The boys of summer! (Baseball Thread)

philipm31 · Oct 26, 2013

Cardinals' Michael Wacha exemplifies Draft's uncertainty | MLB.com: News

irishff1014 · Nov 20, 2013

Prince may be traded to the rangers for Kinsler.

Wow didn't see that coming.

Irish Insanity · Nov 20, 2013

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: Tigers and Rangers agree to trade sending Prince Fielder to Texas for Ian Kinsler. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSSports">@CBSSports</a>)</p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/403334310305865729">November 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Not may be, that **** just happened.

gkIrish · Nov 20, 2013

Interesting...

ACamp1900 · Nov 20, 2013

dafaq!?!?!

Irish Insanity · Nov 20, 2013

Dave Dombrowski is the single greatest GM of any professional sports team, ever

NDinMich · Nov 20, 2013

Tigers paying the Rangers $30 million?

Pops Freshenmeyer · Nov 20, 2013

Irish Insanity said:
Dave Dombrowski is the single greatest GM of any professional sports team, ever

OK but didn't he negotiate that bad contract he just paid $30 million to dump?

gkIrish · Nov 20, 2013

Wonder who will be protecting Cabrera. I'm thinking they go out and sign Nelson Cruz with some of the money they saved on Prince

Pops Freshenmeyer · Nov 20, 2013

gkIrish said:
Wonder who will be protecting Cabrera. I'm thinking they go out and sign Nelson Cruz with some of the money they saved on Prince

Everything I read suggests they will re-invest in Scherzer.

I will make a wild guess they pursue McCann and move Victor Martinez.

Of course, none of that precludes a run at Cruz who isn't going to get superstar money.

STLDomer · Nov 20, 2013

Irish Insanity said:
Dave Dombrowski is the single greatest GM of any professional sports team, ever

Wasn't he responsible for the overpaid contract in the first place? Now he has to pay 30 mil to get out of it.

STLDomer · Nov 20, 2013

Don't know who it will be but looks like the Cards will deal some young pitching for a SS that actually can hit

blueNDgold44 · Nov 20, 2013

STLDomer said:
Don't know who it will be but looks like the Cards will deal some young pitching for a SS that actually can hit

Starlin Castro?

Pops Freshenmeyer · Nov 20, 2013

Alex Rodriguez

STLDomer · Nov 20, 2013

blueNDgold44 said:
Starlin Castro?

Ha. Keep him.

Tulo is definitely the top target. Then Hardy and Andrus probably

Pops Freshenmeyer · Nov 20, 2013

Andrus? I thought you wanted a SS who could hit?

EDIT: and Stephen Drew isn't great but he'll only cost money.

blueNDgold44 · Nov 20, 2013

STLDomer said:
Ha. Keep him.

Tulo is definitely the top target. Then Hardy and Andrus probably

I know, wishful thinking I guess haha.

STLDomer · Nov 20, 2013

Pops Freshenmeyer said:
Andrus? I thought you wanted a SS who could hit?

EDIT: and Stephen Drew isn't great but he'll only cost money.

Drew is also an option I read

Kozma and Descalso batted .217 and .238 last year.... Andrus is a very solid hitter compared to them

philipm31 · Nov 21, 2013

What about Profar?

Cheaper than Andrus AND he is stuck behind Elvis right now. Seems to be a better option than Andrus.

But they will have to let someone go. I would prefer Lynn gets traded so they can put Miller in the starting rotation for good.

STLDomer · Nov 21, 2013

philipm31 said:
What about Profar?

Cheaper than Andrus AND he is stuck behind Elvis right now. Seems to be a better option than Andrus.

But they will have to let someone go. I would prefer Lynn gets traded so they can put Miller in the starting rotation for good.

Profar will be the starting 2B now I believe with Kinsler gone.

dublinirish · Nov 21, 2013

Fielder has been declining, frees up some money to keep Scherzer, makes sense i guess

philipm31 · Nov 23, 2013

STLDomer said:
Profar will be the starting 2B now I believe with Kinsler gone.

Oh okay. I was under the impression that Andrus was blocking him from playing everyday.

That certainly clears that up.

Thanks.

Irish Insanity · Nov 23, 2013

philipm31 said:
Oh okay. I was under the impression that Andrus was blocking him from playing everyday.

That certainly clears that up.

Thanks.

Pretty sure thats the big reason they were in for the trade. So they could move people around and get Profar in every day. Good move for them as he's to good to not be on the field.

Irish Insanity · Dec 2, 2013

Tigers trade Fister to the Nationals. No word yet on who they received in return.

BobD · Dec 4, 2013

I had a feeling this would happen. The last two or three years of this contract won't be fun paying. Lots of jerseys to burn in Boston today.

Yankees sign Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million deal | The Strike Zone - SI.com

Irish#1 · Dec 4, 2013

Allow me to brag on my sons for a minute. I've been a Yankees fan since the late 50's. Always wanted to get to Yankee Stadium, but our family never had that kind of money when I was young. Fast forward.....It's the last year for the original stadium. My four sons call me and tell me were's taking a road trip on Memorial Day weekend to NY for a Yankees game. That in itself made my day. We're in the stands on Saturday and it's between innings. I look up at the scoreboard and saw this.

I was speechless. I couldn't thank them right away, because my eyes were starting to water. lol

rtrn2glory · Dec 4, 2013

BobD said:
I had a feeling this would happen. The last two or three years of this contract won't be fun paying. Lots of jerseys to burn in Boston today.

Yankees sign Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million deal | The Strike Zone - SI.com

thing is in this day and age it's the nature of the business...i don't have hard feelings towards jacoby as a red sox fan.

am i happy he's going to play for the evil empire...absolutely not, but he gave his all in his time in boston and he's just doing what is right for him financially and i can't fault him for that.

if someone were to ever offer me 21 million a year for the next 7 to play baseball i'd take it and run...REGARDLESS of who was paying.

PatsandBostonfan1975 · Dec 4, 2013

rtrn2glory said:
thing is in this day and age it's the nature of the business...i don't have hard feelings towards jacoby as a red sox fan.

am i happy he's going to play for the evil empire...absolutely not, but he gave his all in his time in boston and he's just doing what is right for him financially and i can't fault him for that.

if someone were to ever offer me 21 million a year for the next 7 to play baseball i'd take it and run...REGARDLESS of who was paying.

Your very forgiving i'm not hope he cracks a rib and is out the whole season again.

irishff1014 · Dec 11, 2013

MLB is taking a page out of the NFL's book. Plans to eliminate home plate collisions. Owners and players must approve for the change to be effective in 2014.

Bunch of weak bitches.

ACamp1900 · Dec 11, 2013

Are they going to let the run score if the catcher blocks the plate??? so stupid, like both parties don't know what can happen....

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