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

[Jman47]

Phillies exercise their option on Cliff Lee at $9M/ 1 year. At this point that looks like a bargain!!

Waitress...I'll take 2...check please...

 

[Jman47]

Free Agent Updated list...Yankee fans note you heard it here first, your new starting left fielder is in bold, italics and underlined...

Updated 11-6-09

Catchers
Eliezer Alfonzo (31)
Brad Ausmus (41)
Paul Bako (38)
Rod Barajas (34) - Type B
Josh Bard (32)
Michael Barrett (33) - club option
Henry Blanco (38)
Ramon Castro (34)
Chris Coste (37)
Sal Fasano (38)
Toby Hall (34)
Michel Hernandez (31)
Ramon Hernandez (34) - $8.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout - Type B
Jason Kendall (36) - Type B
Jason LaRue (36)
Victor Martinez (31) - $7.7MM club option with a $250K buyout - Type A
Chad Moeller (35)
Bengie Molina (35) - Type A
Jose Molina (35)
Miguel Olivo (31) - Type B
Mike Redmond (39)
Ivan Rodriguez (38) - Type B
Brian Schneider (33)
Yorvit Torrealba (31) - $4MM mutual option with a $500K buyout - Type B
Matt Treanor (34)
Javier Valentin (34)
Jason Varitek (38) - $5MM club/$3MM player option plus incentives - Type B
Vance Wilson (37)
Gregg Zaun (39) - $2MM club option with a $500K buyout; Zaun can void option

First basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Jeff Bailey (31)
Wilson Betemit (28)
Hank Blalock (29)
Russell Branyan (34)
Miguel Cairo (36)
Frank Catalanotto (36)
Tony Clark (38)
Carlos Delgado (38) - Type B
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Ross Gload (34) - $2.6MM club option
Eric Hinske (32)
Nick Johnson (31) - Type B
Adam LaRoche (30) - Type B
Doug Mientkiewicz (36)
Kevin Millar (38)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B
Chad Tracy (30)
Daryle Ward (35)
Dmitri Young (36)

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (35) - Type B
Jamey Carroll (36)
Alex Cora (34)
Craig Counsell (39)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
Orlando Hudson (32) - Type A
Adam Kennedy (34)
Felipe Lopez (30) - Type B
Mark Loretta (38)
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Placido Polanco (34) - Type A
Luis Rodriguez (30)
Juan Uribe (31)

Shortstops
Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitration
Juan Castro (38)
Alex Cora (34)
Craig Counsell (39)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Adam Everett (33)
Chris Gomez (39)
Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout
Khalil Greene (30)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
John McDonald (35)
Luis Rodriguez (30)
Marco Scutaro (34) - Type A
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A
Omar Vizquel (43)
Jack Wilson (32) - $8.4MM club option with a $600K buyout

Third basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Brian Barden (29)
Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B
Wilson Betemit (28)
Aaron Boone (37)
Craig Counsell (39)
Joe Crede (32)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B
Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Chone Figgins (32) - Type B
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Troy Glaus (33) - Type B
Adam Kennedy (34)
Mike Lamb (34)
Mark Loretta (38)
Melvin Mora (38) - Type B
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Robb Quinlan (33)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A
Juan Uribe (31)

Left fielders
Garret Anderson (38) - Type B
Marlon Anderson (36)
Jason Bay (31) - Type A
Emil Brown (35)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B
Carl Crawford (28) - $10MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout - Type B
Johnny Damon (36) - Type A
David Dellucci (36)
Cliff Floyd (37)
Matt Holliday (30) - Type A
Reed Johnson (33)
Greg Norton (37)
Wily Mo Pena (28)
Manny Ramirez (38) - $20MM player option - Type A
Dave Roberts (38)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B
Marcus Thames (33)
Randy Winn (36) - Type B

