Funderburks are GO! as the unheralded outfielder gets a massive deal from the Tigers in an offseason market that starts late and ends early but in-between is very busy indeed.
Ron Guidry and Dave Parker join IRL teams, while age-39 Davey Lopes, age-37 Nolan Ryan and Darrell Evans and age-36 Lee Lacy get nice little send-off deals from the Dodgers, Cards, Jays and Cubs.
OF Davey Lopes: Dodgers, 2 years / $7.3m / AAV $3.64m
P Nolan Ryan: Cardinals, 3 years / $10.8m / AAV $3.60m
OF Dave Winfield: Tigers, 5 years / $17.2m / AAV $3.44m
C Ron Hassey: Cubs, 2 years / $6.8m / AAV $3.40m
OF Lee Lacy: Cubs, 2 years / $6.7m / AAV $3.36m
1B Darrell Evans: Blue Jays, 3 years / $9.3m / AAV $3.11m
OF Jerry Mumphrey: Cubs, 2 years / $5.7m / AAV $2.68m
OF Mark Funderburk: Tigers, 4 years / $10.9m / AAV $2.72m
P Ron Guidry: Yankees, 4 years / $10.4m / AAV $2.60m
P Mike Krukow: Giants, 3 years / $7.3m / AAV $2.44m
P Joaquin Andujar: Yankees, 2 years / $4.8m / AAV $2.40m
C Rich Gedman: Phillies, 4 years / $8.5m / AAV $2.13m
OF Hal McRae: Twins, 1 year / $2.0m / AAV $2.04m
OF Jose Cruz: White Sox, 2 year / $4.0m / AAV $1.98m
2B Glenn Hubbard: Astros, 3 years / $5.2m / AAV $1.73m
SS Dave Concepcion: Cubs, 1 year / $1.7m / AAV $1.70m
3B Graig Nettles: Astros, 1 year / $1.7m / AAV $1.70m
C Darrell Porter: Angels, 4 years / $6.1m / AAV $1.52m
1B Cliff Johnson: Red Sox, 3 years / $4.4m / AAV $1.46m
OF Dave Parker: A’s, 3 year / $4.4m / AAV $1.46m
P Frank Tanana: Rangers, 4 years / $5.8m / AAV $1.46m
3B Bill Madlock: Dodgers, 2 years / $2.8m / AAV $1.40m
3B Johnny Bench: Blue Jays, 1 year / $1.4m / AAV $1.36m
OF Gary Matthews: Giants, 3 years / $4.0m / AAV $1.33m
P Moose Haas: Cubs, 3 years / $3.9m / AAV $1.30m
1B Rod Carew: Dodgers, 1 year / $1.1m / AAV $1.12m
P Rich Gossage: Tigers, 2 years / $1.4m / AAV $0.71m
2B Steve Sax from Tigers to A’s for P Dave Schmidt
1B Sid Bream from Royals to White Sox for P Donnie Moore
P Mark Davis and OF Mike Brown from Giants to White Sox for P Steve Bedrosian and 2B Luis Quinones
1B Gerald Perry from Padres to Expos for P Jesse Orosco and SS Spike Owen
SS Lenny Faedo from Giants to Yankees for 2B Toby Harrah
P Julio Solano from Mets to Yankees for OF Ben Ogilvie
OF Howard Johnson from Cubs to Mariners for 1B Kent Hrbek
OF Johnny Grubb and OF Mike Diaz from Mariners to Mets for 1B Leon Durham (retaining 10%)
3B Rick Schu from Expos to Brewers for P Len Barker (retaining 85%)
2B Kelly Gruber and OF John Christensen from Tigers to Mariners for P Allen Ripley
3B Carney Lansford from Astros to Tigers for 3B Denny Gonzalez and SS Alvaro Espinoza
1B Nick Esasky, OF Jeff Stone and SS Greg Gagne from Rangers to Braves for 3B Bob Horner (retaining 45%)
P Roy Smith and P Edwin Nunez from Cardinals to Indians for OF Don Baylor
We go 11-7 in Spring Training with no injuries to speak of.
BNN are tipping division wins for the Blue Jays, White Sox, Cubs and Dodgers and a fairly long season for us—they see us finishing dead last at 75-87.
With our pitching, I don’t think we’re that bad but will be satisfied with a winning record and don’t expect us to be featuring in the pointy end this time around.
