RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Well....Boston won. Congrats Massholes.

3.5 Months til Pitchers and Catchers. What's your team shopping for?

CocheseUGA

McCann will most likely leave via free agency. That leaves Gattis and perhaps Bethancourt to battle Laird.

We might try to dump Uggla on someone and see if La Stella might be ready at some point this year to move up. We should have 3-4 2B replacement candidates that could fill in and still bat .200, something Uggla could barely do.

Otherwise, we're pretty solid. Everyone is clamoring for a front-line pitcher, but I like who we have. Just need to get BJ back in the groove and we'll be back contending for the East again.

CocheseUGA

Here's your first big shock of the offseason:

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseb...in-cobb/nbpNQ/

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

I never pay attention to baseball unless it's Rangers in the playoffs.

Anyways... Prince Fielder to Texas for Ian Kinsler..

Yumcha

Off-season stuff. New thread!

CocheseUGA

You wanna merge the existing one, Mr Roboto?

Rounder

http://deadspin.com/angry-dumb-red-s...ium=socialflow

Yumcha

NYY sign Ellsbury...

http://mlb.si.com/2013/12/03/yankees...eal/?eref=sihp


$153M over 7 years...wow. I love MLB's insanity.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

So much for Cano staying a Yankee.......
One good hitting 2nd basemen isn't going to get you a WS. Hope he likes the weather!

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

Yup, adios Robbie you are the richest irrelevant person on Earth.

I wonder if he realizes he would have made more than the difference between what Seattle is paying & the Yankees offered/would have paid from N.Y. based & derived endorsement deals.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...attle-mariners

Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners have agreed on a 10-year, $240 million contract, a source told ESPNdeportes.com on Friday.

Cano receives a full no-trade clause, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden.

The player and his agents met Thursday night in Seattle with the Mariners' top executives, and the source said the team made them an offer they couldn't refuse.

SportsNation: Mariners sign Cano

SportsNationWill Robinson Cano live up to his 10-year, $240 million contract? Can the Mariners contend with him? Vote! »

• Rapid Reaction: Cano to Seattle

The source said Cano, 31, will return to Seattle on Sunday and will undergo a physical Monday to complete what would be the third-largest contract in baseball history, tied with the one Albert Pujols signed with Los Angeles Angels three years ago.

Alex Rodriguez has had baseball's top two contracts. In the winter of 2007, he signed a 10-year, $275 million extension with the New York Yankees. That deal replaced the 10-year, $252 million pact he signed with the Texas Rangers in December 2000, when Rodriguez left Seattle after spending his first seven major league seasons with the Mariners.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

METS sign the Grandy-Man.

4 years $60 Million.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/...&vkey=news_mlb

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

240 mil, fucking ridiculous...

Yumcha

Wow, the terms and $$$ are just insanity in MLB...

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

^^^^

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

Waaah I didn't want to play where & when the boss said waaaah.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb...0804--mlb.html

Robinson Cano ‘didn’t want to play for’ Yankees manager Joe Girardi

Being handed a contract for $240 million is reason enough for Robinson Cano to trade his pinstripes for a compass and play for the Seattle Mariners. But he also reportedly didn't like how he was being utilized by New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, and is happy to be leaving the Bronx for that reason also. So much so, apparently, that he didn't even call the Yankees to give them a chance to match Seattle's big offer:

Reporter George A. King III in the New York Post has the anonymously sourced details:

“Robbie didn’t like batting second, he wanted to bat in the middle of the order,’’ one person said. “The Yankees wanted him second because that was best for the team. He wanted to hit in the middle of the order to drive in runs [to increase his value].’’

Through the middle of June, Cano shuttled between second and third in a lineup that didn’t have Derek Jeter to hit second or Rodriguez in the cleanup spot.

For the season, Cano batted third in 110 games, hitting .319 with 16 homers, 73 RBIs and an OPS of .886. As the No. 2 hitter in 42 games, he hit .308 with 10 homers, 30 RBIs and a .955 OPS.

“He told me he didn’t want to play for [Girardi],’’ a friend of Cano’s said.

