"Garland has signed with the Dodgers for 1 year at $5 million."

Not so fast, Max. That's the base. He gets a $3m bonus if he reaches 190 innings (which he's done every year he's been in the majors) and guarantees his $8m option for 2012. So he'll essentially cost the same as Westbrook.

artie_fufkin wrote:

"Garland has signed with the Dodgers for 1 year at $5 million."

Not so fast, Max. That's the base. He gets a $3m bonus if he reaches 190 innings (which he's done every year he's been in the majors) and guarantees his $8m option for 2012. So he'll essentially cost the same as Westbrook.

and what did the dodgers give up to get him?

Max wrote:

Signing Westbrook was key to ensuring that trading Ludwick didn't look horrible.  I thought we got a good deal, $8.25 million per year for 2 years.  But now Garland has signed with the Dodgers for 1 year at $5 million.  Someone help me see why Westbrook is worth another $3.25 million (probably the price of a decent lefty for the bullpen) and a second year.  Otherwise, this makes it look like the Ludwick trade is becoming more expensive, not less.



http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101126&content_id=16214804&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

I somewhat agree, though like Darth points out, Garland is likely to hit on whatever number he needs to bring his salary on par with Westbrook's.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"Garland has signed with the Dodgers for 1 year at $5 million."

Not so fast, Max. That's the base. He gets a $3m bonus if he reaches 190 innings (which he's done every year he's been in the majors) and guarantees his $8m option for 2012. So he'll essentially cost the same as Westbrook.

and what did the dodgers give up to get him?

Depends upon whether he's Type A or Type B. If he's Type A, then the people in the Padres' front office ought to be high-fiving each other this morning.

i doubt he would be type a, but my understanding is that it wouldn't even apply unless the padres had offered him arbitration.  i dunno the situation.

Thanks, Artie.  Here is more on that story.  Apparently the Padres did offer him arbitration.  But they did not offer arbitration to Tejada and Eckstein, among others.  So I guess we could sign them for the price of the contract, at this point.  Unless Moz has something else up his sleeve, they would work pretty well as the back-ups for 3rd, SS, and 2nd that Moz said he is looking for.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AkL7Ri54qKUXx6LpxXIsR16FCLcF?slug=teamreports-2010-mlb-sdg

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"Garland has signed with the Dodgers for 1 year at $5 million."

Not so fast, Max. That's the base. He gets a $3m bonus if he reaches 190 innings (which he's done every year he's been in the majors) and guarantees his $8m option for 2012. So he'll essentially cost the same as Westbrook.

and what did the dodgers give up to get him?

Actually, the Dodgers traded for Garland in 2009, then chose not to re-sign him, after which Garland signed for less than $5M last season.  I would agree with Albert, I think Westbrook may be a bit somewhat more highly regarded than Westbrook.