Catching Up on Transactions, Haiku Style
I didn’t think I’d ever stoop to this level, but there have been a bunch of minor signings lately and I can’t write at length about all of them. But I’m pretty sure I can slap together some really bad haiku.
Shawn Estes still aches
Todd Greene will try one more time
to make the Padres
Alex Ochoa –
once a promising prospect
now a Cub spare part
He’s Lyle Overbay –
$24 million dollars
keeps him a Blue Jay
Rangers keep Benoit
to work out of the bullpen –
slight raise from last year
Mark Hendrickson signs
one-year deal with the Dodgers
for more than he’s worth
Houston signs Mike Lamb –
useful backup infielder
gets mighty fine raise
Marlins sign Willis
avoiding arbitration –
have you seen his keys?
Rockies sign Mabry –
the player once traded for
Giambi’s brother
Pitcher Paul Wilson –
former Mets first-round draft pick
hanging on with Reds
Diamondbacks bring back
right-handers Cruz, Julio –
each will get one year
Bauer, Otsuka
remain with Texas Rangers
as does Wilkerson
Devil Rays sign two –
one-year deals for Wigginton
and also Seth McClung
Cards sign Taguchi
to come back one more season
and sit on the bench
M’s sign Ben Broussard,
Horacio Ramirez –
why were they acquired?
Pirates sign Nady
who was real good in college –
maybe now’s the time?
Mets sign Schoeneweis
to a multi-year contract –
60 innings max
Brewers re-sign Mench –
halved his home runs last season
and still got a raise
Angels sign Quinlan,
relievers K-Rod and Shields
to play near LA
Astros re-sign Lidge –
the once-dominant closer
could bounce back this year
Marlins ink catcher –
Miguel Olivo will start
and draw nine more walks
Tigers sign several –
Rodney, Infante, Monroe,
and Nate Robertson
Four stay with Rockies –
Holliday and Sullivan
Affeldt and Lopez
Betancourt remains –
Venezuela represent
Cleveland will rock on
Reds bring back Kyle Lohse
to give up lots of base hits
and lose 10 more games
Joe Crede re-signs –
nearly $5 million
means Josh Fields stays blocked
Cubs re-sign Ohman –
$2.5 million
but does his head spin?
Still a few more to go, but now my head is spinning (probably yours, too — sorry ’bout that).
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Transaction Guy
Jan 24, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Best. Post. Ever.
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