Ok, since many of us feel its long overdue....and in an effort to not have to traverous to specific team threads...here we go:
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HotStove Report:
Hot Stove Report 2008/2009 | MLB.com: News
Angels in the CC sweepstakes:
Angels may join CC sweepstakes | MLB.com: News
Tazawa set to select Red Sox:
Tazawa set to choose Red Sox | MLB.com: News
Cubs say they are exiting the Peavy Trade Sweepstakes:
Piniella: Cubs are done seeking Peavy | MLB.com: News
Yanks my not make offer to Burnett:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081122&content_id=3688765&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy -
Full List of MLB Free Agents:
Players who have filed for free agency | MLB.com: News
Arizona
Clark, Tony (1B); Dunn, Adam (OF); Cruz, Juan (RP); Eckstein, David (SS); Hudson, Orlando (2B); Johnson, Randy (SP); Lyon, Brandon (RP)
Atlanta
Dessens, Elmer (P); Glavine, Tom (SP); Hampton, Mike (SP); Julio, Jorge (RP); Norton, Greg (OF); Ohman, Will (RP); Smoltz, John (SP); Tavarez, Julian (RP)
Baltimore
Castro, Juan (SS); Cintron, Alex (SS); Millar, Kevin (1B); Payton, Jay (OF)
Boston
Byrd, Paul (SP); Casey, Sean (1B); Colon, Bartolo (SP); Cora, Alex (SS); Kotsay, Mark (OF); Ross, Dave (C); Schilling, Curt (SP); Timlin, Mike (RP); Varitek, Jason (C)
Chicago Cubs
Blanco, Henry (C); Dempster, Ryan (SP); Edmonds, Jim (OF); Fox, Chad (RP); Howry, Bob (RP); Lieber, Jon (RP); Ward, Daryle (1B); Wood, Kerry (RP)
Chicago White Sox
Cabrera, Orlando (SS); Crede, Joe (3B); Griffey Jr., Ken (OF); Hall, Toby (C); Ramirez, Horacio (RP); Uribe, Juan (2B)
Cincinnati
Affeldt, Jeremy (RP); Bako, Paul (C); Fogg, Josh (SP); Hairston Jr., Jerry (SS); Lincoln, Michael (RP); Mercker, Kent (RP); Patterson, Corey (OF); Valentin, Javier (C); Weathers, Dave (RP)
Cleveland
* Donnelly, Brendan (RP); Elarton, Scott (SP); Fasano, Sal (C); Rincon, Juan (RP)
Colorado
Fuentes, Brian (RP); Herges, Matt (RP); Hernandez, Livan (SP); Melhuse, Adam (C); Podsednik, Scott (OF); Rusch, Glendon (RP)
Detroit
Farnsworth, Kyle (RP); Fossum, Casey (RP); Garcia, Freddy Antonio (SP); Jones, Todd (RP); Renteria, Edgar (SS); Rogers, Kenny (SP); Wilson, Vance (C)
Florida
Gonzalez, Luis (OF); Hendrickson, Mark (RP); LoDuca, Paul (C); Rhodes, Arthur (RP)
Houston
Ausmus, Brad (C); Brocail, Doug (RP); Hawkins, LaTroy (RP); Loretta, Mark (2B); Wolf, Randy (SP)
Kansas City
Grudzielanek, Mark (2B)
Los Angeles Angels
Anderson, Garret (OF); Garland, Jon (SP); Oliver, Darren (RP); Rivera, Juan (OF); Rodriguez, Francisco (RP); Teixeira, Mark (1B)
Los Angeles Dodgers
Beimel, Joe (RP); Bennett, Gary (C); Blake, Casey (3B); Furcal, Rafael (SS); Garciaparra, Nomar (1B); Johnson, Jason (RP); Kent, Jeff (2B); Lowe, Derek (SP); Maddux, Greg (SP); Ozuna, Pablo (3B); Park, Chan Ho (RP); Ramirez, Manny (OF); Sweeney, Mark (1B); Penny, Brad (SP)
Milwaukee
Branyan, Russell (3B); + Counsell, Craig (SS); Durham, Ray (2B); Gagne, Eric (RP); Kapler, Gabe (OF); Lamb, Michael (3B); Mota, Guillermo (RP); Sabathia, CC (SP); Sheets, Ben (SP); Shouse, Brian (RP)
Minnesota
