Headly's solid. there's just a lot of hype surrounding him and i don't think he's worth all the fuss. he's really only had 1 good season and somehow he's supposedly about to rake in David Wright-money/years. i was just saying because i don't think he'd in fit LAD's plans...we all know either Hanley or Seager will likely be the guys in the hot corner after 2014. i know you weren't pining to get Headly...i'm just saying. you probably know everything i'm saying as well, but it feels good to say that we can finally fix 3B from within. really we just need a guy to bridge us to 2015 and to me Uribe would be worth a 2 year deal. he might get a 3-year offer elsewhere, but i think LAD could sell him on staying with Puig and Hanley and maybe even finishing it out as a Dodger ( even though he'd eventually be a backup to Seager @ 3B and AGon @ 1B if he did stick around for longer than 2 years). going off on a tangent...Uribe and CC are free swingers and they hurt you sometimes when you just need a contact guy who can get a runner from 3B to home, but both bring enough defense, speed on the bases, good playoff experience and just outright hustle to keep around. i'd like to see both stay. they battle injuries though, so it'd be a risk to go all in with them. we need some good/younger backups behind them that can help them get to the playoffs healthy. i'd like to see both at the bottom of our lineup...CC has to hit 7th or 8th next year. it's a must. once again, i know i'm going off on a tangent, but i wonder how Kemp would look in the 2-hole next year. a lot of teams are putting their best hitters in the 2-hole now...he's not our best hitter anymore, but maybe they can sell him on the 2-hole. Kemp strikes out a lot, but so does Puig and Puig was still pretty good there. he likes to get up to the plate in the 1st inning, by his own words. that'd be a way. also would get him some fastballs, being in front of Hanley/AGon/Guerrero/(maybe McCann?)
I looked a few minutes ago for a World Series thread to piss and moan but found nothing but this... soooooooo..... Fuck the Cardinals and Fuck the Red Sox I can't stand to see either one win another ring... disgusting...
Padres Have Interest In Mark TrumboBy Charlie Wilmoth [October 29 at 5:40pm CST]The Padres have interest in Angels first baseman Mark Trumbo, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports (on Twitter). The Padres are known to be interested in acquiring pitching for Trumbo, however, and Shaikin notes that San Diego might not be the best match -- their collection of young pitching includes several players (Cory Luebke, Joe Wieland, Casey Kelly) who are in various stages of recovery from Tommy John surgery.Yonder Alonso hit .281/.341/.368 as the Padres' primary first baseman in 2013. Trumbo would likely be an upgrade, although it remains to be seen how his power-dependent game would play in pitcher-friendly PETCO Park. Trumbo appears set to make about $4.7MM in 2014, his first year of arbitration eligibility. lol, the padres??? are they still in the league??? __
how's a guy supposed to get by on a meager $91MM? Carlos Zambrano attempting another comebackBy Noah Jarosh |SB Nation -- Today 9:11amZambrano last pitched in the Phillies' minor-league system in 2013, but was shut down with shoulder pain in July.Long-time Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is looking to make a comeback and pitch in the MLB in 2014, reports Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune.Zambrano has not pitched in the majors since 2012 when he made 35 appearances (20 starts) for the Miami Marlins. After that season, his $91.5 million deal expired and Zambrano vowed to retire and to stay retired.Instead, he signed a minor league deal with the Phillies in May of 2013. He made seven starts in the team's minor league system, posting a 2.04 ERA. However, the team released him in mid-July after he was shut down with shoulder pain.The volatile Zambrano has been pitching in the Venezuelan Winter League for Magallanes. His agent, Barry Praver, says he is hoping to continue his career.Praver says there is no preference for Zambrano on where he would play, but that he would like to go wherever he has the best opportunity to pitch. __
Wacha looks like he used up all his bullets against the bucs and us. Figures. I hope the cards lose 9-0 so they know what it feels like to be eliminated in an ass whooping
Yankees sign Derek JeterESPN.com news servicesUpdated: November 1, 2013, 1:36 PM ETThe New York Yankees re-signed shortstop Derek Jeter to a one-year deal worth $12 million on Friday, which will make him the longest-tenured player in team history on Opening Day in 2014.The 39-year-old Jeter, who is ninth on baseball's all-time hit list, has a .312 career batting average over 19 seasons -- all with the Yankees.The deal replaces a $9.5 million player option. Jeter was limited to 17 games this year after breaking his ankle in the 2012 AL championship series opener against Detroit.Jeter hit .190 (12 for 63) with one homer and 73 RBIs this year, playing 13 games at shortstop and four at designated hitter. The Yankees' captain was on the disabled list four times.The Associated Press contributed to this report. __
