MLB Free Agency Begins Tonight
by Eric Stephen on Oct 29, 2011 9:29 AM PDT
in Los Angeles Dodgers Roster
Email
Print
Now that the World Series is over, we can shift our full attention to the offseason. Free agency in Major League Baseball begins Saturday night at 9 p.m. PDT. In case you forgot from our roster breakdown earlier this month, the Dodgers have 10 free agents:
- Rod Barajas (projected to be a Type B at MLB Trade Rumors)
- Casey Blake
- Jonathan Broxton
- Jamey Carroll
- Jon Garland
- Hiroki Kuroda
- Mike MacDougal
- Aaron Miles
- Vicente Padilla
- Juan Rivera
MLB teams are allowed to sign their own free agents for four days, then after 9 p.m. PDT Wednesday night, November 2, free agents are allowed to sign with new clubs.
General manager Ned Colletti has expressed vague interest in bringing back several of these free agents, so I will open this up to the community. How many of these 10 players will be Dodgers in 2012? I will set the over/under at 3.5.
Let the hot stove begin!
245 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I have to say I would like these three back.(though not for logical reasoning, but wishful thinking.
.
Kuroda
Carroll
Broxton
Of course, Ned will work something out so that he doesn’t get a draft pick for Barajas.
Ned will spend $20M on Kuroda and Rivera
Kuroda – 1 yr/$12M (no deferrals)
Rivera – 2 yr/$8M
No promises on a starting job for Rivera but he’ll get plenty of ABs at 1B (if Loney returns) and OF.
I got scared because I first saw the subject only and was trying to figure out how Kuroda and Rivera would add up to $20 million in 2012. But then I saw two years for Rivera. :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 29, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
These moves might kill the budget
120 million right there. Not much left for improving the offense any further. Hmmm.
by silverwidow on Oct 29, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Odds are against Kuroda enjoying another DL free season – Pass
Rivera, let another team give him $4 mil. per – Pass
Blake is done – Pass
Garland is done – Pass
Broxton, a change of scenery is needed – Pass
Padilla is done – Pass
Barajas is way past his prime – Pass
Carroll or Miles for utility only.
MacDougal – Yes
So this leaves 2, Carroll and MacDougal
by 68elcamino427 on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
odds are against us getting a pitcher more valuable then kuroda
even if he gets injured
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Mac is the one I want least of all the free agents.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I think he’s serviceable as a 7th inning guy. We all know the ugly truth behind his sparkling ERA. I’d rather have him out there than Guerrier
He’s a very interesting name for me. Love the walks.
by silverwidow on Oct 29, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Agree. I think a cheap grady sizemore could be an awesome pickup
by court168627 on Oct 29, 2011 11:25 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
he’s 29 years old now and hasn’t been good since 2008. He’s practically James Loney with a longer track record.
He's a good fielder and has had past success
I think he could be good again.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
During his prime from 05-08 his K% stuck at or below 20%, the last two years it’s been 25%(2010) and 28.8% (2011). That’s led to very low averages. Not only that, but he’s gone from walking from 10-13% of the time, to just 6%. His defense has gone from elite to not even average. He did not steal a single base last season. The only thing that showed up a little in 2011 was his power as he hit 10 homers in 71 games. Overall, I just can’t see a reason to be interested in this guy for anything resembling an MLB contract.
Man
I know he’ll probly go to the A’s or something, but I’d LOVE to take a chance on him for LF with a ton of incentives. To have a good back up they could resign Rivera for the main bench bat and backup LF.
Any idea how much it would take to get him?
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
as opposed to Grady and Sands, right?
I think we’d get more offense out of the first pair, but Grady won’t cost as much as Loney and it will be better defense in left out of grady.
I’d be fine with either option.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I'm not sure Grady is actually that good a fielder anymore
he might be cheaper then loney though, but not by much
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Damn you're right
I didn’t notice his fielding had declined a lot the last 3 years.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I never really looked at this before
But in 2009 after starting off with a 5.21 ERA by his 7th start, he had a 2.10 ERA the rest of the season on. This spanned 133 innings with 146 ks, 71 walks, and only 88 hits allowed. The walks were definitely high back then, but it’s so impressive some of the runs he goes on. I was reading some old stuff on Kershaw and someone mentioned he had 5 runs allowed in 9 starts during the summer of 09, which I remembered, but just seeing the numbers again is staggering.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I wonder what type of contract Broxton is looking at. He had so much success before the 2nd half of 2010, then he was shitty then he had the injury. In my mind he could still be good or even great, but as a reliever i’m not sure he will be given the benefit of the doubt so he may have to work for his next contract by signing low with incentives.