Everett, Adam (SS); Guardado, Eddie (RP); Punto, Nick (SS); Reyes, Dennys (RP)
New York Mets
Alou, Moises (OF); Armas Jr., Tony (RP); Ayala, Luis (RP); Easley, Damion (2B); Hernandez, Orlando (SP); Martinez, Pedro (SP); Martinez, Ramon E. (2B); Nixon, Trot (OF); Perez, Oliver (SP); Rincon, Ricardo (RP); Wise, Matt (RP)
New York Yankees
Abreu, Bob (OF); + Giambi, Jason (1B); + Marte, Damaso (RP); Moeller, Chad (C); Mussina, Mike (SP); + Pavano, Carl (SP); Pettitte, Andy (SP); Ponson, Sidney (SP); Rodriguez, Ivan (C)
Oakland
Brown, Emil (OF); Embree, Alan (RP); Foulke, Keith (RP); Thomas, Frank (DH)
Philadelphia
Gordon, Tom (RP); Seanez, Rudy (RP); Burrell, Pat (OF); Moyer, Jamie (SP)
Pittsburgh
Gomez, Chris (3B); Michaels, Jason (OF); Mientkiewicz, Doug (1B); Rivas, Luis (SS)
St. Louis
Juan Encarnacion (OF); Isringhausen, Jason (RP); Izturis, Cesar (SS); Looper, Braden L. (SP); Lopez, Felipe (2B); Mulder, Mark (SP); Springer, Russ (RP); Villone, Ron (RP)
San Diego
Hoffman, Trevor (RP); Prior, Mark (SP)
San Francisco
Aurilia, Rich (1B); Vizquel, Omar (SS)
Seattle
Bloomquist, Willie (OF); Cairo, Miguel (1B); Ibanez, Raul (OF)
Tampa Bay
Baldelli, Rocco (DH); Floyd, Cliff (OF); Hinske, Eric (OF); Miller, Trever (RP)
Toronto
Burnett, A.J. (SP); Parrish, John (RP); Wilkerson, Brad (OF); Zaun, Gregg (C)
Texas
+ Blalock, Hank (3B); Bradley, Milton (DH); Jennings, Jason (SP); Vazquez, Ramon (3B); Wright, Jamey (RP)
Washington
Boone, Aaron (1B); Perez, Odalis (SP)
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I am shocked that people say that by landing Swisher the Yanks are out of the Teixeira sweepstakes. Does anyone else believe this, I know they have 6 outfielders but they all suck. If the Yankees don't sign Tex, I won't be afraid of a lineup with Swisher at 1st, and some combination of Matsui, Damon, Cabrera and Nady at OF and DH. They scored only 789 runs last year, after 968 in 2007.
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And yes I agree the line up isn't scary. Posada is coming off of an injury at age 36, Jeter looks like he's going on the decline, and who knows about Cano. Really the only guy the Yankees can count on/gurantee to putting up better numbers is Arod. -
Agree, with our outfield situation - lots of oxygen breathers - not much else in contribution whether via glove or bat.
Yes, our run production was down but we crushed in 2007 so alot harder to sustain or surpass that level (Injuries killed us in 2008), and personally, if we can add Tex as our 1st base glove, and add DeJesus from KC to roam Center (would suspect an OF traded in return Melky or Matsui even - Damon back to KC would be a Godsend)...our D will be greatly improved with Nady, the likes of Swisher as DH/OF/1B (unless he gets re-traded?), then we can thin out our outfield issues. -
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The Red Sox, based on some reports, are close to signing Junichi Tazawa of Japan. He’s a 22-year-old Japanese amateur player who has a chance to be pretty good depending on the scout you ask. Others think he doesn’t throw hard enough.