Mets Decline Johan Santana's Option By Steve Adams [November 1 at 12:39pm CST] The Mets announced that they have declined their $25MM club option on left-hander Johan Santana. The move is perhaps the least surprising option decision we'll see this season. The two-time American League Cy Young Award winner will be paid a $5.5MM buyout and hit the free agent market. The 34-year-old Santana recently started throwing again and hopes to pitch in 2014 after missing the entire 2013 season with a shoulder injury, according to a report from earlier this morning by Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith. Santana, who missed the entire 2011 season with shoulder problems as well, last pitched in 2012, totaling 117 innings of a 4.85 ERA with 8.5 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9. He had cruised through the season up until June 1 of that year, looking like his vintage self. Santana was coming off a complete-game shutout of the Padres entering that June 1 start -- a historic day on which Mets fans bore witness to the first no-hitter in franchise history. However, in tossing his masterpiece, Santana threw a whopping 134 pitches -- an alarming amount considering he'd only topped 100 pitches on three other occasions that season. He went on to post an 8.27 ERA over his next 10 starts before finishing the season on the disabled list. Santana, perhaps the greatest player to ever come out of the Rule 5 Draft, won a pair of Cy Young Awards in Minnesota before being traded to the Mets in January, 2008 for a package of Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra. The Twins received litle return on that deal (Gomez didn't break out until he'd been traded to Milwaukee), and one would think that the Mets would like to take back the six-year, $137.5MM extension they granted upon Santana's arrival in Queens. __
Ubaldo Jimenez Voids Option By Steve Adams [November 1 at 7:48am CST] _(USA Today) The Indians exercised their $8MM club option on right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, but as expected, he has voided the option and become a free agent, according to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Because Jimenez voided the option, the Indians will not have to pay the $1MM buyout. Jimenez, who turns 30 in January, pitched to a 3.30 ERA with 9.6 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 and a 43.9 percent ground-ball rate in 182 2/3 innings this season. Those numbers don't tell the whole story of how dominant Jimenez was for most of the season; 28 percent of the earned runs allowed by Jimenez occurred in his first four starts. From April 29 through season's end, Jimenez pitched to a 2.61 ERA with 9.7 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9. As I noted in my free agent profile for Jimenez, he will be one of the most desirable free agent pitchers on the market due to his relative youth, dominant finish and previous success with the Rockies in 2009-10. At the time, I projected a three-year, $39MM contract for Jimenez, but if I could take that prediction back, I'd probably increase it in the wake of Tim Lincecum's two-year, $35MM contract with the Giants. Jimenez and his agents at SFX seem unlikely to settle for a one-year, $4MM increase over Lincecum, who was himself an NL West ace at the same time as Jimenez before enduring a similar decline to the one Jimenez experienced from 2011-12. A three-year deal with a higher average annual value or even a four-year deal in the range of Edwin Jackson's $52MM contract with the Cubs definitely seems possible for Jimenez at this point. Jimenez was originally acquired by the Indians in a July 2011 blockbuster that sent former first-round picks Drew Pomeranz and Alex White to Colorado along with right-hander Joe Gardner and first baseman Matt McBride. The wheels immediately came off for Jimenez in Cleveland, though Colorado didn't fare much better. White and Pomeranz, the two centerpieces, both flopped with the Rockies. White was sent to Houston in an offseason trade that netted setup man Wilton Lopez (White required Tommy John this season), and Pomeranz has yet to establish himself. I noted in Spring Training that barring a turnaround for Pomeranz or Jimenez, the trade looked like a lose-lose deal. Jimenez has clearly swung the deal in the favor of the Indians, as he helped propel them to an improbable playoff berth this season, and Cleveland now stands to gain a compensatory draft pick once Jimenez inevitably turns down a $14.1MM qualifying offer (the deadline for an offer is Monday). In addition to Jimenez, Cleveland is also set to lose lefty Scott Kazmir to free agency. If the Indians are unable to retain either free agent, it would make sense to see GM Chris Antonetti pursue a veteran starting pitcher on the free agent market to supplement their current rotation of Justin Masterson, Danny Salazar, Corey Kluber and Zach McAllister. __
$12M for a broken down 39 year old who hit .190? The Yankees famously loose purse strings haven't gotten any tighter...