I’d still like him to come back if it’s not for more than say 2.5 million, though i’m not sure how realistic that may be.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I see him trying to swing a deal with atlanta
1 year, work the 7th to regain his value, close to home, etc.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 29, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly think he will sign pretty cheap
work as a 7th inning or set up guy, then regain some of hi value and be good for other teams.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
What I’d like: Kuroda.
What will happen: Carroll, Miles, MacDougal, Rivera.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
Does Broxton count as 1.5 because of his size?
Or does Miles count as 0.5 ;)
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
FA
Rod Barajas 0.35
Casey Blake 0.15
Jonathan Broxton 0.30
Jamey Carroll 0.30
Jon Garland 0.15
Hiroki Kuroda 0.70
Mike MacDougal 0.20
Aaron Miles 0.25
Vicente Padilla 0.15
Juan Rivera 0.75
3.3 keepers ??
Dodgers bring back miles, barajas, and rivera. Personally, I don’t think it could hurt to take a close-to-league-minimum swing on Padilla and Garland
by court168627 on Oct 29, 2011 11:23 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
No Kuroda?
I doubt we sign Padilla or Garland because they have health problems. Are their any good pitchers in free agency this year?
by dodgers4life on Oct 29, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t have the payroll to roll the dice on a guy whose upside is Jon Garland?
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Oct 29, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Chris Capuano, Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon, Bruce Chen, Jeff Francis, Dontrelle Willis, Jason Marquis, and Livan Hernandez are some of the 4th/5th starter types off the top of my head.
Mark Buerhle, Roy Oswalt, Kuroda, Edwin Jackson, are the better pitchers whom the Dodgers might have a shot at. Then of course there is Sabathia and WIlson at the top.
Darvish, Wada, and Iwakuma are often mentioned as well, but hard to tell exactly what type of MLB pitchers those NPBers would make.
Just checked MLBTradeRumors, here’s whom I left out:
Erik Bedard, Aaron Cook, Kyle Davies, Doug Davis, Rich Harden, Kevin Millwood, Brad Penny, Joel Piniero, Tim Wakefield, Chien Ming Wang, Brandon Webb, Chris Young, Armando Gallaraga, Rodrigo Lopez, Sergio Mitre, and Mitch Talbot.
Zach Duke, Paul Malholm, and Aaron Harang also have the change to become free agents depending on how their options turn out.
Oswalt would be nice
But i’m unsure what he would cost. I want Edwin Jackson to be honest.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
They could replace Kuroda, but they would take more years to sign. Would not leave much room in the rotation for the young guys. For 2012 that would be OK, but come 2013 there would be just one spot for De La Rosa, Eovaldi, Webster, Withrow, Lee, Gould, etc.
I guess it’s insane to assume even if we ate half the money on his 2013 slate that we could trade Ted Lilly.
Honestly I’d be fine with having Kershaw, Bills, Oswalt/Jackson, and Lilly (likely 5th, unless some team does us a solid) as 4 of the 5. Really I’m assuming De La Rosa would be the most likely for the rotation, but I think the other guys would really have to be kicked the door down to deserve a spot, which would be fine with me. If that does happen where 2 or more of them are ready, I’m sure Jackson/Oswalt could be traded for something else to make room.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
We could also trade a couple pitching prospects for a bat.
by dodgers4life on Oct 29, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
There's always that option
and then of course most of the pitchers listed will either flame out or become bullpen arms.
I think of the pitching prospects we’ve got, De La Rosa (not really a prospect anymore) and Lee are the ones who will be MLB starters with good upside. The rest could become flame outs or pull an Elbert and be a good bullpen arm (I’m looking at Eo and Withrow).
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I think they all have shots to be 4th/5th starters though, if Kershaw and Bilingsley are 1-2, the Dodgers would just need a 3 (De La Rosa).
Possibly?
