Winter Meetings Rumor Thread

[Post Count Padder]

Brewers are considering trading Fielder, according to Steve Phillips.

 

So count on Fielder being a Brewer next year?

Exactly

[Derwood]

Ramon hernandez to Reds for Freel and others?

[BCVM22]

Ramon hernandez to Reds for Freel and others?

 

Ryan Freel, Brandon Waring and Justin Turner for Ramon Hernandez (and cash, I think?).

[Derwood]

sounds like Derek Lowe is close to becoming the next Yankee pitcher to have an injury-plagued 4 year contract

[RynoRules]

sounds like Derek Lowe is close to becoming the next Yankee pitcher to have an injury-plagued 4 year contract

 

Wow. 4 yrs for him at age 35? Bad call by Cashman, but I guess they can absorb the hit if he only gives them two good yrs.

 

I thought they were steering away from this sort of thing after Pavano, Wright, etc.

[ELCABALLO45]

2:04pm: Ken Rosenthal says the Cardinals offered Rick Ankiel and a prospect for Putz. The Tigers remain interested as well.

[erik316wttn]

Would have liked to get in on the Lowe or Burnett action if we didn't land Peavy, but it looks like those two will be gone by the time the Peavy thing is settled one way or the other.

 

So, it pretty much seems like Peavy or bust for any rotation upgrade. Or Sheets, I guess, but that seems pretty unlikely to me.

[UMFan83]

2:04pm: Ken Rosenthal says the Cardinals offered Rick Ankiel and a prospect for Putz. The Tigers remain interested as well.

 

Seattle would be wise to take that IMO. Putz is a fantastic closer, but they need a lot of pieces.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

[ctcf]

2:04pm: Ken Rosenthal says the Cardinals offered Rick Ankiel and a prospect for Putz. The Tigers remain interested as well.

 

Seattle would be wise to take that IMO. Putz is a fantastic closer, but they need a lot of pieces.

 

Ankiel is an FA in a year tho.

[UMFan83]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Build a park so big that it can hold the result of a Bob Howry fastball.

[ELCABALLO45]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Kinda like Oakland?

 

Hudson,Mulder,Harden,Haren, etc...

[javy knows my name]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Kinda like Oakland?

 

Hudson,Mulder,Harden,Haren, etc...

Yes, because all those pitchers turned out to be just awful out of Oakland

[Elrhino]

I welcome getting C.C, Prince and Ankiel out of the division.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Kinda like Oakland?

 

Hudson,Mulder,Harden,Haren, etc...

 

Stupid Billy Beane, preemptively stealing my ideas...

[ELCABALLO45]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Kinda like Oakland?

 

Hudson,Mulder,Harden,Haren, etc...

Yes, because all those pitchers turned out to be just awful out of Oakland

 

I never said they were awful.

[erik316wttn]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Build a park so big that it can hold the result of a Bob Howry fastball.

 

Yellowstone?

[ELCABALLO45]

2:35pm: Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times has the Nats willing to offer ten years at more than $20MM per and the Orioles willing to do nine years also at at least $20MM per year

 

Holy Hell

[laurens]

2:35pm: Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times has the Nats willing to offer ten years at more than $20MM per and the Orioles willing to do nine years also at at least $20MM per year

 

Holy Hell

 

Wow, go Tex :-))

[Tarver]

Who needs Manny?

 

The New York Mets, who already have Jose Reyes at the top of its lineup, is considering adding another speedster, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre, according to Foxsports.com.

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/Mets-considering-Dodgers-Pierre-in-outfield-mix?urn=mlb,128188

[BigbadB]

After looking at Peavy and now Lowe's contract, I think if I were building a ballclub from scratch, I'd just build an obscene pitcher's park and sell high trading pitchers year after year after year.

 

Build a park so big that it can hold the result of a Bob Howry fastball.

 

Yellowstone?

 

Hahaha!

 

Is Yellowstone big enough?

[UMFan83]

Who needs Manny?

 

The New York Mets, who already have Jose Reyes at the top of its lineup, is considering adding another speedster, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre, according to Foxsports.com.

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/Mets-considering-Dodgers-Pierre-in-outfield-mix?urn=mlb,128188

 

Pierre and Castillo reunited at last!

[Backtobanks]

2:04pm: Ken Rosenthal says the Cardinals offered Rick Ankiel and a prospect for Putz. The Tigers remain interested as well.

 

Seattle would be wise to take that IMO. Putz is a fantastic closer, but they need a lot of pieces.

 

Seattle should make that deal and then flip Ankiel to the Cubs since the Cards won't trade him to us.

[cubsfan26]

Putz to the Mets?

 

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8922020/Wednesday-MLB-winter-meetings-blog

[TruffleShuffle]

sounds like Derek Lowe is close to becoming the next Yankee pitcher to have an injury-plagued 4 year contract

 

yes he has averaged only 33+ starts and 208 innings the past 7 seasons, that certainly screams "injury risk" to me