Around Baseball Offseason Edition - Derek Jeter will retire at seasons end

[CrimsonCowboy]

I think Choo is the next one to sign and I think it's to the Rangers

[Perfect Cell]

the Yankees OF bench is ridiculous

Ichiro Wells and Soriano? 5 -10 ish years ago this was an all star level OF lol

[Heyward]

the Yankees OF bench is ridiculous

Ichiro Wells and Soriano? 5 -10 ish years ago this was an all star level OF lol

Soriano will probably DH most of the time, i would think.

And they will DFA/trade one of Wells/Ichiro.

[Hawk]

It's hard to believe that Vernon Wells is only 34.

[Bdawg2309]

Soriano will probably DH most of the time, i would think.

And they will DFA/trade one of Wells/Ichiro.

or gardner

[Heyward]

or gardner

Gardner for Murphy or Brandon Phillips makes sense.

[bravesnumberone]

Anyone can go down at anytime. If the Mariners can add more, then sure it will be worth it for a few years. But they've got work to do still.

[Heyward]

Anyone can go down at anytime. If the Mariners can add more, then sure it will be worth it for a few years. But they've got work to do still.

Are you saying the team or Cano wont work out.

Cano has been pretty damn durable, maybe he gets more hurt as he gets older, but hes one of the more durable players in baseball.

[bravesnumberone]

He's still not worth that much money, sorry.

[cajunrevenge]

I dont think the Cano deal is bad if they actually make a legitimate effort to win now. And by win now I dont mean trading Walker for Price. I dont think they are good enough in any area to be a playoff team. King Felix and Iwakuma are a great top 2 but then its prospects. Walker should be decent right away but theres a lot of risk at the back end of their rotation. The pen has a few good relievers but is more a weakness than strength. The offense is bad and Cano just takes them from horrific to bad. Mariners still need another good starter and hitter to be a playoff team. Right now they look like a team that tries to sneak in with the second wild card and hope to ride their ace to a series win or two.

[goldfly]

Apparently Jay Z should stick to using old rock tracks for rap albums.

10 years, 240 million for Cano to Seattle.

Looks like you underestimated Hova ... again.

[The Chosen One]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...5-million-deal

Beltran 3 year deal to NYY.

[thethe]

At least we didn't lose Cano. That sucks.

We will have to deal with losing either Freeman or Heyward in two years.

[Tapate50]

Pissing off your highest bidder is not a good idea. I guess we need to applaud Jay Z for getting his client 60 million less than he asked for?

Who is hova?

[thewupk]

Nah.

Cano is one of the most durable players in baseball, elite hitter, great fielder.

The last 2-3 years may be bad, but if you get 7 good years out of it, it's well worth it.

They are in on Napoli/Choo/Cruz/Price, if they can get one of those hitters and Price, they'll be in business, but im not sure i'd give up Walker+++ for Price.

Cano has shown no signs of declining either, he'll be a great hitter for awhile provided health. He's durable as it gets.

10 years is alot but Cano is one of the best in the business.

Cano will be 31 to start this contract. How long he will remain durable and a great hitter is up for debate because players can drop off at any time after they are 30. Especially for players that play almost every game. Chipper was 32 when he went from durable (averaged 157 games the past 7 years) to injury prone. Arod was also 32 when he started missing game after averaging 157 for the previous 7 years too. And at 33 he started declining with the bat too while he was one of the best in the business. Cano is a great player right now. But signing someone to a 10 year deal after they are 30 is generally a horrible idea. The last half of the contract is going to be brutal.

[clvclv]

Hate to be the one to point it out, but Cashman's doing one *ell of a job of putting the Yankees back together as a favorite this winter.

CF- Ellsbury
SS- Jeter
RF- Beltran
1B- Teixeira
DH- Soriano
C- McCann
2B-
3B- KJ
LF- Gardner

Re-signing Kuroda was major...even if they miss out on Tanaka, they can go get Garza or Colon to go with Sabathia, Kuroda, Nova, and Phelps and they'd have a solid enough rotation to be a threat to anyone.

Trade Gardner for Dat Dude, plug Ichiro in in LF, and get lucky and somehow get a healthy Michael Pineda in that rotation and they're as good as anyone all of a sudden.

[NYCBrave]

Hate to be the one to point it out, but Cashman's doing one *ell of a job of putting the Yankees back together as a favorite this winter.

CF- Ellsbury
SS- Jeter
RF- Beltran
1B- Teixeira
DH- Soriano
C- McCann
2B-
3B- KJ
LF- Gardner

Re-signing Kuroda was major...even if they miss out on Tanaka, they can go get Garza or Colon to go with Sabathia, Kuroda, Nova, and Phelps and they'd have a solid enough rotation to be a threat to anyone.

Trade Gardner for Dat Dude, plug Ichiro in in LF, and get lucky and somehow get a healthy Michael Pineda in that rotation and they're as good as anyone all of a sudden.

The only thing I'm seeing when looking at this team on paper is "wow this team is old". The chance for injuries is pretty high on this team. Don't forget Sabathia was pretty poor last year, and isn't getting any younger either. Kuroda, who knows how long he can keep this up. Plus, no more Mariano. Their bullpen was a HUGE mess last year.

[BRule]

Hate to be the one to point it out, but Cashman's doing one *ell of a job of putting the Yankees back together as a favorite this winter.
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If this was 2008, yes....not in 2014 though.

[ChapelHillMatt]

That's a lot of turnover from one year to the next, looks like something you'd try on MLB the Show, lol

[ChapelHillMatt]

Boston is still the class of the division and I don't think it's all that close.