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Piazza To Padres; 1 Year - $2 Mil
Topic Started: Jan 29 2006, 06:20 PM (742 Views)
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Free-agent catcher Mike Piazza has agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the Padres, FOXSports.com has learned.

The contract includes an $8 million mutual option for 2007.

Piazza, 37, initially sought to sign with an American League team, intending to become a designated hitter. He chose the Padres over the Phillies when no such opportunity became available.

The Padres are expected to use Piazza as their cleanup hitter and No. 1 catcher. They were preparing to go to spring training with two career backups, Doug Mirabelli and David Ross, splitting time at the position.

The Yankees showed mild interest in Piazza, and other AL clubs informed Piazza's representatives that the only way they could sign him was by trading a high-priced DH type.

The Orioles, for example, would have needed to move catcher Javy Lopez. The Rangers would have needed to trade Phil Nevin. The Devil Rays would have needed to move Aubrey Huff.

The Padres envision Dave Roberts, Ryan Klesko and Brian Giles hitting in the first three spots ahead of Piazza. Vinny Castilla then would bat fifth, followed by Mike Cameron, Khalil Greene and Mark Bellhorn or Josh Barfield.

Piazza hit 18 home runs in 371 at-bats for the Mets last season, a rate second only to the Rangers' Rod Barajas among catchers who had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title. He also finished with a .785 on-base/slugging percentage, seventh among major-league catchers.

Throwing out base stealers is Piazza's primary deficiency as a catcher. Opponents were 82-for-92 (89.1 percent) against him last season, the highest percentage against any major-league catcher.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5289794

2 million for Piazza aint that bad at all, solid move for San Siego.
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Could someone move this to the MLB section...
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Staying in the NL. Terrible career move for him.
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Jan 29 2006, 05:53 PM
Staying in the NL. Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

He's making 2 MILLION A YEAR.

Come on man, he could of gotten more somewhere else, someone could of overpayed...Don't start that sh*t.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

And Piazza will come into camp skinny, fast, and with a rocket arm. Atleast we don't have to watch Bernie in the field much...they have to watch Piazza catch.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

He's making 2 MILLION A YEAR.

Come on man, he could of gotten more somewhere else, someone could of overpayed...Don't start that sh*t.

Bernie or Piazza?
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

And Piazza will come into camp skinny, fast, and with a rocket arm. Atleast we don't have to watch Bernie in the field much...they have to watch Piazza catch.

Bernie's hitting will make his defense look good. BTW, has Bernie arrived at the BOB for game 7 yet?
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

And Piazza will come into camp skinny, fast, and with a rocket arm. Atleast we don't have to watch Bernie in the field much...they have to watch Piazza catch.

Bernie's hitting will make his defense look good. BTW, has Bernie arrived at the BOB for game 7 yet?

Bernie in all likelyhood will acount for less than 2% of the Yankees total outs this year. What do you really think Piazza has left? I don't get you, if he was a Yankee you'd hate him and want us to get Bernie Williams.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

He's making 2 MILLION A YEAR.

Come on man, he could of gotten more somewhere else, someone could of overpayed...Don't start that sh*t.

Bernie making $2 mil a year is a disgrace. I tend to agree with BC, money spent on Piazza would've been wiser than spending it on Bernie, but both suck as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather we'd had brought in Molina and had Posada DH. Whatever, we're stuck with a .240 hitter at DH and there is nothing we can do about that, unfortunately.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

And Piazza will come into camp skinny, fast, and with a rocket arm. Atleast we don't have to watch Bernie in the field much...they have to watch Piazza catch.

Bernie's hitting will make his defense look good. BTW, has Bernie arrived at the BOB for game 7 yet?

Bernie in all likelyhood will acount for less than 2% of the Yankees total outs this year. What do you really think Piazza has left? I don't get you, if he was a Yankee you'd hate him and want us to get Bernie Williams.

Bernie will be lucky to hit .235 this year, that's why he hates him.
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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

He's making 2 MILLION A YEAR.

Come on man, he could of gotten more somewhere else, someone could of overpayed...Don't start that sh*t.

Bernie making $2 mil a year is a disgrace. I tend to agree with BC, money spent on Piazza would've been wiser than spending it on Bernie, but both suck as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather we'd had brought in Molina and had Posada DH. Whatever, we're stuck with a .240 hitter at DH and there is nothing we can do about that, unfortunately.

