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Post by H-Fist on Dec 11, 2009 15:15:02 GMT -5
Pudge is a Natinal.
Ianneta re-ups with the Rockies, who are about $400k away from bringing back backup Torrealba for 2 years.
Royals re-signed Bruce Chen, Vance Wilson, and a few other scraps from the heap.
The Cubs will be tendering all eligible players with the exception of injured and rehabbing LHP Neal Cotts, who may be offered a minor league non-guaranteed deal.
White Sox will likely not tender RHP D.J. Carrasco, who will be looking for money similar to but less than Brandon Lyon's deal.
Benjie Molina wants guaranteed multi-year deal before signing with the Mets. Talks are a guaranteed 2nd year, possibly a vesting option for the 3rd.
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Post by ani on Dec 11, 2009 15:39:54 GMT -5
If the Mets give Bengie a 2 year deal with a vesting option, they may as well trade Thole cause he'll never play here.
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Post by H-Fist on Dec 11, 2009 18:32:40 GMT -5
The White Sox have signed J.J. Putz. Kenny Williams considers him a 1b setup option alongside lefty Matt Thornton.
The ChiSox are also rumored to be looking at Brett Gardner.
The Cubs are rumored to be looking at Melky Cabrera.
Cabrera, Granderson, Gardner and Swisher are all between 25-29. The Yankees are more likely to value Cabrera's versatility and shift him to left next year. But Gardner appears MLB-ready and projects as a leadoff hitter, which will be needed in the next 2-3 years as Jeter hits his late 30s and needs to bat 2nd or 3rd.
Just a 2-minutes-of-work thought:
I'm surprised the Cubs and Rays haven't tried to involve the Yankees in the rumored 3-way Milton Bradley non-deal. The Yankees have financial flexibility, which would mean that they could receive players while sending out primarily cash. Basically, the Cubs would send Bradley to Tampa and an upper-tier prospect to New York. The Rays send Pat Burrell to the Yankees and a vet righty reliever to the Cubs. The Yankees send cash to Tampa and either mid-tier prospects or reserve/platoon players to the Cubs.
The Rays get the kind of DH they need and financial help necessary to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox on an ongoing basis. The Yankees get a guy whom they can plug in to the Granderson L/R platoon* (Gardner DHs vs RHP, CF vs LHP) as well as a young player they can stash away for a year or two until they need him. The Cubs bring in the poo-poo platter, but eliminate the problem of Bradley without eating an additional $12 million.
Yankees lineup looks like: Jeter SS Granderson/Gardner CF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Cano 2B Posada C Swisher RF Gardner/Burrell DH Cabrera LF
Rays lineup looks like: Bartlett SS Crawford LF Longoria 3B Pena 1B Zobrist 2B Bradley DH Shoppach C Joyce RF Upton CF
Cubs lineup looks like: Theriot SS Fuld CF Lee 1B Ramirez 3B Fukudome RF Soriano LF Soto C Fontenot/Baker 2B Pitcher
The Yankees look different but still very strong. Tampa Bay looks like a potentially scary offensive team if Pena is healthy and Upton comes back from a bad year. The Cubs don't look much better or worse, but this is the NL Central we're talking about. Anything more inspiring than "meh" equals playoff team 5 times a decade.
