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

cajunrevenge said:
Albert had his worst season in the majore his contract year including a really slow start to the season. That was the start of his decline.

The Feldman deal isn't that bad. Its just the Astros spending some to spend money. Its a relatively short deal that will expire before they are competitive.
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Yeah, Pujols had declining numbers and that contract year for him was by far his worst.
Cano has kept getting better.
 
nsacpi said:
Even for high payroll teams it is a vicious cycle when you top out on sustainable payroll and find yourself with an uncompetitive team. Attendance starts declining. You have a bunch of old players on long-term deals and little flexibility. Things getting rough in Philly.
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Philadelphia surely doesn't seem to be hurting much financially. They just gave $42MM to Carlos Ruiz and Marlon Byrd, and are about $30MM under the LTT ... reportedly gearing up to go after more starting pitching. If they move Papelbon it seems more to do with this free-for-all frenzy that is the open market than in-house fiscal maneuvering. I could definitely see a team like Texas, St. Louis, Baltimore, or NYY forking over some prospects AND taking his entire contract (which isn't so unreasonable, seeing as Brian Wilson just got $10MM to set up Kenley Jansen.)
 
I hope the Phillies have more money to spend, because Amaro is a horrible GM and will do something stupid with it.
Maybe he will take on Vernon Wells?
 
bravesnumberone said:
Lol at those "experts" criticizing Jay-Z. Cano will be good, but the Mariners will regret it after a couple years.
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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.
 
Hawk said:
Philadelphia surely doesn't seem to be hurting much financially. They just gave $42MM to Carlos Ruiz and Marlon Byrd, and are about $30MM under the LTT ... reportedly gearing up to go after more starting pitching. If they move Papelbon it seems more to do with this free-for-all frenzy that is the open market than in-house fiscal maneuvering. I could definitely see a team like Texas, St. Louis, Baltimore, or NYY forking over some prospects AND taking his entire contract (which isn't so unreasonable, seeing as Brian Wilson just got $10MM to set up Kenley Jansen.)
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Maybe Baltimore will give them Jemile Weeks.
 
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 6m
Beltran $45 million for three years with #Yankees, per @TBrownYahoo.

Hmmm. I think that is another overpay.
 
CrimsonCowboy said:
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 6m
Beltran $45 million for three years with #Yankees, per @TBrownYahoo.

Hmmm. I think that is another overpay.
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Nah, Beltran can still rake, great hitter.

Postseason numbers are historic.
 
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1m
Ellsbury, McCann, Beltran, Kuroda to #Yankees, all for combined $299M.

And yet, they still have a ton of questions about their team
 
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