Barry Jive wrote:the Crisp thing is interesting but leaves you in the same spot next year. here's the current slate of 2014 FAs who can play CF per MLBTR:

Coco Crisp (34) - $7.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Rajai Davis (33)
Jacoby Ellsbury (30)
Carlos Gomez (28)
Curtis Granderson (33)
Franklin Gutierrez (31) - $7.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Tony Gwynn Jr. (31)
Chris Young (30) - $11MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout

that's if none of those guys sign extensions. I'd guess Ellsbury and Granderson both get huge deals with Gomez coming in as your Pagan of the year. I'd also venture to guess you're not going to want to pay Coco Crisp $7.5MM for his age 34 season. what's the plan?

joe table wrote:As an aside, if NT deadline is past now, does that mean we kept R Valdes?

1 wrote:

joe table wrote:As an aside, if NT deadline is past now, does that mean we kept R Valdes?

I feel like we lost him on waivers earlier this year.

bury me wrote:

1 wrote:

joe table wrote:As an aside, if NT deadline is past now, does that mean we kept R Valdes?

I feel like we lost him on waivers earlier this year.

still got heeem

joe table wrote:Also we should sign VIcente Padilla to a Chan Ho type flier (had legit good peripherals and still has a real good fastball). If only for gamethread fodder

The Philadelphia Phillies are one obvious fit for Soriano. They are looking for a right-handed outfield bat to replace Hunter Pence, who was dealt to the San Francisco Giants at the July trade deadline. With Pence gone and catcher Carlos Ruiz suspended to begin the season, the Phillies have only one player on their active roster – shortstop Jimmy Rollins – who hit more than 15 home runs in 2012, when Ryan Howard and Chase Utley missed time with injuries.
Soriano’s presence would be a welcome fit for a Philadelphia outfield that currently consists of Darin Ruf, John Mayberry Jr. and Domonic Brown. Soriano totaled an .821 OPS this year while setting a career high with 108 RBI.
The Phillies pursued Soriano when he became a free agent after the 2006 season, but the Cubs won the bidding with an eight-year, $136 million deal.
-- Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal

my cousin mose wrote:Re: Alfonso Soriano

The Philadelphia Phillies are one obvious fit for Soriano. They are looking for a right-handed outfield bat to replace Hunter Pence, who was dealt to the San Francisco Giants at the July trade deadline. With Pence gone and catcher Carlos Ruiz suspended to begin the season, the Phillies have only one player on their active roster – shortstop Jimmy Rollins – who hit more than 15 home runs in 2012, when Ryan Howard and Chase Utley missed time with injuries.
Soriano’s presence would be a welcome fit for a Philadelphia outfield that currently consists of Darin Ruf, John Mayberry Jr. and Domonic Brown. Soriano totaled an .821 OPS this year while setting a career high with 108 RBI.
The Phillies pursued Soriano when he became a free agent after the 2006 season, but the Cubs won the bidding with an eight-year, $136 million deal.
-- Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal