Around MLB '12-'13 (offseason signings, trades, rumors, ect)

Kerb Hohl · Post #341 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:46 am

Mark Reynolds and Drew Stubbs in the same MLB lineup.

Over/under 9 million strikeouts.

wichmae · Post #342 » by **wichmae** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:20 am

Im so glad we havent made any bonehead moves like these. My god wtf is Arizona doing?

Kerb Hohl · Post #343 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:39 am

When a division rival is spending near billions to contend with you and another is winning the World Series, one-up them by trading a top pitching prospect for a projected solid defensive SS/future utility guy.

coolhandluke121 · Post #344 » by **coolhandluke121** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:49 pm

6/$147 for Greinke. Dodgers, of course. Who else?

Highest-paid rightie ever. Wow. For a guy who's been probably just a borderline ace for most of his career?

I always knew the Brewers did the right thing by trading him, but obviously this affirms it.

trwi7 · Post #345 » by **trwi7** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:12 pm

GrendonJennings wrote:Worley is probably a #3 guy that doesn't K a ton (right in their mold)

????

Kerb Hohl · Post #346 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:35 pm

I guess I am mistaken there, I was looking at some lower totals in the mid-minors to project that maybe he would regress a bit this year in the majors but I guess he's probably going to be an 8 K/9 guy.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #347 » by **Buck You** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:01 pm

Angels' lineup is ridiculous now with Hamilton.

Trumbo, trout, hamilton, pujols, etc

Jesus.

trwi7 · Post #348 » by **trwi7** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:03 pm

Trumbo might be one of the most overrated hitters in baseball. From July 25th to September 26th, his OPS dropped almost 200 points.

Kerb Hohl · Post #349 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:07 pm

Yeah, that is what I had tabbed him as, too. He had a ridiculously low OBP that seemed to maybe have improved last year until he went back into the toilet.

The question is whether its in his learning curve and he will get his OBP up to .330 or .340 which can be stomached. Or is he just a right-handed Adam Lind?

trwi7 · Post #350 » by **trwi7** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:14 pm

I just don't think he's a very good hitter. The only places in the minors where he posted an OPS above .850 was Rancho Cucamonga (Brewers got out of there because you couldn't accurately judge pitchers because it was so hitter friendly) and Salt Lake where pretty much every place in that division is extremely hitter friendly (Salt Lake, Albuquerque, Reno, Colorado Springs, Fresno, Las Vegas, Sacramento and Tucson.)

gbmb34 · Post #351 » by **gbmb34** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:32 am

trwi7 wrote:Trumbo might be one of the most overrated hitters in baseball. From July 25th to September 26th, his OPS dropped almost 200 points.

He might be overrated, but he's their 4th best hitter. That's pretty impressive.

Post #352 » by **ReasonablySober** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:00 pm

Sanchez gave Detroit a chance to match, they go $5 mil higher and Sanchez stays a tiger for $80 million.

Kerb Hohl · Post #353 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:34 pm

DrugBust wrote:Sanchez gave Detroit a chance to match, they go $5 mil higher and Sanchez stays a tiger for $80 million.

They did. Looks like a don deal.

Post #354 » by **jr lucosa** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:49 pm

http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/33909/20121215/phillies_reach_$18m_deal_with_mike_adams/

6m per seems to be the going rate for decent relievers this year.

Kerb Hohl · Post #355 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:26 pm

Looks like Dickey is going to Toronto for D'Arnaud.

Morrow
Johnson
Buerhle
Dickey
Romero

Not bad.

trwi7 · Post #356 » by **trwi7** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:40 pm

I hate that deal for Toronto.

Post #357 » by **jr lucosa** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:02 pm

I'm not going to pretend to act like I have any clue how good or bad RA Dickey will be going forward, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to be what he was last year, but if he can just be the pitcher he was the two years prior that rotation is still looking very solid.

D'Arnaud has some impressive minor league stats though.

El Duderino · Post #358 » by **El Duderino** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:39 pm

jr lucosa wrote:http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/33909/20121215/phillies_reach_$18m_deal_with_mike_adams/

6m per seems to be the going rate for decent relievers this year.

At 3yr/18 million that's to pricey for me from a Brewers perspective, but if they would have given money to any reliever, Adams is the guy i'd have liked Melvin to go after.

El Duderino · Post #359 » by **El Duderino** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:48 pm

jr lucosa wrote:I'm not going to pretend to act like I have any clue how good or bad RA Dickey will be going forward, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to be what he was last year, but if he can just be the pitcher he was the two years prior that rotation is still looking very solid.

D'Arnaud has some impressive minor league stats though.

I'm sure there is some trepidation given Dickey relies on a knuckleball, but it's not like he only had one surprise year last season, his last three years with the Mets have all been good.

That said, if Travis d'Arnaud can stick at catcher in the majors, he's a big time prospect.

BUCKnation · Post #360 » by **BUCKnation** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:42 pm

Toronto is looking good next year. Once again the AL East is stacked.