Saturday, March 1, 2008

Contract Players




















The Worcester Eliminators are proud to name OF Grady Sizemore and C Joe Mauer the organizations two contract players. Sizemorewill be an Eliminator until 2011 and Mauer will make a home in Worcester until 2010. Amongst the two they have three all-star appearances, a gold glove award, a batting title, and a minor league player of the year award. They also have a couple top 5 league most valuable player finishes.

3 comments:

Andrew Haynes said...

Hey, just to let you know we are supposed to name one hitter and one pitcher as "contract players," or whatever they're called.

Matt Caskey said...

thats was never said, was it?

Andrew Haynes said...

Here is what SH posted in the blog after the meeting:

"1 ‘franchise player’ who can not be dealt during the length of their current contract

1 ‘franchise pitcher’ who can not be dealt during the length of their current contract"

The link is: http://barbbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/01/gms-meet-discuss-changes-for-2008.html

It is under #4, about halfway down the blog.