Offseason Rumors

[ConstableRabbit]

@TBTimes_Rays: For those still speculating, #Rays big announcement IS the Balfour signing. No Price or Myers extension, no stadium deal.

 

Lololol

[Post Count Padder]

I can't think of a big Rays announcement, unless they're moving somewhere people will actually go and see a good team.

And now another Rays writer said Balfour IS the announcement. Dumb Twitter.

[SouthSideRyan]

I would've signed Garza to that deal in a second. He could miss a season and be worth the contract

[UK1679666180]

Agreed, I think that is a solid value for him at that price.

[Guest]

LOLZ all you want; that team actually signed someone of value.

 

I'd be thrilled as [expletive] if our broke assed team called a presser, signed Grant Balfour and called it "significant"

 

Don't be that guy.

 

I would've signed Garza to that deal in a second. He could miss a season and be worth the contract

 

Really curious what Ubaldo's market is now. I always liked him better than Garza, and his value should be lower with the pick attached. The Brewers being the high bid for Garza at that price makes me a little optimistic there's not too many teams still really looking for starters too.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There were reports that many teams didn't like Garza's medical reports. I don't think this means Jimenez is any cheaper, but I could be wrong.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I hope the Cubs bunt at Garza every time up.

[SouthSideRyan]

Due to tiebreakers the brewers did not have a protected pick so they may have been garza or nothing

[Cubswin11]

Garza, Gallardo, Lohse, Peralta isn't a bad top 4 of a rotation and good enough to be a playoff teams rotation. Obviously assuming health.

[Boris]

I hope the Cubs bunt at Garza every time up.

[Guest]

Garza, Gallardo, Lohse, Peralta isn't a bad top 4 of a rotation and good enough to be a playoff teams rotation. Obviously assuming health.

 

That is not a good rotation. Garza is the only one who you can be at all certain to provide above average production.

[USSoccer]

If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him?

 

Without blinking.

[Cubswin11]

If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him?

Absolutely

[Guest]

If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him?

 

I would. I imagine the front office wouldn't, they probably value that second rounder more than we do.

[pitchcs]

Garza, Gallardo, Lohse, Peralta isn't a bad top 4 of a rotation and good enough to be a playoff teams rotation. Obviously assuming health.

 

 

Just no

[treebird]

i'd be thrilled to sign ubaldo even for significantly more than that. the idea that we're going to rollover unused payroll from this year to the next is a farce. go get someone. anyone.

[ConstableRabbit]

LOLZ all you want

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/mlp/images/4/4a/Dolls_Laughing.gif

[sneakypower]

Ubaldo totaled 3 fWAR in the 2nd half alone, which led MLB

 

we didn't even have a 3 fWAR pitcher for the whole season

[Cubswin11]

Ubaldo totaled 3 fWAR in the 2nd half alone, which led MLB

 

we didn't even have a 3 fWAR pitcher for the whole season

I think his second half/improvements were credited to some sort of adjustment in his delivery as well so it might not just be some random luck/sample but a sign of something sustainable. I think he was opening way up with either his hips or front foot and closed it quite a bit to get back to where he was in Colorado, iirc, Law tweeted about it.

[rawaction]

Garza, Gallardo, Lohse, Peralta isn't a bad top 4 of a rotation and good enough to be a playoff teams rotation. Obviously assuming health.

 

That is not a good rotation. Garza is the only one who you can be at all certain to provide above average production.

 

It depends on what year it is. 2010, that's a solid rotation.

[imb]

If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him?

 

holy [expletive] yes and you just laugh and laugh and laugh

[ConstableRabbit]

Apparently Garza deal isn't done. Cotillo wins again!

[Cubswin11]

According to a poster on Brewerfan.net who has "sources" the MRI revealed Garza has a partially torn labrum and it might kill the deal. They'd switch their sights to Ubaldo and for the second offseason in a row give up their first round pick for a FA (Lohse last year). Idk if I like that strategy or not (giving up 1st round picks for non elite guys when you are barely a fringe WC team). This guy seems to be supported by multiple posters there that his source in the past has been legit.

[Banedon]

According to a poster on Brewerfan.net who has "sources" the MRI revealed Garza has a partially torn labrum and it might kill the deal. They'd switch their sights to Ubaldo and for the second offseason in a row give up their first round pick for a FA (Lohse last year). Idk if I like that strategy or not (giving up 1st round picks for non elite guys when you are barely a fringe WC team). This guy seems to be supported by multiple posters there that his source in the past has been legit.

 

Guess not.

 

The Milwaukee Brewers have signed free agent pitcher Matt Garza to a four-year contract.

 

The Brewers announced the deal Sunday but did not disclose financial terms, saying the contract includes a fifth-year vesting option for 2018. The deal is worth $50 million, and Garza could make up to $67 million based on performance bonuses, according to multiple media reports.