It looks like Rafael Furcal ((pictured, thanks Gary A. Vasquez/US Presswire)) is staying in Los Angeles after all...But we've heard the phrase "agreed to contract terms" before in this dance before...
After the Atlanta Braves thought they had a three or a four-year deal with the shortstop, the Dodgers now have an agreement in place for three years and $33-million.
Braves GM Frank Wren had a physical scheduled for Furcal and his recovered/recovering back from last year. Now, all Wren has is money he had dedicated to signing an infielder open for anyone ((and he means "anyone")) that he can bring in to fill out his roster.
The initial plan would have been for Furcal to move to second base and Kelly Johnson to shift to left field. Yunel Escobar would stay at shortstop in the re-tooled 2009 infield.
The Braves have since called shenanigans...
"From our perspective, we reached an agreement Monday night," Braves general manager Frank Wren said. "They asked for a term sheet for us to sign on Tuesday morning, and we sent over the signed termed sheet. It was then that his agent (Paul Kinzer) informed us that (Kinzer's) partner had been in contact with the Dodgers."
"They know we didn't have a signed contract, that we didn't have even a verbal agreement. We had, 'Things look very good and Raffy's going to sleep on it,'" Kinzer said after a news conference for another client, Francisco Rodriguez.
The Dodgers and GM Ned Colletti can now focus on signing Manny Ramirez.
The Braves can now focus on signing someone... anyone...
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