It looks like Braden Looper has a new home…
From JSOnline: The Brewers’ agreement with free agent right-hander Braden Looper is in place, pending the passing of a physical examination.
The deal will be for one year plus an option. I haven’t been told if that option is a vesting option (meaning it kicks in if Looper reaches a certain level), a club option or a mutual option, in which either side could exercise it. But the deal will have an option of some kind for 2010.
With camp starting this weekend and with the acquisition of Hill, Parrish and Pauley a bit earlier, it looked like the Orioles were done with shopping on the market for pitching help. I don’t mind too much that we lost out on Looper — he would have been a stop gap and is an average pticher at best — however, he could have made up for a lot of inexperience on the Baltimore roster.
