2015 MLB Thread (Offseason Pages 1-28)

[ckfree]

the yankees are in pursuit of andrew miller whether its to lower robertson asking price or if its real who knows but if they get him and re sign robertson to go along with betances goddamn even warren was solid for them last year -- as the tigers have shown you can have the last 3 cy young award winners in your rotation but if your bullpen aint shit you aint shit

whatever happens with that i still got my money on the yankees signing a top notch starter before the offseason is finished -- no way they just sitting on the front porch with the rest of us poor folk while teams in their division try and load up especially with no mo/jeter farewell tours to appease fans

 

[ckfree]

lets see if lester past comments about loving boston wanting to retire as a red sox and taking less money to do it were his true feelings or was he just talking to talk

something tells me its the latter he would have been signed instead of making all these trips

he wants the best of both worlds

 

[ckfree]

JOSH DONALDSON, BILLY BEANE CLASHED OVER OFF DAYS
http://bloguin.com/theoutsidecorner/the-locker/josh-donaldson-billy-beane-clashed-days.html

Scott Miller of Bleacher Report paints the picture of star player clashing swords with his GM over what seems to be a largely mundane situation.

Spoiler

Multiple sources cite a verbal altercation between the two after Donaldson told manager Bob Melvin he needed a couple of days off after Oakland had played several days in a row. The story goes, Beane told Donaldson if he needed a couple of days off, the club should put him on the disabled list, and that made Donaldson unhappy.

[…]

“Donaldson told the manager he needed a blow, and [Bob] Melvin said, ‘You got it,’ ” the source said. “Then that night’s lineup came out and Billy asked, ‘Where’s Donaldson?’ ”

When told what happened, the source says, an angry Beane demanded that Melvin put Donaldson back into the lineup.

“They got into it in the coach’s office,” the source says, describing a scene in which Beane lit into Donaldson, with the third baseman reiterating his need for a day off and petulantly calling Beane “Billy Boy.”

“Nobody talks to Billy that way,” the source said. “It did not surprise me in the least that he got rid of Donaldson.”

 

[Stew]

Markakis agreed to the Braves...........

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Unless somethin changes at the last second Yankees about to sign andrew miller.Dodgers are the 4th team to offer Lester a contract so it's between Giants,Red Sox,Cubs And Dodgers for Lester and Justin Upton will most likely be traded at the winter meetings next week.

 

[Angeles1son85]

Damn it dodgers keepin aj ellis

 

[ckfree]

i dont understand the fascination with melky cabrera

ped use

compensation attachment

rumors of looking for a 5 year deal

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nope nope nope

hopefully hahn can get somebody to bite on viciedo 4.4 mil contract during next week winter meetings either way bodies will be flying soon

 

[Stew]

Markakis agreed to the Braves...........

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/540917545126342656

Good move Dan. Braves overpaid. He should be fine for a year or so.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Yanks sign Andrew Miller 4 years 36 mil

 

[MillzOG]

Signing Andrew Miller GOAT...now David Robertson has no leverage so he'll probably leave us but we still got Betances so we'll be straight.

I'm optimistic about this Didi Gregorious trade too. He's like a slap singles hitter but if he could get on base consistently we'd be good cus he's a quality defender, definitely an upgrade over Jeter the GOAT's defense last year. I liked Shane Greene he still might be a quality starter but we should be straight.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Red Sox owner flew to Lesters House in georgia last night.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Red Sox owner flew to Lesters House in georgia last night.

Real af. Glad he's getting this much respect after the disrespect they showed him before he left for the A's.

Ortiz spoke out for him as well.

He supposed to be making his decision soon like in the next few days or so.I have no idea where he's gonna sign a month ago I woulda said the cubs easily, 2 weeks ago red sox,I read bruce bochy flew to his crib and made a good impression and tim hudson and jake peavy was tellin him about the giants.

He doing his due diligence for damn sure it's been 5 weeks once he makes a choice the rest of free agency will go down in a flurry just like the nba when lebron did.

 

[Ghost313]

Tigers are dealing Porcello for Cespedes and filler.

More than likely they sign Mccarthy too.

I like Cespedes, but we need another left hand bat or switch hitter.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Orioles lost miller,markakis,cruz and now dan duquette might take the blue jays president of baseball operations offer

#shorterthanleprechauns

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Tigers are dealing Porcello for Cespedes and filler.

More than likely they sign Mccarthy too.

I like Cespedes, but we need another left hand bat or switch hitter.

Is this a rumor? Cuz this isn't being reported anywhere

 

[Ghost313]

Tigers are dealing Porcello for Cespedes and filler.

More than likely they sign Mccarthy too.

I like Cespedes, but we need another left hand bat or switch hitter.

Is this a rumor? Cuz this isn't being reported anywhere

http://mobile.sportingnews.com/article/4628795-mlb-trade-rumors-red-sox-tigers-cespedes-porcello

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

There was a lot of speculation the Mets and Cubs would do a lot of talking about Chicago shortstop Starlin Castro at these Winter Meetings. But, it seems Starlin Castro is not available.

The Cubs informed the Mets, the Yankees (before they acquired Didi Gregorius) and other teams that Castro won't be going anywhere. So expect no Castro talk.

GOAT

 

[ckfree]

blue jays asking for everybody to be their new president only explanation as to why they would reach out for kenny williams -- working with a budget or not -- he has screwed this team up the last ten years with bad trades and bad drafts

looks as though the white sox are in on robertson and are front runners in aquiring jeff samardzija per bob nighttengale of usa today

i dont know about this but hopefully its rick hahn doing business with the A's last time kenny gave billy boy 3 of their top 5 prospects for nick swisher smfh gave them durham for free and foulke for koch -- billy was even clowning kenny in his book -- parting ways with rodon and anderson for a guy set to be a fa with no extension would be some real kenny williams shit

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Lol I remember when ken williams went in on frank thomas.Gammons reporting giants willing to offer Lester 7 years and possibly 170 which is ridiculous if true,lester agents were talking to the giants late last night and buster posey tryin to recruit him too.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Kenny Williams been living off that title for a while now, everybody kept waiting for him to do it again and he just kept bringing in players on the decline. I was pissed at him not bringing back Frank Thomas who went to the A's and had a MVP quality season