The Tigers absolutely dominate a busy offseason market with the Royals also showing they won’t be resting on their laurels.
1B Fred McGriff: Royals, 8 years / $51.6m / AAV $6.45m
P David Cone: Tigers, 5 years / $28.2m / AAV $5.64m
OF Danny Tartabull: Braves, 5 years / $28.0m / AAV $5.60m
P Tom Candiotti: Cubs, 5 years / $26.0m / AAV $5.20m
OF Devon White: Red Sox, 6 years / $30.0m / AAV $5.01m
C Benito Santiago: Angels, 3 years / $14.2m / AAV $4.75m
OF Dave Henderson: Indians, 4 years / $15.3m / AAV $3.82m
OF Ivan Calderon: Astros, 7 years / $24.9m / AAV $3.56m
OF John Kruk: Dodgers, 6 years / $21.1m / AAV $3.52m
1B Cecil Fielder: Astros, 2 years / $6.9m / AAV $3.46m
P Pascual Perez: Cubs, 3 years / $10.2m / AAV $3.40m
OF Kal Daniels: Tigers, 4 years / $13.3m / AAV $3.32m
Mike Parrott: Yankees, 2 years / $6.6m / AAV $3.32m
OF Tim Raines: Tigers, 5 years / $13.0m / AAV $3.24m
P Jose Guzman: Cubs, 3 years / $9.6m / AAV $3.20m
OF Brian Downing: Royals, 2 years / $6.3m / AAV $3.16m
C Terry Steinbach: Red Sox, 4 years / $12.5m / AAV $3.12m
1B Jack Clark: Brewers, 3 years / $8.8m / AAV $2.92m
P Melido Perez: Twins, 5 years / $13.6m / AAV $2.73m
1B Wally Joyner: White Sox, 2 years / $5.3m / AAV $2.66m
1B Dave Magadan: Tigers, 5 years / $12.9m / AAV $2.58m
1B Andres Galarraga: A’s, 1 year / $2.2m / AAV $2.24m
OF Randy Bush: Cubs, 2 years / $4.2m / AAV $2.08m
C Lance Parrish: Phillies, 1 year / $2.1m / AAV $2.08m
OF Dwight Evans: Royals, 3 years / $6.1m / AAV $2.04m
1B Glenn Davis: Mets, 3 years / $5.5m / AAV $1.82m
OF Kirk Gibson: Mets, 2 years / $3.6m / AAV $1.78m
3B Jose Vizcaino from Blue Jays to Dodgers for P Jack McDowell
OF Vince Coleman from A’s to Red Sox for P Kevin Gross
P Robert Vavrock from Tigers to Cardinals for OF Jay Buhner
P Mike Harkey and P Jose Mesa from Twins to A’s for P Tim Belcher
P Bill Landrum from Dodgers to Yankees for OF Greg Vaughn
P Trevor Wilson from Royals to Cardinals for OF Mark Gubicza
C Chris Hoiles LEGACY from Orioles to Cardinals for OF Dave Gallagher and 3B Dean Palmer
P Scott Scudder and OF Junior Felix from Yankees to Royals for 2B Harold Reynolds and 3B Bob Zambrano
OF Brett Butler from Padres to Red Sox for P Jaime Navarro
2B Willie Randolph from Dodgers to Giants for P Tommy Greene
P David Wells from Rangers to Red Sox for P Tom Gordon and OF Cliff Gonzalez
SS Roy Smalley (retaining 95%) from Mariners to A’s for C Brent Mayne
OF John Jackson and P Jeff Shaw from Cubs to Braves for P Mike Morgan
P Charlie Leibrandt from Tigers to A’s for 2B Mickey Morandini
C Hector Villanueva from Rangers to Blue Jays for 2B Jody Reed (retaining 65%)
P Tim Rumer from Yankees to Brewers for OF Roberto Kelly
P Kirk McCaskill and OF Deion Sanders from Expos to Reds for 3B Sean Berry
P Donn Pall, 3B Dave Hansen and P Pedro Munoz from Orioles to White Sox for OF Brian McRae
We go 10-8 in an injury-free Spring Training.
BNN likes how the Astros are travelling and thinks they’ll cruise in the NL West with the other three races fairly close-run things.
