Dellucci to Indians: 3 years, $11.5 million

by Philip Christy on Nov 28, 2006 12:13 PM PST

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2678135

Seeing as there's no link dump yet, I thought I'd start a diary.

David Dellucci was one of the guys I thought the A's should have gone after, but it looks like he's already gone. For that amount of money, this is a very good deal for the Tribe. (You've gotta ask, however: why the hell are the Indians paying more money for offense? Get some damn pitching!) His stat line last year was .292/.369/.530, albeit in only 264 at-bats. The year before, his averages were almost as good with Texas but he hit 29 homers in 435 ABs. I'm thinking 3 years might have been too much for Beane anyway, even at such a good price.

I guess the A's will focus on Cliff Floyd and Mike Piazza now, with a slight possibility of Luis Gonzalez or Trot Nixon.

Poll

If the A's were to sign one free agent hitter, who should it be?

Mike Piazza

18 votes

Cliff Floyd

13 votes

Luis Gonzalez

2 votes

Jose Guillen (Editor's Note: Ugh!)

8 votes

Ryan Klesko?

1 votes

Kevin Millar?

0 votes

Trot Nixon

3 votes

45 votes | Poll has closed

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Schmidt offered $44 mill for 3 years

by the Cubs

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Nov 28, 2006 12:12 PM PST reply actions

Wow...

That is mind boggling. Schmidt really had velocity/control problems there for a while. he seemed to recover a bit in the second half but still - guy was a disaster for two half seasons.

by DCinWC on Nov 28, 2006 12:14 PM PST up reply actions

Given the contracts that

have been going around lately, this one wouldn't be so bad. The money is high, but the length is short enough that it's not crippling (like a certain eight-year contract will be).

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 28, 2006 12:26 PM PST up reply actions

I think...

no, I know (how's that), that that would be a worse contract than the one they gave Soriano. $15 million a year for a pitcher in decline vs. what, $16-$17 million a year (on average) for maybe the best CF in the game should he play passable defense at that position.

"We don't want haddock and chips, we want cod. In cod we trust." --Ghostigital, the pride of Iceland

by Cutthemullet on Nov 28, 2006 5:04 PM PST up reply actions

Soriano wouldn't be anything

near the best CF in the game even generously assuming that he'd play passable defense at a position he's never played.

Schmidt has at least a chance of being worth the money in three years. So does Soriano. But Mssr. Soriano will not come close to justifying his contract in years 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 28, 2006 6:18 PM PST up reply actions