The Offseason Thread: Bobby V to Boston

Post #1 » by **Da Schwab** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:50 pm

I figured this could be the miscellaneous news thread for the duration of the offseason. To start it off, here's the list of free agents, as submitted by teams today...

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/p ... gency-list

Between Albert, Prince and CJ Wilson, some teams will be spending quite a bit of cash in the coming months.

Post #2 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:26 am

Boston Red Sox
Bedard, Erik
Drew, J.D.
Jackson, Conor
Miller, Trever
Ortiz, David
Jonathan Papelbon
Papelbon, Jon
Varitek, Jason
Wakefield, Tim

Post #3 » by **TheLowlySquire** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:23 am

What's the chances that Pujols doesn't come back to St. Louis? Gotta be pretty low right?

Post #4 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:39 am

I really think Albert is the type of guy to weigh his home popularity into taking less money to be endlessly happy. If he stays in St. Louis, he guarantees himself the opportunity to be competitive every year and he would be the chip to entice top notch managers to want the job after La Russa hangs em up.

If he doesn't end up back in St. Louis next season, then the FO will be cast into a witch hunt.

On another note, I won't really miss any of the guys on the Yankees' list besides Jorge. I can imagine that no team will want to sign him and he's probably going to retire and take a coaching job with the franchise. It's Montero's time now.

Pharmcat · Post #5 » by **Pharmcat** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:27 pm

cc staying per his twitter

Wavy Q · Post #6 » by **Wavy Q** » Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:10 am

crazy moves already happening wtf

Post #7 » by **Da Schwab** » Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:39 am

I don't really know what to think of the CC deal. I guess I'm happy he's staying.

Derek Lowe getting shipped to Cleveland for next to nothing was a bit surprising based on his name, but after the season he just had, it may be his swan song next year.

Post #8 » by **HCYanks** » Tue Nov 1, 2011 3:36 am

Da Schwab wrote:I don't really know what to think of the CC deal. I guess I'm happy he's staying.

It's a lot of money, and the back end won't be worth it on strictly a performance basis. But in Yankeeland, where money doesn't hold the same marginal value as it does for the rest of the league, it's nothing particularly horrendous. There's a good chance he gets a similar (if not moderately better) deal on the open market, so if you're looking at the bright side, getting this deal done now means not having to give him 7/150 during free agency to keep him in pinstripes. Simply put, they're not competing next year without CC or someone of his caliber.

Post #9 » by **HMFFL** » Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:38 pm

Da Schwab wrote:I don't really know what to think of the CC deal. I guess I'm happy he's staying.

Derek Lowe getting shipped to Cleveland for next to nothing was a bit surprising based on his name, but after the season he just had, it may be his swan song next year.

Derek Lowe needed to go. Atlanta will pay $10 million of his salary next season but he cost the Braves a great deal of games this past season. Atlanta needed to free up some money and they did by trading him (save $5 mill). I wish Lowe the best, but I wanted him traded from Atlanta two seasons ago, and Atlanta failed to pull the trigger last year when Detroit wanted him.

Post #10 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:32 pm

I think after Reyes, Pojuls and Fielder the biggest name on the market might be Yu Darvish. The kid looks like a work horse and will be sought after by a lot of teams.

It also looks like CJ Wilson is staying with Texas. Was watching PTI and they said that CJ has said there is a "great or good chance" he remains with Texas. So that doesn't leave the best pitchers out there. Going to be a interesting 5-6 months to say the least

Post #11 » by **Da Schwab** » Wed Nov 2, 2011 3:13 am

I'm actually hoping the Yanks stay away from Darvish. He has Igawa 2.0 written all over him.

Post #12 » by **Da Schwab** » Wed Nov 2, 2011 3:51 am

Gold Glovers announced tonight...

AL

P -- Mark Buehrle, CHW
C -- Matt Wieters, BAL
1B -- Adrian Gonzalez, BOS
2B -- Dustin Pedroia, BOS
SS -- Erick Aybar, LAA
3B -- Adrian Beltre, TEX
LF -- Alex Gordon, KC
CF -- Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS
RF -- Nick Markakis, BAL

NL

P -- Clayton Kershaw, LAD
C -- Yadier Molina, STL
1B -- Joey Votto, CIN
2B -- Brandon Phillips, CIN
SS -- Troy Tulowitzki, COL
3B -- Placido Polanco, PHI
LF -- Gerardo Parra, ARI
CF -- Matt Kemp, LAD
RF -- Andre Ethier, LAD

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/71802 ... ve-winners

Meh...

Post #13 » by **TheLowlySquire** » Wed Nov 2, 2011 9:11 am

It's a good thing I don't care about Gold Gloves cause otherwise I'd worry myself about those **** picks.

Post #14 » by **Da Schwab** » Thu Nov 3, 2011 2:40 am

Silver Sluggers given out tonight...

AL

1B Adrian Gonzalez BOS
2B Robinson Cano NYY
SS Asdrubral Cabrera CLE
3B Adrian Beltre TEX
OF Curtis Granderson NYY
OF Jose Bautista TOR
OF Jacoby Ellsbury BOS
C Alex Avila DET
DH David Ortiz BOS

NL

1B Prince Fielder MIL
2B Brandon Phillips CIN
SS Troy Tulowitzki COL
3B Aramis Ramirez CHC
OF Ryan Braun MIL
OF Matt Kemp LAD
OF Justin Upton ARI
C Brian McCann ATL
P Daniel Hudson ARI

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... b&c_id=mlb

Again, very meh.

Killa K · Post #15 » by **Killa K** » Thu Nov 3, 2011 7:12 am

Beltre, AGonz, Tulo, and Kemp doing double work. I like I like

Post #16 » by **GYBE** » Thu Nov 3, 2011 9:08 pm

Da Schwab wrote: If he stays in St. Louis, he guarantees himself the opportunity to be competitive every year

I really don't see the Cardinals as guarenteed to be competitive every year. How long do you expect Berkman and Carpenter to be stars? Berkman could be entirely average next year and no one would be surprised. Adam Wainwright has to prove he can comeback from TJ surgery. They have a stars-and-scrubs team that doesn't have the budget to withstand mistakes like the Yankees/Sox do.

If they sign Pujols, they look formidable for next year. But they'd probably be paying Pujols and Holliday somewhere around $45-50 million a year combined. Those deals could be disasterous down the line.

Post #17 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:01 am

Mike Matheny has been tapped to replace TLR.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72309 ... ew-manager

I'm really not sure I like the hire because of his inexperience. I'm also not sure that this hire will keep Albert in town.

MF Doom · Post #18 » by **MF Doom** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:50 am

Where is Pujols going?

Dr Positivity · Post #19 » by **Dr Positivity** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:39 pm

Matt Kemp signs 8 years 160 million

Um, player who's had one elite year and who's had effort issues in the past and who isn't a free agent till 2012 - let's give him 160 mil! This one could end Vernon Wells bad

Post #20 » by **Da Schwab** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:05 am

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72342 ... okies-year

Jeremy Hellickson of the Rays and Craig Kimbel of the Braves are named AL and NL Rookie of the Year

Kimbel won unanimously, with his teammate Freddie Freeman coming in second. Hellickson garnered 17 first place votes, with Mark Trumbo coming in second and Eric Hosmer in third.