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (30)
Rocco Baldelli (28)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B
Mike Cameron (37) - Type B
Endy Chavez (32)
Coco Crisp (30)
Darin Erstad (36)
Jeff Fiorentino (27)
Ryan Freel (34)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
Reed Johnson (33)
Andruw Jones (33)
Corey Patterson (30)
Scott Podsednik (34)
DeWayne Wise (32)

Right fielders
Jermaine Dye (36) - Type A
Brian Giles (39) - Type B
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type A
Eric Hinske (32)
Geoff Jenkins (35)
Austin Kearns (30) - $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Michaels (34)
Xavier Nady (31) - Type B
Randy Winn (36) - Type B

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (29)
Jason Giambi (39)
Ken Griffey Jr. (40)
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type A
Aubrey Huff (33) - Type B
Hideki Matsui (36) - Type B
Gary Sheffield (41)
Matt Stairs (42)
Mike Sweeney (36)
Jim Thome (39)

Starting pitchers
Brandon Backe (32)
Cha Seung Baek (30)
Miguel Batista (39)
Erik Bedard (31) - Type B
Kris Benson (34)
Paul Byrd (39)
Daniel Cabrera (29)
Chris Capuano (31)
Aroldis Chapman (22)
Bartolo Colon (37)
Jose Contreras (38)
Doug Davis (34) - Type B
Justin Duchscherer (32) - Type B
Adam Eaton (32)
Shawn Estes (37)
Josh Fogg (33)
Jon Garland (30) - Type B
Tom Glavine (44)
Mike Hampton (37)
Rich Harden (28) - Type B
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Livan Hernandez (35)
Rich Hill (30)
Shawn Hill (29)
Tim Hudson (34) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Jennings (31)
Jason Johnson (36)
Randy Johnson (46) - Type B
John Lackey (31) - Type A
Braden Looper (35) - $6.5MM mutual option with possible buyout - Type B
Rodrigo Lopez (34)
Noah Lowry (29)
Jason Marquis (31) - Type B
Pedro Martinez (38)
Eric Milton (34)
Brett Myers (29)
Vicente Padilla (32) - Type B
Carl Pavano (34) - Type B
Brad Penny (32)
Odalis Perez (33)
Andy Pettitte (38) - Type B
Joel Pineiro (31) - Type B
Sidney Ponson (33)
Mark Prior (28)
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Jason Schmidt (37)
Ben Sheets (31)
John Smoltz (43)
Brad Thompson (28)
Brett Tomko (37)
Tim Wakefield (43) - perpetual $4MM club option - Type B
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Todd Wellemeyer (31)
Kip Wells (33)
Randy Wolf (33) - Type A

Closers
Mike Gonzalez (32) - Type A
Kevin Gregg (32) - Type A
Fernando Rodney (33) - Type B
Rafael Soriano (30) - Type A
Jose Valverde (32) - Type A
Billy Wagner (38) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout (Red Sox agreed not to exercise) - Type A

Right-handed relievers
Luis Ayala (32)
Danys Baez (32)
Joaquin Benoit (32)
Rafael Betancourt (35) - $5.4MM club option - Type A
Chad Bradford (35)
Doug Brocail (43) - Type B
Kiko Calero (35) - Type B
Buddy Carlyle (32)
Chad Cordero (28)
Elmer Dessens (38)
R.A. Dickey (35)
Brendan Donnelly (38)
Octavio Dotel (36) - Type A
Kelvim Escobar (33)
Eric Gagne (34)
Geoff Geary (33)
Dan Giese (33)
Edgar Gonzalez (27)
Tom Gordon (42)
Jason Grilli (33)
LaTroy Hawkins (37) - Type A
Matt Herges (40)
Bob Howry (36) - Type B
Jason Isringhausen (37)
Jorge Julio (31)
Masahide Kobayashi (36)
Shane Loux (30)
Brandon Lyon (30) - Type B
Gary Majewski (30)
Guillermo Mota (36) - Type B
Joe Nelson (35)
Chan Ho Park (37) - Type B
Tomo Ohka (34)
Tony Pena Jr. (29)
Joel Peralta (34)
Troy Percival (40)
J.J. Putz (33)
Juan Rincon (31)
Takashi Saito (40)
Duaner Sanchez (30)
Rudy Seanez (41)
Justin Speier (36)
Russ Springer (41) - Type B
Julian Tavarez (37)
Brad Thompson (28)
Luis Vizcaino (35)
David Weathers (40) - Type B
Jeff Weaver (33)
Jamey Wright (35)
Yasuhiko Yabuta (37)
Tyler Yates (32)

