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Old 01-12-2011, 10:46 PM   #1
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C- for Yankees. I would have given them a D but I approve of keeping Gardner over spending money for Crawford.
They would have been better off spending on Crawford. He's ten times the player Garnder is.
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Old 01-12-2011, 04:58 PM   #2
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Rockies get an A. Locked up their two best players. Re signed De La Rosa. Signed Wigginton to back Helton up and Jose Lopez is a good pick up. Lindstrom as well. Also they're working on signing Ubaldo Jimenez to a long term contract.
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Old 01-12-2011, 09:11 PM   #3
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Yankees should get a higher grade from you guys for not freaking out and overpaying for an average player after losing out on Lee and Crawford.
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Yankees should get a higher grade from you guys for not freaking out and overpaying for an average player after losing out on Lee and Crawford.
I don't think they ever wanted Crawford. Amazing enough from what I read Brett Gardner is their Carl Crawford . I like Gardner a lot so....... But, Lee I was so sure the Yankees would get him. The Free Agent pool was a little shallow so I figured that we'd at least trade for a pitcher.
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I doubt Crawford was a top priority but he was on the list of players to get or consider depending on what occurred to the Lee sweepstakes. Yankees definitely wanted Lee as their first major signing (not counting resigning Jeter or Riveria).

Crawford would have been their next priority but they spent too much time going after Lee that all they could do was attempt to drive up the price to retaliate when Red Sox kept driving up the prices on players Yankees wanted. Red Sox managed to make the Yankees spend almost $80 million on just keeping Jeter and Riveria when Yankees kept saying they wanted to spend much less than both of their asking prices.
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SAN DIEGO PADRES

Traded Adrian Gonzalez to Boston for RHP Casey Kelly, 1B Anthony Rizzo, OF Raymond Fuentes, and INF/OF Eric Patterson.

Trading you best offensive player hurt, but it was the lesser of two evils when you're market doesn't allow for the type of deal Boston is going to hand him. They got two very, very good pieces in Kelly and Rizzo, who could be apart of the team as early as 2012.

Traded for and extended shortstop Jason Bartlett through the 2012 season with an option for 2013. Big time upgrade. Everth Cabrera showed he is still in dire need of developing, and Bartlett is a massive, steady upgrade over both an inexperienced Cabrera and Jerry Hairston, Jr., who saw a ton of time at short last year with injuries to Cabrera.

Signed 2nd baseman Orlando Hudson to a 2 year, $11mil. deal. Again, another strong upgrade over last year's opening day suitor, David Eckstein. Hudson is not only younger, but is head and shoulder a much better overall player than Eckstein.

Signed RHP Aaron Harang to a one year deal. Welcome home Aaron. He is a good candidate for a bounce back year considering he'll be pitching half his starts in the most pitcher-friendly park and division in baseball.

Signed RHP Dustin Mosley. Mosley will likely be the swingman for the Padres, pitching long relief for the most part but also being available for the spot start if necessary.

Signed 1B/OF Brad Hawpe to a one year, $3mil. deal. Hawpe is the likely the opening day first baseman, and prior to last year, was a very, very solid middle of the order hitter for Colorado. He's only 31, and if healthy, a return to form is not unlikely.

Traded for OF Cameron Maybin. Maybin is still only 24 years old, is projected as 5 tool prospect, and even if he puts together a year similar to CF Mike Cameron's 2 year run with the Padres, it's not only a huge upgrade, but a huge win in the trade seeing as they only dealt two relief pitchers who were not huge role players in last year's 90 win season.

They've also acquired a slew of backup catchers, but none are shoe-ins for the backup role just yet.

Grade: B-

They addressed the glaring holes they had up the middle in with Bartlett, Hudson, and Maybin. They stocked the farm system with 3 of the BoSox's top 10 prospects, 2 of which are going to be good to great players in the near future. They filled out the rotation with a reliable innings eater. And they signed a guy who is coming off one bad year, and is a solid segue into either Anthony Rizzo or Kyle Blanks taking over in 2013 with Brad Hawpe.

The only negative this year has been the loss of Adrian, but they did the best you could hope for, and I'm glad they traded for younger, high ceiling players who are a year or two away rather than risking two draft picks who may or may not pan out.
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Sounds like Pettitte might pull a Clemens. He's informed the Yankees that he hasn't retired, but he won't be ready by Opening Day if he does end up pitching.
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Sounds like Pettitte might pull a Clemens. He's informed the Yankees that he hasn't retired, but he won't be ready by Opening Day if he does end up pitching.
Pettitte is great and everything but I don't think the Yankees should sit around and wait on him if he's not going to push himself to be ready for Opening Day. may be time to go a different direction.
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Pettitte is great and everything but I don't think the Yankees should sit around and wait on him if he's not going to push himself to be ready for Opening Day. may be time to go a different direction.
The Yankees are not gonna be waiting for him. Pettite has told the Yankees to go a different direction. And Cashman isn't gonna be hounding him about it just get duchscherer and we're all set until the trading deadline at least.
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Dodgers: added some Hawksworth pitcher from the Cards, Juan Uribe,and Jon Garland.

I love our rotation. Kershaw, Billingsley, Lilly, Kuroda, Garland. Our hitting is terrible, though. We need a power hitting 3rd baseman or Left Fielder.

Grade: B-
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Dodgers: added some Hawksworth pitcher from the Cards, Juan Uribe,and Jon Garland.

I love our rotation. Kershaw, Billingsley, Lilly, Kuroda, Garland. Our hitting is terrible, though. We need a power hitting 3rd baseman or Left Fielder.

