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Post by mainesox on Dec 17, 2012 23:07:18 GMT -5
I want Drew Smyly. He's going to be a good one. That's what I'm thinking too, and they're supposedly willing to trade him.
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Post by bluechip on Dec 18, 2012 0:42:58 GMT -5
I want Drew Smyly. He's going to be a good one. That's what I'm thinking too, and they're supposedly willing to trade him. I like Smyly. Not a number one starter, but a good mid-rotation starter. He is cost controlled longer than Percello.
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Post by grandsalami on Dec 19, 2012 17:10:23 GMT -5
RT @alden_Gonzalez: Source: #Angels have traded Kendrys Morales to the #Mariners for SP Jason Vargas
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Post by bluechip on Dec 19, 2012 17:16:43 GMT -5
RT @alden_Gonzalez: Source: #Angels have traded Kendrys Morales to the #Mariners for SP Jason Vargas A decent back of the rotation starter.
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Post by jmei on Dec 19, 2012 17:29:51 GMT -5
Only decent in that cavernous home ballpark of his. xFIPs last four years: 4.45, 4.45, 4.60, 4.61.
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Post by remember04 on Dec 19, 2012 17:52:06 GMT -5
RT @alden_Gonzalez: Source: #Angels have traded Kendrys Morales to the #Mariners for SP Jason Vargas I wonder if we can trade a pile of beans for Justin Smoak yet?
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Post by grandsalami on Dec 19, 2012 20:59:49 GMT -5
Jon Heyman @jonheymancbs heard edwin jackson bidding was up to 4 yrs. believed close to $50M. @ken_Rosenthal adds tribe as team in derby. #ejax
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Post by bluechip on Dec 19, 2012 23:52:37 GMT -5
Jon Heyman @jonheymancbs heard edwin jackson bidding was up to 4 yrs. believed close to $50M. @ken_Rosenthal adds tribe as team in derby. #ejax Cubs are rumored to be offering 52/4. Jackson makes sense at 13 million, even if it is for 4 years.
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Post by bluechip on Dec 19, 2012 23:56:45 GMT -5
Only decent in that cavernous home ballpark of his. xFIPs last four years: 4.45, 4.45, 4.60, 4.61. He is their number five pitcher and he consistently pitches 200 innings. Besides the Angles play in a pitcher friendly park (obviously less pitcher friendly than Seattle).
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 20, 2012 7:46:39 GMT -5
Have to agree with Bluechip on this one. I don't think Morales had a ton of value, as he really has lost his athleticism since his injury, and he wasn't in a position to get enough playing time to build that value back up. In exchange, the Angels got a guy who has become a pretty reliable innings muncher who they can stick at the back of their rotation, something that team desperately needed.
It was pretty likely from the moment the Angels signed Hamilton that one of the Bourjos/Trumbo/Morales would be on the way out, likely in exchange for pitching. It seems to me they got a useful back-end pitcher for the least valuable of the three.
Vargas did give up 26 home runs on the road this season. He hadn't shown home/road splits quite so drastic in the past, but that's still a concern. There's a chance that Vargas's home run rate goes past the threshold of acceptability and he turns into Eric Milton, but in exchange for a guy who had essentially become a backup 1B/DH, I think it's a sensible chance to take.
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Post by bsout2 on Dec 20, 2012 9:02:15 GMT -5
Lin was designated for assignment by the Astros. Not good for him, the Astros may lack the most talent in the league. If you are a young player that wants to make the Majors, then Houston is the place to be.
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Post by bluechip on Dec 20, 2012 15:42:43 GMT -5
Cubs sign Edwin Jackson. 52/4.
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Post by jdb on Dec 20, 2012 20:02:38 GMT -5
AJ Pierzynski to Texas. One less C on the market.
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Post by jmei on Dec 20, 2012 20:53:39 GMT -5
The only real semi-contending teams that have holes at catcher seem to be the Yankees and the White Sox. Potential Saltalamacchia landing grounds are very limited.
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Post by bluechip on Dec 20, 2012 22:29:17 GMT -5
The only real semi-contending teams that have holes at catcher seem to be the Yankees and the White Sox. Potential Saltalamacchia landing grounds are very limited. I still think the Yankees are a good match. First Red Sox-Yankees trade since 1997?
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Post by honkbal on Dec 21, 2012 10:07:23 GMT -5
The only real semi-contending teams that have holes at catcher seem to be the Yankees and the White Sox. Potential Saltalamacchia landing grounds are very limited. I still think the Yankees are a good match. First Red Sox-Yankees trade since 1997? It would be fitting. We can make a tradition of giving them no-glove catchers.
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Post by bluechip on Dec 21, 2012 10:48:36 GMT -5
I still think the Yankees are a good match. First Red Sox-Yankees trade since 1997? It would be fitting. We can make a tradition of giving them no-glove catchers. I would love the same result as the Mike Stanley trade. Who in the Yankees system can the Red Sox flip for a Cy Young winner?
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Post by sibbysisti on Dec 21, 2012 16:00:21 GMT -5
Can you believe the offseason meanderings of Sandy Rosario? He's now been claimed off waivers four times including today by the Giants, without ever donning a uniform? Sox had him twice.
Will anyone ever tell him to get an apartment?
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Post by iakovos11 on Dec 21, 2012 16:37:24 GMT -5
Liriano to the Pirates - 2yrs $14 Mill
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 21, 2012 19:32:16 GMT -5
Can you believe the offseason meanderings of Sandy Rosario? He's now been claimed off waivers four times including today by the Giants, without ever donning a uniform? Sox had him twice. Will anyone ever tell him to get an apartment? He's been pitching in the Dominican luckily, so he hasn't been looking for a place to live, luckily.
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Post by jmei on Dec 22, 2012 12:12:52 GMT -5
Cody Ross signs a three-year deal with the Diamondbacks. Terms have not yet been reported yet.
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Post by sibbysisti on Dec 22, 2012 12:29:20 GMT -5
Could it generate movement on Kubel , Parra or, dare I say, Upton?
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Post by buffs4444 on Dec 22, 2012 12:42:10 GMT -5
Could it generate movement on Kubel , Parra or, dare I say, Upton?Hopefully. Though with Texas involved, it would hurt.
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Post by soxfan06 on Dec 22, 2012 12:57:02 GMT -5
Fourth year club option for Ross too.
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Post by remember04 on Dec 22, 2012 13:19:27 GMT -5
Fourth year club option for Ross too. Without knowing the final price does he have blackmail photos or something?
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