The Official MERB Baseball Offseason Thread (trades, signings, NO fucktard comments!)

[rumpleforeskiin]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/12/12/non.tender.deadline.ap/index.html

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/holding_line_on_damon_HoCG4A7xG3St1XWmX243kI

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4730938

Maybe we need a separate thread for posting news stories that everybody who is awake has already seen elsewhere.

 

[Joe.t]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/12/12/non.tender.deadline.ap/index.html

Clearly this was done to clear the way for Lackey or Halliday and also because they think that he has regressed because of his injury, I got to hand it to Cashman, on paper the Yankees are already better than last years team, Granderson is a clear upgrade over the tandem of Cabrera/Gardner and he solidifies the all important center field position for the foreseeable future, Joba goes back to the bullpen where he was "lights out", we get Halladay and presto, I will leave the rest to your imagination as to what will happen.........(2011 World Series Champions).

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Clearly this was done to clear the way for Lackey or Halliday and also because they think that he has regressed because of his injury, I got to hand it to Cashman, on paper the Yankees are already better than last years team, Granderson is a clear upgrade over the tandem of Cabrera/Gardner and he solidifies the all important center field position for the foreseeable future, Joba goes back to the bullpen where he was "lights out", we get Halladay and presto, I will leave the rest to your imagination as to what will happen.........(2011 World Series Champions).

They sure are better than last year. Who needs a left fielder? Who needs a DH? Who needs a fourth starter? Who needs a fifth starter?

Halladay will look great alongside Dontrelle Willis, Mr. Fucking Moron.®

 

[Joe.t]

They sure are better than last year. Who needs a left fielder? Who needs a DH? Who needs a fourth starter? Who needs a fifth starter?

Halladay will look great alongside Dontrelle Willis, Mr. Fucking Moron.®

Who needs a left fielder? - It's a well known fact that Damon is a favorite of Hank's also Damon will take less to play for the Yankees.

Who needs a DH? dunno, it could be by committee(Posada, Damon, Swish, etc).

Who needs a fourth starter? How about Andy Pettitte.

Who needs a fifth starter? dunno, maybe Phil Hughes.

And I thought that fucktard comments were not allowed.

BTW, Bay has rejected what looks like Boston's final offer, perhaps they(Boston) are thinking that Jeremy Hermafuck will have a monster year, bawhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Who needs a left fielder? - It's a well known fact that Damon is a favorite of Hank's also Damon will take less to play for the Yankees.

Who needs a DH? dunno, it could be by committee(Posada, Damon, Swish, etc).

Who needs a fourth starter? How about Andy Pettitte.

Who needs a fifth starter? dunno, maybe Phil Hughes.

And I thought that fucktard comments were not allowed.

BTW, Bay has rejected what looks like Boston's final offer, perhaps they(Boston) are thinking that Jeremy Hermafuck will have a monster year, bawhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

It's a well known fact, you fucking moron®, that Damon is looking for a better deal than the Yankees are offering. It's already been made quite clear that there will be no discount. Don't you read?

If Pettitte's the fourth starter, who's the third, you fucking moron®?

Posada's the catcher, Swisher's the right fielder, Damon's a free agent. Who's the DH, you fucking moron.®

If you can't can the fucktard comments, Joe, you're going to have to get your own thread.

 

[Jman47]

It's a well known fact, you fucking moron®, that Damon is looking for a better deal than the Yankees are offering. It's already been made quite clear that there will be no discount. Don't you read?

If Pettitte's the fourth starter, who's the third, you fucking moron®?

Posada's the catcher, Swisher's the right fielder, Damon's a free agent. Who's the DH, you fucking moron.®

If you can't can the fucktard comments, Joe, you're going to have to get your own thread.

Now Rumples,
You should go easy on Joe.t ... he can't help it that his vision is strained by pinstripes and his mind has been polluted by years of BS from camp Yankee...

 

[Jman47]

The Red Sox last night made a move which puts them in a position to enormously help their club on both sides of the ball. They've traded Mike Lowell to Texas. Mike formerly a Gold Glove 3rd baseman, through age and injury, had turned into a statue at third base. In acquiring Max Ramirez from the Rangers, they've picked up a player much like the Yankees' Jesus Montero. Ramirez is a monster with the stick, but really has no position. My best guess is that Ramirez is being thought of as David Ortiz' replacement at DH in 2011.

To complete this maneuver, the Sox need to sign Adrian Beltre. What will Beltre do for the Sox? If you look at his offensive numbers over the past few years, you find that he's still quite a hitter outside of Safeco Park, which punishes him mightily. And, as a righthanded pullhitter who hits fly balls, he's built for Fenway Park. I look for him to put up the numbers similar to those that Jason Bay put up last year.

That said, his offense is the bonus. On the other side of the ball, Beltre is an absolute vacuum cleaner. The Fielding Bible, a group of statistical and performance analysts, scouts, and writers, who annually give out their own defensive awards, only pick one winner at each position, not one from each league. In the past 4 years, Adrian Beltre has finished 2nd twice and 1st twice. His defense alone is worth 2-3 wins per year, perhaps 3-4 wins when compared with Lowell.

Once the Sox sign Beltre, I look for them to move on Mike Cameron, with the thought of moving Jacoby Ellsbury to left. Cameron will be both less expensive and a better player than Jason Bay, when you look at their offensive and defensive capabilities together.

With these moves, the Sox will have a plus or plus-plus defender at every position but catcher. Their defense will have moved from among the worst in baseball in 2009 to easily the very best in 2010. Good defense not only saves runs, but protects pitchers. Good defense cuts pitch counts and pitchers pitch deeper into games.

