MLB Offseason 2010-11
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*removes cap out of respect for the passage of Bob Feller*
Right. We Giants fans shouldn't worry, We'll be front page soon enough, right after we enter a few more post-seasons.
In other news, especially for Giants fans: The Giants will be showing off their trophy!
Right. We Giants fans shouldn't worry, We'll be front page soon enough, right after we enter a few more post-seasons.
That's the pundit's picture ain't it?Saw this at another forum and had a good laugh:
In other news, especially for Giants fans: The Giants will be showing off their trophy!
Kerry Wood returning to the Cubs.
Not a big mega-deal, but good news here. Like Harden, overpowering when he's healthy.
Not a big mega-deal, but good news here. Like Harden, overpowering when he's healthy.
The Red Sox signed Bobby Jenks for 2 years/$12 million, along with relief pitcher Matt Albers. They still need a lefty reliever, though.
I'm intrigued by the Jenks signing. If he can get back into shape and get his stuff back to where it used to be, he could do very well with the Red Sox' excellent defense behind him. It's also interesting because this kind of says to Papelbon that if he doesn't get himself together, he'll be gone after next season, and either Jenks or Bard will replace him as Boston's new closer. Maybe this'll light a fire under Papelbon and he'll return to form.
I'm intrigued by the Jenks signing. If he can get back into shape and get his stuff back to where it used to be, he could do very well with the Red Sox' excellent defense behind him. It's also interesting because this kind of says to Papelbon that if he doesn't get himself together, he'll be gone after next season, and either Jenks or Bard will replace him as Boston's new closer. Maybe this'll light a fire under Papelbon and he'll return to form.
^ When you say "in shape" for Jenks, I assume you mean back into pitching form 
The guy was always in the shape of a refrigerator, but a great pitcher when "on".
The guy was always in the shape of a refrigerator, but a great pitcher when "on".
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I remember in the 2005 WS, Ozzie wanted him to come into the game.
He gestured with his arms like "I want the big one".
He gestured with his arms like "I want the big one".
yeah, gotta like that signing. Another good arm for the bullpen, so you've now got Bard, Jenks, and Papelbon out there to help shorten up the games, lets the rest of the bullpen guys avoid most of the higher-leverage innings. The contract, while a lot for a reliever, really isn't awful if you think about it. Guys with middling success are getting 3 years, 15 million as starting points, so if you're already in that ballpark, I'd rather have a guy with a high strikeout percentage and history of success at 6 million than a setup guy with a good year or two signed to $5 mil for 3 years...
Excuse me for my ignorance, but this team didn't make the World Series with three good arms. Does a fourth really make a difference? It seems like they could have gone after a bat instead.
Look at it this way -- a pitcher who had an ERA of 3.06, with 208 innings pitched, 211 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.179 last year is the number four guy in that rotation next year.
Even after they fire Blanton into the sun, the Phillies' rotation is obscenely deep.
That rotation doesn't guarantee them anything, but it sure helps. No weak spots there.
As a fan of another team in that division, (the fucking Mets) I'm already willing to concede them the division. Every pitcher can have a bad night, but more times than not they can shut you down.
As a fan of another team in that division, (the fucking Mets) I'm already willing to concede them the division. Every pitcher can have a bad night, but more times than not they can shut you down.
Yeah, it's definitely an image change. Last year, their offense struggled, but I think they're taking the gamble that the biggest reason for that was injuries. But their hope is to have a superb pitching core to make up for the times that injuries might set them back.
Plus, it's not like there's some grand strategy. Lee wanted to come back to Philadelphia, so they made the move to bring him back.
Plus, it's not like there's some grand strategy. Lee wanted to come back to Philadelphia, so they made the move to bring him back.
Rumor is Zach Greinke has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. I think it's still unofficial, but I believe the Royals are getting four players back in exchange.
I'm just glad he isn't going to the Yankees. Though with his past anxiety issues, he probably wouldn't handle New York well.
I'm just glad he isn't going to the Yankees. Though with his past anxiety issues, he probably wouldn't handle New York well.
Also enjoying it because anyone the Yankees have been targeting this offseason has almost immediately run in the opposite direction
Well, the Royals had made it clear at the winter meetings that unless the Yankees or Rangers suddenly popped up with some amazing pitching and infield prospects out of nowhere, they had no interest in dealing with them. Alcides Escobar was the big prize for Kansas City in this trade. (Going from Betancourt to Escobar has to be worth at least three wins.)
Jon Heyman, who, granted, is full of shit a good percentage of the time, says that the deal was originally with Washington, but Greinke refused to waive his no-trade protection there. (His contract lists 20 teams to which he can't be traded.) MLBTR is corroborating, with the report that the original agreement was for Jordan Zimmermann, Drew Storen and Danny Espinosa.
Greinke in the Nationals' rotation would have been kind of neat.
The drunk driver who killed Nick Adenhart and two others was sentenced to 51 years to life. I'm somewhat surprised by that since in the United States, drunk driving tends to get a slap on the wrist even when someone dies as a result (Leonard Little), which is why drunk driving is such a major problem here.
What worries me about the situation is, if the roles had been reversed and Nick Adenhart had killed that man while driving drunk, would he have gotten as harsh a sentence?
I'm not saying the guy was punished too harshly--certainly not--just commenting on how celebrities seem to get out of serious punishment for such crimes far more easily than do ordinary citizens. Case in point: the aforementioned Leonard Little.
I'm not saying the guy was punished too harshly--certainly not--just commenting on how celebrities seem to get out of serious punishment for such crimes far more easily than do ordinary citizens. Case in point: the aforementioned Leonard Little.
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