Less than 35 days till pitchers & catchers report: lol A's

by **Boner In Sweatpants** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:19 pm

-Devil Rays picked up $10 mil option on Carl Crawford
-Bradley involved in a possible 3 way deal with Mets and Blue Jays
-Giants tell Winn to take a hike. Bummed about this because although his bat is non-existent, his defensive is highly underrated and should be a gold glover.

by **eric sl** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:21 pm

randy winn is an overpaid piece of garbage
rowand sucks too

but im an a's fan so i dont really care anyway

by **Boner In Sweatpants** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:30 pm

eric sl wrote:randy winn is an overpaid piece of garbage
rowand sucks too

but im an a's fan so i dont really care anyway

he was definitely overpaid but one of the best defensive OF in mlb and played in a tough RF ballpark. but it had to be done and i know sabean will do something stupid with that extra $9 mil

by **eric sl** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:37 pm

the giants need nick markakis. that will never happen though

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:46 pm

Yankees already named in connection with Lackey.

Red Sox told Varitek to go fuck his 5mil option, he has 48 hours to pick up his player option.

The Mets would be doing great in that Bradley deal, then they probably sign Figgins to play 2b.

Even though he's borderline terrible, 2/5 for Wakefield is a steal

by **ANIMAL FAT** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:48 pm

I'm extremely interested in seeing how this Martinez/Varitek stuff plays out. V-Mart got his option picked up almost instantly. They passed on Teks.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:50 pm

I'm sure Theo is just trying to get Varitek to accept a 1mil or so buyout on his option.

by **ANIMAL FAT** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:50 pm

Also, why is Chapman listed as a Red Sox player on Trade Rumors 2010 Free Agent list?

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:51 pm

ANIMAL FAT wrote:Also, why is Chapman listed as a Red Sox player on Trade Rumors 2010 Free Agent list?

That's their predictions. That's why Lackey's a Yankee and Holliday is a met.

by **ANIMAL FAT** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:55 pm

Yeah, I saw that, but these proxies fuck my ability to post quickly.
I wonder if Holliday is gonna stay in a city for longer than a year at any point in the near future.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:57 pm

apollo kids wrote:
ANIMAL FAT wrote:Also, why is Chapman listed as a Red Sox player on Trade Rumors 2010 Free Agent list?

That's their predictions. That's why Lackey's a Yankee and Holliday is a met.

I thought the yankees were the big name after Chapman?

I think I'd rather have Lackey and another quality OF

by **Boner In Sweatpants** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:57 pm

redsox outfield continues to be gross

by **rahul** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:59 pm

dontrelle willis and his $55 million leg kick means tigers sitting this one out. have fun, every other team in the fucking major leagues

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:00 pm

Boner In Sweatpants wrote:redsox outfield continues to be gross

They should say fuck it and sign both Holliday and Bay then have Drew play CF.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:01 pm

apollo kids wrote:
Boner In Sweatpants wrote:redsox outfield continues to be gross

They should say fuck it and sign both Holliday and Bay then have Drew play CF.

I think we all got a picture what Holliday will do in the AL

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:06 pm

bandrus1 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
Boner In Sweatpants wrote:redsox outfield continues to be gross

They should say fuck it and sign both Holliday and Bay then have Drew play CF.

I think we all got a picture what Holliday will do in the AL

He had one bad month in Oakland. He put up about an .825ops the next 2+ months in that horrible building.

I'd take him way before Bay.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:10 pm

apollo kids wrote:
bandrus1 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
Boner In Sweatpants wrote:redsox outfield continues to be gross

They should say fuck it and sign both Holliday and Bay then have Drew play CF.

I think we all got a picture what Holliday will do in the AL

He had one bad month in Oakland. He put up about an .825ops the next 2+ months in that horrible building.

I'd take him way before Bay.

yeah I didnt realize he turned it on that much after that start

I dont think there is any way the Cards let him go though.... there isnt another big bat FA out there to protect Pujos

I dont think the yankees will be signing matsui or damon so i expect them to get one of the big name OF and prob lackey

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:13 pm

They'll probably offer Damon arbitration. He'd probably get about 15mil in arbitration, and he's a type A if someone offers him a multi-year deal.

Matsui probably walks, unless Damon goes elsewhere and Hideki will take about 6-8mil + incentives.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:13 pm

Also if I remember right does the fact that TB picked up the Crawford option leave somebody out in the cold as far as being resigned? I thought I remember them having to make a decision on 1 of 2 but dont remember

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:15 pm

apollo kids wrote:They'll probably offer Damon arbitration. He'd probably get about 15mil in arbitration, and he's a type A if someone offers him a multi-year deal.

Matsui probably walks, unless Damon goes elsewhere and Hideki will take about 6-8mil + incentives.

