Posted on December 1, 2008 by Andrew Flynn
Welcome to December, Goodbye Free Agents!
Okay, so it’s tough to actually draw a line and say, “from now on, we’re talking about 2009″ during the offseason, since we have free agents, WBRL free agents, arb-eligibles, and protected lists all happening at various times. For the purposes of atomicroadrunners.com, we’ll use December 1st.
While I’ll be posting individual wrap ups for each player later this offseason, as of December first, the Current Roster has been updated, and the following players are no longer active Atomic Roadrunners:
WBRL Contracts Expired:
- P Brandon Webb
- P John Maine
- 1B Prince Fielder
- SS Jose Reyes
- OF Shane Victorino
- OF Corey Hart
- OF Lastings Milledge
Traded to an AL Team in 2008:
- 1B Mark Teixeira
Traded from an AL Team in 2008:
- 3B Casey Blake
- OF Brandon Moss
- P Joe Blanton
Signed after the August 19, 2008 protection deadline:
- C Pablo Sandoval
- P Luis Ayala
- P Jason Motte
Baseball Prospectus recently released the results of the
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Angels “will not engage in protracted negotiations with” Mark Teixeira and “might go in a completely different direction” if they can’t re-sign him by next Thursday. Unfortunately, agent Scott Boras is unlikely to make it a quick process. “In any situation, you get to a point where you have to make a decision and move the business forward,” general manager Tony Reagins said. “In any negotiation, there always comes that point where you have to say, you’re in or you’re out.” (Rotoworld)