11-22-2008, 09:26 PM | #251 |
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11-23-2008, 04:11 AM | #252 |
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White Sox sign another Cuban stud for $10 million...
Dayán Viciedo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Love it! Only 19, but I wouldn't be suprised to see him starting at 3B come spring. Put up monster numbers at 16yrs old, shocked that the Yankees/Sox didn't out-bid the Sox here... Last edited by watravaler : 11-23-2008 at 04:14 AM. |
11-23-2008, 03:01 PM | #253 | |
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Dumb question: if he is under contract for only 5 years- why sign that deal if he's only 19 and under club control until his age 24 year? Didn't you just sign up to be his farm team and maybe get two years, absolute best case scenario, of good MLB service? SI
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11-23-2008, 03:47 PM | #254 | |
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No, they signed him for much longer than that. At the very least, it is the five years, and then his final arbitration year in his sixth year, and that's if he makes the big club this coming season and stays there for his whole contract. At least if I understand it right. He is like any Dominican or Venezuelan free agent kid right now, but because he has a much more expanded resume as a Cuban national player, he can command a much bigger contract on the open market. But that doesn't mean he's exempt from CBA rules stating you can't become a free agent until you have six years of MLB service time. If the scenario you put out happens, he does three years in the minors (at a high price, he's still paid his contract), then he finishes that contract with two years in the bigs, and the White Sox still control his rights for four more years, or as long as they continue to offer him arbitration. My only reservation on whether that's the case is to wonder what the situation is with older Japanese players. Take Dice-K for instance. When his deal runs out, do the Sox still have a couple years of "control" over him?
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11-23-2008, 03:48 PM | #255 |
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I don't know how it affects Dice-K, BTW, but I do know that we have moved past the original terms of the Angels' deal with Kendry Morales, but he is still under club control (and I am really rooting for him to make the team and have a regular spot this year).
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11-23-2008, 03:54 PM | #256 | |
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I think "if he's only 19" is the operative phrase. |
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11-23-2008, 06:42 PM | #257 |
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Point well taken
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11-24-2008, 02:38 PM | #258 |
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Egdar Renteria to Giants: 18M for 2 years.
Costs them a draft pick, but not too much of a risk. |
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11-24-2008, 02:54 PM | #260 | |
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Giving up a draft pick and committing $18 million to a declining SS who hit .270/.317/.382 last season may not be a risk, but its completely indefensible. Of course, this is brought to you by the same GM that thought Vizquel had another year left in him... |
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11-24-2008, 03:01 PM | #261 |
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Why the fuck wouldn't the Giants wait and see if Detroit at least offered arbitration before signing the deal? That's incredibly stupid.
At least since they sucked it's only a 2nd round pick (someone please correct if that's wrong). |
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11-24-2008, 04:30 PM | #263 | |
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Ok, I am not thrilled by the move, but it is only 2 years and the contract isn't a huge burden. Last time he returned to the NL his numbers improved. Not too crazy to think he can rebound again, at least to some degree. |
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11-24-2008, 04:52 PM | #264 |
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Why didnt the Giants go harder after Furcal?
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11-24-2008, 05:02 PM | #265 |
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Rotoworld changed their tune:
Rafael Furcal's agent, Paul Kinzer, said he is still talking to the Giants and doesn't believe the team has a deal with Edgar Renteria. "Unless the Giants did it in the last 10 minutes, which I don't think they did, they weren't close," Kinzer told the San Francisco Chronicle. The Giants have denied that a Renteria deal is done. |
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11-26-2008, 07:43 AM | #267 |
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Didn't see this mentioned. Cubs and Royals are reportedly close to working out a trade. Teahan would go to the Cubs and 2B Fontenot and SP/RP Marshall would go to the Royals.
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11-26-2008, 08:27 AM | #268 |
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No thank you. We have enough low-power outfielders, thank you. And I like Fontenot.
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11-26-2008, 08:38 AM | #269 | |
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I think Teahan would benefit greatly from a move to the cozier ballpark. He's know in KC for always hitting the ball 5 feet short of the fences in Kauffman Stadium. He'd probably see a pretty good boost in HR production in Wrigley. |
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11-26-2008, 08:45 AM | #270 | |
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Japanese players have it put into their contract that they are exempt from going through arbitration and thus are not bound by the service time requirements everybody else is. So when Daisuke's contract is up, he is a free agent. |
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11-26-2008, 09:04 PM | #271 | |
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Yeah, that's been debunked pretty much everywhere as it doesn't make much sense for the Cubs. Maybe Fontenot or Marshall, but definitely not both and it really still doesn't make a ton of sense for the Cubs. SI
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12-02-2008, 09:15 PM | #272 | |
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Thought this was interesting. Adjustable ticket prices based upon demand. I wonder if it is something that could catch on. Any other clubs doing something like this? Hard to see someone deciding to go to the game because tickets might be 2 bucks cheaper.