Left-handed relievers
Joe Beimel (32) - Type B
Bruce Chen (33)
Alan Embree (40) - $3MM club option with a $250K buyout
Scott Eyre (38) - Type B
Casey Fossum (32)
John Grabow (31) - Type A
Eddie Guardado (39)
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Ron Mahay (39)
Will Ohman (31) - Type B
Darren Oliver (39) - Type A
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Glendon Rusch (35)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Brian Shouse (41) - $1.9MM club option with a $200K buyout - Type B
Ken Takahashi (41)
Jack Taschner (32)
Ron Villone (40)
Jamie Walker (38

 

[lgna69xxx]

ain't it the truth

Brilliant Post Beav! so much truth to what you wrote, man i cant wait to hear "sour grapes" take on this, more jibberish i am sure but on a friday night with a glass of French Red , it will be worth the wait!


if owners like the Royals or other bottom feeders would INVEST the $$$ that KING GEORGE gives them, then baseball would be more competitive all around, (save the crap sox fans that the Empire would just spend more, cause if they did then the same "said" royals and others would be getting more as well) ...it all comes down to who cares about the fans the most and who cares about their bank accounts, in the case of the Yankees, and the Steinbrenners, they actually care about both! , but too many owners dont give a CRAP about their fans.... guess thats the ugly business side of the game, o well.... Merlot? your take please?

You bring up a valid point. There are a lot of teams in MLB that could spend more, but they choose not to. The Yankees spend more than other teams, and not just on payroll but also on scouting and player development and facilities, because Steinbrenner has ALWAYS been committed to putting his profits back into his team. He wants to win, and he has never cared more about putting money into his various other businesses than winning, unlike some other owners who have been accused of using luxury tax payments to defer losses or expenses in their other, non baseball businesses. This is the disgusting other side of the coin that you never hear about in the media because IT DOES NOT SELL COPY. But the truth is that if those same owners gave a crap about the alleged inequity in the system, they would do something about it. They don't, because under the system they are guaranteed money and rewarded despite not using all resources to win like the Yankees do.

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[lgna69xxx]

jman47,. is it really necessary to post the whole list? ......

 

[Jman47]

jman47,. is it really necessary to post the whole list? ......

Lotsa talking points on that list...

 

[EagerBeaver]

jman,

There is ZERO chance of the Yankees ever signing Manny Ramirez because they are looking to sign high integrity, high talent type guys who will not be disruptive clubhouse influences. The team is no longer being run by George Steinbrenner who often made impulsive signings. The team is being run by a consortium of very smart people including Cashman, Levine, Newman and Hal Steinbrenner and they value players who have high character and high talent - guys like Sabathia and Teixera. Manny Ramirez is a player of significant talent but this year he showed signs of a decline which may be swift, and he is not good defensively. He will back in the AL as a DH within 2 years, but not for the Yankees.

 

[Jman47]

jman,

There is ZERO chance of the Yankees ever signing Manny Ramirez because they are looking to sign high integrity, high talent type guys who will not be disruptive clubhouse influences. The team is no longer being run by George Steinbrenner who often made impulsive signings. The team is being run by a consortium of very smart people including Cashman, Levine, Newman and Hal Steinbrenner and they value players who have high character and high talent - guys like Sabathia and Teixera. Manny Ramirez is a player of significant talent but this year he showed signs of a decline which may be swift, and he is not good defensively. He will back in the AL as a DH within 2 years, but not for the Yankees.

