Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 02, 2009
Orlando in Oakland

The Oakland Athletics just signed Orlando Cabrera to a one-year contract:

The signing of Cabrera means Bobby Crosby will either be traded or become a $5.25 million utilityman. It is unclear what effect the move will have on Nomar Garciaparra, who was choosing between the A's and retirement, according to a major-league source.

Cabrera was a Type A free agent who was offered arbitration by the White Sox. Chicago will get Oakland's second-round draft pick, plus a supplemental pick between the first and second round.

That's quite a drop in salary for Cabrera, who made $10 million in 2008. Despite his age, Cabrera's posted OBAs better than his career average the last three seasons. That doesn't make him a great offensive player, but he won't pull the offense down like Bobby Crosby did the last three years. I'm guessing the Athletics will probably end up eating most of Bobby's contract, whether he's traded or not.

Orlando also gives the Athletics better range at shortstop than Crosby.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:06 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
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