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MLB 2010-2011 Off Season Thread
Official Thread...yeah. Mad props go out to Lincecum and Posey.
What do you think are the big stories headed into the off season? |
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Oh yeah, congrats Giants
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Cliff Lee can't win when it matters the most.
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...so off to the Yankees he goes.
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President of Freedonia
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Yeah, Lee is definitely going to the Yankees. People will make excuses ala Sabathia as to why he won't go there, but the money will talk.
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Inno Knows.
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And your 2011 free agents are...
First Basemen Lance Berkman NYY * Russell Branyan SEA Adam Dunn WAS Jason Giambi COL Troy Glaus ATL Aubrey Huff SF Nick Johnson NYY * Paul Konerko CWS Mark Kotsay CWS Derrek Lee ATL Adam LaRoche ARZ Mike Lowell BOS David Ortiz BOS * Lyle Overbay TOR Carlos Pena TB Mike Sweeney PHI Jim Thome MIN Ty Wigginton BAL Second Basemen Willie Bloomquist CIN David Eckstein SD Mark Ellis OAK * Orlando Hudson MIN Adam Kennedy WAS Akinori Iwamura OAK Jose Lopez SEA * Julio Lugo BAL Kaz Matsui COL Aaron Miles STL Shortstops Orlando Cabrera CIN * Craig Counsell MIL Alex Gonzalez ATL * Cristian Guzman TEX J.J. Hardy MIN Jerry Hairston Jr. SD Omar Infante ATL * Cesar Izturis BAL Derek Jeter NYY Jhonny Peralta DET * Edgar Renteria SF * Jose Reyes NYM * Jimmy Rollins PHI * Juan Uribe SF Ramon Vazquez HOU Chris Woodward SEA Third Basemen Garrett Atkins FA Adrian Beltre BOS * Geoff Blum HOU Miguel Cairo CIN Jorge Cantu TEX Eric Chavez OAK * Pedro Feliz STL Bill Hall BOS * Brandon Inge DET Maicer Izturis LAA Melvin Mora COL Nick Punto MIN * Aramis Ramirez CHC * Miguel Tejada SD Chad Tracy FLA Omar Vizquel CWS Catchers Brad Ausmus LAD Rod Barajas LAD Josh Bard SEA Henry Blanco NYM John Buck TOR Ramon Castro CWS Ramon Hernandez CIN Reed Johnson LAD Gerald Laird DET Jason LaRue STL Victor Martinez BOS Chad Moeller NYY Jose Molina TOR Miguel Olivo COL * A.J. Pierzynski CWS David Ross ATL Yorvit Torrealba SD * Matt Treanor TEX Jason Varitek BOS Gregg Zaun MIL * Outfielders Alfredo Amezaga LAD Rick Ankiel ATL * Rocco Baldelli TB Pat Burrell SF Frank Catalanotto FA Carl Crawford TB Coco Crisp OAK * Michael Cuddyer MIN * Johnny Damon DET Jim Edmonds CIN Jody Gerut SD Jay Gibbons LAD Vladimir Guerrero TEX * Jose Guillen SF Bill Hall BOS Willie Harris WAS Brad Hawpe TB Eric Hinske ATL Brad Hawpe TB Andruw Jones CWS Gabe Kapler TB Austin Kearns NYY Jason Kubel MIN * Hideki Matsui LAA Kevin Mench WAS Xavier Nady CHC Magglio Ordonez DET * Corey Patterson BAL Jay Payton COL Scott Podsednik LAD Manny Ramirez CWS Matt Stairs SD Fernando Tatis NYM Marcus Thames NYY Jayson Werth PHI Randy Winn STL Starting Pitchers Bronson Arroyo CIN * Erik Bedard SEA * Kris Benson ARZ Jeremy Bonderman DET David Bush MIL Chris Capuano MIL Bruce Chen KC Kevin Correia SD Doug Davis MIL Jorge De La Rosa COL Justin Duchscherer OAK Jeff Francis COL * Freddy Garcia CWS Jon Garland SD * Aaron Harang CIN * Rich Harden TEX * Hiroki Kuroda LAD Cliff Lee TEX Ted Lilly LAD Braden Looper MIL Rodrigo Lopez ARZ Noah Lowry SF Kevin Millwood BAL Brian Moehler HOU Jamie Moyer PHI Vicente Padilla LAD Carl Pavano MIN Brad Penny STL Andy Pettitte NYY Nate Robertson PHI Ben Sheets OAK Ian Snell SEA * Jeff Suppan STL Hisanori Takahashi NYM Javier Vazquez NYY Brandon Webb ARI Jake Westbrook STL Dontrelle Willis SF Chris Young SD * Relief Pitchers Jeremy Affeldt SF Grant Balfour TB Miguel Batista WAS Joe Beimel COL Joaquin Benoit TB Randy Choate TB Jose Contreras PHI Jesse Crain MIN Elmer Dessens NYM Octavio Dotel COL * Scott Downs TOR Chad Durbin PHI Kelvim Escobar NYM Kyle Farnsworth ATL Pedro Feliciano NYM Randy Flores MIN Frank Francisco TEX Jason Frasor TOR Brian Fuentes MIN Chad Gaudin NYY Kevin Gregg TOR Matt Guerrier MIN Mike Hampton ARZ Aaron Heilman ARZ Mark Hendrickson BAL * Trevor Hoffman MIL * Mike Lincoln CIN Mike MacDougal STL Ron Mahay MIN Guillermo Mota SF Will Ohman FLA Darren Oliver TEX * Chan Ho Park PIT J.J. Putz CWS Chad Qualls TB Jon Rauch MIN Dennys Reyes STL Arthur Rhodes CIN David Riske FA Mariano Rivera NYY J.C. Romero PHI * Bobby Seay DET Scot Shields LAA Brian Shouse TB Rafael Soriano TB Jorge Sosa FLA Russ Springer CIN Matt Thornton CWS * Koji Uehara BAL Jeff Weaver LAD Dan Wheeler TB Kerry Wood NYY * Jamey Wright SEA |
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I hope the Red Sox get Carl Crawford. Can't see them re-signing V-Mart if he really wants 5 years.
