Broussard Signs
Signed 1B Ben Broussard to a one-year, $2.48M contract
The Indians were offering $2.2M, and Broussard wanted $2.6M, so in this instance, Ben won out. The contract also contains bonuses for plate appearances (525, 550), but with Eduardo Perez around, that probably isn't happening.
This is really a make-or-break year for Broussard. Ryan Garko is pretty much ready offensively, and the Indians aren't going to go another year of arbitration with Ben if he puts up another .255/.307/.464 line.
Interestingly enough, Broussard's #1 comp at baseball-reference is Paul Sorrento. Sorrento was non-tendered after 1995, his age 29 season.
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does anyone else when they're bored on a bus or plane or something try to take an indians and go back as far as they can remember to how they got here? for example, i grew up in the 80's and joe carter was my hero before he was a world series hero.
carter begat baerga
baerga begat kent/vizcaino
vizcaino/kent begat williams
williams begat fryman (my all time favorite indian)
fryman retires years before his time
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Kos
by Kos @ Let's Go Tribe! on Jan 26, 2006 1:26 AM EST up reply actions
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As for first base, at what point this year does Garko take over for good? I vote for Spring Training, though it would be easier to throw him out there if we had upgraded RF.
Does anyone know if Garko has much of a split?
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"For one thing, he is not ready to play first base in the majors. He is not going to catch over Victor Martinez or DH ahead of Travis Hafner. And, he is batting less than .200 against left-handed pitching. You have to look deeper than overall stats."
Makes you wonder if a potential platoon at some point would be Perez and Garko.
On the other hand, I can't imagine they would want to cut off Garko from seeing left-handed pitching. Obviously they want his whole game to develop. But that's always a question with platooning young players.
by dgcambridge on Jan 26, 2006 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
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Okay, that and it would be super-duper extra weird if he really couldn't hit LHP long term. Like weirder than the rules of Quidditch weird.
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The draft-pick compensation system is only for players who are eligible for free agency and are offered arbitration.
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by Kos @ Let's Go Tribe! on Jan 26, 2006 7:55 PM EST up reply actions

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