemens School for Aging and Stamina-Challenged Pitchers' and do the half-year deal.

[duan]

that's ok as long as we don't have to cope with another riff on the susan waldman call.

[G-Fafif]

Pudge hangs 'em up at age 40.

[Edgy MD]

Abreu and Inge both cut loose.

[Frayed Knot]

I heard about Inge yesterday and immediately thought of him as the righty bat off the bench we could use.
He never was a real high average guy to begin with, but he took his walks, had some pop, and could give you good defense at several positions including emergency catcher.

On the flip side, he turns 35 in a few weeks and has been sub-.200 for the last 300 PAs over two seasons.
IOW, there are reasons beyond the Miggy-to-3B experiment why the only team that has ever employed him is releasing him.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Frayed Knot wrote: I heard about Inge yesterday and immediately thought of him as the righty bat off the bench we could use.

does anybody remember the time Fatessca cracked a hard-on for Inge?

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That's a classic. You can tell Francessa feels like he's some kind of sage for identifying Inge's greatness.

[Guest sharpie]

Inge signed by the A's.

[Edgy MD]

They thanked Francessa for his incisive scouting report.

[Guest attgig]

Matsui to the Ray's

[Frayed Knot]

Vlad signs minor league deal with Blue Jays

[G-Fafif]

Can't decide whether this is poetic geographical justice for a career that bloomed one province over or one more slap in the face to Expos fans everywhere.

Probably the former.

[Frayed Knot]

A big day for 'Old Guy News'

- Magglio Ordonez, 38, announces his retirement.

- Roy Oswalt, just linked by rumor this weekend to the Dodgers, has signed with the Rangers.

- Hidecki Matsui makes his debut for the Rays

[ashie62]

Brian Roberts?

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: Brian Roberts?

Roberts is still with Baltimore but has been out for just over a year now with concussion-related stuff. He's expected to start rehab outinigs and then hopefully back to the ML roster over the next few weeks.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Vlad signs minor league deal with Blue Jays

Vlad asks the Blue Jays to promote him or release him.
They released him.

[TransMonk]

His AAA stats looked decent...do they just not have room for him, or was his contract going to explode if promoted?

[Frayed Knot]

Apparently there wasn't an enforceable clause but they did have a handshake agreement where Vlad could ask out at any time.
I guess they had no room for him on the big club right now and he was too impatient to wait until they might.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Can we sign him for the remainder of interleague play?

[Frayed Knot]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Can we sign him for the remainder of interleague play?

If so we better hurry ... only have two road IL games left.