You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#1241 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 780 weeks ago
I would absolutely be stunned if the Cubs don't end up with one of the premiere 1B options in the Free Agency market this offseason.
The Cubs can't bellyache about how they need a regular option at 1B, beyond giving 1-2 year deals to journeymen like Carlos Pena, or a Jim Thome (who's already signed), and NOT break their backs trying to grab a Pujols or Fielder away from their main NL Central rivals.
The Cubs are also not very deep in the farm either.
Like discussed earlier, it's gonna come down to dollars and age vs. productivity.
But truely?
It's gonna come down to "the cut of his jib".
The Cubs want one of them, and frankly NEED one of them, and are one of few who can SPEND for them.
In a dream world, the Cubs sign Fielder to play 1B, and Pujols to play 3B.
Not gonna happen though, considering they'd be committing nearly a half a billion both to those players for the next decade.
It's probably easier to obtain Pujols as weird as that sounds. There are more suitors for Fielder and he has Boras as an agent who always gets the most money out of a contract that he can.
I think they've played it pretty well to this point on Pujols. They've let the market develop for Pujols and didn't overpay in an effort to make a splash. They know theoretically how much it should cost to land Pujols. It'll just come down to whether or not they make an offer that beats the Cards and whether or not he accepts.
Fielder will cost less but there are more teams interested and you have Boras lurking. He favors no teams as long as you have the best offer at the end of the day, Fielder will sign.
Brewers have allegedly offered 6yr and 120 million dollar deal. So Fielder is going to get at least 20 million dollars a year. The Rangers are also lurking in the weeds waiting to jump in.
You haven't mentioned this but the 2012 FA class is very poor on hitters. Josh Hamilton is the marquee guy but he'll probably resign with the Rangers. The 2012 FA class is loaded in pitching though. It makes a lot of sense for the Cubs to sign an impact hitter now and fill the pitching void next year in FA.
#1242 Re: The Garden » Fantasy Wrestling IV Draft » 780 weeks ago
Cody Rhodes
#1243 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 780 weeks ago
Waste of cash by Kansas City as usual. They're paying this guy 4 million dollars. If they're smart, they could have waited it out and got a solid bullpen guy for a lot less than 4 million.
Dayton Moore drafts well but is fucking horrible at signing free agents. Although the Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez trade he pulled off wasn't half bad.
Apparently the Cubs are in on Fielder and Pujols. They won't sign both guys obviously. Fielder is also being pursued by the Mariners. It makes sense since they're fucking offense was putrid last year. They need a LOT of help on offense though even if the Mariners do sign Fielder.
To be honest, I'm more interested in some of the trades that get down this week. There is always one or two trades that you never see coming.
#1244 Re: The Garden » Fantasy Wrestling IV Draft » 780 weeks ago
Guess I can pick twice:
Mark Henry
Alberto Del Rio
#1245 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 781 weeks ago
Blue Jays bring back the blue with vintage-themed uniforms
by APhttp://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/images/ … lAEQNH.jpg
TORONTO (AP)—The Blue Jays are bringing back uniforms with a more vintage look, tweaking its old-school logo, tinkered with the lettering and given the bird head a more stylized look.
Players will wear blue hats and blue shoes for all games next season, the team announced Friday. Black jerseys have been shelved in favor of white uniforms at home, light gray on the road and a royal blue alternate jersey.
The scripted lettering is gone. The uniforms resemble a version of the jerseys worn when the team won consecutive World Series titles in 1992 and 1993.
“Blue Jays” is spelled out on the home and alternate uniforms, while “Toronto” appears on the road jersey.
These uniforms are a lot better looking than the new ones they've been wearing. I never liked the way they made the new Blue Jay logo. It looked like one of those awful mid 1990s NBA logos (like the Raptors).
Good move on going back to the old jerseys/logos.
As you might imagine, Detroit exploded when this was announced yesterday.
They need to add a bat and maybe more bullpen help. But they're close. And I will be rooting for Leyland and company to win it.
#1246 Re: The Garden » Fantasy Wrestling IV » 781 weeks ago
I'll play although I haven't watched WWE in a few months. I do keep up online though.
#1247 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 782 weeks ago
Matheny is good buddies with Pujols. The Cards might've just guaranteed Pujols being a Card for life. However money still remains a BIG issue. Pujols has been giving them a discount for YEARS (I think he only made $15 million this past season; ARod makes DOUBLE that). Rumor had it that the Cards offered Pujols $24.5 million a season at the beginning of the season, and Pujols turned it down. This was before he won another ring though, and his buddy was now managing the team.
Pujols could probably get more money than ARod on the open market, probably like $32.5mil a season. Would he take that kind of pay cut, with the LAST CHANCE he has to make a 'big contract', to stay with his buddy and be immortalized in St. Louis? Is it worth losing $80-$100 million over the span of a decade?
I don't think he needs his buddy THAT bad imo. So there's a good chance Pujols will be wearing blue or orange next season. Rumor has it also tho, that the Marlins didn't make a really serious offer to Pujols though. Just showed they were willing to negotiate and did want him in Miami.
From what I recall reading, the Cards wont increase their offer of 9 years and 210 million dollars. So if someone else wants to offer more he'd almost have to consider it. I think it's kinda dumb to state that publicly.
I guess they're betting that Albert has gotten comfortable in STL and would take less money to remain a Cardinal for life. The thing is though I would have thought that they would have reached an agreement before the season started. All that did was make him more receptive to other teams offers at the end of the years.
