November 25, 200817 yr 9:24pm: I can't remember a day where so many rumors were floated and then debunked. The latest: Perez's agent and a source familiar with the team's thinking tell MLB.com's Bill Ladson that no multiyear deal is in the works with the Nationals. mlbtraderumors.com I don't even think KW offered a guaranteed one year contract. It was probably 80% based on incentives...and Perez and his agent THINK they can somehow get a 2 year deal, and anything is possible I suppose in this pitching-friendly market. What I think KW is doing is just getting a feel for some of his back-up options/insurance for the 5th spot...the likes of Colon, Garcia, Pedro Martinez, Mark Mulder, Schilling, Odalis Perez, Paul Byrd...maybe Marquis, but I doubt it.
November 25, 200817 yr I don't buy the Sox making the offer, unless its as a reliever/spot starter or just a pure insurance plan which enables them to move Javy without getting a starting pitcher back.
November 25, 200817 yr As a LRP, perhaps. Other than that we've had potential guys state their case in the latter months of the season for the fifth spot, and even that I'm not to comfortable with.
November 25, 200817 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Nov 24, 2008 -> 11:54 PM) As a LRP, perhaps. Other than that we've had potential guys state their case in the latter months of the season for the fifth spot, and even that I'm not to comfortable with. With so much money flowing to Linebrink, MacDougal, Dotel, Thornton and now Jenks...paying more than $1 million for someone like Perez is foolhardy...unless it's with the intention he starts quite a few games as the 5th, and provides insurance to Richard/Poreda/Contreras. However, the kind of money he will ask for with a 4.34 ERA isn't going to be worth it...and we also have Broadway, Egbert and Carrasco that could start in a more limited stretch of 2-3 starts (but not hopefully not more) as a band-aid/stopgap solution while KW is trying to find someone better. Edited November 25, 200817 yr by caulfield12
November 25, 200817 yr More waste of a time. Agent Martin Arburua denied the ESPN Deportes report stating that the Nationals are working on a multiyear deal for Odalis Perez. The Nationals also said there was no truth to the rumor, though Perez was quoted as saying a two- or three-year deal was being worked on. The denials also suggest that it was untrue that the Yankees and White Sox had made Perez offers. Source: Nationals.mlb
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