Author Topic: 2012 MLB Hot Stove thread (Read 546 times)

NoahFex · « **on:** January 05, 2012, 10:37:55 AM »

Is there already a thread for this? I didn't see one.

Anyway...Cubs trade Big Z to the Marlins for Chris Volstad. Even though they are having to eat the final year of his salary and Volstad is a pretty mediocre righty, I'm still happy to see Zambrano gone!

DaveNobody · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:39:27 AM »

Did you hear that Albert pujols signed with the angels? CRAZY!

bitethecurb · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:40:30 AM »

The A's are going to lose 100 games the next 3 years. Hooray.

Noah WK · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:42:57 AM »

Prince Fielder to the Yanks.

your_mother · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:05:59 AM »

Quote from: Noah WK on January 05, 2012, 10:42:57 AM

Prince Fielder to the Yanks.

I hope not. Where'd you hear that?

Noah WK · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:10:05 AM »

Quote from: your_mother on January 05, 2012, 11:05:59 AM

I hope not. Where'd you hear that?

Cecil.

Chris Dickhead · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:14:08 AM »

Quote from: Noah WK on January 05, 2012, 11:10:05 AM

Cecil.

Nice.

DaveNinja · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:17:44 AM »

Quote from: bitethecurb on January 05, 2012, 10:40:30 AM

The A's are going to lose 100 games the next 3 years. Hooray.

arent they moving to San Jose and changing their name to the CellPhones?

Wednesday · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:19:19 AM »

got some miserable years ahead

bob sacamano · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2012, 12:14:52 PM »

carlos quentin, mark kotsay, huston street and edinson volquez are clearly going to lead the padres to the top of the nl west

bitethecurb · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2012, 04:43:16 PM »

Quote from: DaveNinja on January 05, 2012, 11:17:44 AM

arent they moving to San Jose and changing their name to the CellPhones?

2015 at the earliest.

DaveNinja · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:10:06 PM »

Quote from: bitethecurb on January 05, 2012, 04:43:16 PM

2015 at the earliest.

time for me to get one more A's cap then

nickwoodswi · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:22:44 PM »

is prince fielder really going to the yankees? because if so fuck that. and if not, fuck you for fucking with me.

billy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:23:53 PM »

Quote from: bob sacamano on January 05, 2012, 12:14:52 PM

carlos quentin, mark kotsay, huston street and edinson volquez are clearly going to lead the padres to the top of the nl west

if only it were still 2005...

http://youtu.be/umnWjfhRNfc?t=1m28s

DaveNobody · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:47:20 PM »

Don't the yanks still have that Mark Texarkana guy? They don't need prince.

billy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:51:34 PM »

Quote from: DaveNobody on January 05, 2012, 05:47:20 PM

Don't the yanks still have that Mark Texarkana guy? They don't need prince.

DH it up, dawg!

SweetBox · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:53:52 PM »

Andrew Bailey to the Red Sox! I should probably learn about why this is a good move, right? Have fun with Reddick, Oakland! He was fun to watch in right field and he's already got a #ChroniclesOfReddick twitter hashtag in place, so there's that. And I'm probably going to kind of root for the Phillies now because I really fucking love Papelbon but I think goes against me having adopted the Mets as the one NYC team I'll root for.

Quote from: billy on January 05, 2012, 05:51:34 PM

DH it up, dawg!

isn't that posada, now? or is he gone?

DaveNinja · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:55:16 PM »

Quote from: SweetBox on January 05, 2012, 05:53:52 PM

Andrew Bailey to the Red Sox! I should probably learn about why this is a good move, right? Have fun with Reddick, Oakland! He was fun to watch in right field and he's already got a #ChroniclesOfReddick twitter hashtag in place, so there's that. And I'm probably going to kind of root for the Phillies now because I really fucking love Papelbon but I think goes against me having adopted the Mets as the one NYC team I'll root for.

isn't that posada, now? or is he gone?

posada as DH sounds terrible

billy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:56:53 PM »

Quote from: SweetBox on January 05, 2012, 05:53:52 PM

isn't that posada, now? or is he gone?

posada is 90 years old and injured all the time. who needs that?

actually, speaking of injured all the time, welcome to boston, andrew bailey!

SweetBox · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:58:00 PM »

Quote from: DaveNinja on January 05, 2012, 05:55:16 PM

posada as DH sounds terrible

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/3341/jorge-posada

He's listed as DH for this upcoming season and I'm pretty sure he played DH last season, too.

Quote from: billy on January 05, 2012, 05:56:53 PM

posada is 90 years old and injured all the time. who needs that?

actually, speaking of injured all the time, welcome to boston, andrew bailey!

he'll fit right in! the sox are, on balance, old and injury prone. did bailey have tommy john surgery in college or am i conflating some other NESN articles?

ED: yup, he did have TJ surgery in college

bitethecurb · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2012, 05:58:42 PM »

Quote from: SweetBox on January 05, 2012, 05:53:52 PM

Andrew Bailey to the Red Sox! I should probably learn about why this is a good move, right? Have fun with Reddick, Oakland! He was fun to watch in right field and he's already got a #ChroniclesOfReddick twitter hashtag in place, so there's that. And I'm probably going to kind of root for the Phillies now because I really fucking love Papelbon but I think goes against me having adopted the Mets as the one NYC team I'll root for.

Honestly, the Red Sox fleeced the A's on this deal. Reddick isn't much better than Sweeney who you also got in the deal and the other two guys that went to Oakland are C prospects. You basically got one of the best closers in the game for next to nothing.

SweetBox · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2012, 06:04:47 PM »

Quote from: bitethecurb on January 05, 2012, 05:58:42 PM

Honestly, the Red Sox fleeced the A's on this deal. Reddick isn't much better than Sweeney who you also got in the deal and the other two guys that went to Oakland are C prospects. You basically got one of the best closers in the game for next to nothing.

I don't know anything about the prospects other than what's mentioned briefly in this nesn article but the Sox farm system is (according to this book i read) one of the best in the league so it might be a nice long term investment for the As.

Butz · « **Reply #22 on:** January 05, 2012, 07:26:41 PM »

Quote from: DaveNobody on January 05, 2012, 05:47:20 PM

that Mark Texarkana guy?

your_mother · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2012, 08:04:48 PM »

Signing Fielder as a full time DH is a terrible idea. A-Rod is old and frail and Jeter is old and these guys are going to need to DH because they can't play every day. Yanks also have Montero who is going to be a beast.

There is limited market for Fielder because who wants to pay top dollar for a DH these days? Not many teams. Even after Pujols signed no market has really emerged for Fielder. He's a fat guy with questionable conditioning. Even though he's the ONLY MLB player to play all 162 games last season how long do you expect that to last with a fat guy?

Cleptic · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2012, 08:21:02 PM »

This may be the first year that I'm not embarrassed to be a Nats fan. Lots of talk about Fielder coming to our team. On one hand it'll make us a contender now but I'm worried it'll prevent us from signing Zimmerman to a long term deal. We've got a ton of great prospects in the pipeline and Fielder would cause a big log jam.