MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to MLB.com's Matthew Leach, the Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to Russ Springer, Braden Looper, and Jason Isringhausen (as well as their other free agents). The Looper decision comes as a surprise, as he earned only $5.5MM in '08 and would've been a solid addition or trade chip for '09. He's a Type B free agent, but the Cards won't get a pick now. Joe Strauss...
The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Even Major League Baseball isn't safe when it comes to the failing American economy it seems. Yesterday was the last day to offer arbitration to in-house free agents and the list of non-offers is astounding. Bobby Abreu, Pat Burrell, Adam Dunn, Braden Looper, Randy Wolf and Kerry Wood were among the most notable names not offered. The key thing about offering a player arbitration is that...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Hey, everybody! There's a real baseball deadline today! At 11 PM we will have the non-tenders and non-non-tenders to talk about, and Russ Springer and Braden Looper to discuss in particular. Trever Miller still hangs in the balance. Matthew Leach's summary of the Cardinals' arbitration situation is a good take on what seems like a fairly straightforward situation. Isringhausen: absolutely...
Redbird Ramblings (Free subscription) | yesterday
come on, somone make a move already. sign somebody or trade somebody for god’s sake! nothing….crickets still chirping. the arbitration deadline came and went and the cardinals did not offer arbitration to any of their free agents. that was certainly unexpected. I thought looper would definitely get an offer and springer would also probably get one but [...]
Sabernomics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Time is more scarce than usual these days. I want to comment on the arbitration offers and non-offers that were decided yesterday. Thanks to MLB Trade Rumors, I’ve got a quick list to go on. Below, I list the players, their expected marginal revenue products (MRP) for 2009 (which ought to approximate their value on [...]
View from the cheap seats (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of players he can snap up? I was also surprised to see the Cardinals not offer arbitration to Braden Looper. Looper is said to be searching for a three-year deal as he approaches the later years of his career. So the odds he'd accept arbitration are small. But if he did, the Cardinals would have filled the hole in their rotation with a guy whose had some success for them. And...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... David Weathers Surprisingly not offered arbitration: Bobby Abreu Joe Beimel Pat Burrell Adam Dunn Braden Looper Jamie Moyer Randy Wolf Kerry Wood
MLB (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The Cardinals have decided not to offer arbitration to any of their free agents, general manager John Mozeliak said on Monday. Russ Springer is a Type A, while Braden Looper and Jason Isringhausen are Type Bs, but with this decision, all can be signed without Draft pick compensation.--Matthew Leach
