Best Remaining Free-Agent Options

[clvclv]

With Melky Cabrera off the market, pickings are becoming slim. Here are the remaining free-agents that the Braves might be interested in OR that might frame the market for pieces the team has interest in trading...

Catcher:
Ryan Doumit
Gerald Laird
Ronny Paulino
Geovany Soto

First Basemen:
Carlos Pena

Second Basemen:
Alexi Casilla
Mark Ellis
Rafael Furcal
Ramon Santiago
Rickie Weeks

Third Basemen:
Wilson Betemit
Eric Chavez

Shortstops:

Outfielders:
Scott Hairston
Reed Johnson
Nate Schierholtz
Ryan Sweeney


Starters:
Bruce Chen
Kevin Correia
Paul Maholm
James Shields

[clvclv]

With Headley, Rios, and Morse gone it's getting tough to find anyone that'll make much of an impact.

[Tapate50]

Did Chavez play last year?

[clvclv]

Did Chavez play last year?

Pretty sure he's done - was just still on the MLBTR list. Given the shortage of 3Bs I left him on there.

[Tapate50]

Morrow to SD on a 1 yr deal.

That free up SD to deal a starter????

[50PoundHead]

Butt ugly list of position players. Curious to see how the pitching market treats that group. My guess is everyone is waiting on Scherzer and Shields and agents will try to peg off those deals.

[Tapate50]

How in the **** do you embed a tweet? Im so bad at internetting.

Pardes Brock (beat writer?) says he thinks this is a precursor to a move for a bat....

https://twitter.com/FollowThePadres/...62307004989440

[Hawk]

You can't on these forums, HTML is disabled or something. All you can do is copy and paste.

[zitothebrave]

Remaining Free-Agent Options



That being said, I wish we had KJ to play 2B platoon, won't happen since we signed freaking Callaspo who was an absolute waste of a roster space last season.

[clvclv]

Remaining Free-Agent Options



That being said, I wish we had KJ to play 2B platoon, won't happen since we signed freaking Callaspo who was an absolute waste of a roster space last season.

Wondered about KJ a little myself. My guess would be that his asking price started at a higher number than Callaspo's and Hart & Company didn't feel like wasting much time negotiating with someone who wouldn't take the first offer presented to them since Peraza conceivably could be ready by midseason.

[NinersSBChamps]

Bring back Emilio.

[Enscheff]

While there aren't any impact players, there are a few that could work as half a platoon. Hart could be after a backend SP, a backup C if Gattis is traded, a LHed platoon partner for at 3B for CJ, another option for CF in the likely event BJ sucks again next year, and platoon parts for LF if JUp is traded and depending on if the return includes an OFer that needs a platoon partner.

Those pieces are certainly still out there.

[Russ2dollas]

How in the **** do you embed a tweet? Im so bad at internetting.

Pardes Brock (beat writer?) says he thinks this is a precursor to a move for a bat....

https://twitter.com/FollowThePadres/...62307004989440

JUp and Vavaro for???????????

[Knucksie]

Maholm in free agency is getting to be like "Ground Hog Day."

[clvclv]

Updated following the Peavy signing.

[clvclv]

And now following Ross signing.

[bravebonebook]

I bet Hart is sitting in his office right now just wondering which player he could sign that would piss off even more of the fans on Chop Country.

[clvclv]

Corey Hart to the Pirates.

[rico43]

I bet Hart is sitting in his office right now just wondering which player he could sign that would piss off even more of the fans on Chop Country.

That's easy -- Gerald Lard.

[COGPK]

I wouldn't mind Aoki at this point.