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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
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More Offseason Notes
LA avoids arbitration and signs the following players to 1 year contract extensions.
Eddie Vargas, Darryl Boston, John Franco, Ken Howell, Ken Caminiti, BJ Surhoff
The Expos bid farewell to franchise face Gary Carter after 15 years with the club. He is traded to the M's along with top Expos pitching prospect Juan Guzman for outfielder Mike Greenwell. Greenwell had come up in the Expos organization and was traded away in '88. Arguably, they paid more to get him this time than they got for him in the first trade.
Dodger Free Agents
At 31, after 10 years in the Dodgers minor league system, a career .311 average with over 1500 career minor league hits, Tom Beyers has opted to move on from the team. Beyers hit .346 in 32 games in the majors, but only played 3 games the last 2 years.
P Joe Price
P Frank Tanana
1B Pedro Guerrero
OF Dwayne Murphy
P Frank DiPino
P Jim Beattie
P John Denny
That's 7 roster spots on the 25 man roster that will be filled by new players for the 1990 season.
One of the top free agents are off the board. Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett has signed a 5yr/13.2M contract to play the outfield for the Montreal Expos. Long time Expos outfielder Tim Raines is a free agent and they are not going to bring him back now.
Nolan Ryan returns home to California to play for the World Champion Angels for 1yr/1.6M.
Roger Clemens has left the Indians and will head west to Seattle. The Mariners have shelled out a 7yr/18.2M contract in the richest contract in baseball history. Clemens now heads up a staff that was #2 in ERA among starters in the AL last year. Clemens, Mark Langston, Mike Scott, Mike Moore, and Sid Fernandez.
LA has made it's first free agent signing of the offseason by signing 3B/OF Matthew Tyner to a 1yr/200k contract. The Dodgers are Tyner's 5th team, and 3rd in 3 years. Tyner hit 29 HR's in '85, but since has lost playing time. He played 70 games for the Royals last year and batted .180 with 4 HR's. Not much of a player in the field, the team must hope he can rekindle some old skills.
The Astros fill the void left by Nolan Ryan with Red Sox ace Bruce Hurst. Hurst has signed 6yr/14.9M contract 2nd in value only to the Clemens deal.
On the same day the Expos lose first baseman Andres Gallaraga to the White Sox 6yr/6.1M the Expos sign first baseman Glenn Davis to a 3yr/2.6M deal.
1989 Rookie Draft
Dodgers first 5 rounds
OF Carl Everett (1st, 7th Overall)
1B Mike Busch (2nd, 47th Overall)
1B Jamie Ogden (3rd, 75th Overall)
IF Brad Tyler (3rd, 87th Overall)
OF Steve Gibralter (4th, 105th Overall)
IF Denny Hocking (5th, 131st Overall)
No real comments. We'll see. Not many big names considering how high up the draft list we were.
Former Dodger Steve Sax signed a 3yr/3.3M contract to play for the Cincinnati Reds.
LA dips into the Rule 5 draft again this year and pulls out 26 year old, Curtis Zucco, from the Royals. Zucco has been all over the minor leagues, and was once a Top Pitcher and MVP winner. Last year he made 2 appearances at AAA, other wise the rest of his career has been AA and below. If the team thinks that this guy can stay on the roster all year, then the plans for this team are in big trouble.
Frank Tanana, 36, signs a 1 year deal with the Angels for 1.1M to stay in SoCal.
Robin Yount joins Tim Raines in joining the Rangers.
LA and the Texas Rangers have made a trade. Leaving LA will be 25yr old C BJ Surhoff (.287/3/22) and pitching prospect Jose Cleto (3-0, 12S 1.22 ERA in Low A). In return, the Rangers are sending 27 yr old 1B Wally Joyner to the Dodgers. Joyner is in the last year of a contract, and could be a free agent after the season. He's a Gold Glove, All Star, and 2 time Silver Slugger. Last year he his .311/13/85, but it was his worst year in his last 4.
LA signs P Steve Bedrosian to a 1yr/160k deal. Bedrock pitched in 24 games for the Reds (33 in AAA) last season and posted a 5-2 record, 6 saves, and a 2.63 ERA. He could be a set up guy, but is more of a middle reliever. He's better than some of the guys on the roster right now, so it should be an ok signing.
1989 Hall Of Fame
This year 3 guys were selected to the Hall of Fame. They are:
In his first year of eligibility, with 94.4% of the votes, with 289 career wins, a 3.42 ERA, and over 4500 innings pitched, from the Chicago Cubs, he is Fergie Jenkins!
Also in his first year of eligibility, with 84.7% of the votes, he posted a career ERA of 2.74 in over 16 years of baseball and notched up 327 saves. From the Oakland Athletics, he is the man with the handlbar mustache, Rollie Fingers!
And, in his 2nd year of eligibility, with 79.4% of the votes. This man spent over 17 years with the same team. He won 254 games in his career and threw over 3700 innings, and struck out over 2100 batters. From the Baltimore Orioles, Jim Palmer!
Joe Price signed a 1 year deal to play for the Expos.
Pedro Guerrero signed a 1yr/460k deal to play for the Blue Jays for the next year.
Frank DiPino signed a 1yr/160k deal to play for the Cardinals.
Fernando Valenzuela gets a 1yr/180k contract to play for the Reds. We'll see him more often this year.
Jim Beattie signs a 1yr/190k contract to play for the Phillies.
Dave Stewart is the last of the big names to get a contract. Stewart gets 2yrs/3.8M from the White Sox. Nowhere near where this back to back 20 game winner felt like he should be.
Joe Price is cut by the Expos, but picked up by the Mets for 170k.
John Denny joins the Mets for 1yr/190k.
Looks like poor Jim Beattie will miss another season of baseball. Beattie suffered a knee injury in a spring training game may be back by August if he heals well. Beattie missed all of the '87 season with an arm injury.
Opening Day is just around the corner!
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