Non-Tender Day Open Thread

by gondeee on Dec 12, 2006 9:56 AM EST

We await the decision that we all know is coming; the Braves are going to have to non-tender Chris Reitsma, sigh......oh, and Marcus Giles, another sigh. (Of course, perhaps some of you would cheer about non-tendering the former.) A lot has already been said about the reasons for not offering Giles a contract for next season, but it comes down to declining production and increasing salary - two things that don't mix well on a team with most of it's revenue already allocated. Post your thoughts.

And if you need a positive item to discuss, think of the money we might have left over to sign someone else after ridding ourselves of Reitsma ($2.75M) and Giles ($3.85M) salaries. They made a combined $6.6 million last year. Of course, that money could already be allocated towards the increased salaries of Mike Hampton ($1M more), Andruw Jones ($0.5M more), Edgar Renteria ($1M more), Tim Hudson ($2M more), Bob Wickman ($1.5M more), and whatever Adam LaRoche, Oscar Villarreal, and Rafael Soriano get in arbitration.

The cost of business is going up, and our payroll is going down.

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Giles

Here is a good article by JC over at Sabernomics about what Marcus Giles is worth. It will be interesting to see if he signs elsewhere for more than $6M or less than $6M.

by gondeee on Dec 12, 2006 10:57 AM EST reply actions

Gagne

Signed with the rangers for 1 year 6 mil. Thats a deal if he bounces back. Though i think he might have just thrown his arm right off during that streak of his.

Anyone else notice that there really isn't a scary cloaser out there anymore like Gagne and Smotlz were back a couple years ago. I mean Sure Papelbon was great last year, but he just didnt' scare you like Gagne and Smotlz did. Teams just mailed it in when those guys came in, even though Paps season was probably right up there with top closer seasons of all time.

.....Matt

by yondaime4 on Dec 12, 2006 3:44 PM EST reply actions