Free Agent Crystal Ball
Here are Andy and Peter's predictions for where the Top-10 free agents will end up. As always take this with a grain of salt. (We used Keith Law's rankings on ESPN.com to determine the list)
For the top free agent, Mark Teixeira, we both see him returning to the California Anaheim Orange County Greater Los Angeles Area Angels. The Yankees and Red Sox remain possibilities, but remote ones.
Andy - Angels
Peter - Angels
Both of us agreed again on CC Sabathia ending up with the Yankees. Money talks and the Yankees clearly are going to spend it here.
Andy - Yankees
Peter - Yankees
And we were in agreement on Manny Ramirez returning to the Dodgers. Manny will definitely take the highest check, we just couldn't see any other team giving him that.
Andy - Dodgers
Peter - Dodgers
Our first difference of opinion came on AJ Burnett. Andy sees him heading to Texas noting that Texas always seems to make the wrong move with pitching. Peter sees him heading back to Toronto, just with a bigger check in his pocket.
Andy - Rangers
Peter - Blue Jays
We agreed again on Derek Lowe with both of us seeing him heading back to Boston.
Andy - Red Sox
Peter - Red Sox
On the subject of Rafael Furcal we both saw him heading to the Bay Area, just to different teams. Peter saw him heading to the Giants and Andy had him heading to the A's.
Andy - A's
Peter - Giants
Adam Dunn also divided out opinion with Andy sending him to Toronto and Peter seeing the Nationals getting him.
Andy - Blue Jays
Peter - Nationals
For Ryan Dempster we both saw him heading back to the Cubs, but with the proviso that if they trade for Jake Peavy, they won't make the move.
Andy - Cubs
Peter - Cubs
While Andy sees Milton Bradley returning to Texas, Peter has him going to Toronto.
Andy - Rangers
Peter - Blue Jays
And that brings us to the final player, Oliver Perez. Andy has him returning to the Mets while Peter swallowed hard and predicting that Perez will be a Yankee next year.
Andy - Mets
Peter - Yankees
What do you think?
Comments
I disagreed with you guys on many of them, see my reply on the "Frenzy" post
> I moved blmeanie's predictions from previous post to this post to get things started.
Here they are:
Texiera - NYY
Sabbathia - Dodgers
Lowe - Boston
Burnet - NYY
Manny - NYM
Varitek - ?
Hoffman - Cubs
Posted by: blmeanie | November 14, 2008 05:34 PM |
I think CC is a Yankee along with either Burnett or Sheets, prob not Perez.
Posted by: Mitchell
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November 14, 2008 10:27 PM
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how about this, after some thought, what if the Sox pushed and went after Furcal, essentially moving Lowry to play 3 days a week between 2b, ss, 3b as needed?
Posted by: blmeanie | November 21, 2008 11:21 AM |