2013/14 MLB offseason transactions

[davell]

If it was brought up elsewhere, I apologize, because I haven't seen it, but damn.....It's a pretty interesting deal between the Rays and Padres.

 

The Rays got Logan Forsythe as the key piece. 2B who's 27, with a lifetime .241/.310/.349 slash in the bigs. Guess he's considered to have a bit of pop, but it's yet to show much.

 

They also got Maxx Tissenbaum, a 22 year old 2B who put up a modest line in A Ball last year.

 

Matt Andriese, a projected back end starter/middle reliever type that fits into the 20-30 range of a decent system's top 30.

 

They also get Brad Boxberger, a very hard throwing reliever, who was thought to have closer potential at one point, but control issues may have tempered that. Still, he's in the majors and a decent pice that still has set up capabilities at least.

 

The last player they get is Matt Lollis, a 6'9 RHP who's 23 and is a reliever in the upper levels.

 

The Padres get Jesse Hahn, a RHP who's injury prone, but electric stuff. He made MLB's top 100 list actually.

 

They also got Alex Torres, a 26 year old LHP, who's been excellent in middle relief so far. Putting up a 1.71 ERA, a 0.90 WHIP, and a K rate of 9.6/9.

 

In an offseason as inactive as ours has been, I'd really welcome a trade like this. I definitely prefer what the Pads received, even with Hahn being a lesser Vizcaino. Because he's healthy currently anyway.

 

Gives me hope that if Barney hits like he did prior to last year, we may very well find a good package somewhere, if there are others involved. I know I would do a deal like this, if it's Barney, Blake Parker, Chris Rusin, Starling Peralta, and Zeke DeVoss for a top 100 pitching prospect and a shutdown set up guy, which is kind of the equivalent I'd get from really looking at the deal.

[Cubswin11]

Brewers/Garza is official. Looks like it's for 4 years $50 mil and a vesting option for a 5th year based on benchmarks in the first 4 years.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Brewers/Garza is official. Looks like it's for 4 years $50 mil and a vesting option for a 5th year based on benchmarks in the first 4 years.

 

The owners of the Cubs and Brewers could not be more different right now.

 

One doesn't seem to care if the fans stop coming to the games and won't spend any money while having a farm system that hopefully leads to long-term success, while the other doesn't seem to have a vision for building a winner and just wants to do enough to excite fans and keep drawing close to 3 million.

[Guest]

Our like 9th best prospect would probably be #1 in Milwaukee's system.

[d_money]

Brewers/Garza is official. Looks like it's for 4 years $50 mil and a vesting option for a 5th year based on benchmarks in the first 4 years.

 

The owners of the Cubs and Brewers could not be more different right now.

 

One doesn't seem to care if the fans stop coming to the games and won't spend any money while having a farm system that hopefully leads to long-term success, while the other doesn't seem to have a vision for building a winner and just wants to do enough to excite fans and keep drawing close to 3 million.

Brewers sound like the old Cubs

[Rob]

Cubs brought back Lim on a minor league deal. Nice.

[NOLA]

Full list of NL ST invitees:

Atlanta Braves -- Mat Gamel, Tyler Greene.

Washington Nationals -- Chris Young, Jamey Carroll, Chris Snyder, Mike Fontenot.

New York Mets -- Daisuke Matsuzaka, Taylor Teagarden.

Philadelphia Phillies -- Jesse Biddle, Chad Gaudin, Shawn Camp, Lou Marson, Ronny Cedeno, Reid Brignac, Maikel Franco, Tony Gwynn, Bobby Abreu.

Miami Marlins -- Kevin Slowey, Ty Wigginton, Reed Johnson, Colin Moran.

St. Louis Cardinals -- Marco Gonzalez, Tim Cooney, Stephen Piscotty, James Ramsey.

Pittsburgh Pirates -- Jameson Taillon, Cody Eppley, Daniel Schlereth, Kyle McPherson, Robert Andino, Chris Dickerson.

Milwaukee Brewers -- Mark Reynolds, Lyle Overbay, Taylor Green, Irving Falu, Zach Duke.

Chicago Cubs -- Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Albert Almora, Ryan Roberts, Chris Coghlan, Ryan Kalish, Casper Wells, Darnell McDonald, Jonathan Sanchez, Tsuyoshi Wada.

Los Angeles Dodgers -- Chone Figgins.

Arizona Diamondbacks -- Daniel Hudson, Archie Bradley, Andy Marte, Henry Blanco.

San Francisco Giants -- Kameron Loe, Brett Bochy, Kyle Crick Andrew Susac.

San Diego Padres -- Xavier Nady, Matt Wisler.

Colorado Rockies -- Michael McKenry.

[NOLA]

AL ST invitees:

Boston Red Sox -- Tommy Layne.

Tampa Bay Rays -- Jerry Sands, Jayson Nix, Mark Lowe.

Baltimore Orioles -- Alexi Casilla, Quintin Berry.