But whether Tazawa is any good or not isn’t the point. The point is that he is an amateur player and by signing him, the Red Sox would break a decades-old informal agreement between the Major Leagues and the Japanese leagues not to pilfer amateur players from each other’s country.
For the Japanese, this is a huge potential problem. If they can’t keep their best players in the Pacific and Central Leagues for at least a few years, the quality of their baseball will quickly diminish.
..think what you want about this, but it can't be good for baseball in any way. -
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hmmm cant understand why the rocks turned this down: :lol:
The Rockies turned down the Mets' proposal of Aaron Heilman for Huston Street, the New York Post reports.
A trade apparently is still a possibility, but the Rockies would want Pedro Feliciano along with Heilman. The Mets think that's too high of a price to pay for a guy in Street who might not even be their closer by the time the season starts.
Source: New York Post
Good god, ill throw in Feliciano, Schoenweis, Dirty Sanchez, and Slapstillo; the 5 douchekateers. -
You can already tell that any Sabathia move is going to be a terrible deal for the team that signs him. Seriously, it might not be Barry Zito bad, but its going to be AWFUL nonetheless. The guy sucks in the postseason (last season notwithstanding because he was clearly overworked down the stretch) and I can count on one finger (David Wells) the amount of guys that have exceled in their 30s with weight problems.
All that said, I really hope he goes to the Yankees. -
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I think the Yankees will be fine. They have a very nice young core in that rotation with Wang, Chamberlain and Hughes.
I just believe that whomever signs CC is really going to regret it. Sabathia just has a boatload of red flags, whether its his postseason struggles (22 ERs in 25 IP, which totals to a nice inflated ERA of around 8.00) or his weight problems (see: Colon, Bartolo).
Nothing about the guy makes me believe he should be making anywhere near the money that the Mets paid Santana last offseason.BigDogsHunt likes this. -
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I have no doubt the Yankees will be right there as always. That organization has too much pride to not bounce back swinging this year.BigDogsHunt likes this. -
Yeah, I want Tex for his glove and D, even more than his bat....what I do love is he is switch hitter; never can have enough of those for match up purposes.
So, what's the latest internals regarding Varitek (he has been the one guy year after year I said I would take on the Yankees).
Lots of solid young Catchers out there. I think Laird would be a nice fit for Boston....even Hernandez from O's since they will have a young stud coming up no later than mid year.
I know some have a woody for Salty, but for what he does, I think Laird is the better fit in Boston. -
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We'll see how it plays out, but I don't see how they don't bring Varitek back for another 2 years if that's an option.
Bad news for us Sox fans, because it means two more summers of us watching him get overmatched at the plate. -
Rule 5 Draft (Dec 11)
Rule 5 draft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Great options exist for 2009 Rule 5 Draft
The Baseball Analysts: The 2008 Rule 5 Draft: Previewing the Pitchers
All 6 year Minor League Free Agents
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Also I know a lot of Yankee fans were pimping Alan Horne, JB Cox and Kevin Whelan last year but they weren't even put on the Yankees' 40 man roster thus being exposed and could be taken in the rule 5 draft. It is possible that the farm system has been a bit overhyped.
The Yankees need to sign at least one but probably 2 pitchers out of CC/Burnett/Lowe for next year. Right now as it stands a rotation of Wang (coming off an injury), Joba (who it is very possible he can't handle throwing 200 innings a year), Hughes, Kennedy and ? doesn't look good heading into the season. -
Now at the end of the day, I cant say we have a true ACE #1 (including Wang), but we have plenty of arms that tell me not to throw money into the CC hype. -
Some Yanks officials think the Angels are bluffing at offering CC anything close to 140 mill in an attempt to get Tex to lower his asking price. I hope that's the case, but we'll see. We've been talking about CC since before the season ended, so I'm not so sure we arent serious about pursuing him.
