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MLB 2013-14 Offseason Thread
<font color=goldenrod>MLB doesn't mess around getting started with its offseason anymore. Teams now have 5 days of exclusive negotiations with their free agents, but as of 9 AM this morning the following players all had their contracts expire:
Atlanta Braves Luis Ayala, rhp Scott Downs, lhp Freddy Garcia, rhp Tim Hudson, rhp Kameron Loe, rhp Paul Maholm, lhp Brian McCann, c Eric O'Flaherty, lhp Arizona Diamondbacks Willie Bloomquist, utility Eric Chavez, 3b Wil Nieves, c Baltimore Orioles Scott Feldman, rhp Jason Hammel, rhp Nate McLouth, of Michael Morse, of Brian Roberts, 2b Chris Snyder, c Boston Red Sox Stephen Drew, ss Jacoby Ellsbury, of Joel Hanrahan, rhp John McDonald, if Mike Napoli, 1b/c Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c Chicago Cubs Scott Baker, rhp Kevin Gregg, rhp Matt Guerrier, rhp Dioner Navarro, c Cincinnati Reds Bronson Arroyo, rhp Shin-Soo Choo, of Zach Duke, lhp Cesar Izturis, if Nick Masset, rhp Manny Parra, lhp Cleveland Indians Matt Albers, rhp Jason Giambi, dh Rich Hill, lhp Scott Kazmir, lhp Joe Smith, rhp Kelly Shoppach, c Colorado Rockies Rafael Betancourt, rhp Jeff Francis, lhp Todd Helton, 1b Roy Oswalt, rhp Yorvit Torrealba, c Chicago White Sox Gavin Floyd, rhp Paul Konerko, 1b Detroit Tigers Joaquin Benoit, rhp Jeremy Bonderman, rhp Octavio Dotel, rhp Omar Infante, 2b/utility Brayan Pena, c Jhonny Peralta, ss/3b Ramon Santiago, if Houston Astros Erik Bedard, lhp Kansas City Royals Bruce Chen, rhp Carlos Pena, 1b Ervin Santana, rhp Miguel Tejada, 3b Los Angeles Angels Jason Vargas, lhp Jerry Hairston Jr., if/of Los Angeles Dodgers J.P. Howell, rhp Carlos Marmol, rhp Ricky Nolasco, rhp Nick Punto, if Skip Schumaker, of/2b Juan Uribe, 3b Edinson Volquez, rhp Brian Wilson, rhp Michael Young, if Miami Marlins Matt Diaz, of Austin Kearns, of Juan Pierre, of Placido Polanco, 3b Chad Qualls, rhp Milwaukee Brewers Yuniesky Betancourt, if Mike Gonzalez, lhp Corey Hart, of/1b Minnesota Twins Mike Pelfrey, rhp New York Mets David Aardsma, rhp Tim Byrdak, lhp Pedro Feliciano, lhp Frank Francisco, rhp Aaron Harang, rhp LaTroy Hawkins, rhp Daisuke Matsuzaka, rhp New York Yankees Robinson Cano, 2b Joba Chamberlain, rhp Curtis Granderson, of Travis Hafner, dh/1b Phil Hughes, rhp Hiroki Kuroda, rhp Lyle Overbay, 1b Andy Pettitte, lhp Mark Reynolds, 3b/1b Mariano Rivera, rhp Brendan Ryan, ss Kevin Youkilis, 3b/1b Oakland Athletics Grant Balfour, rhp Bartolo Colon, rhp Philadelphia Phillies Roy Halladay, rhp Carlos Ruiz, c Pittsburgh Pirates Clint Barmes, ss/2b John Buck, c A.J. Burnett, rhp Marlon Byrd, of Kyle Farnsworth, rhp Jeff Karstens, rhp Justin Morneau, 1b San Diego Padres Ronny Cedeno, if Mark Kotsay, of/1b Jason Marquis, rhp Seattle Mariners Endy Chavez, of Raul Ibanez, of Kendrys Morales, 1b/dh Oliver Perez, lhp Humberto Quintero, c San Francisco Giants Chad Gaudin, rhp Javier Lopez, lhp St. Louis Cardinals Carlos Beltran, of Chris Carpenter, rhp Rafael Furcal, ss Edward Mujica, rhp Tampa Bay Rays Jesse Crain, rhp Roberto Hernandez, rhp Kelly Johnson, 2b James Loney, 1b Jose Molina, c Fernando Rodney, rhp Luke Scott, of/1b Jamey Wright, rhp Delmon Young, of Texas Rangers Lance Berkman, 1b/dh Nelson Cruz, of Jason Frasor, rhp Matt Garza, rhp Colby Lewis, rhp David Murphy, of A.J. Pierzynski, c Geovany Soto, c Toronto Blue Jays Rajai Davis, of Josh Johnson, rhp Darren Oliver, lhp Ramon Ortiz, rhp Washington Nationals Dan Haren, rhp</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>First re-signing off the offseason goes to the Indians. Jason Giambi is headed back to the Tribe. Got a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. He'll be trying to crack the roster again at age 43.</font>
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VITO IT'S HOT FUCKING STOVE TIME!!!!
