Jim Thome to the Dodgers

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:13 am

Per Jon Heyman

Deal of the night.

Post #2 » by **TyCobb** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:19 am

LOL. What a pinch hitter he'll be!

Post #3 » by **Schad** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:23 am

Wait, what? I understand claiming Rios, but taking him on and then putting most of the roster up for grabs and letting Thome go (unless they got a pretty damned good prospect in return) doesn't make much sense, especially as Thome is guaranteed to be a comp-B free agent at worst (and was projected as comp-A in the AL)...don't quite get Williams' plan here.

Post #4 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:29 am

What an interesting waiver period the MLB has had.

trwi7 · Post #5 » by **trwi7** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 4:44 am

TyCobb wrote:LOL. What a pinch hitter he'll be!

I'd hope Loney would be put on the bench, since he's sort of terrible.

Post #6 » by **craig01** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 8:48 am

Celtics_Champs wrote:What an interesting waiver period the MLB has had.

To say the least.

Post #7 » by **sunshinekids99** » Tue Sep 1, 2009 11:49 pm

Not sure I understand this move. Thome has played what 4 games at first in the past 4 years? And for his career he's an awful pinch hitter.

Post #8 » by **TyCobb** » Wed Sep 2, 2009 12:14 am

He's just going to be a pinch hitter. They gave up a nobody, so it's only a positive thing for them. Especially if they make the series, they'll have their DH.

Post #9 » by **studcrackers** » Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:27 am

Schadenfreude wrote:Wait, what? I understand claiming Rios, but taking him on and then putting most of the roster up for grabs and letting Thome go (unless they got a pretty damned good prospect in return) doesn't make much sense, especially as Thome is guaranteed to be a comp-B free agent at worst (and was projected as comp-A in the AL)...don't quite get Williams' plan here.

and id bet thome would accept arbitration since he may not command much on the open market

nitetrain8603 · Post #10 » by **nitetrain8603** » Wed Sep 2, 2009 2:09 am

His arb would be around 10 or 11 million. We're trying to trim payroll and get younger. This team underachieved big time and the offense became anemic.

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Wed Sep 2, 2009 7:12 pm

studcrackers wrote:and id bet thome would accept arbitration since he may not command much on the open market

Hard to say...I don't see him accepting arbitration with the Dodgers because I can't see him accepting a role that would see him max out at 200-300 ABs, regardless of the dollar figure. It would be a pretty crazy exercise in brinksmanship to offer him arbitration while simultaneously trying to dissuade him from taking it, though.