Anyone want a 38 year old injury-prone decline-riddled first baseman? Carlos Delgado, according to MLB.com, is hoping to build some value after a 2009 that could've been his curtain call by smacking around no-name bottom feeders in Puerto Rico.
But how much can he give? Delgado's probably not a starter anymore, in terms of production or health. He tore the labrum in his hip, a similar injury to the one sustained by Alex Rodriguez, and given his age, it's unlikely that Delgado gives you anything of value should a team bring him in.
If a team is looking at Delgado, I'd hope they are searching for low-cash high-bash free agents with Delgado merely a name on a list, and not as a serious first base option. He's old, and hurt, and declining. Don't make that mistake.
But, if a team does need some cheap-ish value, options abound. Joel Pineiro might be for real as a ground ball specialist, and he can't be asking for much more than 3-years, $25 million. Ben Sheets, despite the serious injury concerns, could be a productive pitcher in the right situation. John Smoltz might have something left if an NL team gives him a shot.
Those options exist. But I doubt Delgado is one of them. I'd rather go down the Russell Branyan path than the Delgado road, which should be all you need to know.
Adam can be reached at adamdadkins@gmail.com
Friday, January 8, 2010
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See, if I'm a team, Pineiro scares me. I'm not sure there is a whole lot of difference between him and a replacement-level arm once he gets away from St. Louis and Dave Duncan. I'd rather not risk my $25 million on it.
Delgado is interesting as a pinch hitter or backup option at 1B or DH. I could also see him fitting in on a "we're not going anywhere anyway" team like Washington (except not them since they have Dunn), just as an asset for them to eventually flip.
I like Sheets a lot on an incentive-based deal. I kind of wish the Red Sox would go after him, except 1) their rotation is sickeningly deep as is and 2) because of #1, I doubt Sheets would be interested in signing.
Fair point on Joel Pineiro. He's hardly a sure thing.
Delgado's toast, I'm afraid.
And when are we going to do a real discussion piece between our blogs? I'm thinking it could just be like two warships lined up parallel just firing rounds onto each other.
Or something. :)
haha, Well, we did kind of, sort of do that Tag Team on baseball, except it was over such a long period of time that it eventually became irrelevant. If you have any good ideas, I'm all ears. I've had less free time lately, but more of it has been available for writing, so it kind of evens out.
You don't have AIM do you?
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