* - in re Granderson platoon: His career LHP/RHP splits are ugly. against righties: 2200 AB, .292/.367/.528, .339 BAbip, 2K:1BB ratio, 42% of hits for extra bases against lefties: 685 PA, .210/.270/.344, .262 BAbip, 4K:1BB ratio, 35% of hits for extra bases
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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on Dec 11, 2009 19:20:03 GMT -5
According to SI.com's Tom Verducci, the Phillies "are emerging as the favorite" to land Toronto ace Roy Halladay. You're telling me Hamels would be our 3 pitcher? OH HELL YEAH! BTW I highly doubt it will happen, but it's nice to dream. I've read several reports saying that things are heating up between the Phils and Jays. A 3 team trade is possible because the Phils would have to move Phat Joe Blanton in order to pay Halladay. Something tells me IF the deal goes down it'll look something like this: Mystery Team gets: Joe Blanton Jays get: JA Happ Michael Taylor Mystery Team prospect Phillies get: Roy Halladay Halladay/Lee/Hamels as the Phils top 3 would be sick! Moyer, Kendrick, Pedro, or Kyle Drabek could fill out the final 2 rotation spots. Hell, I could be their 5th starter and the Phils would still win the NL East.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 11, 2009 20:12:23 GMT -5
The Phillies have offered reliever Chan Ho Park a one-year deal worth around $3 million, according to the Wilmington News Journal's Scott Lauber.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Dec 11, 2009 23:51:32 GMT -5
The Phillies have offered reliever Chan Ho Park a one-year deal worth around $3 million, according to the Wilmington News Journal's Scott Lauber. Love to have him back as he was very good out of the pen and a steady middle to long reliever. But he still believes he can start.
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Post by ani on Dec 11, 2009 23:53:40 GMT -5
The Phillies have offered reliever Chan Ho Park a one-year deal worth around $3 million, according to the Wilmington News Journal's Scott Lauber. Love to have him back as he was very good out of the pen and a steady middle to long reliever. But he still believes he can start. Poor fool. He must've blocked out his Mets stint ;D
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Dec 12, 2009 0:07:19 GMT -5
Love to have him back as he was very good out of the pen and a steady middle to long reliever. But he still believes he can start. Poor fool. He must've blocked out his Mets stint ;D And his stint at the start of this season. He moved to the pen and all of a sudden he was pretty damn good again. He'll probably come back as long as no one is stupid enough to offer him a starting role.
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Post by Franchise on Dec 12, 2009 0:13:41 GMT -5
You're telling me Hamels would be our 3 pitcher? OH HELL YEAH! BTW I highly doubt it will happen, but it's nice to dream. I've read several reports saying that things are heating up between the Phils and Jays. A 3 team trade is possible because the Phils would have to move Phat Joe Blanton in order to pay Halladay. Something tells me IF the deal goes down it'll look something like this: Mystery Team gets: Joe Blanton Jays get: JA Happ Michael Taylor Mystery Team prospect Phillies get: Roy Halladay Halladay/Lee/Hamels as the Phils top 3 would be sick! Moyer, Kendrick, Pedro, or Kyle Drabek could fill out the final 2 rotation spots. Hell, I could be their 5th starter and the Phils would still win the NL East. See, the reason why you guys didn't get Halladay in July was because you didn't want to give up Drabek. I'm still hoping we can grab him, since it's looking like the Yankees are going to pull yet another "we're the best team in the AL East, now buy $1000 seats to a ball game" season. I would want Drabek, maybe another MLB ready position player and a third prospect if there was a third team involved. If not, Drabek and three prospects, and we'll eat some of the money owed to Halladay. But I'm not a GM.
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 12, 2009 0:17:48 GMT -5
The Phillies have offered reliever Chan Ho Park a one-year deal worth around $3 million, according to the Wilmington News Journal's Scott Lauber. Love to have him back as he was very good out of the pen and a steady middle to long reliever. But he still believes he can start. I have several years of overpaid proof that he can NOT.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Dec 12, 2009 2:33:47 GMT -5
Love to have him back as he was very good out of the pen and a steady middle to long reliever. But he still believes he can start. I have several years of overpaid proof that he can NOT. Well to be fair, he was pitching in Arlington
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2009 8:50:18 GMT -5
White Sox will likely not tender RHP D.J. Carrasco, who will be looking for money similar to but less than Brandon Lyon's deal. Looking at the list, it's between Carrasco and Tony Pena. -Carrasco spot-starts and is a very reliable middle-reliever if your starters can't go 5 innings. -Tony Pena sucks and only pitches when the game is completely out of hand. Where is the logic?