meanwhile, from the executive offices at dodger stadium... stan: "ned, step the fuck away from the phone now!!!"
tell you what cards... we got this kid... name of dee gordon he plays short, he got some serious wheels he is the answer to your prayers but we want wacha for him shit, we'll even throw in either and pay everyone's salaries what do you say, bkitches?!!! Cardinals could trade Lance Lynn or Shelby Miller this offseason for a new shortstopby Drew Silva | NBC Sports/Hardball TalkToday at 12:20 PM ESTJoe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch speculates on a possible offseason trade:With Carlos Martinez meriting a look-see as a starter — and [Trevor] Rosenthal wanting the same — it’s increasingly likely that general manager John Mozeliak shops Lance Lynn or Shelby Miller to simultaneously create an opening while addressing a core need at shortstop.Pete Kozma served as the Cardinals’ primary shortstop in 2013 and posted a hideous .217/.275/.273 batting line in 143 games. Daniel Descalso also saw time at short this year in St. Louis, but he’s only marginally better on offense than Kozma and a significant downgrade defensively. The Cards have another internal option in 25-year-old former fifth-round pick Ryan Jackson, who spent the year at Triple-A Memphis, but the major league projections for him aren’t great.With an abundance of legitimate MLB starters — think Adam Wainwright, Michael Wacha, Joe Kelly, Miller, Lynn, Martinez and Rosenthal — and a ton of money coming off the books between Carlos Beltran, Jake Westbrook, Rafael Furcal and Chris Carpenter, the Cardinals are set up well to make a splash.Lynn, 26, has a 3.82 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 9.1 K/9 in 412 1/3 major league innings. He will be arbitration-eligible for the first time next offseason. Miller, 23, owns a 2.94 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 8.9 K/9 through his first 187 major league innings. He won’t reach salary arbitration until 2016. They’re both excellent trade chips. __
Report: A-Rod failed test in 2006 ESPN.com news services -- 30 minutes agoAlex Rodriguez, who is appealing a 211-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy, failed a drug test for stimulants in 2006, according to a report in The New York Times. The report stated that the finding came from two people involved with the league's collectively bargained drug-testing program. According to the report, the New York Yankees third baseman was not publicly identified for the positive test because players face suspensions for banned stimulants only if they fail a test more than once. A representative of Rodriguez's legal team, Lanny J. Davis, denied to the Times that his client tested positive for a banned stimulant seven years ago. Davis released a statement on Monday that read, in part:"The ethically questionable and possibly illegal misconduct of Major League Baseball in its investigation of Alex Rodriguez -- such as the knowing purchase of stolen documents for $125,000 in cash in a satchel in a Florida restaurant and putting in a good word with prosecutors for someone reportedly under federal and state investigation for distributing drugs to teenagers in the name of getting Alex Rodriguez -- is not just unseemly, it is shameful. "I believe a federal investigation of this misconduct is needed -- and specifically, of the commissioner of baseball and the extent of his involvement and knowledge of the professional misconduct by investigators he hired, as reported by The New York Times."It is unknown if MLB used the failed test as part of its evidence against Rodriguez during its side of the current hearing, according to the Times. Rodriguez's appeal of his suspension is on hiatus until Nov. 18, at which time his side will present its defense. The league wrapped up its side of the proceedings in October. Rodriguez's side is also suing commissioner Bud Selig and MLB, alleging several instances of misconduct as the league worked to suspend Rodriguez for violating the joint drug agreement and the collective bargaining agreement. The first conference of Rodriguez's lawsuit will be heard in New York on Nov. 7. MLB is attempting to get the suit thrown out. If there is a trial, it would not begin until sometime next year, at the earliest. __