What the hell does it matter what he's getting paid? You're not paying him.
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BTW, has Bernie arrived at the BOB for game 7 yet?

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Staying in the NL.  Terrible career move for him.

Agreed.

Should have released Bernie and brought him in. Bernie is gonna come into camp fat and outta shape. All he cares about are the dollars now. What a disgrace.

He's making 2 MILLION A YEAR.

Come on man, he could of gotten more somewhere else, someone could of overpayed...Don't start that sh*t.

Bernie making $2 mil a year is a disgrace. I tend to agree with BC, money spent on Piazza would've been wiser than spending it on Bernie, but both suck as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather we'd had brought in Molina and had Posada DH. Whatever, we're stuck with a .240 hitter at DH and there is nothing we can do about that, unfortunately.

What the hell does it matter what he's getting paid? You're not paying him.

Because he doesn't f*cking deserve it.
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Everyone in baseball is getting paid undeservingly.
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I don't get you, if he was a Yankee you'd hate him and want us to get Bernie Williams.

I said the same exact thing to him the other day. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence with 473 and his VC compadres.
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I don't get you, if he was a Yankee you'd hate him and want us to get Bernie Williams.

I said the same exact thing to him the other day. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence with 473 and his VC compadres.

:please: Silliness. None of the VC wants bad knees bernie; he stirs it bad... :rock:

Frank Thomas or Molina I did want... :thumbup:
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You talk about silliness. Frank Thomas is silliness. It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland. He wouldn't work here. Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.
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You talk about silliness. Frank Thomas is silliness. It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland. He wouldn't work here. Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.
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You talk about silliness.  Frank Thomas is silliness.  It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland.  He wouldn't work here.  Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.

Agreed. The Big Hurt will have those numbers beat by the All Star Break. :agent:
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You talk about silliness.  Frank Thomas is silliness.  It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland.  He wouldn't work here.  Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.

Agreed. The Big Hurt will have those numbers beat by the All Star Break. :agent:

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You talk about silliness.  Frank Thomas is silliness.  It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland.  He wouldn't work here.  Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.

He'll probably finish with numbers just around those, unless he suddenly has an injury free season.
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You talk about silliness.  Frank Thomas is silliness.  It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland.  He wouldn't work here.  Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.

He'll probably finish with numbers just around those, unless he suddenly has an injury free season.

:please:

The Big Hurt is going to have a great season, unlike Bernice.
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He better because the A's certainly need him to put up big numbers more than the Yankees need Bernie to. Bernie is slotted for maybe 150 at bats. Oakland is relying on Thomas to somehow stay healthy and produce as a huge part of their lineup. Of course you're too myopic to realize that.
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150 ABs? I wish... Bernie will get 300-400 ABs more than likely. Something that should make every Yankee fan sick to his/her stomach.
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You talk about silliness.  Frank Thomas is silliness.  It makes sense for a team with no offense like Oakland.  He wouldn't work here.  Between injuries and being a little baby, he would have flopped.

He'd have done better than .235, 10, 43 or something like that.

He'll probably finish with numbers just around those, unless he suddenly has an injury free season.

OK, big talker, I'll bet you a beer Thomas ends the 2006 season with better numbers than Bernie, injuries or no. Have we gotta deal? :smirk:
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OK, big talker, I'll bet you a beer Thomas ends the 2006 season with better numbers than Bernie, injuries or no. Have we gotta deal?  :smirk:

That bet makes no sense. See my last response to YF03. Bernie is a bit player on the Yankees. Thomas is expected to be a big part of their lineup.
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OK, big talker, I'll bet you a beer Thomas ends the 2006 season with better numbers than Bernie, injuries or no. Have we gotta deal?  :smirk:

That bet makes no sense. See my last response to YF03. Bernie is a bit player on the Yankees. Thomas is expected to be a big part of their lineup.

Cashman has all ready said Bernie will be the regular DH, that means 300-400 ABs, that's more than just a bit player.
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Giambi will have to DH a lot and Torre will play Sheffield/Matsui there to give them half days off. There's a chance Bernie would play LF, but I doubt we'll see him much in RF, so he'd be on the bench all of those games.
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