[Caged Great]

Here's a breakdown of AA's 2010 signings

John MacDonald - 2 years at 1.5 mil per - 0.9 WAR so far - Value for contract $3.6 Mil

Jose Molina - 2 years 800K, 1 mil - 1.6 WAR so far - Value for contract $6.4 Mil

John Buck - 1 year 2 mil - 3 WAR - Value for contract $12 Mil

Kevin Gregg - 1 year 2 mil + options - 0.8 WAR - Value for contract $3.2 mil

Alex Gonzalez - 2 years 2.75 + 2.5 - 2.7 WAR while with the Jays - Value for contract $10.8 Mil

So for just 12.3 million in contracts, AA got 36 Million in value.

Also, the 3 of them aren't on the team any more

Out

Gregg, Buck, Gonzalez, Pastornicky, Collins (two reliever prospects)

In

Escobar, Jo-Jo Reyes, Joe Musgrove, Dwight Smith Jr (two taken with comp picks from Gregg and Buck)


So that's pretty awesome, 2 1st round prospects, a 5th starter, one of the top 5 SS in baseball on top of getting 3X the value out of the contracts in the first place.

AA's doing pretty good.