Grade: B-
That divorce is killing the Dodgers right now. And as a Padres fan, I'm all for it.

This year might be Billingsley's last shot to prove whether or not he's going to live up to all the hype he's had as a Dodger.

Left field is a blackhole for them right now.
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Old 01-13-2011, 10:32 AM   #12
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pitching will kill the Yanks this year. there's no way around it. I am not liking this year at all right now. I could just see this year being the kind of year where injuries pile up and shit just happens. I think they will be in the race of course, but right now thier pitching staff is too weak to carry them. I don't trust AJ at all.
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Ryan Howard on his bum ankle.

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On the topic, I give the Tigers a B+. We resigned Magglio, signed Victor Martinez, got Benoit. If Zumaya stays healthy, I will totally love the bullpen. Signing Brad Penny was good too.
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Divorce killed us more last year than it will this year. Payroll went up 20 mil. We'll be fine. But yeah, definitely need LF help. Jay Gibbons... ugh.
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Divorce killed us more last year than it will this year. Payroll went up 20 mil. We'll be fine. But yeah, definitely need LF help. Jay Gibbons... ugh.
Yea...but realistically what else is out there? Free agent crop is pretty barren and I don't know what kind of farm system depth they have and if it would be enough to trade for a younger left fielder.
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Yanks sign Rafael Soriano. 3 years, $35 million

Kyle Farsnworth to the Rays

2 good moves for the Yanks
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Actually not really. $35 million is a fuckload for a setup guy, but it the Yanks so its no biggie. I forgot they lose a DRAFT PICK for it. Pretty desparate.
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Actually not really. $35 million is a fuckload for a setup guy, but it the Yanks so its no biggie. I forgot they lose a DRAFT PICK for it. Pretty desparate.
Soriano is a good closer and I was a little angry that they wouldn't bolster their bullpen just because of a draft pick. All though I'd prefer a starting pitcher. I guess D-Rob and Joba aren't quite the 8th inning guys you had in mind eh Cashman?
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He's not on the team any more.
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Joba, if he isn't packaged for someone, has LONG RELIEF written all over him.
Watch if a NL team signed him he would be a stud there. I think he'd be a great starter elsewhere.
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He might be one of those guys who needs to be in a small market without a media and Inno calling for his head when he goes 3.1 IP 8 R 12 H
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I'm kind of surprised Podsednik hasn't found a team yet tbh. I think he's looking for 1 year, $3 million or something like that but the longer he waits until camp the more that number will go down.

I think he'd be the perfect kind of guy for the Mets to grab as their 4th OFer. Speed and defense are crucial for the fill-in guy.
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Old 01-14-2011, 11:27 AM   #28
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Jeff Francis signs with the Royals for one year. Not sure of the dollars yet, but I'd guess it's something like $1-2 million guaranteed with an extra million or 2 in incentives.

I think Chris Young may have been waiting for Francis to go off the board, so I hope the Mets throw an offer his way now.
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Podsednik has had a good couple of past seasons. I think he'll wind up in Anaheim.
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Man, we didn't need Soriano. And that is way too much money.

And this come like 1 week after Cashman said he wasn't giving up the pick.
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Man, we didn't need Soriano. And that is way too much money.

And this come like 1 week after Cashman said he wasn't giving up the pick.

There must be a trade in the horizon. Someone must have wanted Joba and or D-rob in a package for a starter. That's the only way you can make sense out of it. Having Feliciano, Joba, D-rob, and Soriano is to many 8th inning guys. There's gotta be some trade.
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Soriano has an opt-out clause after this season and the next one, so the Yankees may not even have to pay him all of that ridiculous set-up man money if he decides he wants to actually close on a different team.
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Mets sign Willie Harris to a minor league deal with a Spring Training invite.

Fuck yes. Now he can't kill the Mets by making a ridiculous game-ending catch for the other team. Probably has the inside track for one of the backup outfielder spots.

Second time this week that the Mets have brought in a guy on a minor league deal with a ST invite where I think they will actually be on the Opening Day roster (the other being Taylor Tankersley as a lefty specialist).
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I'm all for getting Soriano. Lots of games were lost last year because there wasn't a bridge to Mariano.
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Grant Balfour to the A's. 2-years, 8.1 mil with a club option for '13.

Jim Thome goes back to the Twins. 1-year, $3 mil. with incentives based on plate appearances.

Not much left on the market. Pavano is probably going back to the Twins, Manny is still out there, only about a month and a half before pitchers and catchers fly out for spring training.
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Was watching a re-run from yesterday of an MLB Network series - "The Top 10 Right Now". Each episode they go over a different position and list the top 10, well, right now.

The episode I watched was on left fielders. Was funny to watch because they never stated the criteria or who was voting.

10. Raul Ibanez
9. Carlos Lee
8. Jason Bay
7. Martin Prado
6. Delmon Young
5. Matt Holliday
4. Carl Crawford
3. Carlos Gonzalez
2. Josh Hamilton
1. Ryan Braun

lol @ it clearly being based 100% on offense. Prado making the list despite a grand total of 3 appearances in left field during his career

Mitch Williams and Kevin Millar agreed with the 8-10 picks despite them having down years. Can't really see how Soriano didn't fit into that discussion. They both agreed that Hamilton should be #2 but argued for like 5 minutes about who should be #1 between CarGo and Braun.

MW: "There is NO WAY that Carlos Gonzalez isn't the best left fielder right now."
KM: "He had a good year, but look at Braun's track record."
MW: "The name of the show is RIGHT NOW!"
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