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what's the star mean?
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Inno Knows.
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players whos current contract includes an option for this year.
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I think it means they have an option the teams can pick up. The Braves are almost certain to pick up A-Gon's, just because its cheap.
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U can take inge off the list as he reupped with Detroit for like 2 years 11 million
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Inno Knows.
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Anyone want Joba?
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I really hope Padres and the Royals make the World Series. Everyone will want to see that exciting matchup.
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In an odd contractual clause, the Mets only have until Friday to re-sign Hisanori Takahashi or else they wouldn't be allowed to re-sign him until May 15th.
I want him back but I just can't see Alderson giving him the 2 years he is seeking. Hoping he'll settle for 1 with a vesting option. |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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Looking for the NATS to sign some big names this year
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A day after the World Series, the one of many "all hell breaks loose" news days. Let's get right down to it.
Yorvit Torrealba declines his end of the option for the Padres. Which leads us to..... Padres picking up Adrian Gonzalez's $6.2 mil. option for '11. As of right now, the sole person on the team. Tigers decline Jhonny Peralta's option. The Red Sox hire Curt Young as their new pitching coach. Brewers hire Ron Roenicke as manager. I thought Bobby Valentine had it all locked up. They also decline the options of Trevor Hoffman, Gregg Zaun, and Doug Davis. White Sox excercise Scott Podsednik's option. But he has the option to take it, or become a free agent. White Sox also re-sign Omar Vizquel to a 1-year, $1.75 mil. deal. He's 44 in April. Yankees outright Chad Gaudin and Royce Ring. Mets hire J.P. Riccardi as a special assistant to Sandy Alderson. D'Backs decline Adam LaRoche's option. and finally.... Marlins hire Edwin Rodriguez as manager. |
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The most intriguing story, to me, is who will become the new Mets manager. I want to see if Joe Torre gets hired, or if Bobby Valentine gets another crack.
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Going to The Mets would be a moronic move for Joe Torre. He would become exposed.
I wouldn't be surprised if he got the job though. |
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Also the Mets would have to pay Joe Torre some ridiclious amount of money. It would be a terrible move for The Mets to.
So it probably will happen. |
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Joe Torre shouldn't manage again. Bobby Valentine should get another crack at managing the Mets with Sandy Alderson as GM. The team needs a person who will come in and energize them, who will give 'em a kick in the pants when needed, and a person who can handle the New York spotlight.
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Mets are gonna hire a no-name guy. They don't want anybody bigger than the team.
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I hope the Red Sox don't get Carl Crawford. He'd be a great addition, but I'd much rather see them add other players.
Either way they need to make some serious pick-ups and changes |
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I want 2 right handed bats and Davy Lopes to come back and or be resigned.
Don't understand why they can't pay Davy Lopes 250-300k to be 1st base Coach. |
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This is a fucking crime. How do you not pay this guy $300k when Sam Perlozzo makes that much being an awful 3rd base coach.
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I wish Adrian Gonzalez was coming to Boston. I'd be happy with Adam Dunn too
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![]() Orioles new Hitting Coach (replaces the Crow, Terry Crowley who needed to go) |
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Yeah it's pretty stupid.
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Red Sox pick Ortiz' $12.5M option for 2011
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RIP Sparky Anderson
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I hope Giambi stays with the Rockies so badly
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so am I hearing this right, Jeter's asking for 6 years right now? lol, maybe 4 as a player and 2 as a bench coach
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Yeah does the last 2-3 years include time as the manager?
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they'll work it out. you know his agent is coming in high.
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Anything more than 3 years is crazy. 2 would be ideal.
I imagine they'll offer something around 15M a year. If he honestly thinks that's a slap in the face (which would not surprise me) then it'll get messy. Hal already said the deal has to be good for both sides, so they aren't handing him a blank check. There's not any other team out there offering Jeter 10M or more a year. Not with his age, defense and year he had offensively last year. |
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R.I.P. Sparky Anderson.
Rangers decline Vlad's option. They also give Ron Washington a 2-year extension. Award dates have been announced.
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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Congratulations New York Mets fans..... good luck with J.P. Ricciardi..... at least in NY he'll have more money to blow on useless players....
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Sparky
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Giants bought out Renteria's contract for $500,000 instead of taking the $9.5 million option he would have received for next season. Renteria isn't upset since he was considering retiring anyways and the team gets to save $9 million for next year.
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Blue Jays aquire Miguel Olivo from the Rockies for cash or PTBNL. And shortly after, they declined his option.
Hmmm. Bit of a head scratcher. |
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