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Now that the baseball season is over, I mean, let's be realistic, nobody watches baseball outside of the fans of the teams in the playoffs and playoff ratings go down the tubes when the Yankees are not in it.

Interesting conversation I heard today between Alex Anthopoulos and Buck Martinez during the game.

Martinez- Masahiro Tanaka will be one of the most sought after players in the free agent market, will the Blue Jays go after him.

Anthopoulos - Masahiro Tanaka is certainly a player that we the Blue Jays are interested in.

For those of you who don't know who this pitcher is, he has absolutely filthy stuff, all of the North American scouts are in love with him.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/62124048/

1- Dickey
2- Buehrle
3- Tanaka
4- Morrow
5- Drabek?

This rotation looks absolutely filthy, already I am starting to get excited for the 2014 version of the Blue Jays.
 

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LA over anyone from the American League..... anyways, you are correct about the ratings will suck with the Empire not in it, NHL opens tomorrow night tho :thumb:
 

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Interesting Joe

Who are the likely suitors for this guy ?

Just wondering, but a large Japanese population in the area will definitely be a factor in his decision

Too bad my Mets have no cash...



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Book claims A-Rod ordered prostitutes two at a time

by Anthony Vasquez-Peddie

Haven’t heard enough drivel about Alex Rodriguez ? Well, get ready for more.

According to a book to be released in March, the New York Yankees third baseman enjoyed the company of prostitutes. So much, in fact, that he often hired them in pairs.

His antics apparently went on while he was dating Cameron Diaz.

The upcoming House of Outrageous Fortune, written by Michael Gross, centres on New York’s luxurious 15 Central Park West. A-Rod rented a $30,000-a-month apartment out of the luxury condo building in 2010, becoming neighbours with Sting, Denzel Washington, Jeff Gordon and other powerful folk.

The New York Post’s Page Six got its hands on some juicy excerpts about A-Rod:

A building worker told Gross, “He got hookers all the time. Usually two at a time, two times a week. One time he had two go up, they came down and left, and 10 minutes later, Cameron Diaz walks in.”

“Fifteen (Central Park West) became A-Rod’s home plate,” Gross writes, where the $275 million man scored with Madonna and Kate Hudson, as well as Diaz. “But apparently they weren’t enough for A-Rod.”

Though a broker called Rodriguez “the best tenant” in the book, the 15CPW staff didn’t agree.

“He was a douche, an unfriendly narcissist,” another building worker said. “I hate the guy. He thought he was God.”


A-Rod’s spokesman Ron Berkowitz told Page Six “This is a further effort to fabricate scandal around Alex. The allegations concerning prostitutes are categorically false.”

Book claims A-Rod ordered hookers two at a time!!!

OMG!!!!!!! What kind of immoral animal is A-Rod anyways???? Not one, but two hookers at the same time!!! What a pervert!!!!! Kick him out of baseball!!!!! :eek: :eek:
 

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I heard that the Jays might be after White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham. Ervin Santana is also on their radar, but he'll cost a lot of $$.
 

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The Jays have named Kevin Seitzer has their new batting coach. He recently was with the Royals.

As for Josh Johnson, i'm not sure what they're going to do. Considering the free agent crop is very thin at pitching, they might decide to take a chance on him for one more season at $14 million.

Yesterday they picked up the options on Casey Janssen, Adam Lind & Mark DeRosa. They didn't pick up the option on Muni Kawasaki, but there's a good chance they'll offer him a minor league contract since he's a crowd favorite and extremely popular among the players.

Joe T, do you think the Yankees will make a play for Jacoby Ellesbury?
 

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Joe T, do you think the Yankees will make a play for Jacoby Ellesbury?
You're asking the man who already has Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Trout and Michael Wacha already fitted out for pinstripes????

The simple answer, Doc, is no. The Yankees have a million needs. They need three starting pitchers, some bullpen help, certainly a set-up guy for Robertson, a catcher, a second baseman, a shortstop, maybe even a third baseman depending on how A-Rod's appeal turns out. They have three outfielders, albeit a washed up one in right field. Their best player is their centerfielder, Gardner. Why would they go after Ellsbury? Boras reported yesterday that he's already heard from 11 teams. You can bet the Yankees aren't on that list.

If they're serious about staying under the $177 million threshold, they're payroll flexibility is limited.
 

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Ellesbury is a injury risk, 2 out of the last 4 years he has been injured, so I doubt that Cashman will go for him.

I am more excited about what the Blue Jays will do, John Gibbons has stated that the Blue Jays need to get younger and better, can you say TANAKA!!!!, or how about TANAKA and Santana, yikess!!!, it will be an interesting offseason.
 

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The Yanks have picked up Jeter's $12M option for 2014!!! Hahahaha, they only overpaid him by about $11.9M.
Actually, K, his option was only $9.5M. They actually gave him a new contract for even more. The only thing I can figure is that Cashdollar likes not having the stress of having to deal with October baseball.

