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2011 MLB offseason thread
- Thread starter Straight Shooter
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Looks like my White Sox are confident that they'll be able to re-sign Konerko. I don't think there is much interest in him outside of the White Sox.
Matt Diaz has been drawing interest from the BoSox.
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The Cubs are targeting Carlos Pena
that would be a nice move if they could pull it out. i like the cubs very much even if they never win a world series again
When it comes to sports contracts one of the things that people need to remember is that it only takes one team to make a dumb decision for somebody to cash in more than they should.
i think diaz will sign with the pirates. hope bosox can sign crawford. that would be the best thing to do even with jacobys "same playing type". crawford is the biggest fish on the market right now
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
The Werth deal is just insane. 
:eek:
As a Cardinal fan, I'm a bit leery of the Lance Berkman signing. Their offense sucked last year because they expected Albert to drive in every run for them and their pitchers to throw shutouts. Their quest to get more pitching cost them too much when they picked up a retread like Jake Westbrook and they elected to give up Ryan Ludwick. They are now basically replacing Ludwick, a great bat with power, excellent fielder and a very good baserunner with a guy who is on the down side of his career, can't stay healthy, weighs too much, can't field much or run the bases anywhere near as well and they are paying him $8 million whereas Ludwick was "only" making $3.7 million.
If Berkman can regain his pre-2010 form at age 34 and hit close to .300, smack 25-30 HRs, drive in 100 runs and play a decent outfield (you thought Chris Duncan was an adventure? Wait until you get a load of Berkman in left field next year!), I'd be asking for a **** sample from him in a hurry. Bad move from my perspective. Supposedly, Mozeliak (Cardinal GM) says Berkman has lost weight and is in great shape. He had better be.
:eek: As a Cardinal fan, I'm a bit leery of the Lance Berkman signing. Their offense sucked last year because they expected Albert to drive in every run for them and their pitchers to throw shutouts. Their quest to get more pitching cost them too much when they picked up a retread like Jake Westbrook and they elected to give up Ryan Ludwick. They are now basically replacing Ludwick, a great bat with power, excellent fielder and a very good baserunner with a guy who is on the down side of his career, can't stay healthy, weighs too much, can't field much or run the bases anywhere near as well and they are paying him $8 million whereas Ludwick was "only" making $3.7 million.
If Berkman can regain his pre-2010 form at age 34 and hit close to .300, smack 25-30 HRs, drive in 100 runs and play a decent outfield (you thought Chris Duncan was an adventure? Wait until you get a load of Berkman in left field next year!), I'd be asking for a **** sample from him in a hurry. Bad move from my perspective. Supposedly, Mozeliak (Cardinal GM) says Berkman has lost weight and is in great shape. He had better be.
alexpnz
Lord Dipstick
The happiest guy in the world when that piece of **** contract was signed was Albert Pujols.....Werth just made Albert Pujols price go up another 25 mil a year!
The Werth deal is just insane.
As a Cardinal fan, I'm a bit leery of the Lance Berkman signing. Their offense sucked last year because they expected Albert to drive in every run for them and their pitchers to throw shutouts. Their quest to get more pitching cost them too much when they picked up a retread like Jake Westbrook and they elected to give up Ryan Ludwick. They are now basically replacing Ludwick, a great bat with power, excellent fielder and a very good baserunner with a guy who is on the down side of his career, can't stay healthy, weighs too much, can't field much or run the bases anywhere near as well and they are paying him $8 million whereas Ludwick was "only" making $3.7 million.
If Berkman can regain his pre-2010 form at age 34 and hit close to .300, smack 25-30 HRs, drive in 100 runs and play a decent outfield (you thought Chris Duncan was an adventure? Wait until you get a load of Berkman in left field next year!), I'd be asking for a **** sample from him in a hurry. Bad move from my perspective. Supposedly, Mozeliak (Cardinal GM) says Berkman has lost weight and is in great shape. He had better be.