And ARod is all of that...?!
Damon, Swisher?
Don't you mean guys who may have been disruptive but are trainable?
Or in the case of Arod, well...idk?

 

[lgna69xxx]

what are you talking about? ROFL!! Arod, Damon and Swisher are none of those Arod gets a bad rap cause he is the highest paid player in MLB...... but he is nothing but LOYAL to his team ..... damon and swisher???? not sure what you mean about them either jman,.... you been tipping the sam adams to much tonight?

And ARod is all of that...?!
Damon, Swisher?
Don't you mean guys who may have been disruptive but are trainable?
Or in the case of Arod, well...idk?

 

[Jman47]

what are you talking about? ROFL!! Arod, Damon and Swisher are none of those Arod gets a bad rap cause he is the highest paid player in MLB...... but he is nothing but LOYAL to his team ..... damon and swisher???? not sure what you mean about them either jman,.... you been tipping the sam adams to much tonight?

Arod is a total distraction...

Swisher and Damon...aka dumb and dumber...with prior teams were the epitome of disruptive...I believe the Yankees upped the dosage of ritalin they are on and trained them to behave...

 

[lgna69xxx]

well whatever it did, it worked eh? 2009 WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!!!

Arod is a total distraction...

Swisher and Damon...aka dumb and dumber...with prior teams were the epitome of disruptive...I believe the Yankees upped the dosage of ritalin they are on and trained them to behave...

 

[EagerBeaver]

Arod is a total distraction...

A Rod has only been a distraction off the field, and after he came back this year he was not a distraction. He has never been viewed as a clubhouse cancer on any team he played for, nor have Swisher or Damon. Swisher and Damon are free spirited type guys, but they are great teammates and have never been viewed as clubhouse cancers.

Anyway, let's get back to the subject of this thread.

 

[Jman47]

well whatever it did, it worked eh? 2009 WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!!!

Chemistry...I said it earlier.

 

[lgna69xxx]

i do believe this is the "etc" part beav , lol...... nothing wrong with good discussion

Anyway, let's get back to the subject of this thread.

 

[Jman47]

A Rod has only been a distraction off the field, and after he came back this year he was not a distraction. He has never been viewed as a clubhouse cancer on any team he played for, nor have Swisher or Damon. Swisher and Damon are free spirited type guys, but they are great teammates and have never been viewed as clubhouse cancers.

Anyway, let's get back to the subject of this thread.

EB, Off the field gets to the clubhouse, I don"t care what the press releases say...
And Manny is a free spirit.
Back on track

 

[Joe.t]

I heard that the Yankees may not resign either Damon or Matsui and may be going after

Drum roll please................................................................................

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/article/2009-11-06/matt-holliday-expected-reach-open-market

Now wouldn't that be a heist, also look for the Yankees to sign Lackey who is a George Steinbrenner type of player, a very tough intense player who is also a very good pitcher, let the raiding begin.

PS- Great thread SK, now why didn't I think of starting something like this.

Anybody seen my friend Nim(AKA Merlot) lately?, I think that the poor fella is taking this Yankee World Series win too hard.

By the way Nim is short for Nimrod.

 

[lgna69xxx]

now butthead, why did u spoil the fun, i was gonna say know i didnt see NIM, nor rod (rumps)

Anybody seen my friend Nim(AKA Merlot) lately?, I think that the poor fella is taking this Yankee World Series win too hard.

By the way Nim is short for Nimrod.

 

[Special K]

i do believe this is the "etc" part beav , lol...... nothing wrong with good discussion

Give it a rest Iggy, this isn't the JT Yankees Suck thread!

 

[lgna69xxx]

then rename the thread, "etc" means .. ummmmmmm maybe, ETC????

Give it a rest Iggy, this isn't the JT Yankees Suck thread!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Manny Back With Dodgers For $20 Million

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4631051

 

[Jman47]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4631051

And I was so looking forward to seeing him in pinstripes at Fenway...

Guess the dumb ass and BorASS learned their lesson last round.