With the best defense in baseball, a rotation second to none, and a top 25% offense, the 2010 Red Sox will be a considerably better team than the one that won 95 games last year.

Rumples...I like your analysis. And isn't it refreshing to be able to discuss moves and players who have value...as opposed to just throwing money around...

Ramirez could also have value at C, allowing VM to rotate to 1B and Youkilis to 3B. Injuries concern me with Beltre.

 

[Joe.t]

It's a well known fact, you fucking moron®, that Damon is looking for a better deal than the Yankees are offering. It's already been made quite clear that there will be no discount. Don't you read?

If Pettitte's the fourth starter, who's the third, you fucking moron®?

Posada's the catcher, Swisher's the right fielder, Damon's a free agent. Who's the DH, you fucking moron.®

If you can't can the fucktard comments, Joe, you're going to have to get your own thread.

Sabathia
Halladay or Lackey(yet to be determined, give it another 3 weeks)
Burnett
Pettitte

Info on Damon and Yankees DH intentions -

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=7780522&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy


Please rumples, can you go at least one day without making a fucktard comment, you're lucky that fucktard comments are not enforced by the mods.

 

[Jman47]

Who needs a left fielder? -
BTW, Bay has rejected what looks like Boston's final offer, perhaps they(Boston) are thinking that Jeremy Hermafuck will have a monster year, bawhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Mo/Papi??? are they not the same guy? both fat, both slow, and both useless w/o roids

Please rumples, can you go at least one day without making a fucktard comment, your lucky that fucktard comments are not enforced by the mods.

Yup, rumples you're lucky...

 

[Jman47]

Lackey in Beantown for a physical...

http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2009/12/14/lackey-takes-phsyical-for-boston/42233/

Read it and weep boys...

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Looks like Hideki Matsui is about to sign with the Angels for $6.5 M.

With Damon and Matsui gone, Posada, Jeter, and A-Rod aging, it appears the Yankee offense is going to take a big hit in 2010.

And to top that off, they're going to have to face Beckett, Lester, Lackey, Matsuzaka, and Buchholz 18 times. And word come from Arizona that Matsuzaka has shown up at API in tremendous shape.

And by the way, while Lackey was in Boston being examined, Doc Halladay and his agent were checking into a hotel in Philadelphia. (Presumably to meet with the Yankee brass, right, Joe?)

 

[lgna69xxx]

as are you for that whole contradictory post of yours, duh..nice try tho..

Yup, rumples you're lucky...

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

as are you for that whole contradictory post of yours, duh..nice try tho..

Guess Joe's not the only moron in Yankeeland. Here's a new one for your vocabulary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

And how come you're not responding to the latest news with your latest igna-rant?

 

[lgna69xxx]

where did u get your education, or should i say for you, (slowly) "ed you vacation"? i bet in the woods of the mountains of the northeast .... whats there to comment on? your jealousy of the empire can only make me smile and laugh harder than what habs fans spew out of their mouths these days.. if it makes ya feel any better tho rumpie, i will give you a vote for being as delusional as some of them
........ until the sux win the WS, the Yanks are still the Champions.... deal with it. ,, now continue with some more crying about how the Yankees are the mean big brother and dont play by the rules, btw, i dont have to offer you this but Minx made me play nice with you ,,so, ,heres a tissue

Guess Joe's not the only moron in Yankeeland. Here's a new one for your vocabulary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

And how come you're not responding to the latest news with your latest igna-rant?

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Minx

We had a delightful evening together last night. Bounced around for a couple of hours, put our clothes back on, dinner on Crescent St.

I didn't realize this, but not only is she wonderful in bed, but she hates the fucking Yankees.

 

[lgna69xxx]

(thinking to self, "so thats why i have to wear that damn red sox cap") bwhahaahahhaa (jk btw)....... hey , its your dream, so dream it as big as you want....anyways, enough of your shameless promoting , back to baseball

We had a delightful evening together last night. Bounced around for a couple of hours, put our clothes back on, dinner on Crescent St.
I didn't realize this, but not only is she wonderful in bed, but she hates the fucking Yankees.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

(Boy it would be nice if these igna-rants made sense. Well, back to ignoring the illiterate.)

As it stands now, the Sox are a better team than they were last year, the Yankees weaker.

Sox adds:
Martinez for the whole year.
Scutaro
Buchholz for the whole year
Lackey

Sox subtracts:
Bay

Yankees adds:
Granderson

Yankees subtracts:
Matsui
Damon

 

[Joe.t]

(Boy it would be nice if these igna-rants made sense. Well, back to ignoring the illiterate.)

As it stands now, the Sox are a better team than they were last year, the Yankees weaker.

Sox adds:
Martinez for the whole year.
Scutaro
Buchholz for the whole year
Lackey

Sox subtracts:
Bay

Yankees adds:
Granderson

Yankees subtracts:
Matsui
Damon

Oh please, give me a fucking break.

You just had to do it aye rumples, you couldn't go a day without one(fucktard comment).

 

[Jman47]

as are you for that whole contradictory post of yours, duh..nice try tho..

Iggy,
Sorry we work you from your winters nap...Are you hitting the sauce early again?
My sarcasm was pretty obvious...for those who missed it I was pointing out the recent fucktard comments...lol

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Sabathia
Halladay or Lackey(yet to be determined, give it another 3 weeks)
Burnett
Pettitte

Looks like Joe nailed it again.

BTW, it looks like one of the players going to Toronto is Phillippe Aumont, a 6'7" 20 year old righty from Gatineau. Guess if they don't have Halladay, they want a local lad to sell some tickets. Aumont was Seattle's first round pick in 2007.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/prospects/y2009/profile.jsp?t=p_top&pid=518418