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MLB 2008-2009 Offseason Thread
Quickest offseason thread creation of all time.
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Listen to Killer Mike
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Phillie Blunts
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First trade of the offseason
Royals get: 1B Mike Jacobs Marlins get: RHP Leo Nunez |
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Inno Knows.
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Heads are going to start rolling in the Bronx
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I'm all there is
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I hate this period. fuckin sucks without baseball.
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Resign Manny
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Mets sign Fernando Tatis to a 1-year deal.
Word going around is that A.J. Burnett is gonna make a decision on opting out of his contract with the Blue Jays before GM meetings start on Monday. The general vibe is that he will. |
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Jason Varitek is going to sign with the Tigers.
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The Blue Jays blow out more arms than anybody I've seen. In the past two years we've lost B.J Ryan, Casey Janseen, Shawn Marcum and Dustin McGowen. |
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This should be stickied by now.
![]() GM meetings get going today. And some teams made some moves, signings, and announcements. Ruben Amaro Jr. is the new Phillies GM. Brewers pick up Mike Cameron's option. Jake Peavy might be going to Atlanta by week's end. Unless something pops. Marlins claim pitcher Dan Meyer off waivers from the A's. Yankees sign Sergio Mitre. But he won't be ready to go until midseason since he had Tommy John surgery. Rays decline the options of Cliff Floyd and Trever Miller The Rockies won't be re-signing closer Brian Fuentes |
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I'd love to see the Jays somehow unload B.J, promote League to closer and sign Fuentes. Ain't gonna happen but one can dream can't he?
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Whoever gets Fuentes is gonna have to act quickly...as word has it he wants to sign with someone quickly and his agent will be meeting with Mets management at the meetings.
Even though my initial thought was that I wanted K-Rod, the fact is he's not worth the kind of money he's gonna want and even if he was, he WILL drag out contract offers to get every last cent. So if the Mets went after him they'd pretty much be allowing Fuentes to go elsewhere. |
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Tonight's news.
According to his agent, AJ Burnett will opt out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Jake Peavy has added the Angels and Yankees to his list of teams he'll agree to a trade wtih. The others being the Cubs, Astros, Dodgers, Cardinals, and Braves. Yankees decline the options on Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano. ![]() |
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I swear, if one more person tries to tell me about how Manny would save the Yankees, Im going to punch them in the face. The guy is a jerkoff. Lazy, unkempt, and surly. Come on, he physically assaulted a senior citizen for cryin out loud. They're fine with the corner outfielders they have as it is. Now Xavier Nady, there's a haircut you can set your watch too.
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You are correct, sir. We do not need him. What we need are arms. Followed by a 1B if we got some cash left over. |
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Dodgers decline Penny's option WOOOOO
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There is a report that Manny was offered 2 years a little over 50 mil. This is an insane offer. And Boras turned it down. He said that Manny needs 5 years before they even start talking
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NL Gold Gloves
WOOO BRANDON |
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I'm expecting Johan Santana to start being the perennial NL Gold Glove winning pitcher if Maddux retires.
Then again, the Gold Glove award stopped meaning anything when Rafael Palmeiro won the Gold Glove one year despite having only played 28 games at first base. ![]() |
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Your 2008 AL Gold Glove winners.
P Mike Mussina, Yankees C Joe Mauer, Twins 1B Carlos Pena, Rays 2B Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre, Mariners SS Michael Young, Rangers OF Torii Hunter, Angels; Grady Sizemore, Indians; Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners I thought for sure K-Rod or Cliff Lee would would be getting the pitching nod. But it seems they're the frontrunners for Cy Young with Mussina being the dark horse. But props to Mike Mussina. When Wang went down he stepped up, and as bad as the Yankees were this season, I enjoyed watching him. |
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CC to the Yanks 20 years, 59 billion
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LOL That would be the most insane contract ever
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Possible trade, Holliday for Ludwick, Schumaker, Boggs. I think the Cards would be getting a steal for Holliday. Just think Pujols 3 Holliday 4. Wow
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Not a bad deal for Colorado IMO. Ludwick is nasty and Schumaker is pretty underrated. Not too high on Boggs but he's got time.
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New Nationals jerseys
![]() Road jerseys are sexy. Other 2 are meh. |
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The red alternate is pretty much an exact copy of the Reds'.
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So they aren't going to have a home white uniform at all? That's a bit surprising.
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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Eh the Nationals had the most boring jerseys of any team so whatever.
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No silly, they're going to use the ones they already have.
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Brewers sign Willie Randolph as bench coach.
Damn. Would have loved to see him in pinstripes again. |
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Matt Holliday to the A's
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Wonder how Billy Beane cooked this up.
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Longoria and Soto are your rookies of the year to the surprise of no one.
Edinson Volquez finished 4th in the NL Rookie balloting despite the fact that he's not a rookie. And these votes came from paid professionals whose job it is to cover baseball. Gotta love it. |
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Greg Smith, Huston Street, and Carlos Gonzalez are the 3 going to Colorado in exchange for Holliday.
Another trade went down today. Nationals trade away Emilio Bonifacio and two minor league players, pitcher P.J. Dean and shortstop Jake Smolinski to the Marlins for Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham. |
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Street is done. I don't know if I see him turning his career around. especially leaving a pitcher friendly park for a hitter friendly park.
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well just gonna go ahead and kill myself
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