Comments on: Zaun on the Market

By: JK

JK — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:57 +0000

I’ve got 3 cars for my 2 car garage. Should I give one away? The team had $4M in surplus value and didn’t get that much back. Maybe they couldn’t find a match, but it’s still an oportunity lost.

By: Kampfer

Kampfer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:15 +0000

I don’t even understand why Zaun is always the Mr.Backup
There are at least 10 worse starting catchers.

By: DR

DR — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:11:52 +0000

I’m disappointed that you didn’t try to evaluate his defence at all. His throwing is obviously bad, but I’d be curious to see how he measures up in …any other way you can measure his D.

By: Jack Moore

Jack Moore — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:45 +0000

Fixed. Thanks.

By: W. Palm Bch

W. Palm Bch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:14:00 +0000

The Rays weren’t gonna pay iwamura $5 million to platoon

By: Steve P

Steve P — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:54 +0000

The Rays obviously don’t have a ton of money to spend, but they are using their resources wisely. They have a lot of young players who can give them a lot of production on the cheap, and they have some veterans who they really have no place for (like Iwamura before he was dealt). The Iwamura deal actually wasn’t a bad one. They needed bullpen help and while Chavez definitely won’t set the world on fire, he gives them another option out there, and with Zobrist’s break out year, teams really had them over a barrel in trade negotiations for Iwamura. If they get Zaun back for less than $2 million than that will be a very good move. If they lose him though they will regret declining that option. It will be interesting to see what happens with Crawford there. I’m not sure if they’ll have enough to contend with the Yankees and Red Sox, unfortunately, but they should still be an exciting team to watch.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:27 +0000

At least they got something for Iwamura, though. They spent $500K when all they risked getting stuck with was $1.5M more, and I honestly can’t imagine him not being tradeable for something, even if they’d had to still pay the $500K to make him more tradeable. What am I missing?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:56 +0000

Zaun yes, but they have no where to play Iwamura.

By: JK

JK — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:33:42 +0000

Rays must be up against it financially. Giving up quality players (Iwamura, Zaun) on below market deals seems like a poor offseason plan.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:57 +0000

Well yeah, but I’m not holding my breath. :)