***Official 2012-13 MLB HOTSTOVE OFF-SEASON THREAD***

You do great work bigdog in the off season threads. Thanks so much

 

Andrew McCutchen won the Gold Glove this year. Well deserved. What a year that man had!!! MVP, imo.

 

I like the Santana deal for the Royals, even if he was pretty bad this year. Good buy low.

 

He is going to hog up quite a bit of there total Salary and he is hardly the #1 type pitcher they badly need.

 

Because the Gold Glove is a joke. The Fielding Bible awards are more accurate.

 

What #1 pitcher is out there that they can acquire for basically nothing? So they're paying him 12 million next year, if he stinks he's gone the following year. If he has a bounce back even better. Like I said it's a good buy low, they gave up a career 27 year old minor leaguer for potential. If I were the Pirates or KCs of the league I'd go for these moves instead of overpaying for FA pitchers (the Jason Marquis of the MLB) on multi-year deals.

 

Lookk hahah where hahahahah the guy hahahahaha has hahaha Melky hahahahaha goingggggg hahahahahahahahhahahah.......

Please please please......

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/10/2013-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions-1.html

 

Pujols to Miami

 

You get what you pay for.. The Giants are trying to move Lincecum... The Royals would like to move Gordon to make room for Myers... That would have made more sense then trading for a very up and down pitcher in Santanna and when he is down he is really down!

 

God truly hates me if this happens.

Seriously if that does happen will you buy me a Melky Cabrera Red Sox J-shirt?

 

Why would the Royals move Gordon when they have dead weight in the OF in the form of Jeff Francoeur?

However I still don't see how trading for Santana prevents them for trading for another player. I realize they have 12 million more on the books since they picked up Santana but I don't think that would stop them from getting a Lincecum if possible.

Plus who's to say that the Giants would trade Lincecum or would trade him for Alex Gordon. If I'm the Giants and I want to move Lincecum don't you ask for Wil Myers instead?

 

Deal....you gotta put it in your signature tho.....just the back.....

dude if Melky signs with you guys, it will be for 1yr at like 1-3M.....low risk and he will hit LIKE A MANIC......

 

Deal!

If it's just for 1 year I wouldn't mind it truth be told. They can do a lot worse than him, even if it will pain me to have to cheer for him as I never really liked him as a player (nothing to do with the PED stuff). I'd rather have Torii Hunter actually and would give him a 2 year deal. He'd be my first chance, even over Cody Ross.

 

I'd hope we sign Melky for a deal like that.

 

I have zero doubt in my mind if TB signed him he'd hit .350/.450/.600 with like 25 HRs or something crazy like that.

 

Look how long Lincecum is signed for an there is your answer. And they would be lucky if anyone would be stupid enough to trade for Francoer.

The Angels are trying to move Wells so i guess anything is possible.

 

I know Lincecum is a FA after the 2013 season but I still don't understand why the Giants would want to. The team is coming off of a WS title and Lincecum just had his worst year in his career. They would be selling him low and the replacement likely wouldn't be close to his potential. At the very worst he showed in the playoffs this year he could be a super-reliever (a guy that can throw multiple innings, multiple days in a row), I realize 22 million is way high for that role, if he's in the role, but the Giants won't be hurting for cash, it simply makes zero sense to trade Lincecum just because he'll be a FA next year.

Agreed on Francoeur but if I'm the Royals I'd release him or make him the 4th OFer before I trade Alex Gordon to make way for Myers.

 

Today is qualifying offer day deadline.....so with that....

So basically you get to pick at the end of the round instead of getting that teams draft spot....

 

Certainly makes rooting for certain teams to sign your qualified FAs not as exciting anymore.

 

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I don't get this from the Cubs side of things, doesn't seem to make sense or add up.

 

Could be just a move to keep the fans talking and well buying tickets of course.

 

Would be surprised. Cubs draw well even when they have bad teams. Plus I don't think Theo and Hoyer would sacrifice the future of their organization prospect wise to draw more fans.

 

Carlos Marmol for Dan Haren. Great for Chicago.

 

I agree. Both one year contracts. Cubs have money to spend and id take Haren over Marmol anyday.

 

Best guess is the Cubs saw Haren's medicals and got cold feet. Also that's probably why he wasn't dealt to another team. Either way Haren is now a FA so let the bidding begin.

 

I would trade Marmol for a wet bucket of baseballs. So my guess is the medical thing as well.

 

Glad Rivera wants to come back. Hope they can get Hiroki Kuroda. I hope Swisher leaves. Hes not worth the big money he wants.

 

Good to hear he will be back. The Yankees would be stupid to sign him for 2 years though at his age.. There simply is no reason to.

 

Javier Vasquez is considering a comeback.

 

Jason Bay is now a FA. He and the Mets reached an agreement to buy out the rest of his contract. Today about an awful deal almost from the 1st day he signed that contract. I feel bad for him though, he's a good guy and I don't think his poor seasons were because of a lack of effort. When some players just lose it, they lose it quick.