MLB 2011-2012 Offseason Thread
 

So, free agent predictions?

David Ortiz signs with Toronto

6 HOURS UNTIL FREE AGENCY!

Yankees pick up the 2012 options for Swisher and Cano. Cano also has 2013 as an option year while Swisher was kept more for potential trade next season.

Brewers declined option for K-Rod.

Tony La Russa has retired. I wonder how this will affect Albert's decision.

I know it's coming, but it'll be a sad day in the bleachers when Swisher leaves.

It's being said that the Mets aren't going to be willing to commit more than 4 years with an option for Reyes.

Good as gone, then. :(

Braves trade Derek Lowe to the Indians for a minor leaguer. Braves will eat most of his salary.

Braves save 5 million in the deal. Couldn't have gone much better than that.

And hey, they aren't paying Kawakami like 8 million in Double A anymore. Look at all this money the Braves have now!

A few teams/players are still kicking round options at this time. CC Sabathia, Octavio Dotel, Rafael Furcal, Rafael Soriano, and Zach Duke are the big names of the bunch.

Sabathia stays with the Yankees. Same deal with an extra year tacked on for 2016 worth $25 mil. with a vesting option for 2017.

Red Sox starting the bullpen cleaning by rejecting the options for Dan Wheeler and Scott Atchison.

Marc Scutaro option was picked up for 2012 while Ortiz and Papelbon are Type A options and would bring in draft picks should either go to a new team next season.

<font color=goldenrod>Loving the changes to the Mets' outfield, including making the wall blue. According to Alderson, with these dimensions the Mets would have hit 81 more HRs at Citi over their first three seasons at the park.</font>

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How many would the opposing teams hit?

372

ohhhh

lot of home runs

yep.

thanks eh

<font color=goldenrod>70, according to Alderson.

This should be a great move for Wright and Bay. Both guys have been robbed of so many homers thanks to that ridiculous LF wall.</font>

Yankees decline Andrew Brackman's option.

Killer B's 2.0 just lost a member.

Gold Gloves go out in 45 minutes. Im 100% confident Wieters wins at Catcher and I think Hardy should win at SS as he was much better defensively then Aybar and Cabrera, but he missed almost a month and that might hurt him. Markakis wont win, I think Hunter gets it in RF, but its nice to see him nominated.

Jeter will win again for being average.

Jeter isn't nominated. AL SS is Asdrubal Cabrera, JJ Hardy and Erick Aybar.

ESPN 2 at 10pm is the award show

There's an actual award show this year?

and its being pre-empted by a Northern Illinios/Toledo tuesday night football game that still has 12 minutes to go

rofl

silver slugger awards are tomorrow night on MLB network

MLB All Stars vs Taiwan All Stars is on now..how Jeremy Guthrie is an MLB all star is beyond me

lol theres a fat guy in the crowd with a dinosaur t-shirt and a doo-rag on his head yelling on mic to the crowd over the PA system

Matt Wieters wins! WHOO
Nick Markakis wins! Yay

JJ hardy will probably win the SS Silver Slugger Award then..and maybe comeback player..?

Potentially the entire list of winners...

AL: Buehrle, Wieters, Gonzalez, Pedroia, Aybar, Beltre, Gordon, Ellsbury, Markakis
NL: Kershaw, Molina, Votto, Phillips, Tulowitzki, Polanco, Parra, Kemp, Ethier

leaked from the press release which had players listed with a small font that seem to be the winners.

I don't like that they changed it to position specific OF winners.

nice they already put the list on espn.com

whoops

<font color=goldenrod>I do. The 3 OF positions are totally different. Under the old format it more often than not became CF-specific.</font>

feel like the position specific OF fucked CarGo out of a Gold Glove

oh well

Frank McCourt throws in the towel. He's gonna sell off the L.A. Dodgers and Dodgers Stadium.

Current estimates put the sale price at $800 mil. - $1.2 billion.

LaCava turned down the O's GM job. Good to see him stick with AA in Toronto, but I'm pretty surprised he didn't leave

I can't remember the last time that an assistant gm turned down an offer to become a general manager.

Lol it's the O's job in the AL East. Chance of success= zero point zero

<font color=goldenrod>Theo Epstein has informed Ryne Sandberg that he is not under consideration to be Cubs manager. The Cardinals have received permission from the Phillies to interview him.</font>