2012
Kershaw
BIllingsley
Kuroda
Lilly
free agent
2013
Kershaw
Billingsley
Lilly
De La Rosa
Eovaldi/Withrow/Webster
2014
Kershaw
Billingsley
De La Rosa
Eovaldi/Withrow/Webster
Lee/Gould
That’s true, I suppose it’s true what they say about never having too much pitching. None the less, I in no way expect the Dodgers to have the money to win the bidding for Oswalt or Jackson. It would be so easy for other teams…they would just add on a few extra mill knowing how strapped for cash the Dodgers are. The only great pitcher we could get would be Kuroda since he probably would negotiate exclusively with the Dodgers.
Kuroda and Carroll are absolutely the priorities. With guys like Rivera and Barajas, there are a bunch of similar free agents that will be around, no need to rush and sign either of them. I doubt any of the others would be signed during this period.
I’m in this camp. Rivera I would offer for cheap, but the plan is for him to be a bench/platoon guy if he’s a Dodger. Someone else is going to pay him starter money and we have no reason to match that. Carroll is valuable for his flexibility. Unless someone gives him big bucks or he really wants to be a starter (someone would have to provide an opportunity) he will end up getting PA’s. Someone in that IF is getting injured this year (looking at you Uribe).
by BoilerAero on Oct 29, 2011 12:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No one is going to make a guy who can’t play defense and OPSed .700 a starter.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Oct 29, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty sure he was talking about Rivera
by eitherethier on Oct 29, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m talking about Rivera.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Oct 29, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It's probly better to go off of slugging and obp rather than just lumping them together
But hard to say it’s overrated.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Carroll’s OBP from 2009-2010 was the second best of all second basemen, no matter what, that has value.
was also the best of his career, but he’s old. Im not sure I would roll those dice again unless he comes cheap.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 29, 2011 1:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Doug Davis, isn’t he like 75 years old? Maybe we can give Hoyt Wilhelm an incentive laden contract or Grover Cleveland Alexander if he’s out of rehab.
Re-signing Kuroda, Carroll, Barajas, and Rivera would be nice. After that, get someone off the FA market or re-sign one of the injured guys since Eo isnt ready yet.
OT but TV newsfail
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Death is definitely one of the worst parts of being killed.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I now have Fox Soccer Channel in HD. The real reason for the switch.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 29, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Very few things
But damn if I can’t sell phone tv and internet!
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Don’t tell your uncles that a) you have the Fox Soccer Channel or b) that you know you have the Fox Soccer Channel.
by KellyStephen on Oct 29, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you rather sign Fielder or Pujols?
Pujols is better but Fielder is younger.
Sign Matt Kemp instead
Too much money for a fat guy
and
Too much money for an old guy
Pay out for one of the very best players/atheletes in the world who is just entering his prime.
by 68elcamino427 on Oct 29, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I laugh at those people
He was playing community college ball and drafted in the 13th round, and had gone to high school in the US.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
was this really rec'd?
i think th assumption is that one of these guys would be kemp’s protection.
by stevesaxaphone on Oct 30, 2011 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
In case anyone was wondering about Ryan Dempster, he exercised his $14 million player option today to return to the Cubs.
Speaking of, can someone explain MLBTR's thinking here?
In their new piece on free agent and trade candidate CFers, they added this:
The Giants’ Andres Torres is an even more extreme example; he projects at $2.5MM through arbitration and was arguably worth over ten times that amount last year.
Am I misunderstanding this, or are they arguing that Torres is worth 10x 2.5mm? Because I… don’t see that.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
this is the piece btw
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/free-agent-and-trade-market-for-center-fielders.html
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
to play centerfield? ;)
not sure what they meant. Maybe “ten times less”?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
They have got to be talking about 2010
but he wasn’t all that great.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Troy Renck of the Denver Post said Jason Giambi will come back to the Rockies in 2012. He had a mutual option for $1 million, and Renck says that deal is now done.
We should plan the reunion around a Dodger visit. They’re there the first weekend of June and the last week of August. Chances are that’s a miss. Too bad.
by KellyStephen on Oct 29, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The D-Backs entire coaching staff, who were all signed through 2012, were all extended through 2013 today, per NIck Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. Don Baylor wasn’t yet extended but only because he was busy in Venezuela managing winter league.
Over and Under pool
I will go with 3:
Kuroda
Rivera-think two years is not half bad-but figure of 8 million 4X2, part of it has to be with incentives
Barajs: He has some power
Yay baseball!