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12-02-2008, 10:47 PM | #273 |
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The Mets have been doing something similar for a few years. There's platinum games (Yankees, Braves, Phillies, etc), gold, and silver (the random, uninteresting interleague teams, Brewers of old, etc), and they're all priced differently. I'm sure other teams have also done something like this.
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12-02-2008, 10:51 PM | #274 |
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Hell, even the Tampa Rays have this sort of arrangement (Yankees, Red Sox, and Cubs [when they have them] games cost more)
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12-02-2008, 10:59 PM | #275 |
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Angels do this, too, for Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers games at least. They may do it for some AL West opponents, too, and if the Cubs are on the schedule.
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12-03-2008, 07:27 AM | #276 | |
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The Braves have slightly improved their sorry rotation by trading for the mediocre Javier Vazquez.
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This seems like the unique part of the plan. Different prices based on opponent or day of the week is one thing, but prices fluctuating on game day is something I never heard of before. |
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12-03-2008, 11:04 AM | #278 | |
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Yes it's unique but it's also pointless. Who is going to decide that now they will go see a Giants - Rockies game in the Upper Deck in September because a ticket only costs $15.50 instead of $16.25? I'm willing to wager that the extra sales that come straight from this won't even cover the expense incurred to change the prices on a day to day basis from a resources standpoint. |
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Nice, the Sawx sign MVP Dustin Pedroia to a 6 year, $40.5 Million deal. It works for both sides, Pedroia gives up two free agent years, and instead gets paid better over his one remaining minimum salary year, and his three arbitration years. Win-Win for all sides.
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And gave up way too much to do so, specifically Flowers. First an attempt to re-sign Mike Hampton, now this. I'm starting to think Frank Wren is not the right man for the job.
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I was about to say "well maybe Boone Logan helps make the deal look better" but I just looked up his career statistics. |
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12-03-2008, 04:12 PM | #284 |
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Which I'm guessing is what the Braves are looking for, as they wait/hope/pray for Hudson to return. That part of the deal I don't have a problem with, but IMO they gave up way too much for what appears to be at best a stop gap measure.
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It Seems to good to be true for the Sox to lock him up until age 31 at pretty much what the Pirates pay Jack Wilson. And great security for Pedroia. I wonder why we don't more deals like this. |
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The players union doesn't like these sorts of deals since it typically buys out a couple of prime years so they put a lot of pressure on young players to not accept them SI
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Yeah I don't like the deal either, but it's because Vazquez is league average and probably inevitably overpaid, not that Flowers is some super prospect. He's Salty II IMHO and it's not like McCann's going anywhere. |
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Deal is now official, and since Detroit didn't end up offering arbitration, no draft pick was lost. Also inked Bobby Howry to a 1 year/2.75m deal. Really like the Howry deal, don't mind the Renteria one. A 2 year contract isn't much of a commitment, and it's not like he's blocking anyone. Burriss can compete for 2nd with Fransden and Velez. I expect some bounce back from Renteria this year as well. It will be interesting to see if they really do go hard after Sabathia.
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12-04-2008, 01:55 PM | #290 |
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Rentaria now locked up in SF mean that Furcal signs in OAK shortly??
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12-04-2008, 03:35 PM | #291 |
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Put a big hitting corner outfielder on the Giants and you have to start taking them seriously in that weak division. I like the Affeldt and Howry signings and Renteria as a placeholder for 2 years without crazy dollars is ok by me.
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12-05-2008, 03:31 PM | #292 |
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It's time but it still makes me sad
ESPN - Greg Maddux to announce retirement Monday Greg Maddux is all done. The four-time Cy Young winner will announce his retirement Monday at the baseball winter meetings in Las Vegas. Maddux turns 43 in April. He is eighth on the career wins list with 355, and went 8-13 last season with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. The announcement about his retirement came Friday from the office of his agent, Scott Boras.
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12-05-2008, 04:34 PM | #293 |
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My all-time favorite player and the best pitcher of his generation. Fuck Clemens, Johnson, and Martinez.
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I know we tend to put guys on pedestals when they retire, but that's just wrong. And Maddux was one of my favorites growing up in Chicago.
And that isn't even bringing in the fact that he had his own strike zone to help him along.
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I did that with Maddux long before today. Simply the greatest pitcher within my memory (I missed actually seeing Koufax), and quite possibly the best ever.
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My hat is off to Greg Maddux.
I wonder if he'll get into coaching like his brother? |
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Maddux had the best career of anyone this generation. Clemens and Martinez were better pitchers.
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My guess would be no, just doesn't seem like it would suit him. I could see him doing the spring training visit like ala Koufax at some point though.
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