Sentences with phrase «as a free agent before»

There is also the case of Bonds, who despite leading the league in on - base percentage in 2007, hitting like he was still at his peak, and offering to play for the league minimum, received no offers as a free agent before the 2008 season.

Stallworth signed a seven - year, $ 35 million contract with the Browns as a free agent before last season but hardly played because he was hurt.

Not exact matches

He was briefly signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons, but the team cut him loose before he even saw field time.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser is still waiting to get a new contract as a restricted free agent two weeks before the start of training camp.

As for how this impacts the free agent market, the top left fielder expected to be available is now off the table before anyone even sat down at it.

Washingtongeneral manager George McPhee has been so impressed with the attitude of hisgoalie Olaf Kolzig — whom many insiders expect to be dealt before the Marchtrade deadline — that he is trying to negotiate a deal with the 14 - year veteran.Kolzig, who is due to be a free agent after this season, has been a leader tothe younger players, such as wing Alexander Ovechkin and defenseman SteveEminger....

Before he was released, the Cowboys were among several teams inquiring about trading for Johnson, so it's not out of the realm of possibility they'd consider signing him as a free agent.

As I said before, I think the «avoid big splashy free agents at all costs» line of thinking is a bit old fashioned.

DANNY AINGE (Suns sixth man, who had signed before the season as a free agent): The only reason I came to Phoenix was Charles.

Of those five, no one more typifies Pittsburgh's genius for diamonds in the rough than Harrison, who arrived as an undrafted free agent out of Kent State in 2002 and was cut three times before finally learning Dick LeBeau's system and sticking in 2004.

As I noted before, the dollars handed out this weekend either on the free agent market through extensions just don't jive with the slow climb of the salary cap over the last few years.

Free agents Olivares and Velarde agreed to below - market contracts to stay with the A's, as did Jaha, who never even spoke to another club before signing a paltry two - year, $ 6 million deal.

Breakdown: Parkey was brought in as an undrafted free agent by the Colts this offseason before he was cut.

But beyond that, owners must be giddy with Ohtani's choice to join MLB before he could collect the $ 200 million he's estimated to be worth as a free agent.

The 27 - year - old Thompson (who will miss at least the first month as he recovers from shoulder surgery) will join free - agent pickups Kenny Rogers and Darren Oliver to give the club three quality lefthanded starters and bolster a rotation whose inability to pitch deep into games in»99 eventually took its toll on the relief corps (3.51 ERA before the All - Star break, 5.45 ERA after).

The last time the Knicks united a set of teammates from an NCAA runners up was days before the 1999 season when David Wingate came over as a free agent to join Patrick Ewing.

Recommended to San Francisco as a rookie free agent in 1996 by New Jersey workout buddy and former Niner Jim Burt after a nondescript career as a nonscholarship player at Hofstra, Fiore spent the first half of his rookie season with the Niners before being released and picked up by the Jets.

Of course, if he's out until July, needs to go on a rehab assignment, and maybe doesn't come back hitting as well as he did before breaking a bone in his hand, then that could hurt both Reddick as a free agent and the A's attempts to deal him for a significant haul.

143 free agents are still unemployed, and yet the news cycle is as slow as it normally would be 3 weeks before spring training

That makes dealing him now that much more difficult, as teams aren't going to want to pay for the Machado who can produce Gold Glove defense while providing one of the best bats at this position when they can argue that he most recently was not that guy — and that on top of not knowing if he's going to be around for only a year before bolting as a free agent.

I thought about including the Rangers as a match here before I read that Brendan Smith sounds pretty excited about testing the free - agent market for the first time.

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