Dodgers Re-Sign Blake

Dodgers sign Casey Blake for three years, $16.25MM with a $6MM 2012 club option ($1.25MM buyout, for a total guaranteed value of $17.5MM).
Analysis: Seidman.

I'm with Seidman in thinking this is a decent deal for LA. Unless you think he's a -10 defender (the advanced metrics have him around -5), or that he's going to decline unusually steeply, this seems like a nice contract, especially in 2009, when he'll only be receiving $5MM.

Since I don't have a whole lot else to say about this one, here are our ratings thus far:



No surprises here, I don't think. The difference between Affeldt and Renteria is as big as the gap between Renteria and Ibanez, which is kind of impressive.