The MLB Thread

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Jon Morosi reporting Tigers trading for "a Reds starting pitcher." I'm assuming Latos or Homer Bailey.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Alfredo Simon to Tigers. Not clear what's going back. Regardless, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

EDIT: Suarez and Jonathan Crawford going back.

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Red Sox sign Masterson.

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Royals gave Morales 2 years, $17m.

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and totally explains why Tigers are supposedly making a mega offer to Scherzer.

Boras is asking $200m for Scherzer.  Every team should pass...

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and totally explains why Tigers are supposedly making a mega offer to Scherzer.

Boras is asking $200m for Scherzer.  Every team should pass...

Well if the alternative is Big Pasta...

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Twins sign Ervin Santana - 4 yrs, $54m

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Jayson Stark: "Greatest transaction in baseball history: Dan Jennings (Mia GM) traded Dan Jennings (LHP) today"

 

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Angels sign Cuban shortstop/2B Roberto Baldoquin for $8 million.

Makes the Kendrick deal a little clearer.

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"Trading a player & agreeing to pay his $10M salary, while knowing there's a good chance you'll pay nothing, is as Andrew Friedman as it gets."

So Anaheim is looking at re-acquiring Haren, possibly for CJ Wilson, since the Dodgers are paying Haren's salary next season.  Everybody wins there, except maybe the Dodgers.

According to the terms of the LAD-MIA deal, if Haren retires, the Marlins get to keep the $10m to spend as they see fit.  What the hell were the Dodgers thinking?

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that just tells me the dodgers were gonna cut him and eat the $10m anyway

trading him instead saves harens pride a bit, even if he loses $10m by retiring. the dodgers clearly had no use for him

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The Toronto Blue Jays have expressed interest in Nationals General Manager and President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo as a candidate to replace Paul Beeston team president and CEO, according to an ESPN report. But, according to a person familiar with the situation, the Nationals and Rizzo have not been contacted by the Blue Jays.

Who AREN'T they interested in?

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Who AREN'T they interested in?

It's kind of a brilliant strategy -  disrupt all of your competition by interfering with the front office.

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Melky got 3 years from the White Sox -  $42 million.  He won't finish that contract with them,  so good move for them?

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Headley to the Yankees for 4 years, $52 million.

Who's worse off now - the Giants or A-Rod?