Offseason Rumors & Transactions Thread

[Agony and Ivy]

And he's back saying the talks are confirmed and in the advanced stages. This will either be the end of his credibility or he could go all Lloyd Christmas and totally redeem himself.

[Guest]

Tomas, who reportedly turned 24 earlier this month, is a corner outfielder who has spent parts of the last seven years playing for the Havana Industriales.

 

It cracks me up that in 2014 this is still an issue

 

People still think Obama was born in the Middle East.

Kenya, because he was...

 

Oh.

[Guest]

Tomas, who reportedly turned 24 earlier this month, is a corner outfielder who has spent parts of the last seven years playing for the Havana Industriales.

 

It cracks me up that in 2014 this is still an issue

 

People still think Obama was born in the Middle East.

Kenya, because he was...

What?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Oh snap.

[UMFan83]

RT @mlb_nl_al: BREAKING: Yoenis Cespedes traded to the Cincinatti Reds, not sure of rest of the details

 

RT @mlb_nl_al UPDATE: the Reds acquiring Cespedes not yet official, something preventing the deal from becoming official

 

Dude can't even spell Cincinnati right

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Tomas, who reportedly turned 24 earlier this month, is a corner outfielder who has spent parts of the last seven years playing for the Havana Industriales.

 

It cracks me up that in 2014 this is still an issue

 

People still think Obama was born in the Middle East.

Kenya, because he was...

http://i.imgur.com/L3vb9ZY.gif

[Cubswin11]

Sean Rodriguez got DFA'd, if under some circumstance Valbuena got traded he wouldn't be a bad addition to be the super-sub backup/early season starter before Bryant and eventually Russell come up. IMO

[RynoRules]

Tomas, who reportedly turned 24 earlier this month, is a corner outfielder who has spent parts of the last seven years playing for the Havana Industriales.

 

It cracks me up that in 2014 this is still an issue

 

People still think Obama was born in the Middle East.

Kenya, because he was...

 

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01712/trump_1712500c.jpg

[Guest]

lol white sox picked up campana

[Guest]

Joel Sherman[/url]"]And then there are the Cubs and Red Sox. Executives from other clubs say those organizations saw which way the game was shifting and decided to bulk up on position players — Chicago on prospects, the Red Sox on a combination of prospects and veterans.

 

“The Cubs used the fourth pick [in June’s draft] to pick a pure hitter [Kyle Schwarber] without a position at a time when they needed pitching badly, and they are in as deep on [19-year-old Cuban wunderkind] Yoan Moncada as any team,” one NL executive said. “That is not by accident. They want to have so many hitters when nobody else has them. That is a planned-out choice.”

 

Another NL executive said, “The Cubs and Red Sox have hitters, and both need pitching. No team that is moving pitching can do that without checking in with those teams.”

 

Thus, the Cubs and Red Sox are positioned to be the dominant clubs the rest of this offseason. Chicago is going to have to decide if it wants to move any of its bevy of enticing young hitters. There is no guesswork with Boston. Since July, the Red Sox have added Yoenis Cespedes, Allen Craig, Rusney Castillo, Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval. They now simply have too many hitters — particularly outfielders — to occupy one roster. So whether it is Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels or Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto or Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma, clubs with starters to move are going to — at the least — call the Red Sox.

[RammyFanny]

“The Cubs used the fourth pick [in June’s draft] to pick a pure hitter [Kyle Schwarber] without a position at a time when they needed pitching badly, and they are in as deep on [19-year-old Cuban wunderkind] Yoan Moncada as any team,” one NL executive said.

It moved.

[Deeg]

These Mulyaks writing Baez off are exactly like the yahoos who've concluded the new Star Wars movie sucks based on one 30-second trailer 13 months before it's released.

[Sammy Sofa]

To be fair, over 40% of the SW trailer didn't completely fail at its job.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

To be fair, over 40% of the SW trailer didn't completely fail at its job.

http://i.imgur.com/yoTrhJh.gif

[davell]

One of the A's beat writers says they're finishing up a trade involving Shark, where they're getting several players back and they're targeting hitters.....

 

Any chance we're trading back for him?

[Him]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4648/jeff-samardzija

 

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Athletics are close to a "very significant deal" involving Jeff Samardzija.

Slusser notes that the team would receive several pieces back in return, and that the A's are targeting hitters. The 29-year-old right-hander, who is set to hit free agency after the 2015 season, posted a terrific 2.99 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 202/43 K/BB ratio over 219 2/3 innings with the A's and Cubs in 2014. Stay tuned.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I would guess it's a deal with the Red Sox.

[davell]

I would guess it's a deal with the Red Sox.

 

I would too. I doubt it'd keep them away from Lester though damnit.

[Him]

And now Rosenthal is saying this on twitter.

 

Sources: Trade #Athletics are discussing does NOT involve Samardzija.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm waiting for some middle schooler to chime in on this before I know what to believe.

[davell]

Sounds like SOMETHING is going on anyway. Beane can pull the trigger on anything, so here's hoping we're dealing for Sonny Gray....

[gscool89]

RT @Pg_Benson: Hearing from reliable source #WhiteSox will acquire RHP Jeff Samardzija this weekend from #Athletics.

[Cubswin11]

What do the White Sox even have of quality to get him?

[gscool89]

What do the White Sox even have of quality to get him?

Adam Eaton, Jose Quintana, Carlos Rodon

[Guest]

Samardzija for Ramirez or something along those lines would be a really interesting trade.