X-Men: Prior Signs with San Diego (NL)
Free agent pitcher Mark Prior has signed a 1-year deal with the San Diego Padres, worth $1 million plus an additional $4.5 million in incentives.
The X-Men retain the rights to Prior, who is protectable for 2008, at 2 years and $2 salary.
Holy Crap!: D’Backs Trade 8 guys for 6 Other Guys!
The Arizona Diamondbacks unloaded their Top 10 Prospect List to the A’s for Dan Haren, and then trade their closer to the Astros for three reserves. Here’s the net:
To Arizona:
- Dan Haren (from Oakland)
- Connor Robertson (from Oakland)
- Chad Qualls (from Houston)
- Chris Burke (from Houston)
- Juan Gutierrez (from Houston)
- Billy Buckner (from Kansas City)
To Oakland:
- Carlos Gonzalez
- Brett Anderson
- Aaron Cunningham
- Chris Carter
- Greg Smith
- Dana Eveland
To Houston:
- Jose Valverde
To Kansas City:
- Alberto Callaspo
WBRL Impact:
- X-Men: Loses Carlos Gonzalez
- Cover Zero: Chad Qualls is back to a setup role, now with Arizona
- The Pi Train: Jose Valverde is now closer for a worse team
That’s really it. Exciting times here in the desert!
Tags: Cover Zero, MLB Transactions, The Pi Train, X-Men
Non-Tender Day: Meet the New Free Agents
With yesterday’s tender deadline, the following players are now free agents:
- The Pi Train:
- C - Johnny Estrada
- OF - Willie Harris
- X-Men:
- P - Mark Prior
- Atomic Roadrunners:
- 3B - Morgan Ensberg
- Cover Zero:
- SS - Adam Everett
- OF -Kevin Mench
- Misogynistic Padres
- Mark Hendrickson
- Uncle Lester:
- C - Miguel Olivo
- Stanimals:
- OF - Nook Logan
Tags: Atomic Roadrunners, Cover Zero, Free Agents, Misogynistic Padres, MLB Transactions, Stanimals, The Pi Train, Uncle Lester, X-Men
X-Men: Rowand Signs with San Francisco (NL)
Free agent centerfielder Aaron Rowand has signed a 5-year, $60 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.
X-Men can thus protect Rowand for 2008, with two years contract eligibility and a $14 salary.
X-Men: Renteria Traded to Detroit (AL)
Alex’s big trade from last season looks even weaker now that Edgar Renteria has been traded by the Braves to the Tigers (for Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens). Alex commented that his trade with Nygard looks even worse. To recap:
| To Nygard | Contract | To X-Men | Contract |
| Ryan Braun | $5 / 2 | Edwin Encarnacion | Expired |
| Troy Tulowitzki | $10 / 2 | Jeff Francoeur | Expired |
| Luke Scott | $5 / 1 | Noah Lowry | Expired |
| Edgar Renteria | AL | ||
| Albert Pujols | $52 / 2 |
Update (11/7/07): With the Phillies/Astros trade, it looks like Luke Scott is either going to be on the bench or traded, so Alex gets a little more balance here, but not much.