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December 16, 2015
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The Last Expo Standing* is back!
Bartolo Colon signed a one-year deal with the New York Mets.
There are also three players drafted by the Expos (but who never played for the MLB team) that are probably going to play in 2016: Ian Desmond, Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore.
*Macier Izturis is a free agent, but hasn't signed with anyone this off-season, and is coming off two seasons lost to injury.
posted by grum@work at 11:23 PM on December 16, 2015
Update:
Signed MLB players who played at least one regular season/playoff game with the Expos:
Bartolo Colon
Unsigned MLB players who played at least one regular season/playoff game with the Expos and were on an MLB 40-man roster or DL in 2015:
Macier Izturis
Signed MLB players who were drafted by the Expos (but did not play for them):
Brandon Phillips
Unsigned MLB players who were drafted by the Expos (but did not play for them) and were on an MLB 40-man roster or DL in 2015 and have not announced their retirement:
Grady Sizemore
Cliff Lee
Ian Desmond
Signed MLB players who were part of the Expos organization at one time (but did not play in an MLB regular season/playoff game for them):
Chris Young
Unsigned MLB players who were part of the Expos organization at one time (but did not play in an MLB regular season/playoff game for them) and were on an MLB 40-man roster or DL in 2015 and have not announced their retirement:
Randy Choate
Interesting note:
June 27, 2002: Bartolo Colon traded by the Cleveland Indians with Tim Drew to the Montreal Expos for Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens.
posted by grum@work at 08:36 AM on December 17, 2015
Gilbert Arenas confirms that the Zero in his nickname refers to how much class he has (mildly NSFW).