- The following players were all signed for 1 year contracts for 2006: IF Aarom Baldris, P Omar Beltre, P Fabio Castro (all $327k – minimum), P Scott Feldman ($329k), P Josh Rupe ($328k), & P Edison Volquez ($329k) [ link ]
G1: Rangers beat Red Sox 15-0 to start 2006 season
I will have my commentary on this game posted shortly, but wasn’t that a great win to start the season? Complete game shutout by Kevin Milwood. A Grand Slam from each side of the plate for Mark Teixeira. Great start to the season! Here we come, AL West title!
(For those of you who don’t regularly read my site and seeing this on an RSS feed or something, I’m working up a new publishing template for the 2006 season for my site, and needed a placeholder, – this is of course a fictional update.)
Here is the remainder of my coverage for this game:
Yeah, I’m still alive
Yes, I’m still here. I have been paying attention to the transactions and news since my last update. I’ve just been taking a break until Spring Training actually starts.
I’ll start up with regular updates again at that point.
You might also see some odd posts in the next few days, as I’m trying to work out the formatting for the 2006 season, as I want to move my game updates into the software that I’m doing the rest of the site in.
Mench signs for 06
- OF Kevin Mench signs a 1 year contract, avoiding arbitration [ Link ]
Padilla, Matthews, & Alfonseca
- P Vicente Padilla signed to a 1 year contract, avoiding arbitration
- OF Gary Matthews Jr signed to a 1 year contract, avoiding arbitration [ link ]
- P Antonio Alfonseca signed to a 1 year AAA contract
Baldiris claimed
- IF Aarom Baldiris claimed off waivers from the New York Mets [ Link ]
This Time It Counts
When the “This one Counts” stuff started for the All-Star Game, it was officially labelled a two year “experiment”. This was for the 2003 & 2004 seasons. After that it was going to be re-examined by the Player’s Union.
Well, it happened in 2005, and I looked for info; I never saw any kind of announcement from the end of the 04 season through the All-Star game in 05 that it was renewed. What is the status of that? Was it just renwed for one year, two more, or is it an indefinite renewal like the DH is?
Isn’t that still technically an “experiment”, too – running since 1972? Anyone heard anything on this? If you have, please let me know.
Salary Arbitration Figures
Well, the 11AM deadline passed, and we had a flurry of signings on Tuesday. Mark Teixeira, Adam Eaton, & Brad Wilkerson all signed, avoiding having to file arbitration numbers. However, several other Ranger players did actually file numbers. Here’s the info for these players:
Gary Matthews Jr:
Player: $3M
Club: $2M
Kevin Mench:
Player: $3.05M
Club: $2.45M
Vicente Padilla:
Player: $4.8M
Club: $4.1M
Former Ranger Alfonso Soriano requested the highest dollar amount of any player who actually filed. He asked the Nationals for $12, with the Nats offering $10. Here’s a complete list of all the figures for every player.
The hearings are from February 1st to 21st, but I don’t know what the projected dates for the three cases the Rangers have before them are.
Brad Wilkerson, too
As a followup to the Teixeira signing news from earlier this morning. Word just came down that we avoided arbitration with Brad Wilkerson as well, giving him a $3.9 Million contract for 2006. Both he and Tex are Boras clients.
That leaves four. As I write this, it’s 11AM, which is the time that players and clubs have to submit their abritration figures.
Teixeira & Wilkerson signed
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