Gomes Non-Tendered

But I have fond memories of him, and I wish he could’ve regressed with us. I hope he lands in Seattle and gets 500 ABs.

Rotoworld

It’s too bad the Rays didn’t just set Gomes free a couple of years ago. Now that he’s 28 and coming off a terrible season, he’s going to have a hard time finding a team that will give him playing time. Gomes doesn’t have the kind of swing that will allow him to contribute as a once- or twice-per-week guy. As a full-time DH or right fielder, he’d likely be just fine.

his career went down hill when he cut his hair off.

So some one can give a SP who hits one of our guys a beat down.

Friedman already knows that, though, I am sure.

asks Justin Ruggiano

I remember in ‘05 or ’06 against the Yankees at the ’historic’ trop, Sheffield hit a monster home run to put the Yankees up in the 5th, but in the 8th Gomes came around from second to score on a supermanesque slide under a tag that ended up being the game winning run that night, especially sweet because I spent $200 on the tix and was there with a yankees fan, gomes character was a nice side story from a lot of the rays previous W-L results…

Anyone think we should give Saito a ST invite? He should be cheap and if he has gotten over his injury problems, he is a very good reliever,

You weren’t the most talented player on the team, but you were certainly of of the most liked players. Best of luck Gomer.

But I could maybe see in Oakland as the 4th OF/DH splitting time with RF Travis Buck. Isn’t Oakland the closest team to where he was from?

I don’t think there’s a possible way to root against the man.

By the way, that last picture is by far my favorite. Beating down Coco is classic too, but that picture says it all. Too hilarious….

“I’ll tell ya what… it doesn’t suck!”

I will miss you Jonny Gomes…maybe not your fielding or your batting… but i’ll miss the bizarre camera shots of you doing random stuff in the dugout and your great quotes.

- Joe Nelson (RHRP) … non – tendered by Marlins … has great splits vs. Lefties
- Ty Wigginton (COF, IF) … right handed power bat … could platoon with Joyce and be a backup plan if we don’t get Baldelli, Bradley or Burrell.

Just out of curiosity, I honestly don’t know the answer. Is there any other team with good D at every spot?

C Navarro – His arm seems to keep getting stronger and well he is sort of better than Riggans, I would say.
1B Pena – A gold glover who deserved it, one of the best defensive 1B in baseball
2B Iwamura – Ok, even if he is average like people say, that is far from bad and I find him above average
SS Bartlett – The dude won MVP for craps sake! No but he has great range and seems to get to every ground ball
3B Longoria – Showed a lot of defense potential in his rookie season, may even get better
LF – Crawford – Has a chance to win a gold glove every season
CF – Upton – That arm is unfair and his speed gives him great range
RF Joyce – SSS but he has always been regarded as a great defensive OF’er

So can any other team say they have good D at all 9 spots? (8 in the NL’s case)