Jarrod Washburn retired? Just fire your agent!
February 5, 2010
The Twins made a statement this off-season.
Quickly after the season ended, they announced the trade of Carlos Gomez for Milwaukee Brewer’s second baseman JJ Hardy. As we have mentioned many times, this trade was a win win for both teams and players.
The rest of the year was relatively quiet, but the Twins made another surprise move by offering Carl Pavano arbitration. Pavano and his agents didn’t accept immediately, but after checking the market, Pavano agreed to arbitration.
The Twins were on a roll, shedding the frugal small market team label. Next on the list for the organization and fans alike was a third baseman. The Twins put out feelers and at one time a rumored trade of Glen Perkins to San Diego and third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff looked to be the path to filling some holes. But the deal never materialized as reports that San Diego wanted more exchange then the Twins were willing to part with.
After that the Twins seemed content going forward with their current options at third base with Brendan Harris, Matt Tolbert and Nick Punto. Bill Smith even went as far to say that if they felt the time was right, they would bring up Danny Valencia from triple A Rochester.
The Twins looked to shift their focus to pitching. Jarrod Washburn made it known to the media that he was very interested in returning home to the Wisconsin area and both the Twins and the Brewers were both interested in landing the powerful lefty. The Twins reported went so far as to offer the 35 year-old a $5MM one-year deal.
Now regardless if you think it was a fair amount, it was obvious that Jarrod Washburn was not truly interested in coming back home to play. Shortly after Washburn and his agent Scott Boras rejected the offer, Washburn was fielding offers for teams like the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners and even the New York Mets.
Jarrod Washburn
Washburn and Boras were not able to negotiate anything to their likings so now Washburn is rumored to be contemplating retiring if he doesn’t get the right offer from the right team.
Thank your agent for that Mr. Washburn.
Now that the Twins have sealed the deal with Orlando Hudson and the club is excited with the off season work of Francisco Liriano, there doesn’t seem to be much interest from the club.
Right now your value to most major league clubs is not even worth a $5MM one-year contract. Your stint in Detroit was not stellar ending the year there with a 7.33 ERA. The Twins might be willing to offer $2MM-$3MM with some incentives, but that would be a gift.
If you really want to play, do yourself a favor and drop Scott Boras and pick up an agent like Ron Shapiro. Sure you might not make as much money, but you will be in a better place.
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