Word is that the Japanese pitcher Tanaka is going to cost even more than Daisuke or Darvish. The posting fee, of course, doesn't count toward the cap.
 

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Actually, K, his option was only $9.5M. They actually gave him a new contract for even more. The only thing I can figure is that Cashdollar likes not having the stress of having to deal with October baseball.

That GM is even stupider than I previously thought. WOW!! Hahaha. Brain Cashman...yea right!!
 

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Is David Ortiz a Hall of Famer?
Craig Calcaterra Oct 31, 2013, 9:22 AM EST
BOSTON — A lot of people are going to be asking that question this morning. Anyone answering “no” had better bring a good argument, because they’re on the much tougher side of the battle today than they were a year ago.

First, though, let us set aside the World Series and look at Ortiz’s overall case. Don’t worry: we’ll get there in a minute.

The Numbers

David Ortiz is a career .287/.381/.549 hitter. He has 431 homers and 1429 RBI. His OPS is .930 and his OPS+ — which adjusts him to the level of his competition, his era and the ballparks in which he hits — is 139, which means (for quick and dirty purposes) that’s he’s 39% above the average hitter. These numbers place Ortiz comfortably within the range of current Hall of Famers. Is he inner-circle? Not really, but his not borderline on the numbers either. There are many worse hitters than Ortiz in Cooperstown whose primary argument for induction was their offensive output.

The Designated Hitter Factor

Of course Ortiz is offensive output and offensive output alone. He has played a mere 263 of his 1514 career games in the field, spending the rest of his time as a designated hitter. Not having any defensive value does take away from his overall value, but the notion that just because one has zero defensive value means one has no Hall of Fame case is silly. The DH has been part of the game for 41 seasons. It is not some novelty anymore. Relief pitchers are routinely inducted to the Hall of Fame now and they are specialists too. Many — specifically, one-inning closers — are the sorts of specialists that have only existed since the 1980s, really. If no one knocks them for not being all-around players no one should knock the DH. And the fact is that, with the possible exception of Edgar Martinez, David Ortiz has been the greatest DH in baseball history. And for what it’s worth, Martinez should be in the Hall too.

The Playoffs Factor

I don’t necessarily believe that there are clutch hitters. Meaning, guys who can be predicted to do well in tough spots and on big stages before the fact. But there is no escaping the fact that Ortiz has done well in tough spots and on big stages throughout his entire career.

In three World Series he has hit a mind-boggling .455/.576/.795 with 14 RBI in 14 games. Is he some freak of nature in this regard? Not really, as his career playoff line — including division series and league championship series — is almost identical to his batting line since he joined the Boston Red Sox. But that’s not to diminish his playoff performance. We notice what he does in the playoffs far more and are usually amazed. The fact that he has basically done that for his entire Red Sox career and some people think he is undeserving of the Hall tells us that we are underrating his regular season performance.

The Performance Enhancing Drugs Factor

The ultimate objection to Ortiz’s candidacy will be that he was once associated with performance enhancing drugs. Specifically, his name was leaked — but never confirmed — as one of the 103 players who tested positive for banned substances during baseball’s trial drug testing in 2003. Drug testing that (a) was, by design, not to result in discipline; and (b) was supposed to remain anonymous but which had its anonymity compromised by over-zealous federal investigators.

You may have a personal rule that, if someone who took PEDs, they should not be in the Hall of Fame. We’ve handled these arguments here several times before and have shown them to often be disingenuous and unfair. Maybe nothing will change your mind, but know that there are already Hall of Famers who took PEDs and know that the accusations made against Ortiz are perhaps the thinnest that have been lodged against any player. And know that, in the past decade, he has never tested positive for PEDs.

So: He’s a Hall of Famer, Right?

You bet your bippy he is. The numbers certainly bear this out. And he still has a lot of gas left in the tank so he’ll be providing value for a few years yet, adding to his case. But you can be statistically illiterate and see this guy’s value as a player. His mark on the game is indelible. Numbers aside, Ortiz has killed it in the World Series. He clearly carried the Red Sox this year. He is clearly the leader of one of the best teams of his era.

When I have a tough call on a Hall of Fame candidate, I ask myself: “Can you tell the story of baseball in the era in which he played without including him?” If the answer is no, it’s hard to argue against his Hall of Fame case. And in Ortiz’s case, that answer is clearly no. The man should go to Cooperstown the first year he’s eligible.
 

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Jake Peavy bought a duck boat
Jake Peavy so enjoyed riding around in a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck at Saturday’s Red Sox World Series championship parade that he went ahead and purchased the thing. No, seriously …

Peavy makes his offseason home in Semmes, Alabama — where he grew up — with his wife Katie and three sons. He presumably has a piece of land where the vehicle can be put to good use. The 32-year-old right-hander wrote on his personal Twitter account that he hopes the duck boat remains in his family forever.
 

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"John Farrell followed his heart, took his dream job, won a World Series. What a great story. But part of the story is he backstabbed his employers, showed a lack of integrity, and fudged the truth."-------Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun
 
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