Damon is not worth 15 million

rebuild, find somebody cheaper and younger

we could have had Abreu for 2 years at that price

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:17 pm

bandrus1 wrote:Also if I remember right does the fact that TB picked up the Crawford option leave somebody out in the cold as far as being resigned? I thought I remember them having to make a decision on 1 of 2 but dont remember

Burrell won't be back, that's about it.

They still could trade Crawford and bring up Desmond Jennings.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:20 pm

bandrus1 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:They'll probably offer Damon arbitration. He'd probably get about 15mil in arbitration, and he's a type A if someone offers him a multi-year deal.

Matsui probably walks, unless Damon goes elsewhere and Hideki will take about 6-8mil + incentives.

Damon is not worth 15 million

rebuild, find somebody cheaper and younger

we could have had Abreu for 2 years at that price

One year@15mil is ok for Damon.

There really isn't going to be anyone cheaper and younger. At least not nearly as good as Damon.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:22 pm

apollo kids wrote:
bandrus1 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:They'll probably offer Damon arbitration. He'd probably get about 15mil in arbitration, and he's a type A if someone offers him a multi-year deal.

Matsui probably walks, unless Damon goes elsewhere and Hideki will take about 6-8mil + incentives.

Damon is not worth 15 million

rebuild, find somebody cheaper and younger

we could have had Abreu for 2 years at that price

One year@15mil is ok for Damon.

There really isn't going to be anyone cheaper and younger. At least not nearly as good as Damon.

Thing is you don't even know if you would get him for a whole year.

I'd love to see the yankees move Hughes of Joba in a deal for crawford

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:26 pm

If they offered Hughes or Joba for Crawford then Tampa would be retarded not to do that. They wouldn't put Hughes or Joba in a deal for Johan Santana or Roy Halladay.

Damon's never played fewer than 140 games, he's a pretty good bet to have all year.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:28 pm

apollo kids wrote:If they offered Hughes or Joba for Crawford then Tampa would be retarded not to do that. They wouldn't put Hughes or Joba in a deal for Johan Santana or Roy Halladay.

Damon's never played fewer than 140 games, he's a pretty good bet to have all year.

That was a year ago..... I don't think Hughes or Joba really panned out as expected

But yea that is a lot to offer up for 1/2 a year service.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:31 pm

Phil Hughes is 23, Joba Chamberlain is 24. It'd be extremely short-sighted to trade either for anyone who's not a more or less sure thing signed past 2011 or so.

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:34 pm

apollo kids wrote:Phil Hughes is 23, Joba Chamberlain is 24. It'd be extremely short-sighted to trade either for anyone who's not a more or less sure thing signed past 2011 or so.

Yea I agree with that now that I thought more about it.

by **The Bridge MMA** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:34 pm

I love J-Bay, would love him to be back. I wouldn't mind Holliday as well.

by **jsmith** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:35 pm

some please take milton bradley. please

by **bandrus1** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:35 pm

GoldenLights wrote:I love J-Bay, would love him to be back. I wouldn't mind Holliday as well.

Location: PALMER, ALASKA

sorry man the recession really hit the Juno Jaguars hard this year

by **The Bridge MMA** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:38 pm

bandrus1 wrote:
GoldenLights wrote:I love J-Bay, would love him to be back. I wouldn't mind Holliday as well.

Location: PALMER, ALASKA

sorry man the recession really hit the Juno Jaguars hard this year

Juneau*

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:40 pm

jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

by **jsmith** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:00 pm

apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

whats the details on this? i havent seen anything yet

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:02 pm

jsmith wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

whats the details on this? i havent seen anything yet

Bradley to Toronto
Castillo to the Cubs
Overbay to the Mets

Omar would be obviously winning the deal

by **AsTheRootsUndo** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:05 pm

jsmith wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

whats the details on this? i havent seen anything yet

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/bradley-being-discussed-in-threeway-deal.html

by **jsmith** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:06 pm

Ya he would be. Castillo is nothing to get excited about but whatever gets Milton out at this point I dont care.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:08 pm

Jed Hoyer told everyone at the meetings who would listen today that he's not trading Gonzalez.

by **th35** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:10 pm

apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

castillo had a great bounce back year last season, hit over .300, led the league in sac bunts, and ever since the meltdown against the yanks he played really good D.

the mets also came out and said they will be players in all big name players.

jj putz's option was declined, so he is gone. i'm interested to see how this new team can fuck up this year.

by **jsmith** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:11 pm

th35 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

castillo had a great bounce back year last season, hit over .300, led the league in sac bunts, and ever since the meltdown against the yanks he played really good D.

the mets also came out and said they will be players in all big name players.

jj putz's option was declined, so he is gone. i'm interested to see how this new team can fuck up this year.

ya but castillo will be a cub which means his number obviously will drop. I really dont know what i'm expecting from this cubs team this offseason. teams a fucking mess again

by **th35** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:13 pm

it all depends how motivated he will be. he came into camp much lighter last year, and worked harder, therefore had a much better season than 08. i would expect the same thing this season.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:14 pm

th35 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

castillo had a great bounce back year last season, hit over .300, led the league in sac bunts, and ever since the meltdown against the yanks he played really good D.

the mets also came out and said they will be players in all big name players.

jj putz's option was declined, so he is gone. i'm interested to see how this new team can fuck up this year.

