I'm fiddling with an article to be posted here on -- well, eventually -- which will look at some of the great "under the radar" signings of this past offseason. Here's one that won't make the list:
Lee Sinins of baseballimmortals.net reports this morning, "The Rockies signed P Darren Oliver to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training."
As any roto player can tell you, it is no accident, campers, that Darren Oliver's professional anagram is "I Love Earn'd RR" ("I love earned runs") ... putting him in Coors Field ... I don't know what to say. It may be the worst minor league contract ever signed, from a club's perspective.
So, share: what do you think are the worst (or alternately, the least likely to pay off in any way) moves of the offseason so far? Neifi Perez, yah. Who else?
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