Buster Olney's blog post this morning has to do with who's getting screwed (Billy Wagner) and helped (Mark DeRosa) by their Free Agent Type status.
LaHawk's Type A status could be used as leverage by the Astros to re-sign him:
He'll be 37-years-old next month and because he's a Type A free agent, the Astros could wreck his market by offering him arbitration and tying him to draft-pick compensation. Hawkins made $3.5 million last season, and other GMs believe it's a no-brainer for the Astros to offer arbitration to both Hawkins and Jose Valverde, who is also listed as a Type A.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