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Post by ani on Dec 12, 2009 11:09:01 GMT -5
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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on Dec 12, 2009 12:03:11 GMT -5
See, the reason why you guys didn't get Halladay in July was because you didn't want to give up Drabek. I'm still hoping we can grab him, since it's looking like the Yankees are going to pull yet another "we're the best team in the AL East, now buy $1000 seats to a ball game" season. I would want Drabek, maybe another MLB ready position player and a third prospect if there was a third team involved. If not, Drabek and three prospects, and we'll eat some of the money owed to Halladay. But I'm not a GM. If the Jays MUST have Drabek to send Halladay to the Phils then Halladay will be in a Blue Jays uniform til his contract is up. The Phils wouldn't give up Drabek last July when Halladay could have helped them in 2 playoff runs, so I can't see them sending Drabek to the Jays now. I also can't see Toronto sending Halladay to the Yanks or Sox for 2 reasons. First, both teams are in the AL East, and both teams don't seem to want to give up what the Jays want (Bucholz, Joba/Hughes) for Halladay. As Gorilla Monsoon used to say, that scenario is "highly unlikely" If the Phils can't sign Lee long term they'll take the draft picks when he signs elsewhere for 2011. The possibility of trading Lee to the Dodgers is even more asinine. Why would you send a Cy Young caliber guy to the team you've met in the last two NLCS?
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Post by H-Fist on Dec 12, 2009 14:23:38 GMT -5
White Sox will likely not tender RHP D.J. Carrasco, who will be looking for money similar to but less than Brandon Lyon's deal. Looking at the list, it's between Carrasco and Tony Pena. -Carrasco spot-starts and is a very reliable middle-reliever if your starters can't go 5 innings. -Tony Pena sucks and only pitches when the game is completely out of hand. Where is the logic? Same place it was when K-Dubs put in the waiver (seriously? I wrote "wager" the first time? wow.) claim on Alex Rios. At the HO-tel bar. Seriously, between Rios being bad and Peavy's health concerns, Williams is gambling HUGE on the next couple years.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Dec 12, 2009 17:27:36 GMT -5
If the Jays MUST have Drabek to send Halladay to the Phils then Halladay will be in a Blue Jays uniform til his contract is up. The Phils wouldn't give up Drabek last July when Halladay could have helped them in 2 playoff runs, so I can't see them sending Drabek to the Jays now. I also can't see Toronto sending Halladay to the Yanks or Sox for 2 reasons. First, both teams are in the AL East, and both teams don't seem to want to give up what the Jays want (Bucholz, Joba/Hughes) for Halladay. As Gorilla Monsoon used to say, that scenario is "highly unlikely" If the Phils can't sign Lee long term they'll take the draft picks when he signs elsewhere for 2011. The possibility of trading Lee to the Dodgers is even more asinine. Why would you send a Cy Young caliber guy to the team you've met in the last two NLCS? Short of the entire offense simultaneously ending up injured and out for the season, thereby eliminating any chance at the playoffs, there's no chance they trade Lee. That whole article is ridiculous.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 12, 2009 19:47:16 GMT -5
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that free agent outfielder Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox latest contract offer and is prepared to "move on." and A major league source told WEEI.com that one team has extended an offer beyond four years for free agent outfielder Jason Bay.
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Post by KStrick on Dec 12, 2009 19:52:00 GMT -5
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that free agent outfielder Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox latest contract offer and is prepared to "move on." and A major league source told WEEI.com that one team has extended an offer beyond four years for free agent outfielder Jason Bay. Isn't that "one team" San Francisco? The same that Bay said he refused to go to?
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Post by ani on Dec 12, 2009 20:23:32 GMT -5
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that free agent outfielder Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox latest contract offer and is prepared to "move on." and A major league source told WEEI.com that one team has extended an offer beyond four years for free agent outfielder Jason Bay. Isn't that "one team" San Francisco? The same that Bay said he refused to go to? It's not the Mets. They're still at four from what I'm hearing.
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Post by mysterydriver on Dec 14, 2009 1:19:58 GMT -5
Pirates non-tender Capps
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