2025 Major League Baseball Thread

[Jellybeans]

Originally Posted by sawzalot

That's fine as I did the same thing last year and agree 100% but I dont see where its your place to come at my every post with BS, I came in here as a sportsfan to talk baseball and such , a way of unwinding after such a huge loss and you see it as an opportunity to dig in some more, complete lack of respect for a fellow HT enthusiast/sportsfan.While you celebrate I am thinking about all the moves that will take place in the next few months I dont feel as though I need to defend my posts and my team as that season has come to a close.
If you feel the need to continue this way go ahead I guess it's just your way.

I say what i think ! I didn't wanna offend you in any way!

Others besides me will agree that the Yanks are now aiming for 28!

The Yankees will get stronger!

[b0bby]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Going to be curious what kind of money Holliday gets. His agent is Scott Boras and he thinks Holliday is worthy of Mark Teixiera money, which was 8 years/$180 million. The Cardinals are supposedly offering 6 years/$96 million.

It's going to be interesting to see how the Yankees spend money this offseason. They lose Matsui and Damon's $13 million/year contracts. If Pettitte decides to retire or not return to New York they'll have to go after a top-tier pitcher, and they might go after one regardless. They also lose Xavier Nady, Chien-Ming Wang, Chad Gaudin, Jose Malina, Jerry Hairston Jr., Eric Hinske, and Melky Cabrera, although some of those guys will be kept through arbitration.

his contract aint important. they need to sign kate hudson to a long term contract to cover the remaining years on ARod's contract if you want championships.

[ludawg23]

What do you guys think of the Hermida trade to the Redsox?

Low risk, high reward type of situation. He has the tools and he's only 25 so I'm hoping a change of scenery will ignite something. His power is starting to develop too...

Absolutely no way can the Redsox alllow the Yankees to sign Holliday as well.

I for one still believe the Redsox should have overpayed for Teix. Would have solved their big bat problems for years to come.

[Jellybeans]

The Yanks will probably be looking at pitchers in off-season!

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by ludawg23

What do you guys think of the Hermida trade to the Redsox?

Low risk, high reward type of situation. He has the tools and he's only 25 so I'm hoping a change of scenery will ignite something. His power is starting to develop too...

Absolutely no way can the Redsox alllow the Yankees to sign Holliday as well.

I for one still believe the Redsox should have overpayed for Teix. Would have solved their big bat problems for years to come.

I think the Hermida trade was great for the Red Sox. It was clearly a salary dump by the Marlins, who did not want to pay the $3-$4 million Hermida will get in arbitration. Hermida may end up being a good player, but the Marlins aren't the kind of team that can afford to pay big money (by their standards) to an unproductive player.

I don't think the Red Sox should have signed Teixiera. If they signed Teixiera they wouldn't have re-signed Youkilis, who is a fan favorite and team leader. Youkilis is also less than half the price of Teixiera ($10 million/year average vs. $22.5 million/year average) and had a higher batting average and on base percentage. In addition one of the Red Sox top prospects is 1B Lars Anderson, who should be in the big leagues by 2011 and ready to take over for Youkilis when his contract is up after the 2012 season.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by Hi-Def Steve

They should have charged him with DUI. He got off lucky.

ahaha... i hope youre joking

[toef]

I think the Yankees will pass on Holliday. He's unproven in the AL, and Boras is expecting way too much money.

They're probably going to keep either Damon or Matsui, and were most likely going to keep Damon, but now it seems hard to just wave bye to the reigning World Series MVP.

I guess they can offer each of them a Joe Torre sort of contract. Something that they will clearly turn down, but the Yankees can say "Hey, we tried. They just didn't want to stay."

As for pitching, I think Aroldis Chapman is their main priority. A 6'4" lefty whose fastball has been clocked at 102 MPH.

[fatediesel]

The only way there is a big market for Holliday is if the Yankees and Red Sox both want him, and even in that case it won't be Teixiera money. The Red Sox would prefer to keep Jason Bay, who would be somewhat cheaper but he turned down their 4 year/$60 million offer so if they are unable to sign Bay they will go after Holliday. I would think the Yankees would rather keep Damon than give Holliday a 9-figure contract as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if Holliday stays with the Cardinals. I think that's the best fit for him anyway. He wants to be in a city with a large fan base and he struggled in Oakland against AL pitching.

I don't understand teams obsession with Chapman. He has good potential but there's no way he should be getting the $40-$60 million he's expected to get. He's still very raw and doesn't have a good 2nd pitch yet. There's no way he's ready to be in the majors yet, he needs time to develop his curve ball and slider. He did not play well in the WBC and had a 4.03 ERA in 118 1/3 innings in the National Series in Cuba.

[ludawg23]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

ahaha... i hope youre joking

What's so funny?

He SHOULD have been charged with a DUI.

You can pass a sobriety test and be fine but if you're smoking or doing any type of controlled substance while driving, that's against the law.

