Ten years ago today, the Expos claimed Endy Chavez off waivers from the Mets after the Mets claimed him off waivers from the Tigers and the Tigers claimed him off waivers from the Royals. All of that happened in less than eight weeks, and later in his career Chavez suited up for three different NL East teams in the span of 10 months. Here's the latest from his old division…
- The Marlins intend to "renew" the contracts of their pre-arbitration-eligible players at the league minimum ($480K) according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. That may prompt the union to file a grievance, contending that the team did not operate in good faith.
- Michael Bourn told MLB.com's Mark Bowman that he hasn't had any contract extension talks with the Braves. The speedy center fielder is a prime extension candidate, and can become a free agent after this season.
- Nationals GM Mike Rizzo spoke to MLB.com's Bill Ladson about a number of topics, including the Gio Gonzalez trade and the team's ongoing pursuit of a center fielder.
- "We'll see [Scott] Kazmir for the first time [on Friday]," said Mets GM Sandy Alderson (on Twitter). "We have an open mind but a spot on the ML staff right away is not realistic." Kazmir threw for scouts last week and is said to be considering the team that originally drafted him.
- Brian Costa of The Wall Street Journal reports that the Mets have firm commitments from seven potential investors, but want to line up three more and close all ten deals (worth a total of $200MM) at once (Twitter links).
- Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the smart money is on the Phillies and Cole Hamels working out a new contract to keep the left-hander in Philadelphia beyond this season.
- The Phillies announced that Marti Wolever has been promoted from director of scouting to Assistant General Manager, Amateur Scouting.
Scott Kazmir what a terrible fall from grace. Used to be one of my favorite pitchers to watch when he had his A game.
Here’s a rotation for you (this is a funny):
A.J. Burnett, Carlos Zambrano, Scott Kazmir, Mark Prior, Rich Harden
RP: Blaine Boyer, Scott Proctor, Scott Linebrink, Kevin Gregg, Danny Kolb
An arbitrary list of pitchers constitutes a funny?
I’m guessing that’s a list of pitchers that were dominant for awhile, but hit a wall pretty quickly. Correct?
Even then, these guys aren’t exactly apples to apples. Plus Gregg was never really dominant, and Linebrink had a nice long run as far as relievers go.
Sounds about right – there are four ex-Cubs on that list.
If you have to tell people that it’s funny in the joke, you might need a better joke.
“Kazmir is considering the team that originally drafted him”… His t-ball team actually wants him back ???
You know your team is terrible when Kazmir has a good shot at being in the rotation at some point
aw come on the nats are not that far from when we would be thinking of doing something like this don’t boast the nats haven’t proven anything yet
Speaking as a Mets fan, I’m totally comfortable with Nationals fans making fun of the Mets rotation. Then we can talk about the Werth contract and the Bay contract and have some whiskey together.
That’s a positive way of looking at it haha
He doesn’t have a good shot at being in anyone’s rotation. He’s done. Steve Avery 2.0.
Livan Hernandez, John Patterson, John Lannan, and Odalis Perez. Those are the Nationals’ aces to date. Yeah, I went there. Be careful, or Strasburg will be in the Yankees bullpen before you know it.
And of all those pitchers, John Lannan is the only one with potential of pitching in D.C. this year, and he’s likely to be traded if not stashed in AAA
Whoever gets Kazmir, it would be just depth, insurance for pitcher injuries, etc.
In the movie State and Main, someone says, “An associate producer credit is what you give your secretary instead of a raise.” It looks like that’s what the Phillies did with Wolever.
And here I thought I was one of the only people in the world to see that movie. “Go You Huskies!”
Come on Marlins, you’re really gonna have me believe you were ready to drop $260M on Pujols, but you’re cheaping out on pretty much everyone else in your organization. Come on Marlins.
Why do they have to pay more than minimum for pre-arb players? I don’t get it. I guess it’s like forcing people to give a generous tip.
Sure, but if you leave a 0% tip and go back to the restaurant, you’re asking for poor service or a spit burger. Good faith begets good faith.
last thing the Mets need is Kazmir. would be a media frenzy. the last thing this team needs is another ghost.