I honestly don't see where Berkman fits in either, since he's still in denial that he's strictly a DH at this point. St. Louis made the right deal with Ludwick though, as there was no way he was going to be a 5 WAR player again. He's shown himself to be an average fielder, thus almost all of his value is in his bat. He's league average at this point, although that's becoming increasingly valuable.
Now, as for what in the green fuck the A's are doing? I honestly think at this point the front office is actively trying to make the team worse. Non-tendering the best hitter in Cust, failing to reach a contract with Iwakrazy, and Beltre shoots us down for a second consecutive year. Bud Selig needs to get off his fucking ass and get the team a new stadium, this is fucking ridiculous. I hope somebody knocks Bill Neukom the fuck out.
Here's a summary of the additions teams have made since Sunday:
* Washington Nationals: Jayson Werth
* Toronto Blue Jays: Brett Lawrie
* Tampa Bay Rays: Adam Russell, Cesar Ramos
* Seattle Mariners: Miguel Olivo, Esteilon Peguero, Jack Cust
* San Diego Padres: Dustin Moseley, Jason Bartlett, Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Reymond Fuentes
* Pittsburgh Pirates: Kevin Correia, Matt Diaz, Scott Olsen, Cesar Valdez
* Philadelphia Phillies: Dennys Reyes, Brian Bass
* New York Mets: D.J. Carrasco, Ronny Paulino, Dusty Ryan, Russ Adams
* Minnesota Twins: Brett Jacobson, Jim Hoey
* Milwaukee Brewers: Shaun Marcum, Wil Nieves
* Los Angeles Dodgers: Trent Oeltjen, Tony Gwynn, Dioner Navarro
* Kansas City Royals: Melky Cabrera, Jeff Francoeur
* Houston Astros: Ryan Rowland-Smith
* Detroit Tigers: Chris Oxspring, Omir Santos
* Colorado Rockies: Ty Wigginton
* Cleveland Indians: Paul Phillips
* Cincinnati Reds: Miguel Cairo
* Chicago White Sox: Paul Konerko
* Chicago Cubs: Carlos Pena
* Boston Red Sox: Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez
* Baltimore Orioles: Brendan Harris, J.J. Hardy, Koji Uehara, Mark Reynolds
* Atlanta Braves: George Sherrill
* Arizona Diamondbacks: J.J. Putz, Melvin Mora, Kameron Mickolio, David Hernandez
* Washington Nationals: Jayson Werth
* Toronto Blue Jays: Brett Lawrie
* Tampa Bay Rays: Adam Russell, Cesar Ramos
* Seattle Mariners: Miguel Olivo, Esteilon Peguero, Jack Cust
* San Diego Padres: Dustin Moseley, Jason Bartlett, Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Reymond Fuentes
* Pittsburgh Pirates: Kevin Correia, Matt Diaz, Scott Olsen, Cesar Valdez
* Philadelphia Phillies: Dennys Reyes, Brian Bass
* New York Mets: D.J. Carrasco, Ronny Paulino, Dusty Ryan, Russ Adams
* Minnesota Twins: Brett Jacobson, Jim Hoey
* Milwaukee Brewers: Shaun Marcum, Wil Nieves
* Los Angeles Dodgers: Trent Oeltjen, Tony Gwynn, Dioner Navarro
* Kansas City Royals: Melky Cabrera, Jeff Francoeur
* Houston Astros: Ryan Rowland-Smith
* Detroit Tigers: Chris Oxspring, Omir Santos
* Colorado Rockies: Ty Wigginton
* Cleveland Indians: Paul Phillips
* Cincinnati Reds: Miguel Cairo
* Chicago White Sox: Paul Konerko
* Chicago Cubs: Carlos Pena
* Boston Red Sox: Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez
* Baltimore Orioles: Brendan Harris, J.J. Hardy, Koji Uehara, Mark Reynolds
* Atlanta Braves: George Sherrill
* Arizona Diamondbacks: J.J. Putz, Melvin Mora, Kameron Mickolio, David Hernandez
The Red Sox are the team to beat in the AL with the additions of Gonzalez and Crawford.
I believe the answer lies in $20 million, and a contending team.
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