Again, he's pretty darn lucky.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by toefer

As for pitching, I think Aroldis Chapman is their main priority. A 6'4" lefty whose fastball has been clocked at 102 MPH.

you keep your newyork paws off my chapman

[toef]

Originally Posted by supersix4

you keep your newyork paws off my chapman

Haha, what?

The Orioles are trying to get Chapman?

[toef]

Originally Posted by ludawg23

What's so funny?

He SHOULD have been charged with a DUI.

You can pass a sobriety test and be fine but if you're smoking or doing any type of controlled substance while driving, that's against the law.

Again, he's pretty darn lucky.

I guess it depends.

For a DUI it has to be shown that his driving was impaired, so the cop would've had to walk him through some basic tests (like walking in a straight line, or something like that).

Otherwise, having marijuana in his car (aside from being illegal) is similar to having an open container of alcohol in your car, but not being drunk.

So if the cop determined that his driving wasn't impaired, I can see why he wasn't given a DUI.

[toef]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

I don't understand teams obsession with Chapman. He has good potential but there's no way he should be getting the $40-$60 million he's expected to get. He's still very raw and doesn't have a good 2nd pitch yet. There's no way he's ready to be in the majors yet, he needs time to develop his curve ball and slider. He did not play well in the WBC and had a 4.03 ERA in 118 1/3 innings in the National Series in Cuba.

I agree that he's not really a proven pitcher, but all it took was one team assigning some value to his prospective ability as a pitcher, and now the teams will get into a bidding war.

He's only 21, so it's not like he needs to be a starter next season. Give him a few years to develop his pitching with a solid MLB pitching coach, and I think he'll be ready to go. The $40-60 million is more of an investment in the later years of his contract, rather than evenly divided throughout the entire contract.

The two recent examples I can think of with the Yankees/Red Sox fighting are Jose Contreras and Dice-K. Contreras was a disaster for the Yankees. Dice-K was great for the Red Sox, except for this past season. So it does seem like a bit of a gamble. But it seems like they're bidding as much to get the guy on their team as they are to keep him off the other team.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by toefer

The two recent examples I can think of with the Yankees/Red Sox fighting are Jose Contreras and Dice-K. Contreras was a disaster for the Yankees. Dice-K was great for the Red Sox, except for this past season. So it does seem like a bit of a gamble. But it seems like they're bidding as much to get the guy on their team as they are to keep him off the other team.

Daisuke was an established Japanese pitcher before coming to the Red Sox, pitching for 8 seasons and leading the league in wins 3 times, strikeouts 4 times, and ERA twice.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Daisuke was an established Japanese pitcher before coming to the Red Sox, pitching for 8 seasons and leading the league in wins 3 times, strikeouts 4 times, and ERA twice.

+ he's had injurie problems as-well that can't be discounted.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by ludawg23

What's so funny?

He SHOULD have been charged with a DUI.

You can pass a sobriety test and be fine but if you're smoking or doing any type of controlled substance while driving, that's against the law.

Again, he's pretty darn lucky.

hahah...being charged with a DUI for something like that is SO ridiculous...its 3 grams of pot...the whole thing should have been dropped

[sawzalot]

Good news for the Phillies they picked up Cliff Lee for 2010, so now its time to fill in around him and seek out a replacement for Brad Lidge as I just don't see that guy turning his play around.
I believe , if I'm accurate It was the additional year option at 9 million dollars for 2010.

Sources for the Phillies say that the team would like to ink a long term deal with Lee but fear he just might be up in the CC numbers , 7 year 160 million range and ,well lets just say the Phillies might end up looking elsewhere for another bargain so to speak.

[hc666]

JJ Hardy to the Twins... good pick up!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by sawzalot

Sources for the Phillies say that the team would like to ink a long term deal with Lee but fear he just might be up in the CC numbers , 7 year 160 million range and ,well lets just say the Phillies might end up looking elsewhere for another bargain so to speak.

Man think of how much money he could lose if he doesn't have a good year, right now if he was heading into free agency he's looking at, at least! 100million. One bad season and he'll probably drop to 10-30.





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



Dye is getting his option bought out

, appeared to come to an end on Friday when the White Sox bought out the right fielder's mutual option for $950,000.

[Jellybeans]

Originally Posted by toefer

I think the Yankees will pass on Holliday. He's unproven in the AL, and Boras is expecting way too much money.

They're probably going to keep either Damon or Matsui, and were most likely going to keep Damon, but now it seems hard to just wave bye to the reigning World Series MVP.

I guess they can offer each of them a Joe Torre sort of contract. Something that they will clearly turn down, but the Yankees can say "Hey, we tried. They just didn't want to stay."

As for pitching, I think Aroldis Chapman is their main priority. A 6'4" lefty whose fastball has been clocked at 102 MPH.

Aroldis Chapman is a phenom ! I saw him play on TV when i was in Cuba!

He would look good in pinstripes!