Omar's supposedly talking to Putz about coming back cheap. Even if Castillo did better defensively after that error, he was still the worst second baseman in baseball with the fourth worst ops.

If they could get rid of him, and the 12mil they owe him, they'd be better off.

Website · by **Carl Carlson** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:16 pm

Chan Ho Park, Pedro Feliz, Matt Stairs and Paul Bako filed for free agency

would like to see park and maybe feliz back

by **th35** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:19 pm

apollo kids wrote:
th35 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

castillo had a great bounce back year last season, hit over .300, led the league in sac bunts, and ever since the meltdown against the yanks he played really good D.

the mets also came out and said they will be players in all big name players.

jj putz's option was declined, so he is gone. i'm interested to see how this new team can fuck up this year.

Omar's supposedly talking to Putz about coming back cheap. Even if Castillo did better defensively after that error, he was still the worst second baseman in baseball with the fourth worst ops.

If they could get rid of him, and the 12mil they owe him, they'd be better off.

yeah, but castillo's job wasn't to mash the ball. he was there to move base-runners and hit for average. he did both very well.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:22 pm

th35 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
th35 wrote:
apollo kids wrote:
jsmith wrote:some please take milton bradley. please

If that three-way deal goes down the Cubs will be on the hook for less money but Castillo is terrible.

castillo had a great bounce back year last season, hit over .300, led the league in sac bunts, and ever since the meltdown against the yanks he played really good D.

the mets also came out and said they will be players in all big name players.

jj putz's option was declined, so he is gone. i'm interested to see how this new team can fuck up this year.

Omar's supposedly talking to Putz about coming back cheap. Even if Castillo did better defensively after that error, he was still the worst second baseman in baseball with the fourth worst ops.

If they could get rid of him, and the 12mil they owe him, they'd be better off.

yeah, but castillo's job wasn't to mash the ball. he was there to move base-runners and hit for average. he did both very well.

I guess, but if they can trade him for one year of Overbay then they should.

Then use the money saved towards Holliday. Then Omar can get a guy he's wanted for years, Figgins, to play 2b.

by **th35** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:34 pm

i wouldn't mind that at all, just defending castillo since he was the only met who showed up to play every game all season. they will have alot of money coming off of delgado and putz's contract, so i'm hoping minaya makes the right moves.

Website · by **FloorpunchChalie** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:50 pm

The Phillies decline a club option on Pedro Feliz. They will be persuing a 3B in the offseason. No leading canadiates have been confirmed but rumors are swirling between Mark Derosa or Adrain Beltre (lets hope not on Beltre).

Brett Myers has been told by GM Rueben Amaro that he will not be back next year with the club.

As far as starting pitching is concerned Amaro said it is not a priority right now for the club. I hope the Phillies persue Heath Bell for bullpen help.

by **apollo kids** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:51 pm

Beltre would be cheap, if healthy he's an upgrade.

They'll probably bring Feliz back cheap though.

by **BIZ2323** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:57 pm

Manny went with a $20 mil 1 yr option

I get a good feeling that Matsui will be back in pinstripes and this was before the postseason.

As somebody said before, I would be shocked if Yanks let Joba or Phil go for just somebody average although I can't really stand either.

Website · by **FloorpunchChalie** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:00 pm

apollo kids wrote:Beltre would be cheap, if healthy he's an upgrade.

They'll probably bring Feliz back cheap though.

Adrian Beltre walked 19 times last year in 449 AB's

that ratio isnt going to help this team....

I would rather go after somebody else like Chone Figgins or Adam Kennedy

Website · by **FloorpunchChalie** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:02 pm

apollo kids wrote:
bandrus1 wrote:Also if I remember right does the fact that TB picked up the Crawford option leave somebody out in the cold as far as being resigned? I thought I remember them having to make a decision on 1 of 2 but dont remember

Burrell won't be back, that's about it.

They still could trade Crawford and bring up Desmond Jennings.

Burrell signed a 2 year deal with the Rays in 2008. He will be back with the club for 2010 unless they want to eat the salary.

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