I was looking over their roster and payroll and without Albert this team is pretty average. I'm not sure why on earth they're paying Kyle Loshe 12.1 million dollars.
If by some chance Pujols does leave, they almost have to look at Prince Fielder. I'm interested in seeing who actually bids on Fielder. Not many teams need a 1B. Texas and Seattle come to mind. Seattle's GM was in Milwaukee when he was drafted and their offense sucked last year. The ballpark is OK for LH hitters. It's RH hitters that get their power depressed.
Aram should consider signing with the Angels. He can play 3rd and DH there as well.
#1248 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 782 weeks ago
I know Loria wants to make a big splash with the new ballpark, new name, new look Marlins like they are gonna be a serious competitor against the Phillies & Braves in the NL East, and they very well might, but...
No way do I see Pujols signing with the Fish. I think Prince Fielder might be more up their alley. Unless Loria offers Pujols the full 8-year / $320 million dollar deal and throws up Miami, the hispanic culture, and Ozzie Guillen being his manager as the reasons to do it in a now "Tony LaRussa-less" MLB.
I still don't see him doing it. Pujols is gonna want to go where the spotlight is at, and that's NOT the Marlins, even with a new attitude. As to where that will be, we'll... Chicago, Boston, and LA are all good guesses. Yankees don't need him, and the Mets... shit... the Marlins would be a better option. St. Louis ain't gonna go that high, even if Pujols comes down to $30mil a year.
Yeah, it looks like one of those things where I think they'll say they tried but got turned down.
The market for Pujols is kinda weird because the Yankees and Red Sox aren't really in it. I could see the Angels sneaking in there, but they gotta trim a bunch of payroll. The owner said that the payroll would remain the same so if they want to sign Pujols they gotta move some people. Makes the Vernon Wells-Napoli trade even stupider in retrospect.
Don't see the Rangers getting in it. The Mets will be doing the opposite as they'll lose Reyes and trade Wright for a bunch of prospects. Here's one you didn't mention: Washington Nationals. They got money and are in a big market. They overpaid Werth last year and they're still looking for something to hook in the fans. The drawback is the home park is a pitcher's park. Too bad the White Sox have a bunch of bad contracts on the books as this is the type of gamble Kenny Williams likes to make.
If he leaves STL, Cubs (they got a ton of cash coming off the books), Nationals or LAA would be the frontrunners.
#1249 Re: The Garden » The Penn State Situation » 782 weeks ago
Heard an interesting rumor today.
Turns out that whole "Washington Secret Child Pedophile Society" thing that's been around for years.... was involved here.
The rumor also is Paterno hired a Criminal Attorney, not for the obvious reasons, and more dirt is gonna come out in the weeks & months ahead that shows Paterno was involved in the society, and the cover up went all the way up to the top, like with the Washington stuff. The guy who tried to uncover the whole thing and pushed Penn State in 2005 apparently "suddenly" went missing 2005, and hasn't been seen since.
Sorry I don't know more, but I thought it was an intriguing rumor. If true, it'll be HUGE.
I heard a similar rumor except it was that Sandusky was running a pedophile sex ring and whoring out those kids to the highest paying donors of that Second Mile foundation that he ran.
Paterno is definitely involved here as there is no way this shit would go on without his knowledge. I find it interesting that after he gets investigated in 1998 he gets forced out the following year. Keep in mind that he had always been seen as the coach in waiting for Penn St. Even more curious is that he didn't coach anywhere after that. He was relatively young (55 or so) when he retired. I think he won some coaching award that year too for best asistant or something. Even shitty coaches get jobs at lower level schools.
Another rumor I've read is that the grad assistant was also a victim of sexual abuse. I'm not sure I believe that one though.
#1250 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 782 weeks ago
faldor wrote:Looks like Papelbon is leaving the Sox to sign with the Phillies. He's good, but he's not THAT good. Philly is overpaying for him, but someone always does in free agency. That's the name of the game.
The Phillies deserve to be ripped off. No closer/relief pitcher in the history of God and man, deserves ANY KIND of deal that pays them into the double-digits per year, including legends like Trevor Hoffman & Mariano Rivera.
WHY? They are a RELIEVER! Why should a pitcher, who only has to get THREE OUTS 4-5 games a week, makes right at or more money than a Starter?
It's just a brain dead proposition to me and it always has been.
The Phils will never EVER get their money's worth out of that deal. Never. Papelbon is a VERY good closer, but anytime one of these relievers get a huge deal in Free Agency, it never pays off for the team who signed them.
My thoughts exactly. The Pirates have had a shitty team for the last twenty years and they usually just recycle guys from the trash heap. They usually end up signing a bunch of guys who have some sort of good track record to minor league deals. That's one of the few things they've done well.
I guess what most teams don't realize is that relief pitching is very volitale. It's very high risk to be handing out multi year contracts to a guy whose stats could be replicated by another player for far less.
The Phillies must be made of money or something. They always seem to spend every offseason. They still have to sign Rollins and add an OF. And yet with all these signings, they only have 1 World Series title to show for it.
I actually think the orange alternate jersey's look pretty bad ass. I don't like the big M, but I do like the new Marlin itself logo. Real art deco-inspired. Real cool.
I was looking at this and it just hit me this shade of orange looks a lot like the stuff the Hurricanes wear.
I like it a lot better now when I first saw it. At least it's not bad like the late 80s early 90s Bucs orange uniforms. The new logo looks pretty cool though as you say.
