[plubbr]

Wow, I got offered an extension.
I have a pile of cash sitting around, so I am gonna spend a bit more money this offseason, to see if I can get this team above .500 and into the playoffs.

Notable Free Agent Signings:
1/30
New York (A) : DH David Ortiz, 5,403,500 per year, for 5 years.
Boston : RF Mike Cameron, 7,660,800 per year, for 3 years.
Florida : 3B Morgan Ensberg, 4,312,000 per year, for 4 years.
Los Angeles (N) : P Brian Lawrence, 2,801,300 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : C Johnny Estrada, 2,143,200 per year, for 4 years.

1/31
St. Louis : P Troy Percival, 2,770,600 per year, for 5 years.

2/1
Houston : LF Carlos Lee, 15,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : P Doug Davis, 4,509,100 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : P Joe Kennedy, 2,027,700 per year, for 3 years.

2/2
Minnesota : 1B Jay Gibbons, 2,506,000 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : P Mike MacDougal, 3,373,400 per year, for 3 years.

2/3
Oakland : CF Aaron Rowand, 5,159,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/4
Arizona : LF Luis Matos, 6,719,200 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : SS Jack Wilson, 4,103,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/5
New York (A) : P J.C. Romero, 18,649,800 per year, for 5 years.
Minnesota : 1B Lyle Overbay, 15,700,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh : 3B Mike Cuddyer, 8,910,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/6
Cleveland : 2B Brian Roberts, 15,130,000 per year, for 3 years.
San Francisco : LF Adam Dunn, 5,238,300 per year, for 4 years.
Florida : CF Juan Rivera, 7,451,800 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : C Jason Phillips, 9,329,300 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : P Eric Gagne, 13,028,900 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland : SS Juan Uribe, 3,019,000 per year, for 3 years.
Toronto : C Mike Lieberthal, 1,576,800 per year, for 2 years.
San Diego : P Francisco Cordero, 6,917,500 per year, for 4 years.
Milwaukee : P Scott Linebrink, 11,900,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/7
Anaheim : P Brad Radke, 18,680,000 per year, for 4 years. – I wanted him to replace Carlos Hernandez, but he went for too much.
Minnesota : RF Alex Sanchez, 3,201,800 per year, for 3 years.

2/8
Florida : P John Smoltz, 1,420,400 per year, for 2 years.

2/9
Atlanta : 2B Jeff Kent, 6,319,000 per year, for 1 year.

2/10
Detroit : CF Jim Edmonds, 10,535,200 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia : 2B Willie Harris, 4,556,200 per year, for 2 years.
Washington : P Joel Pineiro, 1,225,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/12
Anaheim : P Sidney Ponson, 2,665,600 per year, for 2 years.
Boston : P Esteban Yan, 1,270,400 per year, for 3 years.

2/13
Florida : 2B Alex Cintron, 6,370,800 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore : RF Scott Spiezio, 1,821,600 per year, for 2 years.
Kansas City : C Ramon Castro, 1,976,700 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : P John Parrish, 6,985,400 per year, for 3 years.

2/14
Arizona : C Corky Miller, 1,869,500 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : P Jeremy Affeldt, 1,740,300 per year, for 3 years.

2/15
Baltimore : LF Shannon Stewart, 9,031,000 per year, for 2 years.

2/17
Baltimore : P Victor Zambrano, 2,934,500 per year, for 2 years.
San Diego : 3B Brandon Inge, 8,678,200 per year, for 2 years.
Tampa Bay : P Randy Wolf, 5,372,600 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : LF Larry Bigbie, 1,798,200 per year, for 3 years.
Anaheim : P Juan Rincon, 3,585,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/18
New York (A) : RF David Dellucci, 12,043,600 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : LF Bobby Kielty, 5,436,400 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle : 2B Adam Kennedy, 5,468,500 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (A) : 2B Danny Sandoval, 1,081,000 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle : P Josh Fogg, 2,138,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : P Buddy Carlyle, 1,107,400 per year, for 3 years.

2/19
St. Louis : 2B Keith Ginter, 2,201,800 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit : 1B Vinnie Rottino, 1,024,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/21
Boston : C Guillermo Quiroz, 1,487,200 per year, for 2 years.
Minnesota : P LaTroy Hawkins, 2,443,000 per year, for 3 years.

2/22
Pittsburgh : P Kelvim Escobar, 13,020,400 per year, for 3 years.

2/23
Milwaukee : CF Mark Kotsay, 5,943,800 per year, for 2 years.

2/24
Houston : P Ray King, 8,250,000 per year, for 2 years. – Needed to bolster my bullpen. Kinda steep, but right now, cash isn’t the most important thing to me.

2/26
New York (N) : 2B Marcus Giles, 5,475,600 per year, for 3 years.

Offseason Trades:
1/29
Trade between San Francisco and Toronto :
Toronto gets: SS Jose Castillo
San Francisco gets: LF John-Ford Griffin

2/4
Trade between Tampa Bay and Florida :
Florida gets: SS Russ Adams
Tampa Bay gets: 3B Pedro Feliz, $2,200,000 cash.

2/5
Trade between Cleveland and Minnesota :
Minnesota gets: LF Kit Pellow, RF James Fox
Cleveland gets: 1B Justin Morneau

2/6
Trade between Pittsburgh and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets: 3B Ty Wigginton, P Dean Tu
Pittsburgh gets: SS Juan Uribe, $1,100,000 cash.

2/27
Trade between Cleveland and San Diego :
San Diego gets: 2B Ron Belliard, P Ben Krosschell
Cleveland gets: P Justin Germano