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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Braves Sign Wagner


The Atlanta Braves reportedly have landed Billy Wagner to be their new closer.

FoxSports.com says that Wagner, who finished last season with the Boston Red Sox, has reached preliminary agreement on a one-year, $7 million deal with a vesting option for 2011. ESPN

I don't know if the asking price was too much, or he wasn't interested in being a set up man, but I really liked Billy Wagner last year for the Sox even though I was very skeptical of him at first. With the Sox losing Wagner, and potentially Saito, they better start making moves soon. Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano are both available from ATL, we should probably sign them both so we can focus on more important things like offense and getting Roy Halladay.


BMack's Take:


"The Atlanta Braves have reached agreement on a one-year contract with veteran reliever Billy Wagner pending a physical exam, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com. The deal, which was first reported by FoxSports.com, will pay Wagner $7 million in 2010 and includes a $6.5 million vesting option for 2011 (ESPN)."

This is great news. Wagner wants the chance to close, and Atlanta has signed him in case they can't bring back Rafael Soriano (which I am not sure they can), but the real reason I love this is for the Sox. Boston will now receive a first-round draft pick plus a supplemental pick as compensation, since they offered Wagner arbitration. Once again the Sox are doing a good job of stock piling young talent. It probably won't pay off for 3-4 years, but we could look back at this and think of what a steal it was to get Wagner from the Mets (poor Mets).

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