New York Yankees -- Scott Sizemore.

Toronto Blue Jays -- Chris Getz, Munenori Kawasaki, Dan Johnson, Andy LaRoche, Tomo Ohka, Juan Perez.

Detroit Tigers -- Robbie Ray, Danny Worth, Trevor Crowe.

Cleveland Indians -- Shaun Marcum, David Aardsma, Matt Capps, Scott Atchison, Tyler Cloyd, Jason Giambi, Jeff Francoeur, Elliot Johnson, Nyjer Morgan, Matt Carson, Matt Treanor, Francisco Lindor.

Minnesota Twins -- Jason Kubel, Matt Guerrier, Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton.

Chicago White Sox -- Dylan Axelrod.

Oakland Athletics -- No announcements yet on non-roster players.

Texas Rangers -- Colby Lewis, Jose Contreras, Rafael Perez, Brent Lillibridge, Josh Wilson.

Los Angeles Angels -- Mark Mulder, Clay Rapada, Carlos Pena, Taylor Lindsey, Ian Stewart, Chad Tracy, Brennan Boesch.

Seattle Mariners -- Scott Baker, Ramon Ramirez, Endy Chavez, Dominic Leone, Carson Smith.

Houston Astros -- Mark Appel, Peter Moylan, George Springer, Carlos Correa, Delino DeShields Jr., J.D. Martinez

[Radar3454]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/...0,3499638.story

 

Pitchers: Hendricks, Marcus Hatley, Carlos Pimentel, Armando Rivero, Brian Schlitter, Tommy Hottovy, Eric Jokisch, Jonathan Sanchez and Tsuyoshi Wada.

 

Infielders: Baez, Bryant, Ryan Roberts, Chris Valaika and Jeudy Valdez.

 

Outfielders: Almora, Chris Coghlan, Aaron Cunningham, Ryan Kalish, Mitch Maier, Darnell McDonald and Casper Wells.

 

Catchers: John Baker, Rafael Lopez and Eli Whiteside.

[Guest]

Henry Blanco is still at it. He's made almost $17 MM in his career. Big up, Henry.

[Clem Fandango]

Jon Morosi of FOX Sports was told by a source that Freddie Freeman's extension with the Braves could be worth as much of $125 million over eight years.

The Braves have yet to formally announce the agreement. If Morosi's report is correct, Freeman would be signed through 2021 and his age-31 season. So he could still have another nice payday down the road. Freeman owns a .285/.358/.466 batting line so far in the majors and is coming off a career-best .897 OPS last year.

[SouthSideRyan]

That buys out 5 years of free agency.

[Derwood]

ends up being $135 million.

 

largest contract in Braves history

[davell]

With the Braves TV deal situation being pisspoor, I'm thinking this was their choice of which to keep between him or Heyward longterm.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

When I look at Matt Garza's WAR, am I reading correctly that he's never had higher than a 3.5?

[Guest]

When I look at Matt Garza's WAR, am I reading correctly that he's never had higher than a 3.5?

 

If you're looking at bWAR, yes. fWAR is better though, so look at that.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3340&position=P

 

4.9 in 2011 with the Cubs.

 

But yeah, I mean, even the 3.5 shouldn't be a shocking number, IMO. That's pretty good and he's never been THAT great of a pitcher.

[Guest]

Barney got 2.3 million. About right on both sides. I have something called Aha radio in my car so I get to listen to the score and in between the obsessive football talk Boers and Bernstein managed to make fun of the contract and Barney's voice. I assume this will be the last year for Barney in a Cub uniform.

[Cubswin11]

Arroyo to the Dbacks- 2 years $23 million

 

Maholm to the Dodgers

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Arroyo to the Dbacks- 2 years $23 million

 

Maholm to the Dodgers

 

On a minor league deal. That's surprising.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

When I look at Matt Garza's WAR, am I reading correctly that he's never had higher than a 3.5?

 

If you're looking at bWAR, yes. fWAR is better though, so look at that.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3340&position=P

 

4.9 in 2011 with the Cubs.

 

But yeah, I mean, even the 3.5 shouldn't be a shocking number, IMO. That's pretty good and he's never been THAT great of a pitcher.

 

Thanks.

 

So, even looking at his fWAR he's basically been a solid pitcher but nothing even close to special for most of his career. Which I guess is Matt Garza, but still seemed surprising to me.

[Post Count Padder]

Brian LaHair back to the States. Minor league deal to the Indians.

[Backtobanks]

 

Maholm to the Dodgers

 

On a minor league deal. That's surprising.

 

I wish the Cubs could have gotten him on that deal.

[CubsInNC]

 

Maholm to the Dodgers

 

On a minor league deal. That's surprising.

 

I wish the Cubs could have gotten him on that deal.

 

It's a major league deal, per rotoworld. Base is 1.5mil, with up to 5 mil in incentives.

[Banedon]

Roy Oswalt retired.

[UMFan83]

Roy Oswalt retired.

 

Never liked him.