Fox said the game, in which the Cardinals clinched their 11th World Series, garnered a 16.2 rating and a 28 share of the viewing audience Friday night. It was the highest overnight rating for a World Series game since Game 4 of the 2004 Series, which drew a rating of 19.7 and a 29 share as the Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year-Series-winning-drought by beating the Cardinals.
Also per MLB:
When the Cardinals won the World Series, 89% of households in St. Louis that had their televisions on were tuned in to see the game.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 29, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That is almost unbelievable! With all of the channels available today, to have a TV in almost 9 of 10 homes tuned into the game just blows my mind. Sounds more like the 1960’s to me….
just proves it’s still possible to focus the nation on a national live event
by Josie Becker on Oct 29, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
3/10 households across the country is amazing
by Josie Becker on Oct 29, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not quite – roughly just 3 of 10 households where at least one TV was on during the game. Not the same as 3 in 10 households, since sometimes people are gone or doing other things. Still, quite an amazing number!
Rivera and Carroll I think for sure some back.
Doubt any of the other guys.
And I also doubt the Dodgers sign Kuroda in this 4 day window.
He probably needs alot longer to decide if he comes back.
OT – but is it a prerequisite for USC cheerleaders to have large breasts? I see other college cheerleaders and they are more athletic gymnast types, not playboy bunny types.
they don’t wear sweaters because it’s cold in LA
by Josie Becker on Oct 29, 2011 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hollywood Joe
And I had a great time at the Rose Bowl today. Good food, good wine and good game.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 29, 2011 8:00 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
The Rose Bowl is a great place to spend a fall saturday afternoon. Especially when the Bruins win.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
BRUINS WIN
BRUINS WIN
God, that was fun
by Hollywood Joe on Oct 29, 2011 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got back from working the UCLA game
Turn on my TV and see the pick six. That was electric.
"It's a five letter word, S-T-R-I-K-E."
I hated that call (Person foul for hitting a player high) when it happened to ND last week. I hate it this week for USC. It’s impossible for a DB to guess that the WR is going to go down.
Yeah not a fan of it one bit
It was a huge different from USC with the big advantage to win and going to OT
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Hell of a touchdown just now!
Got hit twice but kept fighting
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I checked the score at half and it was 10-6
I turned it on with 9 left in the 4th and it was 27-24. Looked like an offensive explosion in the 3rd for how it started.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I'm really annoyed by all the scrambling from Luck
It just makes me feel like I’m watching Vince Young again.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
thats most college qbs these days
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Oct 29, 2011 9:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Thank goodness for Colorado.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
i'm a cu alumni
that grew up a cal fan.
this hurts.
by stevesaxaphone on Oct 30, 2011 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I suspect I will be saying this Friday night
by Eric Stephen on Oct 30, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
40-man roster update
Only 30 players on it now. About three weeks away from adding minor leaguers (maybe 3-5 spots), so there’s plenty of room this year.
fuck it, I’m rejoining anyway, you god damn Bruin
by Josie Becker on Oct 29, 2011 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
when a bear shits in the rose bowl, does anyone smell it?
YES
by Hollywood Joe on Oct 29, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Great game
Stanford ended up winning but they just vanished from the BCS picture.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
holding in OT
what happened on that one holding penalty against Stanford in OT when the ball didn’t get moved back 10 yards? USC coach was going crazy, but the announcers didn’t pursue it at all.
Whatever
It was, once they ran the next play, it no longer mattered. If Kiffen thought it was wrong, he should have called timeout.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 29, 2011 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think the spot of the foul was the 12 yard line though. The QB was tackled at around the 20 yard line. The holding looked to be at around the line of scrimmage which was the 25 yard line. ??
You’re probably right. I was cooking dinner at the time so wasn’t able to pay that close of attention.
That I do. Too late for my liking but I live with my sister and her family and she works until 8 on most days (or somewhere around that time).
I haven’t eaten anything since before the game. I think it was 3:30 or so. Maybe I’m just hungry.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
HJ
Made a great Roman style pasta that we ate while watching the end of the USC vs. Stanford game. I grated the two cheeses we used for the pasta.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 29, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
it was welcome help
I hate grating the cheese!
what a fun, fun, day!
by Hollywood Joe on Oct 29, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
They barely beat an unranked team in 3OT, but they still have the reputation of being USC. They’ll most likely jump Boise State and get into the #4 spot in the nation.
