Milwaukee Brewers moving fast to sign LaTroy Hawkins within the day

Ed, get moving.

9 months ago Evan Hochschild 7 comments 0 recs |

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Let him go

All the interest in Hawkins is making me fear a bidding war. If the price is too high, they really need to pass. They should have offered him arbitration; likely he would have accepted, been awarded a reasonable salary, or if not teams wouldn’t be half as interested in him.

by OremLK on Dec 9, 2009 10:27 AM CST reply actions

now he is a “premier set up man” according to the twitter.

by clack on Dec 9, 2009 11:20 AM CST reply actions

i saw that

there is no in between with latroy. he’s either overrated and washed up, or a premier set up man.

The Crawfish Boxes, Astros blogging at its finest.

by Evan Hochschild on Dec 9, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions

If the Astros re-sign Hawkins, he will be washed up evidence of Wade’s incompetence. If the Brewers sign him for even more money, he will be the premier reliever in the market.

by clack on Dec 9, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions

Probably true

The truth is somewhere in between. I wouldn’t mind him coming back for a reasonable price, but I won’t be upset if the Brewers scoop him up. I just don’t want us to overpay him.

by OremLK on Dec 9, 2009 12:17 PM CST up reply actions

I agree

I think statistically he is due for a regression towards his career numbers, as well I think relievers are easily replaceable. Ed Wade should know this considering he picked Wright out of the Rule 5 draft, Byrdak off the released pile, Arias, Fulchino, and Sarafate off the waiver wire.

I’d rather see some of that money spent towards an everyday 3B.

by timmy_ on Dec 9, 2009 12:25 PM CST up reply actions

MLBTradeRumors says they've reached an agreement

See you on the other side, LaTroy.

by OremLK on Dec 9, 2009 1:34 PM CST reply actions

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