MLB FA signings (non NYM variety) 2014-15

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe they figure there's value in keeping as many players as possible who were teammates of Derek Jeter.

[Edgy MD]

Santana setback.

Shoulders just don't want to do what pitchers ask them to do.

Probably would have hap'd anyhow, but that was one costly no-hitter.

[ashie62]

Didn't realize he has missed two full seasons and tore his achillies to boot.

All signs point to retirement.

[Edgy MD]

Nate Schierholtz to Texas. Or perhaps more likely to Round Rock, as it's a minor league deal.

Man did he shovel a lot of crap for the Cubs last year. Did alright after moving to Washington, though. Got some hits down the stretch against the Mets.

I'm ashamed at how much I enjoy seeing guys fail for the Cubs.

[G-Fafif]

James Shields always wanted to be a Padre, presumably, and now he is, reportedly for the next four years, between $72-78 mil. Big Game, indeed.

Edited February 9, 2015 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

The Padres had already declared themselves offseason winners. Let's see if one of their Western opponents goes trawling for the elusive Geefish now.

[A Boy Named Seo]

The Padres have hands-down been the most boring team in baseball for me for a while. And I would just re-anoint them 'most boring' every year without consideration because considering them would be too boring a task. But with Kemp, Upton, Shields, Wil Myers, Derek Norris, Wil Middlebrooks, they're now very much a top 10 team to check out on Extra Innings package. Maybe top 5.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm suspicious of these teams that try to revamp too dramatically all at once. Pads and White Sox have done it this year, Seattle tried last year, Blue Jays the year before, Mets a few times in their history. Some of them will work but many won't.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Definitely. The potential train-wreck factor makes them all the more intriguing.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So, will that make midseason Marlins-Pods series doubly intriguing?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Nah, Marlins got some new stuff, but not good stuff. Plus they never intrigue me, ever.

[Edgy MD]

Orioles supposedly near a one-year, $2.4 million deal with Everth Cabrera, killing a Mets dream or two.

[Edgy MD]

Joba to the Tigers for a year and a cool million.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Puts up a value-laden 60-odd innings... and gets a 60% pay cut? Tough times for the modern short-relieving righty.

[Frayed Knot]

Francisco Rodriguez back to the Brewers - 2 years plus an option.
Seems like he's been around forever but just turned 33 y/o

[Edgy MD]

Yasmany Tomas farmed out to open the season by a Diamondbacks team who appear to have given up on him being a third baseman.

'Backs also release Cody Ross.