Big bucks are being tossed around and clearly teams such as Little Rock, New Orleans, San Juan and Colorado are opening their wallets in order to improve in Season 10.
Former league MVP Mo Osborne struck it rich by signing with Colorado for 3 years $41.4 million. Osborne, 31 will stay with the same organization he has been with that moved from Portland to Colorado. Colorado struck another deal with 26 y/o OF Cristobal Garces. The former 3rd round pick of the Baltimore O's has played in only 2 career games at the ML level but parlayed a solid minor league season last year into a 4 year $15.2 mil deal. Garces stole 46 bases in AAA last season.
The Little Rock Razorbacks have been extremely agressive and snagged coveted free agent OF Jamie Lee. Lee hit .270-30-83 last season and signed a 5 year $62.5 million dollar deal. The former bonus baby from Japan has won 3 Gold Gloves in his career. Little Rock wasn't finished though. Starter William Stanley was snatched away from El Paso for a 4-year $28 million deal after posting a 11-16 record last season with a 5.68 ERA. And finally. the Razorbacks signed former All Star P Enrique Calderon to a 4 year $24.5 million deal after going 2-6 with a 5.96 ERA with KC. $113 million paid on those 3 players as the Razorbacks will be looking for immediate results.
The New Orleans Nasty signed what appears to be a brand new middle infield. 2b Vic Alarcon and SS Julio Moreno look to man the middle of the diamond for a few years in the big NO. Alarcon signed a 3 years $13.5 million deal after hitting .284-16-48 with Tampa Bay last year. Moreno was signed to a 3 year $14.1 million deal after hitting .316-26-76 in AAA. The Nasty also scooped up SP Harpo Munoz from DC. Munoz went 9-5, 4.23 in the Nation's Capitol last year and used that to get a 2 year $9.2 million deal from N.O.
Finally, the Slugging Diablos of San Juan looked to upgrade their pitching after signing starter Mark Cohen to a 5 years $30 million deal. Cohen went 10-2 with a 4.82 ERA last year with Chicago. The former Rookie of the Year will look to bolster the rotation. Also, San Juan signed 1b Desi Peron who has yet to play a game at the ML level. Peron hit .307 with 20 HR's in Tacoma last season.
Other key free agent signing:
Tampa Bay signed OF Juan Owens to a 2 year $8.8 million deal. Owens is a former gold glover and hit .305-17-61.
Washington DC signed OF Andy Thurman to a 5 year $22 million contract. In 596 career AB's, Thurman has a .289 average. Also, DC re-signed SP Dan Redman for 3 years $14.4 million.
Richmond bolstered their bullpen by signing David Yamamoto away from KC after appearing in 72 games last year and posting a 4.69 ERA. Yamamoto signed for 2 years for $7.4 million.
Pittsburgh signed highly regarded pitching prospect Harold Moore to a 4 year $16.4 million contract after appearing in 59 games at AAA Iowa last season. Pittsburgh also gave OF prospect Al Campos a 5 years $18.6 million deal after hitting .307 at AAA with Monterrey.
The Chicago Bruisers re signed SP Ed Crummack for 2 years $9.4 million after going 9-7 with a 3.67 ERA.
San Jose made a big splash by signing SP Bill Smith to a 4 year $24 million deal after he went 8-11 with a 5.48 ERA with Chicago last season.
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