[新聞] Valverde Will Test Free Agent Market
Astros closer Jose Valverde told MLB.com's Brian McTaggart today that ha plans
to test the free agent market after the season. He'd prefer to return to the
Astros, but McTaggart finds Houston unlikely to pony up the cash. Valverde
will come with the added cost of a draft pick, assuming the Astros offer
arbitration to the Type A free agent. The closer noted that aside from the
Astros, the Cubs may be in need of a closer. They seem likely to continue with
Carlos Marmol, though.
Valverde, 32 in March, will be the top free agent closer on the market(though
there are other quality names). He sports a 2.00 ERA, 50 strikeouts, and 17
walks in 45 innings this year, missing a good chunk of the season with calf
injury. Back in January, Valverde and the Astros avoided arbitration and
agreed to an $8MM salary for '09.
Valverde surely expects another raise, perhaps a new deal to the tune of
Francisco Rodriguez's three-year, $37MM pact. The high-water mark for closers
is $46-47MM over four years, but Francisco Cordero and Joe Nathan signed their
deals in a different economic climate (late 2007/early 2008). Mariano Rivera,
who is on his own plane, also signed that offseason for three years and $45MM.
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