Jason Repko & The 10-Year Club
by Eric Stephen on Jan 10, 2010 10:32 PM PST
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PrintJason Repko avoided arbitration today by signing a one-year contract to return to the Dodgers for $500,000, per Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports.com. Repko is one of nine Dodgers eligible for salary arbitration, and is the dean of the Dodgers, having been with the organization since 1999. Repko, despite his paucity of major league experience (478 career plate appearances), is in rare company with his decade plus with the Dodgers
In the last 25 years, just eight Dodgers drafted or signed as an amateur have spent as many as ten consecutive years in the organization.
| Player | Date Signed | Date Left | Years |
| Jason Repko | 6/3/99 | --- | 10+ |
| Eric Gagne |
7/26/95 | left after 2006 | 11 |
| Adrian Beltre | 7/7/94 | left after 2004 | 10 |
| Darren Dreifort |
6/3/93 | retired after 2005 | 12 |
| Paul LoDuca | 6/3/93 | 7/30/04 | 11 |
| Eric Karros | 6/17/88 | 12/4/02 | 14 |
| Raul Mondesi | 6/6/88 | 11/8/99 | 11 |
| Dave Hansen | 6/5/86 | left after 1996 | 10 |
Pedro Astacio, Mike Piazza, and Billy Ashley missed out on joining this group by a matter of weeks.
The next week or so should bring a bevy of deals between the Dodgers and their eight remaining arbitration-eligible players. If the two sides don't agree to a contract by January 19, player and club will exchange salary figures. But even then, the club and player(s) can still try to work out a deal before the scheduled arbitration hearing, sometime between February 1 and February 20.
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the last 3 stories on the front page have been about jason repko and freaking
russ ortiz….
i hope none of them are on the team opening day..
Look at it this way
There is a virtual certainty that none of fellow front-pagers Claude Osteen, Don Sutton, and Ron Perranoski will be there opening day (Fernando will, but in the broadcast booth).
by Eric Stephen on Jan 10, 2010 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Perranoski
Lives in Vero and my Pops gets to see him on a daily basis. He’s one of the greatest men whom I’ve had the prilege of being good friends with. A stellar Dodger career as both a player and a coach.
by VeroJoe on Jan 11, 2010 8:21 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
It could be worse
The LA Times Dodgers page still has that damn picture of Jamey Carroll sliding home to go with its December 24 story, the most recent one on the Dodgers!
by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2010 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers may need to hire two consultants named Bob to “fix the glitch” or else Repko just might continue receiving paychecks.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 10, 2010 11:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Repko's contract clause
Entitles him to a “red” stapler if he remains on the 40 man roster throughout the season.
U will be seeing my “O” face if Elbert is a steadfast in the 2010 rotation…but I don’t want to “jump” to any conclusions
by VeroJoe on Jan 11, 2010 10:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Huff n' puffery
From twitter, via former Toaster-ite Ken Arneson:
kenarneson
At least one of Huff, DeRosa and Panda will play a suboptimal position. Knowing Giants management, probably all three.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.
The Giants fans reaction
on MLBTR is truly delusional. The defensiveness about this mediocre signing is kind of humorous actually.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.
We signed Jamey Carroll
to probably be our starting 2nd baseman. So who is delusional?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
It's delusional if you get
REALLY excited about the Aubrey Huff signing. Just as it would be delusional if you got really excited about the Jamey Carroll signing, which I don’t recall anyone here being.
I also don’t know how you can be excited about the Giants defense, especially if you’re a Giants pitcher.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.
BTW McCovey Chronicles
has a better perspective on it than his fellow fans…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.
The Giants
have an interesting lineup. I don’t know if it is any good, especially on defense, but they sure do have a lot of movable parts.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
ok
Repko’s locked up. What’s next on our list of priorities, commissioning a giant mural of Chin-lung Hu?
We really need study our options
for those portable concession stands. We wouldn’t want to make a bad choice considering our limited resources and all.
Sometimes I wish I lived somewhere cold
so I could have a snowy winter, just to experience it for once. But then I see this photo from Cincinnati, from the Aroldis Chapman press conference and thank God for Southern California.
Snow is the greatest thing in the world when you are 8 -10 years old
if you live close enough to a great sled hill.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 11, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe this is just posturing
by Walt Jocketty, but maybe the Dodgers can’t (or won’t) swoop in on Harang now that the Reds have signed Chapman. From Reds’ blogger C.Trent, at the press conference.
Reds Jocketty: “does not impact our major league payroll this year in a significant way” will be “paid out over time”
The Reds are reportedly only paying Chapman $1M in 2010, but my guess is that Harang is even more available now than he was before. Chapman will likely spend most of the season in the minors, but the Reds are positioning themselves for a run in 2011 with what looks to be an incredibly talented rotation of Cueto, Volquez, Bailey, and Chapman. They may feel it better to try and get a couple of B prospects for Harang and trim some of the financial obligation.
I’m sure they are also paying him some sort of signing bonus, or at least a portion of it, in 2010 too.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2010 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Beat writer John Fay
Reds will pay Chapman’s signing bonus the funds from amateur draft. Impact for this year’s payroll will be $1 million
by Eric Stephen on Jan 11, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
This is awesome
Don Drysdale’s scouting report from then-Pirates GM Branch Rickey in 1954 (courtesy of Library of Congress, via BTF and SABR):
Great Find
You should elevate that to a fan post so it doesn’t get buried here.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 11, 2010 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, usually regional. Sometimes meant as someone who is not an employee but paid if the club signs a recommended player.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 12, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
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