- and #2 play next week. #3 Ok St plays OU still later this year and could easily lose to them. Very good chance Stanford gets into the BCS Championship Game. That’s if they can get by Oregon (and the rest of their schedule). After tonight I think Oregon could put a hurting on them.
USC
Was not ranked in the BCS or Harris polls but was number 20 in the AP poll this week.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 29, 2011 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
seems like someone says this every week
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
were favored by 14
I took them in a parlay involving the giants.. 10$ rip.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 30, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
can’t believe I benched Steven Jackson today
by dodgerpreacher on Oct 30, 2011 12:24 PM PDT reply actions
Relievers still getting paid
Giants re-signed Javier Lopez for 2 years, $8.5 million, per Associated Press.
AND they picked up Jeremy Affeldt’s $5 million option, per Hank Schulman.
That’s $9.25 million for those two in 2012.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 30, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe not signing relief pitchers to multiyear deals is the new market inefficiency.
by StolenMonkey86 on Oct 30, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabaen
Some might call it the stupidity of Brian Sabaen. Just hope is former assistant doesn’t try and copy him!
He would have been a nice option for 2B but I wouldn’t be down to give him 6+ million.
by eitherethier on Oct 30, 2011 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Lane Kiffin
Has a valid complaint on the holding call. I looked at it again on the replay and it looks like the ball was placed around the spot of the foul but not moved back 10 yards.
Not sure if he could have called time out to review that but that was a huge difference (2nd and 8 vs. 2nd and 18)
Making BH's recipe
for Oatmeal/Chocolate Chip cookies tonight. I need to bribe some people at work tomorrow.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
let
Me know how they turn out
by bhsportsguy on Oct 30, 2011 11:00 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
toasting pumpkin seeds
Wild weekend, all Spawn and Folly all the time.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 30, 2011 8:39 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
The key to toasting pumpkin seeds is to submerge all of the pumpkin innards — seeds, goop, everything — in a bowl of water. The seeds float right to the top. You pick ‘em off, dry ’em on paper towels, toss with olive oil and salt (and cayenne pepper, if you’re kinky), and toast at 350 for 30 minutes, stirring once. Easy peasy lemon squeezy and so tasty. A necessary and wonderful part of carving a jack o’lantern with one’s children.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 30, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
now
All you need is the gin
by bhsportsguy on Oct 30, 2011 11:01 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
are there no juicy free agent rumors?
baseball free agency is a snooze fest
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
give a minute
…………………….they cookin a something up
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Heard this!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting one of the worst contracts of the offseason signed hours into it isn’t enough?
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Oct 30, 2011 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Lopez?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Then again enough middle relievers will get three year contracts that I’ll forget about this in three months.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Oct 30, 2011 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
can’t they not talk to other teams until thursday?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure teams can talk, but just can’t sign free agents from other teams until Wednesday at 9pm.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 30, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
right
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 30, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
anyone awake?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Tony LaRussa is retiring. That throws a wrinkle in the Pujols situation, though it’s not like LaRussa was going to be there for his whole contract anyway.
I just saw that.
You really can’t beat what he and his team were just able to do. Will be interesting to see how that affects the Pujols decision.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 31, 2011 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I was thinking. What will pujols do now?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
The Nation waits……
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 31, 2011 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Galaxy
Wanted to get Josie’s opinion on that skirmish at the end of the Galaxy playoff game yesterday. In case any of you missed it, it was quite a doozy. When the game ended, with the Galaxy winning in New York 1-0. A player from the New York team picked up the ball and chucked it at one of the Galaxy players and hit him on the leg. One of the other Galaxy players took exception to it and shoved the New York player. The skirmish ended with two New York players down on the ground in the fetal position. Hilarious. In a soccer fight, you can pretty much tell which players are the Americans and which aren’t. Don’t go to the ground unless kicked in the nuts or bleeding badly.
MLB Radio is a tease
They played an ad saying “Let’s talk about the front office changes in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles.” I got really excited, and then remembered how bad the national media is at geography.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on True Blue LA
Related FanShots on True Blue LA
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- College player makes impossible over the fence catch to save tournament game (Video)
- Security!: Camden Yards guard collides with Royals’ Mike Moustakas
- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
- Benches clear at Fenway as Red Sox-Rays rivalry heats up
- Keeping good company: Albert Pujols becomes fourth-youngest player to hit 450 home runs