$189! LETS GO |
I dunno. I think Cashman & Co. are gonna go over that $189 mil. figure.
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Wonder if Toronto will try and sign Roy (Doc) Halladay
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<font color=goldenrod>The Mets have a lot of holes to fill. Word is they want to repeat the Red Sox' offseason plan of not giving out huge deals or anything, just giving out reasonable short term deals to veteran players. Problem is a bunch of other teams will try the same approach, which will lead to needing to overpay anyway. But they should. They need to do SOMETHING. Alderson has said for three years now that the 2013-14 offseason is when they will have a lot of money coming off the books. Time to put up or shut up.
Can't go into another Mets season trying to convince myself that players like Brad Emaus, Andres Torres, or Collin Cowgill matter.</font> |
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Phillies will probably re-sign both Halladay and Ruiz.
Could see the Rangers bringing back both OF and probably Lewis. Hoping Berkman lands somewhere. Big fan of that guy. |
Forgot Eric Chavez was still playing. Damn.
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Yankees resign Capt. Jeter to a 1-year, $12 mil. deal.
Yeah, I don't know how this works. There was a player option for $9.5 mil. and supposedly if they cut a new deal they save around $3 mil. and change to get below $189. Get your tickets early, me thinks this is the last year of the last of the Core Four. |
Tigers hiring Brad Ausmus as their new manager.
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Yeah Mo's celebration wasn't overkill at all.
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Brad Ausmus is your new Manager of the Detroit Tigers.
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<font color=goldenrod>I love how if you're a former catcher, you really don't even need to have managerial experience at this point. It's just implied that you'll be good.</font>
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Napoli is on a tear right now.
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Clint Hurdle?
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No more Munenori Kawasaki :(. My heart has been ripped out.
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mlbtraderumors.com has their predictions on the top 50 Free Agents and where they think they'll end up.
They lost me at #2. |
2. Jacoby Ellsbury - Mariners.
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Marlins GM says the team isn't interested in any trade deals that involve Giancarlo Stanton.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/99...ncarlo-stanton Add in a failed 2006 drug test among the roid related issues A-Rod has been involved with during his career. http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...timulants-2006 |
So has Ortiz ever gotten to the bottom of that 2003 test?
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When's the 2015 season thread start? Go Cubs Go!
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Oh...2015..ok. The year of Javier Baez!
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AL MVP finalists
• Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) • Chris Davis (Baltimore Orioles) • Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels) NL MVP finalists • Paul Goldschmidt (Arizona Diamondbacks) • Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh Pirates) • Yadier Molina (St. Louis Cardinals) AL Cy Young finalists: • Yu Darvish (Texas Rangers) • Hisashi Iwakuma (Seattle Mariners) • Max Scherzer (Detroit Tigers) NL Cy Young finalists: • Jose Fernandez (Miami Marlins) • Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers) • Adam Wainwright (St. Louis Cardinals) AL Rookie of the Year finalists: • Chris Archer (Tampa Bay Rays) • Jose Iglesias (Detroit Tigers/Boston Red Sox) • Wil Myers (Tampa Bay Rays) NL Rookie of the Year finalists: • Jose Fernandez (Miami Marlins) • Shelby Miller (St. Louis Cardinals) • Yasiel Puig (Los Angeles Dodgers) AL Manager of the Year finalists: • John Farrell (Boston Red Sox) • Terry Francona (Cleveland Indians) • Bob Melvin (Oakland Athletics) NL Manager of the Year finalists: • Fredi Gonzalez (Atlanta Braves) • Clint Hurdle (Pittsburgh Pirates) • Don Mattingly (Los Angeles Dodgers) |
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Ortiz is on something. Pretty damn sure of it. No one gets a "second wind" like him without some sort of performance enhancement.
Jr. Griffey never did any. How do I know? Because he sucked at the end of his career like a baseball player should. |
:-\ Such a shame that Griffey became injury prone shortly after going to Cincy.
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According to Peter Gammons and others, the Cubs currently likely to name Rick Renteria as their new manager tomorrow but he wasn't their top choice.
The Cubs were more interested in Torey Lovullo but were unable to get the Red Sox to change the terms in the deal that sent Theo Epstein to the Cubs. The biggest being the Cubs couldn't hire any more Red Sox personnel within the near future. |
Glad to see the Curse of Frank Drebin is alive and well.
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Here are my picks
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Ryne Sa.... MIKE QUADE - Quade proceeds to lick balls Hey, we need a manager again. How about Ryne Sandb.... DALE SVEUM and so forth. |
Fuck Ryno. Philly knows they have some retooling to do. Why invest in a high profile manager?
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