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dustyanddaflames · 11-13-2010, 07:23 PM

The Marlins have traded struggling outfielder, Cameron Maybin, to the San Diego Padres for relievers Edward Mujica and Ryan Webb.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

A nice move for the Padres coveting Maybin, as he was a centerpiece in the Miggy Cabrera/Dontrell Willis trade to Detroit. With such a limited payroll, and the handcuffs place on Jed Hoyer because of it, I can see the Padres doing more of these types of deals. Shores up their outfield (Ludwick/Venable), and all but assures Mr. Padre's son won't be back.

Flickered Flame · 11-13-2010, 07:50 PM

The Marlins trade both key pieces in the Cabrera/Willis deal on consecutive days. First Miller to Boston and now Maybin to the Padres.

dustyanddaflames · 11-13-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame

The Marlins trade both key pieces in the Cabrera/Willis deal on consecutive days. First Miller to Boston and now Maybin to the Padres.

Flick was reading that the A's have contacted Lance Berkman, you know anything about this? Would be a nice addition to a rather soft hitting middle of the lineup.

Flickered Flame · 11-13-2010, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dustyanddaflames

Flick was reading that the A's have contacted Lance Berkman, you know anything about this? Would be a nice addition to a rather soft hitting middle of the lineup.

That is the rumor floating out there right now. The guy I know inside the organization told me last week that the Beane wanted to chat with Beltre and another right handed power hitter, he didn't lead me in any direction.

Berkman would be a typical Oakland move. An older player nearing the end of his career who has a history of hitting home runs. The problem is, Oakland's ball park is not really a ball park and power numbers are usually not that good, not in the post steroid era anyways.

They are really not that far away from contending in that division. The Rangers are very good but the Angels have taken several steps back. The A's might have the best all around starting staff in the division and the bullpen is above average as well, Beane just needs to find some big bangers at the corner positions.

secol · 11-14-2010, 09:45 AM

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The Royals are stupid. Not shocking though.

The two picks that Dejesus would've got them will be better prospects than either of the pitchers they got from the A's.

Probably will see Greinke and Gordon traded for a pile of mediocre crap as well.

It's really disappointing that teams like the Pirates and Royals can't ever get out of their current circling of the drain that they've been in since 1990....

the pirates have some real talent now although their SP sucks

habernac · 11-16-2010, 12:17 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5812194

Roy Halladay was the unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young.

KootenayFlamesFan · 11-16-2010, 12:24 PM

Good for Roy. Class act, and fantastic pitcher. Great to see.

Sidney Crosby's Hat · 11-16-2010, 01:20 PM

MLB looking at adding one more Wild Card team. The two Wild Card teams would then play each other in a single-game playoff or best-of-three.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...mlb-playoffs/1

I like the idea. Gives more teams hope and also makes winning the division much more important. The Rays-Yankees race as an example would have been way more interesting with this format.

Looking at this year as an example, instead of Boston and Chicago being 6 and 7 games back of the wild card respectively in a non-race, Chicago would be one game behind Boston (and Toronto would be four games back at the end). Not to mention, we'd get Boston vs. New York in a best-of-three to kick off the postseason.

dustyanddaflames · 11-16-2010, 03:54 PM

It appears that the Marlins have traded Dan Uggla to the Atlanta Braves for Omar Infante and reliever Mike Dunn. A nice pick up for the Braves who had a very good bullpen as it was, and added a big bat to a questionable middle of the order.

nickerjones · 11-16-2010, 05:24 PM

Yes go Braves go!!! One more World Series for Chipper!

RedHot25 · 11-17-2010, 06:49 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ml...ory?id=5817329

Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said he would have allowed manager Ozzie Guillen to go to the Marlins if Florida would have sent back a particular player, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Reinsdorf wouldn't identify the player, although he refuted a previous Sun-Times report that the player was Mike Stanton.

dustyanddaflames · 11-17-2010, 07:17 PM

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http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ml...ory?id=5817329

Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said he would have allowed manager Ozzie Guillen to go to the Marlins if Florida would have sent back a particular player, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Reinsdorf wouldn't identify the player, although he refuted a previous Sun-Times report that the player was Mike Stanton.

Speculation was the player was Logan Morrison.

OILFAN #81 · 11-18-2010, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame

That is the rumor floating out there right now. The guy I know inside the organization told me last week that the Beane wanted to chat with Beltre and another right handed power hitter, he didn't lead me in any direction.

Berkman would be a typical Oakland move. An older player nearing the end of his career who has a history of hitting home runs. The problem is, Oakland's ball park is not really a ball park and power numbers are usually not that good, not in the post steroid era anyways.

