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Bosc Ulrich II
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The A's won't be competitive for two years, but they got two really good blue chippers in Gonzalez (big left-handed power hitter with great patience) and Anderson (lefty starter). I like Chris Carter as a power hitting 1B too. The A's may as well have a big firesale now.
For the DBacks, they traded the whole farm, but they have Haren and Webb under contract for the next 4 years or so. If Owings and Scherzer take big steps next season, watch out.
The Friars stole Jim Edmonds. They gave up an ok prospect and is only a one-year rental. |
A's just traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox.
http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=226402&hubname=
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| The A's - who dealt ace Dan Haren to Arizona on Dec. 14 - received left-hander Gio Gonzalez, right-hander Fautino De Los Santos and outfielder Ryan Sweeney. |
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In a somewhat surprising move, Oakland deals Nick Swisher to the White Sox for Gio Gonzalez, Faustino de los Santos and Ryan Sweeney.
A very good haul for Beane, as he got the last two prospects the Sox had. The White Sox are officially playing to win in 2008, because they have nothing coming up the pipe now.
Swish is a good OBP, 20-20 guy, and should start in CF for the next 3-4 years, so the Sox got a good player.
Still, the A's have completely rebuilt the farm and have several blue chippers that should be ready for prime time in 2009. By then the new stadium should be built and hopefully they'll be more willing to keep these guys.
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hipcheck
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You two must be on the same cycle 
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razzmatazz
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| Jesus, what IS our obsession with slow, fat, overrated first basemen? Those were decent prospects, and Swisher is meh at best... |
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razzmatazz
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Bosc Ulrich II
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: |
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-steroids-clemens&prov=ap&type=lgns
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| During the taped and edited interview with reporter Mike Wallace, the 11-time All Star was clearly disturbed of the allegations made by McNamee in the Mitchell Report, describing his emotions at one point of the interview as "angry." |
Clearly he's roid raging.
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Av-merican
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In some good news for a change, albeit minor, Colorado resident and all-around character Goose Gossage FINALLY gets the nod for Cooperstown.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7651196 |
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hipcheck
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yup....Mark McGwire left off every ballot for the 2nd straight year
Jim Rice misses again, by 16 votes
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup....Mark McGwire left off every ballot for the 2nd straight year |
Mac was on 23.6% of ballots.
I'm still holding out hope for Hawk and Rock. We need more 'Spos representation (although Hawk probably gets in as a Cub).
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hipcheck
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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OK, I was misinformed 
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razzmatazz
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| So McGwire will never get in. Interesting... |
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Bosc Ulrich II
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Jays do a swap of injured high-priced third baseman in trading Troy Glaus for Scott Rolen. Apparently Rolen was none too pleased when LaRussa was given a new contract. And Glaus was getting all sorts of foot and leg injuries, and wanted a move to a team that wasn't playing on turf.
Hopefully Rolen can be healthy. He's an incredible defensive third-baseman, has generally hit for better average and obp, and actually has a better career slugging % than Glaus, but doesn't hit as many homers. He's also a shitload faster than Glaus.
The Jays should be amazing on the defensive side of things with Rolen, Eckstein/MacDonald, Hill, Overbay and Johnson/Wells/Rios+Lind/Stairs. They still don't have a catcher who can throw to second base, unfortunately.
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razzmatazz
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| I'm sure Jorge Fabregas / Danny Ardoin are available... |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm sure Jorge Fabregas / Danny Ardoin are available... |
Forget them, I'm thinking a Sandy Alomar/Benito Santiago platoon would work.
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Bosc Ulrich II
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This may or may not make you happy, Av:
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Holliday, runner-up for the NL MVP award last season, agreed to a $23-million, two-year contract - one of the few arbitration-eligible players to get a multi-year deal. The left-fielder hit .340 with 36 homers and 137 RBIs, leading the Rockies to their first pennant. He finished a close second to Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins in MVP balloting.
After making $4.4 million last season, Holliday gets $9.5 million this year and $13.5 million in 2009. |
Sounds like a reasonable rate, but not very long.
More contracts:
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Ryan Howard asked the Philadelphia Phillies for a US$10-million contract in salary arbitration, and Los Angeles Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez requested $12.5 million when players and teams swapped figures.
Cabrera and the Tigers agreed on a one-year contract worth $11.3 million. The all-star third baseman joined Detroit along with pitcher Dontrelle Willis as part of a blockbuster trade with Florida last month.
The 24-year-old Cabrera can become a free agent after the 2009 season, but the Tigers hope to keep him long term.
Morneau, the 2006 AL MVP from New Westminster, B.C., agreed to a $7.4-million, one-year contract with Minnesota. The first baseman batted .271 with 31 home runs and 111 RBIs last year. He is not eligible for free agency until after the 2010 season.
Pena reached both a $6 million, one-year deal with Tampa Bay and a preliminary agreement on a $24,125,000, three-year contract that is pending a physical.
"I love Tampa Bay and I feel very comfortable playing with the Rays. I'm very happy to be able to be with the team for the next three seasons," Pena said in a telephone interview in the Dominican Republic.
