Astros lose a Wigginton suitor as Lopez signed by DBacks
by Evan Hochschild on Dec 12, 2008 12:43 PM CST
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PrintA lesser reported deal took place yesterday when the D-Backs inked FA second-baseman Felipe Lopez to a one year/$3.5 million contract. Lopez had one of the more interesting seasons in the majors last year. As a Washington National he hit .234/.305/.314 in 100 games played. Subsequently he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals where in 43 games (156 ABs) he mashed .385/.426/.538!
Arizona isn't a team that has a lot of high average hitters. Quite the opposite- guys like Stephen Drew, Mark Reynolds, and Chris Young are all young players who strike out a lot but can hit the ball a mile when contact is made. GM Josh Byrnes made a pretty good decision in this signing, rather than bringing in Ty Wigginton. As much as I'd love to have some Baby Backs become Baby 'Stros, a year of Wigginton at probably $7 million+ in 2009 would probably be worth one more win over a guy like Felipe Lopez.
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Not a bad signing
for the Snakes.
Seemed like Stephen Drew really grew up after the ASB break though. This means they won’t keep Hudson?
looks like Hudson will ask for too much $$
he should be gone. 3.5 mil is a lot to pay for a backup. drew did play a lot better after the asb- i know this because he was my fantasy short stop last year.
by Evan Hochschild on Dec 12, 2008 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
I dropped the guy
sometime after I got Tulo off the waiver wire.
I drafted Furcal and Drew in a 12-team league. Of course, Furcal got hurt after tearing it up in the first half and then I dropped him for JJ Hardy (on a hot streak) when they announced he’d be out til September. Drew never got it going after that, then someone dropped Tulo after he broke his hand in that bat incident. Tulo came back and managed to improve enough to warrant playing time.
But I say Orlando Hudson isn’t really a backup: he plays good D and has just a little pop in his bat while hitting for a decent average.
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