Official MLB 2006 Off-season thread

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Originally Posted by burgundy

If you seriously think Carpenter would have a 5 ERA in the AL, then you don't know what you're talking about.

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If you think Carpenter is nearly as good as he's been in the NL, you don't know what you're talking about. I'll concede that he'd be 4.5 - 4.75, happy?

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Originally Posted by Gohron

Chris Carpenter had injury problems in Toronto which I think he finally fixed up when he went to St. Louis. Roger Clemens was dominent in the AL except when he was with the Yankees (but few pitchers seem to do well with the Yankees) and I feel both of them could still be studs in the AL. The DH makes a differance, but not that big of a differance as some people make it out.

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The lineups in the AL are murder. It's not just the DH. Top to bottom, 1-9, they make the NL lineups look shitty. What was the best NL lineup anyway? The Mets?

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

It was a sealed bid, sure, but they were still bidding to outbid the Yankees. You keep saying the Yankees have a history of buying players while ignoring that the Red Sox (and every other team) do the exact same thing (Manny?). Lately the Red Sox have been the team trading away all their young players for expensive veterans while the Yankees are unloading high salaried players for prospects.

Also, this notion that the Red Sox don't have as much revenue as the Yankees is a complete myth. The Red Sox have by far the highest ticket prices in baseball and sell out every game, plus they own a regional sports network (NESN) that makes more money than YES and has been around about 10 years longer. Again, the only difference is Steinbrenner doesn't care if he loses money or has to pay a luxury tax; he wants to rack up as many rings as possible before he croaks. Henry cares about raking in money hand over fist first and winning second. There is no inherent nobility in greed.

What do you think of these stats: 15-9, 3.26 ERA, 216.1 IP, 279 Ks?

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Every team participates in the free agent market to some extent. The Yankess just do it way more than everyone else, including the Red Sox. I'll admit they have seemed to alter thier priorities this past year to value young players, but it hasn't stopped them from going and aquiring any players they might need while subsidising contracts of those they don't. They just threw money at Bmore to get a promising young reliever. If you're using Beckett as an example it's a shitty one because he's still only 25 or 26 and doesn't have an outrageous salary. Obviously the Sox are not going to operate on the level of the Twins or Oakland. The DM move was big, but there were reasons they had to do it that I already went over. To bring one back up though, it's very important to make inroads into the Japanese market right now (which the Yankees currently have a lock on). The Sawx can't let that advantage continue to build till it is too late.

The Red Sox don't have as much money as the Yankees. You're an idiot if you think otherwise. Fenway sells out and has the highest ticket prices, but it's also 20k seats smaller than Yankee stadium. Stadium revenue isn't even that big in the scheme of things. YES will generate much more profit than NESN. They operate in every home in the largest media market in the US. New England does not come close to that, so NESN will never generate the money that YES can.

lol at thinking the Yankees lose money. You can quote all the numbers you want, but everyone knows they aren't losing anything.

I think those stats are great. What misguided point are you attempting to make with them?

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Originally Posted by Gooch

The lineups in the AL are murder. It's not just the DH. Top to bottom, 1-9, they make the NL lineups look shitty. What was the best NL lineup anyway? The Mets?

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Pretty much but NL lineups are made differently anyways (the whole bunting, pitcher batting, bench importance thing). As for Carpenter..he was hardly the best pitcher for the Cards in the playoffs. Suppan was better. Weaver was better ..ugh.

Here is a move that is close to being made according to ESPN Radio:

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Buzz: ESPN Says Peavy Headed to Braves


While appearing on ESPN Radio, ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick reports that the Braves are close to acquiring Jake Peavy from the Padres in exchange for 2B Marcus Giles, RHP Horacio Ramirez and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

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Wow. Trading Peavy is dumb.

heh..looks like that Peavy to Braves rumor was phony. Crasnick said he was never on ESPN Radio and it was all some miscommunication.

I heard a rumor that the Sox arn't going to sign Matsuzaka and only put in such a high bid to keep the Yankees from grabbing him. Supposedly they don't have to pay the $51mil if they don't sign him. Not sure how true that may be, but it's not a bad tactic.

In other news, Phillies sign former Marlins player Wes Helms to platoon with Nunez at 3B. I'm also hearing that Randy Wolf may end up being a Met this year.

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Originally Posted by Gohron

I heard a rumor that the Sox arn't going to sign Matsuzaka and only put in such a high bid to keep the Yankees from grabbing him. Supposedly they don't have to pay the $51mil if they don't sign him. Not sure how true that may be, but it's not a bad tactic.

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Originally Posted by stormy

Wouldn't make sense to do that. If they fuck him over now by not negotiating in good faith, then he wouldn't want to sign with them later. There is also no sense blocking him for only one year, and thereby saving the Yankees the posting fee. In the free market, they'd just end up with him anyway.

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Sawx will sign him. No doubt.

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Originally Posted by stormy

I think those stats are great. What misguided point are you attempting to make with them?

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I posted up a little about it before but I may be getting the chance to try out for the AA Phillies next Spring...I dunno what my chances are but from I understand it'll be an individual try-out and the guy can hype me up for it. I'm going to be working my ass off over the off-season, wish me luck my fellow TNL baseball fans. My swing has improved vastly over the past few months but I still have some work to do on my front leg mechanics. It would probably be good to start a good weight training program and be out doing hard-sprints regularely to try and squeeze some extra speed out of my already fast legs....man, this is nuts, I'm nervous already.