[新聞] The 5 worst free-agent signings

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The 5 worst free-agent signings
BY KEN DAVIDOFF
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May 23, 2007, 8:21 PM EDT

Ken Davidoff's five worst free-agent signings:

5. LHP Mike Hampton, eight-year, $121-million contract with Colorado
Rockies, Dec. 9, 2000.

 Mr. Denver School System himself, the lefthander ditched the Mets for the
huge bucks and claimed he did it to enrich his children. He was so miserable
pitching at Coors Field that the Rockies felt compelled to trade him to the
Braves after just two years, and he is now in the process of sitting out his
second straight full season with elbow problems.

4. LHP Denny Neagle, five-year, $55-million contract with Colorado Rockies,
Dec. 4, 2000.

Bad, bad month for the Rockies, who rewarded Neagle for an uninspiring
Yankees half-season with this outrageous deal. Neagle made just seven starts
in 2003, and those were his last in the major leagues, as his career ended
with an unseemly arrest in the Denver area.

3. RHP Chan Ho Park, five-year, $65-million contract with Texas Rangers,
Dec. 23, 2001.

The ace of the Dodgers, Park never won more than nine games and never
pitched more than 1452/3 innings in a season for the Rangers, who traded him
to the Padres in the middle of the 2005 season.

2. Darren Dreifort, five-year, $55-million contract with Los Angeles
Dodgers, Dec. 11, 2000.

The Dodgers put a great deal of faith in a pitcher who never had reached the
200-inning mark. That backfired when Dreifort never reached the 100-inning
milestone as a very rich man, missing the entire 2002 and 2005 seasons. He
served as an effective reliever for part of 2004, before going down with yet
another injury.

1. Carl Pavano, four-year, $39.95-million contract with Yankees, Dec. 22,
2004.

He quickly alienated his teammates, his superiors, his agent, his fiancee,
the media and fans. He fooled the Yankees into signing him, then fooled them
into believing he could work as a regular starter in 2007. He missed all of
2006, pitched just twice this year and will almost certainly miss all of
next year. Otherwise, he turned out to be a great acquisition.


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