It's not exactly the sensational stuff of a tell-all book, but it's possible that a combination of perceived slights persuaded Cano that the Yankees didn't quite want him enough, even if the money were to be equal. Being reluctant to bat him in the middle of the order; taking a public stance that they wouldn't be willing to pay him much more (relatively speaking) than outsider Jacoby Ellsbury; making Cano the issue, and not other players, in wanting to stay below the $189 million luxury tax threshold.

Did King talk to Girardi to get his side of the story — for whatever it might be worth? It does not appear he tried. We'll hear from him in time, though.

If the Yankees really wanted Cano, if they really thought he was worth it, if they really thought he was a middle-of-the-order superstar, they wouldn't have made it seem like keeping him was so agonizing to them. So Cano thinks. Maybe.

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Pagination

Yumcha

Very deserved trio enters the HoF: Maddux, Glavine and the Big Hurt...

Maddux and the Big Hurt will always be among my favorite players ever. In an era marred with cheating, I have to say that I truly believe these 2 were one of the few clean ones who played the game the right way.


http://mlb.si.com/2014/01/08/maddux-...t/?eref=sircrc

Scottman111

Agree. Always thought Thomas was great, but in my younger days I didn't appreciate Maddux because he was constantly beating the Reds senseless. Glad I was able to watch him more when I got older and wised up a bit.

Yumcha

I have to thank my Dad for showing me how to appreciate Mad Dog...back then, power pitchers usually got my attention with how many Strikeouts. He showed me to watch how Maddux would paint corners and the surgical process he had to hitters...

Scottman111

Not to mention, he did it all in the "juiced" era.

I would like to know how somebody like him doesn't get 100% of the vote. I know it's never happened before, but I'd like an explanation from the guys that didn't vote for him, just to hear their reasoning.

CocheseUGA

Because there are morons like Ken Gurnick who choose not to vote for any players of the PED era. Except for apparently Jack Morris, who I never thought was a HOF player, and his pitching to 1994 apparently didn't count to him.

Thankfully, he has said he'll never vote again.

Scottman111

Just read about this...what a giant fuck

I wish there was a better way. At least they haven't resorted to fan voting

CocheseUGA

You missed Le Bastard's ballot then.

Scottman111

I heard something about that but wasn't aware what happened with it. Funny though.

You know it's bad when a lot of the people that are casting the votes don't support the current process.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

arod guilty & will miss all of next season. If anyone cares.....
I hope the Yankees can get out of that contract.

Scottman111

Was a disturbing interview to watch, from what I saw of it. Although I don't know how much I believe some of the stuff Bosch said. He really couldn't be any more of a slimeball in his own way.

I do wonder if the death threats from Arod "associates" are true. Did they have those texts saved?

Scottman111

Was a disturbing interview to watch, from what I saw of it. Although I don't know how much I believe some of the stuff Bosch said. He really couldn't be any more of a slimeball in his own way.

I do wonder if the death threats from Arod "associates" are true. Did they have those texts saved?

Scottman111

http://extramustard.si.com/2014/01/1...cot/?eref=sihp


Pedobear Jr? Where are his pants!?!


Still a fan, Yumchah?

Yumcha

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

I hope they can't. How can you punish the player and not the team?
Really? The Yanks didn't know about this the entire time?
If it wasn't for my kids playing the game I probably would just stop watching it.
It's no longer about talent and sportsmanship but how I can cheat the system.
Yeah I know.

Play dumb no one will ever notice.

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

Derek Jeter will retire after the 2014 season.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...-facebook-post

Yumcha

A-Cheat quietly takes back his lawsuits of everyone including your parents.


Idiot. Hope he leaves the game.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

I wonder if Steven Drew is thinking....should have taken that qualifying offer.

Scottman111

I may or may not make it to Florida for some spring training next month.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Well...we all can say that we may or may not be there. What other options are there?

Scottman111

The trip has been tentatively planned, like it is every year, but some scheduling conflicts are getting in the way

jupitersolo

Making his announcement to make sure he gets plenty of gifts while being the road team... :wink:

Scottman111

Yeah, he's gotta get his attention. If he didn't have so much pride he could move away from SS and do some DH/infield platooning to extend his career.

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

Waiting for baseball to start next week so i can get my fantasy lineup going.

Rounder

post your roster?

Yumcha

Dodgers have the highest MLB payroll now?