Some of the Worst Baseball Free Agent Sigings
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by user Ben
Inspired by Carl Pavano making another trip to the DL and record pace to be one of the worst free agent signings ever, I decided to list a few rotten other rotten signings.
Baltimore Orioles sign Albert Belle
This was just a doomed signing. I really don't want to remember this one...
Pittsburgh Pirates sign Derek Bell
Two words....Operation Shutdown.
Texas Rangers sign Chan Ho Park
In between him and Alex Rodriguez, the Rangers paid a lot of money for some losing records.
Los Angeles Dodgers sign Kevin Brown
7 years, 106 million for 34 year old pitcher. 7 years...
Colorado Rockies sign Mike Hampton
I think he was a better hitter for the Rockies than a pitcher.
Seattle Mariners sign Adrian Beltre
So far...not so good.
New York Mets sign Bobby Bonilla
Whether it's the first time he signed with them or the second one, neither one was a good move. Bobby's still getting paid by the Mets....for awhile.
Colorado Rockies sign Denny Neagle
Somehow Neagle's off the field moves in Colorado where more memorable than his on the field ones.
Los Angeles Dodgers sign Darren Dreifort
After signing a five-year, $55 million, contract with the Dodgers, he won just nine more games.
Chicago Cubs sign Todd Hundley
Washington Nationals sign Christian Guzman
Anaheim Angels sign Mo Vaughn
While he hit well for Anaheim when he played—he hit 30-plus home runs and knocked in over 100 runs in both 1999 and 2000—Vaughn was plagued by injuries in 1999 and didn't play a single game in the 2001 season. He started his Anaheim career by falling down the visitor's dugout steps on his first play of his first game, badly spraining his ankle.
Date
Sat 05/20/06, 12:52 pm EST
<a href="http://www.b...wnke01.shtml">Brown</a> actually gave the Dodgers four pretty good years, with only one dud in the bunch. The Yankees' acquisition of him, though, should grace some list somewhere of stupid MLB trades, and not because they gave up Weaver, but because of that contract. Another Cashman gem is Jaret Wright's 3-year, $21 million albatross...
Winter 2004-05 gave us some of the worst of all time: the Wright signing, Eric Milton's Reds deal (3 years, $25.5 million), Beltre, and who could forget Russ Ortiz (4 years, $33 million). The moral: never use a pitcher's win-loss record as a measure of their ability. Ever.Forgot all about Dreifort. Ouch. Words cannot describe the insanity Kevin Malone must have been experiencing when he made that deal.
Don't forget about Vaughn's Mets signing as well. Or practically any other Steve Phillips signing after 1999.