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

[Tapate50]

14-15M, 4 or 5 years

= Derek Lowe at like 36 yrs old... Lol. What a terrible FA offer that was

 

[bravesnumberone]

Sad to hear of players' union head Michael Weiner passing.

 

[Carp]

Wonder what Ervin is going to get on the market.

Guessing 4/60 or somewhere thereabouts.

 

[clvclv]

Chris Young (the other one) to the Mutts on a one year deal.

Pretty nice pickup IMO - looks a lot like the Marlon Byrd signing last season. Instantly becomes the best OF on their roster, and no long term commitment.

 

[stpeteirish]

Damn I wish I could throw 90 MPH...

Capuano can't and nsacpi,s got 8-9 mill for him. So if you can throw 75 you might be able to get 3-4 mill in this market. But, are you willing to relocate?

 

[Enscheff]

On a opne year deal? Sure!

And I'll have you know I top out in the 81-82 range with very questionable control.

 

[nsacpi]

Wonder what the Sino-Panamanian former Brave will get.

 

[thethe]

Mets paid 7.25 million for Chris Young. Holy crap this market is insane. Wren better offer Heyward/Freeman 20 million per now before that number turns into 25 in a year or two.

 

[nsacpi]

The Chris Young signing looks like one of the better ones to me. He's coming off a poor season. Good rebound candidate.

I would expect him to be a 2 WAR or better player next year. At 2 WAR that's less than 4M/WAR. Below market.

 

[bravebonebook]

Mets paid 7.25 million for Chris Young. Holy crap this market is insane. Wren better offer Heyward/Freeman 20 million per now before that number turns into 25 in a year or two.

The way these salaries are ballooning out of control, that number could increase in weeks not years!!!

 

[Heyward]

Cards trade Freese for Bourjos straight up.

Good deal for Stl.

More pieces to be involved, likely prospects.

 

[50PoundHead]

Cards trade Freese for Bourjos straight up.

Good deal for Stl.

When this happens (appears it will be official shortly), who is in line to play 3B for the Cards?

 

[thethe]

When this happens (appears it will be official shortly), who is in line to play 3B for the Cards?

Wong to second and Carpenter to third.

 

[Heyward]

Wong to second and Carpenter to third.

That.

I do think they are selling low on Freese though.

 

[50PoundHead]

Wong to second and Carpenter to third.

Got it. Thanks. Forgot about Wong.

Yeah, that does seem low on Freese. Bourjos is pretty much all projection right now. Great speed, but don't know what else he brings to the table. Of course, Cards are really light in the OF right now.

 

[clvclv]

Another great deal by Mozeliak. Cards are now MUCH better defensively with Bourjos in CF, Carpenter at 3B and Wong at 2B. There's still some potential development in Bourjos' bat, and don't sleep on Grichuk - they took him ahead of Trout.

Also puts them in great position to deal for Andrus.

May be lots of chips about to fall...could see Taveras and maybe an arm like Lynn for Andrus and wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers turn around and jump in on Cano if that happened.

 

[clvclv]

Wong to second and Carpenter to third.

One of my fantasy teams just got a HELLUVA lot better in the last couple days. Can now call up Profar and Wong (with everyday ABs) and pay them the league minimum!!!

Anybody interested in two years of Prado at $7 million per??? Won't cost much - need to clear cap space to bid on Price and Nathan. LOL

 

[Heyward]

Another great deal by Mozeliak. Cards are now MUCH better defensively with Bourjos in CF, Carpenter at 3B and Wong at 2B. There's still some potential development in Bourjos' bat, and don't sleep on Grichuk - they took him ahead of Trout.

Also puts them in great position to deal for Andrus.

May be lots of chips about to fall...could see Taveras and maybe an arm like Lynn for Andrus and wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers turn around and jump in on Cano if that happened.

Wong is unproven, who knows if Carpenter can repeat this last year, and Bourjos has health/offensive questions.

Dont think the Rangers are dealing either especially with Kinsler gone.

Profar/Andrus is their MIF for the forseeable future, but...

The Cards do have a surplus of outfielders, the prospect they got looks to be pretty good though.

They do need a SS, maybe sign someone.

Cant go into the season with Kozma as SS.

 

[yeezus]

Another great deal by Mozeliak. Cards are now MUCH better defensively with Bourjos in CF, Carpenter at 3B and Wong at 2B. There's still some potential development in Bourjos' bat, and don't sleep on Grichuk - they took him ahead of Trout.

Also puts them in great position to deal for Andrus.

May be lots of chips about to fall...could see Taveras and maybe an arm like Lynn for Andrus and wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers turn around and jump in on Cano if that happened.

Taveres and Lynn for Andrus? I wouldn't trade Taveras straight-up for Andrus. Wouldn't even consider it.

 

[clvclv]

Taveres and Lynn for Andrus? I wouldn't trade Taveras straight-up for Andrus. Wouldn't even consider it.

I'll take that for what it's worth coming from someone with a tagline comparing Tommy La Stella to Dustin Pedroia.