Chad No Longer Hanging

Posted by Robert Schlesinger on November 1, 2008 at 5:07 pm.

Buh-bye Chad Cordero.

2 Responses to “Chad No Longer Hanging”

  • Buh-bye, for now, at least. There was NO WAY the Nats were gonna bring him back for $4.9M (his minimum arbitration-eligible number), coming off of labrum reconstruction surgery. His release/non-tender was a given. With his injury situation, I’d be surprised if any MLB team gives him a guaranteed ML deal. So, I think there’s a decent chance that - after the Rule 5 draft - the Nats could re-sign The Chief. Methinks we could have a ‘pregnant’ Chad back in the fold this Spring Training yet - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2008/10/cordero_orr_wagner_become_fas.html

  • To add another log to the fire of Cordero potentially coming back to the Nats, he says - according to WaPo beat writer Chico Harlan - that he’d consider it:

    Even with Bowden as GM, Cordero would consider signing a minor league deal with the Nats.
    “I’m not going to just close the book on them,” Cordero said. “Of course I want to come back… For me, I just want something that’s fair. I understand I’m not going to go out there and break the bank. It will be something incentive based, and I totally understand that.”

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2008/11/cordero_–_entering_an_unknown.html