The High Heat Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez signs 7 year/$80 MM extension. A rare occurence of a player telling Scott Boras what to do, rather than the other way around. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Someone please explain why the Rays signed both Damon AND Ramirez. I'm not getting it. Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Someone please explain why the Rays signed both Damon AND Ramirez. I'm not getting it. Well, you see there's this concept called saving money when your "fans" don't show up to your games when you win the AL East Pennant.They pretty much shopped at Filene's Basement this offseason. The GM publicly stated that they wanted to tighten the purse strings after the Rays went out in the playoffs. It's too bad. If you look back, you will see that I was very upset by this (and this is coming from a Red Sox fan). I like young teams that can destroy the elite teams.Damon can still field, but I think Manny will do the majority of the DH role. Edit: Also Mike Napoli & Juan Rivera to the Blue Jays in exchange for Vernon Wells. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Someone please explain why the Rays signed both Damon AND Ramirez. I'm not getting it.Both moves combined costs less than $8MM. Basically, the Rays swapped Crawford and Pena for Damon and Ramirez. They're saving about $20MM on two positions, but they aren't exactly the better for it unless the two aging stars put up decent numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Edit: Also Mike Napoli & Juan Rivera to the Blue Jays in exchange for Vernon Wells.The Angels play their cards closer to their vest than anybody. No one heard not even a whisper about the Angels doing anything other than maybe bringing back Vladimir Guerrero, who might be stuck going to Baltimore now. Also: Straight out of the "No Shit? Really?" Department: Last week Milton Bradley was arrested for suspicion of communicating a threat, a felony, to a woman in L.A. Maybe he's perpetually pissed because his middle name is Obelle. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I see. The part that I was missing was that the Rays still think Damon can play outfield regularly. I got it in terms of money, just not in terms of baseball. I thought they'd signed two full-time DH's. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Have we talked about how bad that Jays-Angels trade seems for the Angels? Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Hey TB Rays - nothing like replacing two pretty good, youngish players with two aging stars, with one of them being well past his prime and the other being past his steroid use (we think). I know they saved $, but Manny? Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Have we talked about how bad that Jays-Angels trade seems for the Angels?The Angels should have also sent along a couple of prospects to the Jays in exchange for about $15-20MM to help pay for Wells. L.A. still has Hunter, Abreu and three of the top OF prosepects in the game, so I don't understand taking on the entire contract. If you going to pay that kind of coin, why not offer it to Crawford and then seperately trade Rivera and Napoli (who also could have been non-tendered). Gotta give credit to the Blue Jays. They got completely out of the contracts of Wells, Rios and Halladay, along with most of Scott Rolen's. Now they need to show restraint by not blowing it on the wrong guys again (not that Halladay was a wrong guy). There's talk about extending Jose Bautista, but I hope they'd wait until he proves what kind of player he is. How do you reward the guy long-term at this point after one monster season preceeded by years of obscurity? Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 The Angels play their cards closer to their vest than anybody. No one heard not even a whisper about the Angels doing anything other than maybe bringing back Vladimir Guerrero, who might be stuck going to Baltimore now.I'd agree with you on Vernon Wells, but it was no secret that the Angels were going to go after both Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'd agree with you on Vernon Wells, but it was no secret that the Angels were going to go after both Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre.True, but the past few years the Angels have also acquired Haren, Kazmir, Hunter and Guerrero without the usual rampant preceeding rumors. No other team has a track record of maintaining in-house discussions. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The Tigers trade Mr. Unofficially Perfect to Arizona. