The Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese Pacific League have signed LHP Evan MacLane. MacLane finally made it up to the big leagues in 2010 with the Cardinals after five seasons at Triple-A and promptly made history by becoming the second pitcher in the last 40 years to allow a walk-off home run to the first batter he faced in the majors. He's put up some decent numbers in the minors but doesn't really have big league stuff, so a move overseas is probably a wise one for the 28-year-old. -
rotoworld
Karim Garcia:
OF - Karim Garcia (Hermosillo) - He arrived a bit late in the league, but no player had a bigger impact on his team. He slugged 9 homeruns and drove in 31 in just 22 games. He had a .333 average, a .750 slugging and a 1.096 OPS. The slugging and OPS is not topped by any player in the league. - myworldofbaseball.
Josh Thole:
11. Josh Thole, catcher – Jason Kendall with less power and batting gloves. Thole is under team control for at least the next five years. If he can float his OPS above .700 by taking lessons at the “Luis Castillo school of never swinging for slap-hitters” and throw a baserunner out every once in a while, he’ll be acceptable. - bleacherreport.
Vince Coleman:
Coleman was one of the baserunning showstoppers of the 1980s, running wild for the Cardinals. Once he signed a three-year deal with the Mets though, suddenly that was it. He stats took a nosedive, he never played a full season and his off-the-field antics were infamous. When you spend much of your salary on Bonilla and Coleman, of course the team's not going to work. - link
Craig Swan:
47. Craig Swan (RHP) – Played for some lousy Mets teams, and was gone by the time things turned around. Despite playing in one of the worst periods in Mets history still had respectable career numbers (59-71, 3.72). Shoulder problems derailed him, or perhaps he could have been a backend veteran starter on the ‘84 team. Still trying to figure out how he won 14 games for that awful 1979 Mets team. -
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