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Originally Posted by Kobi

It's been a weird off season thus far. 3 teams looking for managers. No blockbuster deals yet. A handful of resignings. A bunch of team options declined.

The only free agent signing thus far that I can see is Jim Thome to the Phillies which surprised me. He is a DH not a position player.

Wonder if baseball management is taking a different, less costly approach this year. Seems there should be more rumors and rumblings by now.

I know, usually there is "talk" going on a lot more.

[Kobi]

Free agents are starting to make their way around the leagues.

Thome signed with the Phillies.

It was reported today that the Red Sox have lost Jonathan Papelbon to the Phillies as well. Cant say it was unexpected. He has been signing 1 year contracts with us for the past few years. Hope he does well switching leagues.

Pirates signed Rod Barajas. I am presuming he will back up their rookie. Think he will be a big help to them. Has some power and pop left in his bat.

Marlins are trying to lure everything i.e. Reyes, Pujols, Wilson etc. It is odd seeing they wont even spend the money to sign their own free agents. And they have Hanley Rameriz(?) so why go after another shortstop.

Yankees are being conspicuously quiet which is always worrisome.

Any other rumors floating around in your neck of the woods?

[Kobi]

Ok where are the baseball people hiding?

Pujols and CJ Wilson to the Angels? Really? The Angels?

Reyes and Buehrle to the Marlins? Then again the Marlins seemed to be hell bent on signing any major leaguer who strays too close to their stadium.

Ok where are these teams getting money from to pay these contracts? They both are known to dump players rather than fork over the big bucks....so who is funding them? And why?

Lots of signings and trading going on but the big spender teams are oddly silent. What gives?

[tazz]

Originally Posted by Kobi

Ok where are the baseball people hiding?

Pujols and CJ Wilson to the Angels? Really? The Angels?

Reyes and Buehrle to the Marlins? Then again the Marlins seemed to be hell bent on signing any major leaguer who strays too close to their stadium.

Ok where are these teams getting money from to pay these contracts? They both are known to dump players rather than fork over the big bucks....so who is funding them? And why?

Lots of signings and trading going on but the big spender teams are oddly silent. What gives?

***i'm right here!!! i miss my G-Men!! ok so both Bochy and Sabean contracts are extended to 2013.
while Ross, Crawford contracts are now in arbitration.

both Lincecum and Wilson got a nice raise...

what's next?

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by tazz

***i'm right here!!! i miss my G-Men!! ok so both Bochy and Sabean contracts are extended to 2013.
while Ross, Crawford contracts are now in arbitration.

both Lincecum and Wilson got a nice raise...

what's next?

Giants have been active. Besides what you mentioned they also traded Torrez and some pitcher to the Mets for Pagan.

All my Sox have done is sign Valentine for the manager, lose Papelbon to the Phillies, re-signed Andrew Miller - why I dont know, and have Ortiz in arbitration. Oh and re-signed Scutaro. Did we run out of money or something?
We need a closer. We need starting pitching. We need a right fielder.

[tazz]

Originally Posted by Kobi

Giants have been active. Besides what you mentioned they also traded Torrez and some pitcher to the Mets for Pagan.

All my Sox have done is sign Valentine for the manager, lose Papelbon to the Phillies, re-signed Andrew Miller - why I dont know, and have Ortiz in arbitration. Oh and re-signed Scutaro. Did we run out of money or something?
We need a closer. We need starting pitching. We need a right fielder.

***what??? Torres is with the Mets? Shiiiiit! Frankly, the Giants need hitters more than anything and a good offense... and for so many of their injured players to get healthy again!!

is that why the Sox have collapsed with the Angels? seriously...

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by tazz

***what??? Torres is with the Mets? Shiiiiit! Frankly, the Giants need hitters more than anything and a good offense... and for so many of their injured players to get healthy again!!

is that why the Sox have collapsed with the Angels? seriously...

Hopefully the Giants will have an infusion of health and get back on track. You have some awesome players who play well as a team when they are able to play.

As for the Sox, a GM and manager change tends to slow things down. We have spent a lot of money on underperformers (Lackey, DiceK, Crawford) so it is possible the purse strings have been tightened.

I dont know who owns the Angels these days. I can see signing Wilson. Signing a 32 year old Pujols to a 10 year contract when his numbers have already been declining for the last 3 years seems ill advised to me. I can see that contract for Fielder who is younger and still producing at a healthy clip.

So many free agents underperform after they get these lucrative contracts that it makes me wary. Last year it was Crawford, Werth, Dunne, Guerrero, Abreu - none producing anywhere need the expected levels.

I get concerned when teams start throwing around an infusion of cash i.e. the Mets a few years back, and load up on high priced players who never gel into a team.

There was an article yesterday saying the Angels and Rangers are beginning a competition between one another akin to the Sox and Yankees. Shrug.

Originally Posted by Hack

Had hoped my Tigers would go after Wilson. We desperately need a fifth starter. I hear we are after one of the Cardinal relievers. We also need an every day second baseman and reinforcement at third. Love Brandon Inge, but he only comes to life around the playoffs. The rest of the season he can't swing the bat.

Jake

Jake, hang tight. There are still some good folks out there:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/fr...e-agents.shtml

I love the multi-positional players like Hairston Jr., Cuddyer, DeRosa (if he is healthy), Furcal, Guillen (if healthy and stays healthy).

[Hack]

Originally Posted by Kobi

Ok where are the baseball people hiding?

Pujols and CJ Wilson to the Angels? Really? The Angels?

Reyes and Buehrle to the Marlins? Then again the Marlins seemed to be hell bent on signing any major leaguer who strays too close to their stadium.

Ok where are these teams getting money from to pay these contracts? They both are known to dump players rather than fork over the big bucks....so who is funding them? And why?

Lots of signings and trading going on but the big spender teams are oddly silent. What gives?

Had hoped my Tigers would go after Wilson. We desperately need a fifth starter. I hear we are after one of the Cardinal relievers. We also need an every day second baseman and reinforcement at third. Love Brandon Inge, but he only comes to life around the playoffs. The rest of the season he can't swing the bat.

Jake