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

Some interesting shizz about this AM:

@Buster_ESPN: The Phillies have indicated to other teams they are ready and willing to talk about Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels in trades.
[ http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/410407376726941696 ]

@pgammo: One club says Phils will attach D. Brown if someone takes Papelbon, use $ for a starter
[ http://twitter.com/pgammo/status/410407708039585792 ]

@JeffPassan: At this point, impossible to know what to believe about Tanaka. Two most plugged-in people I've asked: one said he's posting, other said no.
[ http://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/410414293776355328 ]

@Buster_ESPN: Asking price for Omar Infante is said to be north of $8 million per season, on a long-term deal.
[ http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/410417865464889346 ]
 
nsacpi said:
Rajai Davis 9-10M over 2 years. Now we know why the Tigers needed to clear Fister's salary! smh
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I've never been able to fathom the Rajai Davis magic. Doubles his salary and I don't see him as much more than a 4th OF. A very good 4th OF, but a 4th OF nonetheless.
 
Hawk said:
Some interesting shizz about this AM:

@Buster_ESPN: The Phillies have indicated to other teams they are ready and willing to talk about Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels in trades.
[ http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/410407376726941696 ]

@pgammo: One club says Phils will attach D. Brown if someone takes Papelbon, use $ for a starter
[ http://twitter.com/pgammo/status/410407708039585792 ]

@JeffPassan: At this point, impossible to know what to believe about Tanaka. Two most plugged-in people I've asked: one said he's posting, other said no.
[ http://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/410414293776355328 ]

@Buster_ESPN: Asking price for Omar Infante is said to be north of $8 million per season, on a long-term deal.
[ http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/410417865464889346 ]
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Is Infante's this year's Bourn? Guy with a pretty good track record who is going to have to wait for bigger chips to fall before he figures out what his realistic market is? $8 M per seems a bit on the high side for Omar, but if Rajai Davis can bank $4.5 M to $5 M per, it's an understandable demand.
 
McLouth signed for slightly more than Rajai Davis. 4-5M/year seems to be the going rate for a backup outfielder. A 0.5-1.0 WAR player.

Infante should easily get 8M/year in this market.
 
nsacpi said:
McLouth signed for slightly more than Rajai Davis. 4-5M/year seems to be the going rate for a backup outfielder. A 0.5-1.0 WAR player.

Infante should easily get 8M/year in this market.
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I would give it to him. Could really use the bat and defense
 
Tapate50 said:
I would give it to him. Could really use the bat and defense
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Davis, McLouth, or Infante?

nsacpi, I think McLouth is a better player than Davis by quite a bit. McLouth may not be what he once was (and he can't play CF so Davis gets the nod there), but I've always seen Davis as a "speed only" guy.
 
50PoundHead said:
Davis, McLouth, or Infante?

nsacpi, I think McLouth is a better player than Davis by quite a bit. McLouth may not be what he once was (and he can't play CF so Davis gets the nod there), but I've always seen Davis as a "speed only" guy.
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Infante.
 
bravebonebook said:
Guess $8 million per is going to price Infante out of the Braves' range also...:mad0182:
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Would also assume that would force Wren to eat AT LEAST $16 million of the remaining money on Uggla's deal to have any chance of getting anyone to take a flier - can't see the logic in paying Dan more than $5 million per if Infante gets $8 million per in any universe.
 
Trumbo to the DBacks sounds official...Angels did good in that trade...Trumbo should do well playing half his games in Arizona, but don't think he was worth what the Angels got for him.
 
@JonHeymanCBS: #yankees #mets #padres have inquired on dustin ackley. #mariners [ http://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/410498708430524416 ]

I mentioned this a while ago, but I'd love for the Braves to go after Ackley. Zduriencik is under intense pressure (with the Cano signing, and Blengino/Wedge lambasting both him and Seattle ownership in the press recently) to win this season, and by all accounts it sounds like he is preparing to go on a Steve Phillips 2001 vintage spending spree (Burnitz, Alomar, Amico, Vaughn, et al.)

http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2022420240_mariners08xml.html

Blengino said that Zduriencik, "... never has understood one iota about statistical analysis. To this day, he evaluates hitters by homers, RBI and batting average and pitchers by wins and ERA. Statistical analysis was foreign to him."

Therefore, I propose we dump Uggla into Z's lap posthaste.
 
Hawk said:
@JonHeymanCBS: #yankees #mets #padres have inquired on dustin ackley. #mariners [ http://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/410498708430524416 ]

I mentioned this a while ago, but I'd love for the Braves to go after Ackley. Zduriencik is under intense pressure (with the Cano signing, and Blengino/Wedge lambasting both him and Seattle ownership in the press recently) to win this season, and by all accounts it sounds like he is preparing to go on a Steve Phillips 2001 vintage spending spree (Burnitz, Alomar, Amico, Vaughn, et al.)

http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2022420240_mariners08xml.html

Blengino said that Zduriencik, "... never has understood one iota about statistical analysis. To this day, he evaluates hitters by homers, RBI and batting average and pitchers by wins and ERA. Statistical analysis was foreign to him."

Therefore, I propose we dump Uggla into Z's lap posthaste.
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I'd love to take a shot at Ackley as a "roll the dice" guy, but can't see any reason that they'd be willing to have anything to do with Uggla. Still wouldn't mind trying to get Dustin some other way. .304/.374/.435/.809 in 53 games during the second half after returning from his demotion last season.

Of course if Jack Z would consider Dan straight up for him if we'd pick up the $16 million I mentioned earlier...

:elefant: :elefant: :elefant:
 
Orphan Black said:
Trumbo to the DBacks sounds official...Angels did good in that trade...Trumbo should do well playing half his games in Arizona, but don't think he was worth what the Angels got for him.
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Agreed. Skaggs is a worthy gamble. I also thought Towers traded Bauer away a little prematurely last offseason. But Trumbo will probably mash in Phoenix, similar to Mark Reynolds.
 
Looks like Borass' asking price for Choo is going to have to come down in the event he doesn't want both he and Cano to wind up in Seattle (although Choo seems to make much more marketing sense there given the city's demographics). Yankees and Mutts are out, Boston's out, Dodgers sure as *ell don't need him and the Angels can't afford him, Arizona's out, both Chicago teams are out, and Daniels continues to say the price is to steep for Texas to play (so far)...doesn't seem to leave Scotty with many options as a mystery team.
 
Orphan Black said:
Trumbo to the DBacks sounds official...Angels did good in that trade...Trumbo should do well playing half his games in Arizona, but don't think he was worth what the Angels got for him.
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That's an awful trade for the Dbacks. Angels and Whitesox did well.
 
I like Trumbo but for Skaggs and Eaton?

Meh.

Regards to Choo, his market will be interesting with Arizona now out.
 
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