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 A little birdie tells me that if the Rangers have a slow start and are out of it at the trade deadline...a certain AL MVP may be on the market. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 MLB.com's top 50 prospects: 1. Mike Trout, Angels 2. Jeremy Hellickson, Rays 3. Bryce Harper, Nationals 4. Domonic Brown, Phillies 5. Dustin Ackley, Mariners 6. Aroldis Chapman, Reds 7. Mike Moustakas, Royals 8. Eric Hosmer, Royals 9. Jesus Montero, Yankees 10. Julio Teheran, Braves 11. Desmond Jennings, Rays 12. Kyle Drabek, Blue Jays 13. Michael Pineda, Mariners 14. Mike Montgomery, Royals 15. Jacob Turner, Tigers 16. Wil Myers, Royals 17. Freddie Freeman, Braves 18. Jameson Taillon, Pirates 19. Zach Britton, Orioles 20. Shelby Miller, Cardinals 21. Mike Minor, Braves 22. Casey Kelly, Padres 23. Martin Perez, Rangers 24. Manny Machado, Orioles 25. Chris Sale, White Sox 26. Brandon Belt, Giants 27. Matt Moore, Rays 28. Brett Lawrie, Blue Jays 29. Jarrod Parker, D-backs 30. Jonathan Singleton, Phillies 31. Jordan Lyles, Astros 32. Gary Sanchez, Yankees33. Tyler Matzek, Rockies 34. John Lamb, Royals 35. Manny Banuelos, Yankees 36. Lonnie Chisenhall, Indians 37. Jake Odorizzi, Royals 38. Nick Franklin, Mariners 39. Aaron Hicks, Twins 40. Kyle Gibson, Twins 41. Wilin Rosario, Rockies 42. Jose Iglesias, Red Sox 43. Tanner Scheppers, Rangers 44. Dee Gordon, Dodgers 45. Devin Mesoraco, Reds 46. Brett Jackson, Cubs 47. Chris Archer, Rays 48. J.P. Arencibia, Blue Jays 49. Yonder Alonso, Reds 50. Christian Friedrich, Rockies Mike Trout at #1 kills me personally because out of high school he signed on to play for East Carolina University, whose baseball games I attend regularly. He skipped that opportunity and signed with the Angels, and I know we missed out on quite a talent. The ECU Pirates needed a spark plug last year. That, and a kick in the ass! Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 well, at least there's 1 astro on there. my oklahoma city redhawks were the triple-a farm team of the rangers for 20-some years, and lately we'd gotten used to seeing great prospects come through and move up to the big leagues and become all-stars. now we're the astros' triple-a farm team and it's gonna be an uphill climb for a while. but it's still baseball, right? Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not that I'm an expert, but the Cardinals, White Sox, and Astros are the teams I often see mentioned as having the barest organizations. At least the White Sox seem to have drafted or developed a couple good players over the last couple of years (Dan Hudson, Chris Sale, Gordon Beckham) after years of striking out. Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Blue Jays trade Mike Napoli to Rangers for Frank Francisco Did we miss this one from a few days ago? This seems to have gone under the radar. I just saw this this morning. Poor Mike's head must be spinning (AL East mindset. Now back to AL West). Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 I missed the story about Gil Meche retiringhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/27/133277501/gil-meche-gave-up-12m-because-it-was-the-right-thing-to-do-could-you Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yankees sign Bartolo Colon. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 MLK the Third and some former Met players have an interest in owning a small portion of the New York Mets. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yankees sign Bartolo Colon. Wow...that ought to put them over the top... Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 It's a minor league deal. I like Bartolo Colon. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wow...that ought to put them over the top...In addition to Mark Prior!!! Who's next, Mike Hampton? Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 In addition to Mark Prior!!! Who's next, Mike Hampton?I was wrong. Yankees' next is Freddy Garcia. Dude actually won 12 games last year. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Updates: Andy Pettitte retired. Orioles sign Justin Duscherer and Vladamir Guerrero (1 year, $8MM). Yankees sign Eric Chavez to a minor league contract. Jim Edmonds back to the Cards on a minor league deal. ChiSox ink Lastings Milledge to minor league pact. Mark Kotsay signs with Milwaukee. Robinson Cano hired a new agent, a Mr. Boras. Cha-ching!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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