They are really not that far away from contending in that division. The Rangers are very good but the Angels have taken several steps back. The A's might have the best all around starting staff in the division and the bullpen is above average as well, Beane just needs to find some big bangers at the corner positions.

I live in San Jose and the Mercury News is reporting that the A's have offered Beltre a 5 year 64 M deal.

burn_baby_burn · 11-24-2010, 03:51 PM

A lot of talk in the New York media about the Derek Jeter negotiations. Jeter's agent is calling the Yankees tactic's "baffling". Still, Jeter is being offered the richest contract in the majors for a short stop at $45 million for three years. (If I'm not mistaken the next closest contract at the position is Reyes at $11 million a season).

Now the talk is that Jeter is looking for a contract worth $100 million over 5 years. Some argue that Jeter is a Yankee superstar, the most popular Yankee since Mickey Mantle. As such he should be paid accordingly. However, Jeter has been paid much much more than Mantle could have ever dreamed of. Things are different now than when Mickey played. Still, the Yankees have benefited from the play of Derek Jeter over the lenght of his career. Jeter has also benefited from being a Yankee his entire career and is a very rich man because of it.

As a Yankees fan, I think the Boss Bros offer is more than fair. Jeter is 37 years old and is coming off the worst offensive season of his career. The Yankees offer still makes him the highest paid player at his position by 27%. The $15 million is only $3.9 million less per season than he made on average over the last 10 years of his career.

The benefit to Jeter is that no other team is baseball is going to come anywhere close to the offer the Yankees are offering. As a Yankees icon, he will still get very lucrative endorsement deals in his remaining years with the Yankees and well beyond his retirement. I really don't understand what his problem would be with the Yankees offer. Unless his agent has a pie in the sky dream of getting a deal like A-Rod? I think the A-Rod deal is impacting the current Jeter negotiations because the Boss Bros don't want to make the same mistake again.

Pagal4321 · 11-24-2010, 05:22 PM

I'm sorry, but I can't be alone in wanting the Red Sox to swoop in and sign Jeter just to spite the Yankees.

The hilarity itself would be epic!!

burn_baby_burn · 11-25-2010, 08:23 AM

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I'm sorry, but I can't be alone in wanting the Red Sox to swoop in and sign Jeter just to spite the Yankees.

The hilarity itself would be epic!!

It would be, however Derek Jeter is not the type of player that would do something like that. What other athlete has a more controlled image than Derek Jeter? It is said that he is very aware of his legacy as a Yankees icon. I don't think he would ever jeopardize that by signing with the hated Boston Red Sox.

burn_baby_burn · 11-26-2010, 10:01 AM

According to the NY Daily News the Yankees and Derek Jeter are $105 million apart. The Yankees have offered Jeter $45 million over three years. Jeter and his agent are rumored to be asking $150 million over six years and that they are not budging on $25 million per year.

$25 million per year is, surprise, surprise, exactly what A-Rod gets paid. Now when A-Rod signed his $275 million contract, he was coming off a year when he hit 56 home runs knocking in 156 runs at the age of 32. At the time it had not yet been revealed that he was a steroid cheat. Jeter on the other hand turns 37 next season and is coming off a season when he hit 40 points below his career batting average. His OPS also dropped 161 points to a career low of .710.

Jeter has been paid $200 million by the Yankees so far. If you add the $45 million the Yankees are offering he will have made $245 million, or the 2nd most amount in baseball history next to A-Rod.

RedHot25 · 11-26-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

Jeter and his agent are rumored to be asking $150 million over six years and that they are not budging on $25 million per year..

Haha, really?

RedHot25 · 11-26-2010, 06:44 PM

http://tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=342923

Freee agent shortstop Derek Jeter wants a better deal than the three-year, $45 million pact tabled by the New York Yankees, but it's reportedly not close to the six-year, $150 million deal that the New York Daily News reported on Friday that Jeter's camp sent the Yankees.

"The recently rumored terms of our contract extension are simply inaccurate," Jeter's agent Casey Close told Yahoo Sports.

CaramonLS · 11-26-2010, 09:48 PM

In all honesty, as a player what is Jeter worth now. At best 7-8 million a season. At best.

His past 3 seasons he has an OPS of .710, .887, .771.

At his age, you can expect a bit of a bounce back - lets say .800 OPS.

Very below average defense @ SS... (yes I know he won the GG).

Not even close to a 25 million dollar contract. Not even worth 15 million.

This is going to be one of the weirdest contract negotiations in a long time. Jeter is probably going to try and leverage the media to get his money as there is only going to be 1 bidder who can even come close, and that is the Yankees.