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Brackman is coming off of TJ surgery last year so he's at best 2 years away from making any impact. Word is he's got good stuff, I've never seen him but I trust some of the scouts who say that he's the real deal.
I've heard Sanchez hasn't been the same pitcher since his surgery and had someone tell me he really had no business being up with the Yankees last Sept and that none of his pitches had any movement behind it, I didn't see him pitch in September so I'm only going by what I was told. Also I don't buy Aceves, he screams Darrell Rasner Jr. to me. -
Secondly, you need more then 2 pitches to be a starter.
Lastly, the guy cant keep the ball in the park for 1 inning, do you really want him pitching 6 or 7? Last year he set a MLB record for the highest percentage of homers allowed with runners on base. 9 of the 10 homers he allowed had at least 1 runner on. Given the propensity and frequency with which he does this if someone else wants him, please, hes all theirs. Just get him, Blowenweis and Slapstillo off my team. :sad: -
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Baseball Calendar - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
2008
Dec. 1—Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.
Dec. 2-5—Major League Baseball Players Association executive board meeting, Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 7—Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept the offers.
Dec. 8-11—Winter meetings, Las Vegas.
Dec. 8—Hall of Fame Veterans Committee vote announced, Las Vegas.
Dec. 12—Last day for teams to offer 2009 contracts to unsigned players.
2009
Jan 5-15—Salary arbitration filing.
Jan. 12—Hall of Fame BBWAA voting announced.
Jan. 13-15—Owners meeting, Phoenix.
Jan. 20—Exchange of salary arbitration figures.
Feb. 1-21—Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.
Feb. 14—Mandatory reporting date for players on World Baseball Classic rosters of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan unless they have reported directly to their national teams; mandatory reporting date for pitchers and catchers on provisional rosters of other WBC teams; voluntary reporting date for non-WBC pitchers, catchers and injured players.
Feb. 17—Mandatory reporting date for remaining position players on WBC rosters; voluntary reporting date for non-WBC position players.
Feb. 22—Mandatory reporting date for non-WBC players.
March 2-11—Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.
March 5-23—World Baseball Classic.
March 18— Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.
April 1—Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2008 salary.
April 5—Opening day, active rosters reduced to 25 players.Skeet84, Fin Fan In Cali, DonShula84 and 1 other person like this. -
Mets making Putz their priority (Yes! Definitely would rather have him then overpay for Krod or Feuntes): FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Do the numbers still add up for Hall?
Would love for the Mets to make a move for Napoli:
The Boston Herald reports that "the Angels are open to dealing either Jeff Mathis or Mike Napoli."
Yankees looking at Orlando Hudosn for CF?!?!:
f they don't ink two of the three, the Yankees will turn their focus to bolstering a lineup that disappointed last season and is likely to lose Bobby Abreu and Jason Giambi. That will mean a look at Teixeira, Orlando Hudson to play center field and possibly Manny Ramirez.
ANGELS MAY UP SABATHIA STAKES - New York Post
The newspaper speculates that one of the Angels' catchers could be on the Red Sox's radar if they're unable to re-sign Jason Varitek, noting that "the acquisition price for the blue-chip names has been too high" for Boston's liking.
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Actually, this is exactly why I wanted Torii Hunter last year.....that was a bad mistake allowing him to head to LAAoA last off season. -
The Red Sox won't have Napoli for anything cheap at all. He's one of the best hitting catchers in the game by far. Nobody had an OPS like him this year not even Twin Joe.
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Where is K-Rod going? Seems that everyone is down on him but he wants a load of cash
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So the question is why would you want him?
I mean for the right price hes worth it, but the right price is along the line of maybe 3/33 (since rivera got 3/45 and hes the best), and maybe a 4th year option for 12 mil. Thats much different the 5/75. :wink2: -
5th best? I think i would rather have him then Ligde...even with him having a perfect season. Maybe its because I'm just waiting for him to break down again. Who is his agent?
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