Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Interesting non-tenders

The non-tender deadline being midnight last night adds a couple of new names to the free agent market. Marcus Giles is obviously the big one but I don't really think the Bucs will have much interest in him. There are a couple interesting names on the list. Joel Pineiro has had a Kip Wells-esque career arc, as well as some injury trouble, and would probably make a decent 5th starter, if healthy. I seem to recall his name has been mentioned in the same sentence as the Pirates in the past and we all know that once a player enters DL's radar, he stays there. Jerome Williams is your classic "tons of talent but can't straighten things out" guy. He's only 25, which makes him mildly interesting. Victor Zambrano was traded for Scott Kazmir once. Other than that, he sucks and he walks a ton of people. You know what that means...