Rest Of Baseball Offseason Talk

[henchmanUK]

From the Chicago Trib...

The White Sox, in a quest to fortify their pitching staff in an escalating free agent market, agreed to a deal late Tuesday night that would bring Javier Vazquez from Arizona in exchange for starting pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, reliever Luis Vizcaino and minor-league outfielder Chris Young

Kenny Williams is wheelin' and dealin' out there. henchman should be happy...

Trust in Kenny!

[henchmanUK]

world baseball classic rosters


http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/rosters.jsp

look at italys roster...what a joke

the DR is gonna be puttin pitchers to bed...their offense is lovely

Go VENEZUELA!

[BigEd76]

AJ Pierzynski gets a new 3 yr, $15M deal from the White Sox, and on the same day, Josh Paul (the pitcher during "Strike Three-gate") gets traded to Tampa Bay 

Meanwhile, Oswalt gets a Caterpillar for Christmas 

[henchmanUK]

AJ Pierzynski gets a new 3 yr, $15M deal from the White Sox, and on the same day, Josh Paul (the pitcher during "Strike Three-gate") gets traded to Tampa Bay 

I fargin love baseball!

[Sgt PSN]

Meanwhile, Oswalt gets a Caterpillar for Christmas

The right-handed ace remembered what Astros owner Drayton McLane promised him in the clubhouse before the game -- win and you'll get that all-purpose tractor you've always wanted.

I'm guessing the rules regarding this type of stuff are different in baseball than in the NFL because I remember Dick Vermiel got fined or something about 2 or 3 years ago because he promised to give Morton Anderson a $500 bottle of wine if he made a potential game winning FG. 

[Geowhizzer]

Meanwhile, Oswalt gets a Caterpillar for Christmas

The right-handed ace remembered what Astros owner Drayton McLane promised him in the clubhouse before the game -- win and you'll get that all-purpose tractor you've always wanted.

I'm guessing the rules regarding this type of stuff are different in baseball than in the NFL because I remember meatcicle Vermiel got fined or something about 2 or 3 years ago because he promised to give Morton Anderson a $500 bottle of wine if he made a potential game winning FG. 

Doesn't the NFL fine you for just about anything?

[BigEd76]

Rangers get Adam Eaton in 6-player trade

[Sgt PSN]

Meanwhile, Oswalt gets a Caterpillar for Christmas

The right-handed ace remembered what Astros owner Drayton McLane promised him in the clubhouse before the game -- win and you'll get that all-purpose tractor you've always wanted.

I'm guessing the rules regarding this type of stuff are different in baseball than in the NFL because I remember meatcicle Vermiel got fined or something about 2 or 3 years ago because he promised to give Morton Anderson a $500 bottle of wine if he made a potential game winning FG. 

Doesn't the NFL fine you for just about anything?

Yep.  Even when you ask them not to.  They still do. 

[hbionic]

18 year vet Kenny Lofton to the Dodgers.

It's a one year contract....I don't mind I guess.....

[Sgt PSN]

Lofton and Nomaaaaaaaah are a couple of decent bats to have in one's line up.  Too bad the Dodgers will still suck. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

NEW YORK -- The 50 players who became free agents when their teams failed to offer 2006 contracts Tuesday:< ^AMERICAN LEAGUE=

BALTIMORE (3) -- Kurt Ainsworth, rhp; Eric Byrnes, of; Eddy Rodriguez, rhp.

BOSTON (2) -- Chad Bradford, rhp; Wade Miller, rhp.

CHICAGO (4) -- Jon Adkins, rhp; Felix Diaz, rhp; Willie Harris, inf; Timo Perez, of.

CLEVELAND (1) -- Jose Diaz, rhp.

KANSAS CITY (2) -- Shawn Camp, rhp; Ken Harvey, inf.

MINNESOTA (1) -- Grant Balfour, rhp.

NEW YORK (1) -- Wayne Franklin, lhp.

OAKLAND (1) -- Hiram Bocachica, of.

SEATTLE (3) -- Cha-Seung Baek, rhp; Ryan Franklin, rhp; Jamal Strong, of.

TAMPA BAY (4) -- Joe Borowski, rhp; Lance Carter, rhp; Trever Miller, lhp; Michael Rose, c.

TEXAS (1) -- Nicholas Regilio, rhp.

------= ^NATIONAL LEAGUE=

ATLANTA (2) -- Jim Brower, rhp; Wes Obermueller, rhp.

CINCINNATI (2) -- Ramon Ortiz, rhp; Joe Valentine, rhp.

COLORADO (2) -- Jose Acevedo, rhp; Ryan Spilborghs, of.

FLORIDA (1) -- Joe Dillon, inf.

LOS ANGELES (3) -- Michael Edwards, of; Brian Myrow, inf; Jason Phillips, c.

MILWAUKEE (2) -- Jeff Bennett, rhp; Dan Kolb, rhp.

NEW YORK (2) -- Wayne Lydon, of; Tyler Yates, rhp.

PHILADELPHIA (1) -- Endy Chavez, of.

PITTSBURGH (1) -- Josh Fogg, rhp.

ST. LOUIS (4) -- Bo Hart, inf; Mike Lincoln, rhp; Mike Mahoney, c; Scott Seabol, inf.

SAN DIEGO (3) -- Dewon Brazelton, rhp; Craig Breslow, lhp; Miguel Olivo, c.

WASHINGTON (4) -- Alex Escobar, of; Junior Spivey, 2b; Rick Short, inf; T.J. Tucker, rhp.. Tucker

Ok, one thing that baffles me is that SD just traded Sean Burroughs' sorry ass to the Rays for Dewon Brazelton. If they had no plans on keeping Brazelton why not just non-tender Burroughs and not even bother making the trade? Confusing move by Kevin Towers there.

Danny Kolb was just reacquired by Milwaukee too...

If I am Pat Gillick I start loading up on pitching and hope that one or two of these guys can stick...

I would be interested in;

Brazelton
Wade Miller (had shoulder surgery, but see if he heals sign him to a minor league deal)
TJ Tucker
Josh Fogg
Ryan Franklin
Trever Miller
Lance Carter

Wade Miller might have the most promise there, but maybe one or two of these scrubs could pan out.

Chad Bradford is a Kent Tekulve like pitcher....maybe he'd be a good option?

Oh and the Endy Chavez era is over.

[DH]

Alex Escobar is on that list too. He was the Mets prime prospect a few years back, and was the main piece in the deal that brought Robby Alomar to NY. I thought he would be a real good one. Maybe with the right team...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would be interested in;

Ryan Franklin

Just say no to steroid monkeys.

[DH]

I would be interested in;

Ryan Franklin

Just say no to steroid monkeys.

Sign Raffy!

[BigEd76]

Trade:

Edgardo Alfonzo to the Angels
Steve Finley to the Giants