MLB Off-Season Transactions Thread

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thread for anything non-jays related that may be considered useful information

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: #Royals acquire Ervin Santana from #Angels. Return not yet known.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Trade official: Santana and cash from #Angels to #Royals for LH reliever Brandon Sisk.

[TheMainEvent]

I'm guessing certain people in the Angels organization particularly like Brandon Sisk, because from an outside perspective, a 27 year old career-minor league relief pitcher doesn't look like much of anything.

I don't like Ervin Santana much anymore, but if a not-even-prospect kind of minor-leaguer is all it took, I'd have appreciated the Jays taking a shot. Oh, well... maybe the Jays don't have any of those kinds of players that the Angels wanted.

[Kaizen]

Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna
#Angels are on the verge of trading RHP Dan Haren to the #Cubs for RH reliever Carlos Marmol.

He is a beat writer for the Angels.

[Wo1verine]

Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna
#Angels are on the verge of trading RHP Dan Haren to the #Cubs for RH reliever Carlos Marmol.

He is a beat writer for the Angels.

If Marmol can ever learn not to walk guys, he'd be pretty darn good!

[baulderdash77]

I know it's only 1 year of Haren and they're probably absorbing all his contract but that's pretty cheap for a #2 starter.

[baulderdash77]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS
david ortiz and red sox agree on $26M for 2 yrs, confirmed
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That's good value for Ortiz and the Sox can move on to other priorities now. I don't think we would have been a player, but a lot of us were interested in him.

[Wo1verine]

Marmol is due to make $9.8M!? Why the hell would LAA wanna pay him that over Haren's 15.5M?

[Michael Bradley]

I don't understand why the Angels just didn't decline the option on Haren if they didn't want him back. Marmol is a $10M reliever. Great K rates but I can't imagine a 7.0 BB/9 is going to work in the AL.

I wonder if they would have done Lind/Oliver for Haren? Probably not, but salary wise it's about the same as Marmol's salary and Oliver (if he doesn't retire) is better than Marmol as a short-term option.

[Randle McMurphy]

If that's all it cost to acquire Haren, it looks like his trade value fell apart after his poor season in 2012 (and it should be said, he was really bad). I don't really blame the Jays for not believing that he would be any kind of an answer to their rotational woes even with a one-year commitment. But I'm not sure there are that many better options out there.

[BigLeagueChew]

Has the trade really happened yet?

7:56pm: Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com (via Twitter) hears that the deal has not been completed and the Angels are still active in discussions with more than one team.

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Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: Marmol would have OK'ed trade to #Angels, but #Cubs pulled deal off table and trade is not happening. Angels talking to other clubs.

haren is a free agent now

[Kaizen]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_ ... eturn-2013

Rivera is coming back.

[SharoneWright]

Astros sign Youppi's kid brother to be their new mascot:

[Kaizen]

Interesting tidbit about the Rays.

@BenBadler
"The Rays are the only club that hasn't graduated a single pick from the last five drafts to the majors."

[Kaizen]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-h ... n--37-more

27. Shaun Marcum, SP. He consistently outpitches his stuff, though he had a bit of injury trouble last year. Expert: $10.25 million, 1 year. Me: $20 million, 2 years.

The market is out of control if that is true. That seems like a ton of money for somebody a lot of people think could be a good #3 or #4 starter.

[LBJSeizedMyID]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-heyman/20838908/top-40-free-agent-hit-list-projected--for-greinke-hamilton-bourn--37-more

27. Shaun Marcum, SP. He consistently outpitches his stuff, though he had a bit of injury trouble last year. Expert: $10.25 million, 1 year. Me: $20 million, 2 years.

The market is out of control if that is true. That seems like a ton of money for somebody a lot of people think could be a good #3 or #4 starter.

That seems like a good deal when you pit him against Edwin Jackson, Gavin Floyd or John Danks

[baulderdash77]

Interesting tidbit about the Rays.

@BenBadler
"The Rays are the only club that hasn't graduated a single pick from the last five drafts to the majors."

That really surprised me when I thought of Matt Moore and Hellickson, but Moore was drafted 5 years ago and Hellickson was drafted 7 years ago.

For a team that's built by the draft, they've been slow to graduate players.

[satyr9]

They have zero reason to go fast now that they've got a full competitive club. They know they won't get these guys on a FA contract. They also know they won't be trading them for more expensive pieces so they don't worry about damaging their overall prospect value too much by having them graduate at 23-25. Maybe they'll get a deal done early that gives them 7-9 years instead of 6 like with Longoria or Moore, but there's no upside for them to get guys into the show as they know they will never own the players into their 30's anyway.

[Kaizen]

Astros sign Youppi's kid brother to be their new mascot:

New uniforms as well. Pretty much stole it straight from a Japanese team.

[Kaizen]

Posey and Cabrera won the MVP awards.