"The team certainly is trying to become a contender. But we don't want just to contend, we want to win and we're getting closer. Things in Tampa Bay look bright."
One reason is Kazmir, the 23-year-old left-hander who led the AL with 239 strikeouts last season. He and the Rays agreed to a $3,785,000, one-year contract.
Other players agreeing to one-year deals Friday included Seattle pitcher Horacio Ramirez ($2.75 million), Colorado outfielder Willy Taveras ($1,975,000), Texas catcher Gerald Laird ($1.6 million), Florida pitcher Sergio Mitre ($1.2 million), Yankees infielder Wilson Betemit ($1,165,000), St. Louis outfielder Rick Ankiel ($900,000), Boston reliever Javier Lopez ($840,000), Detroit reliever Bobby Seay ($780,000), San Diego pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma ($620,000) and Dodgers outfielder Jason Repko ($487,500).
Mark Teixeira, Huston Street and Brad Lidge were among the 22 players who avoided arbitration by agreeing to contracts Thursday.
Toronto reliever Scott Downs cashed in on a breakout season, getting a $10-million, three-year deal. The only other player to get a multi-year contract Thursday was Blue Jays infielder Marco Scutaro ($2.65 million for two years).
Thursday's biggest deal went to Teixeira, Atlanta's slugging first baseman who is eligible for free agency after this season. He agreed to a $12.5 million contract, one of four Braves players who bypassed arbitration. The others were reliever Mike Gonzalez ($2,362,500), infielder Omar Infante ($1.4 million) and right-hander Tyler Yates ($800,000).
Street and the Oakland Athletics agreed at $3.3 million, a big raise from the $380,000 he made last year. The 2005 AL Rookie of the Year was limited to 48 outings in 2007 because of an irritated nerve in his right elbow that landed the closer on the disabled list for two months.
There was one free-agent deal Thursday: starting pitcher Jason Jennings and the Texas Rangers agreed to a one-year contract worth $4 million.
Lidge ($6.35 million) and fellow Philadelphia reliever Ryan Madson ($1.4 million) settled Thursday. Acquired from Houston in November to assume the closer's role, Lidge went 5-3 with 19 saves and a 3.36 ERA in 66 games with the Astros last season.
In addition to Downs and Scutaro, the Blue Jays inked right-hander Jason Frasor ($1,125,000) and left-handers Gustavo Chacin ($725,000) and Brian Tallet ($640,000). All-star outfielder Alex Rios is their last remaining player in arbitration.
Downs went 4-2 with a 2.17 ERA in 81 relief appearances last season, tied for the AL lead. He struck out 57 in 58 innings and walked just 24. The left-hander gets $2.25 million this year, $3.75 million next year and $4 million in 2010. He made $1.05 million last season.
Joe Crede and the Chicago White Sox agreed at $5.1 million. The third baseman played only 47 games last season before back surgery, batting .216 with four homers and 22 RBIs. He was a standout defensively and provided clutch hitting for the White Sox in 2005, when they won the World Series.
As of now, Chicago has two third basemen. Josh Fields was called up last season and batted .244 with 23 homers and 67 RBIs in 100 games.
Other players agreeing to terms Thursday were Milwaukee lefty Chris Capuano ($3.75 million), Los Angeles Angels outfielder Juan Rivera ($2,025,000), Pittsburgh third baseman Jose Bautista ($1.8 million), Kansas City pitcher Jimmy Gobble ($1,312,500), Minnesota outfielder Jason Kubel ($1.3 million), Tampa Bay outfielder Jonny Gomes ($1,275,000), Detroit outfielder Marcus Thames ($1,275,000), Washington pitcher Tim Redding ($1 million) and Florida catcher Matt Treanor ($705,000).
The 29-year-old Jennings, a Dallas native, can earn an additional $4 million in performance bonuses based on innings. |
http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=227633&hubname=
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Alabama Man
Now with 30% more rage!
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Tulowitzki has been inked to a 6 yr deal by the Rockies .... good move for them to get this kid locked up!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Conflicting rumours abound surrounding Canada's native son, Erik Bedard.
According to the Seattle Times, Adam Jones says he was traded to Baldimer for the stud lefty. O's GM Andy McPhail says hells no.
Stay tuned.
I hope he is, his talent is wasted in Baldimer.
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razzmatazz
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Adam Jones is a B level prospect. Fucking idiot Orioles, it's not like Bedard is washed up. At least get something blue chip if you're gonna be cheap...
In other news, 80 million over 6 years for the best player in baseball... |
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US679 Part Deux
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| Adam Jones is a B level prospect. |
I didn't realize Adam Jones was a francophone, because you're not giving him nearly enough credit. He has the potential to have 40+ HR power and man RF (he has a cannon arm) in Baldimer for a decade. He's one of baseball's best young players. A better blue chipper than Jacoby Ellsbury.
And Justin Morneau is collectively one of our favourite ballplayers, and a native son, but please feel free to prove your love and draft him ahead of Albert Pujols in our pool this season. Thank you.
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