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Wednesday, September 21, 2005Never too earlyUSA Today's Bob Nightengale ignites the pilot light on baseball's hotstove with this little tidbit (h/t Joe):
White Sox first baseman/DH Paul Konerko, who likely will command a four-year, $50 million contract, has emerged as the No. 1 free agent target of the Angels.While keeping in mind that this is nothing more than a bored sportswriter throwing crap at the wall, I do have one comment. Don't we have enough 1B/DH types? I don't see how Konerko would fit in, unless Stoneman is planning to move Erstad (either to centerfield or out of Anaheim all together) - and even then, where does that leave Garret Anderson, who really needs to be a full-time DH at this point? Any thoughts? Preferences? Crazy-ass rumors? Comments:What about Salmon coming back as a DH? I think the Angels need a huge power guy if Figgins plays CF next season. This signing might mesh well with the OC signing (hey, let's block all of our prospects!), but not any normal sense of a plan the Angels should have. They already have Erstad at 1B or CF, Kotchman at 1B, Quinlan at 1B or 3B, and potentially Morales in 2007 (or late 2006) at 1B or OF. That is one current major leaguer under contract plus 2 guys that are ready to be platooned and/or everyday players plus another guy that would be ready before the contract runs out that this would affect. I could see this happening if they got rid of Finley and Kotchman, but not as the team currently stands. My other thought is that the team might not need to go after a big time free agent this offseason (they have generated a lot of buzz the last two offseasons, but they can afford to settle down and try to get their power bats from among their prospects that are obviously ready for full seasons). I saw this or something like it earlier in the week and thought it too stupid to even blog about. Really. Well, I could buy the "rumor" for a few reasons. 1) Seems every year, Ken Williams has some hard-on for Erstad. 2) Yes, this would cause a major backup at the 1B/DH situation, but since when has cabreraizturiswoodkendrick Stoneman ever molinamolinapaulmathis worried about erstadkotchmanmoralesquinlan that? With that said, I agree with the panel...what a shitty idea. I have always felt the biggest mistake of the Cabby contract was the length. I just don't see him as anything but a block for 07 and 08 (one year would be fine...two years seems high). I realize Stoneman has been good at this, which is one reason the OC signing was so shocking and why I can't completely drop the possibility of this potential deal (even though it must be over 99% likely it won't happen). |
