Matt Holliday to the A's

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/11/10/heyman.holliday/index.html

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM. Reason : link]

11/10/2008 2:35:10 PM

In the makes no sense department.

They are still a few years away from their new park and they just traded away 3/5's of their rotation... just odd.

11/10/2008 2:37:53 PM

Shit the Cardinals were gonna trade Ludwick for Holliday when Ludwick is nearly as good and makes $2.5 million a year compared to Holliday who is going to demand around $15 million most likely.

11/10/2008 3:09:36 PM

hell yes. A's are looking to win in '09. giambi is next.

11/10/2008 3:34:09 PM

shit, the twins were talking to holliday also

11/10/2008 3:35:01 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this and said "Wat?". I was completely expecting him to going to the cardinals, twins or braves.

11/10/2008 7:33:19 PM

Soto/Longoria win ROY

11/10/2008 7:46:39 PM

Yeah, this came out of deep left field.

The Rays' Longoria (3B) and the Cubs' Soto (C) win ROY. Cy Youngs released tomorrow.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 7:48 PM. Reason : ^ Darn you]

11/10/2008 7:47:55 PM

NL Cy Young tomorrow, AL on Thursday
Managers on Wednesday
NL MVP next Monday, AL o Tuesday

11/10/2008 7:49:39 PM

Marlins trade LHP Scott Olsen and OF Josh Willingham to the Nationals for 2B Emilio Bonifacio and 2 minor leaguers.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8779806/Sources:-Nats-trade-for-Marlins%27-Olsen,-Willingham

11/10/2008 8:10:52 PM

lol the nats only get players from within the division.... langerhans, harris, milledge, lo duca, im sure there is more

11/10/2008 8:18:09 PM

Tim Lincecum received 23 of 32 first-place votes to win NL Cy Young honors on Tuesday.

Quote :

"Lincecum received 137 points to Brandon Webb's 73 and Johan Santana's 55, so it's clear the Giants had absolutely no need to push him so hard down the stretch in a shameless bid to secure him the award. Webb and Santana received four first-place votes a piece. CC Sabathia received the other, though he finished behind Brad Lidge in fifth place."

I'm surprised Sabathia finished in 5th

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 2:24 PM. Reason : ads]

11/11/2008 2:23:54 PM

Good for him. He deserved it. Santana should have been 2nd and if the Mets bullpen didn't blow cock he would have won it...

11/11/2008 2:39:12 PM

Brandon Webb was barely the best starter on his own team...I would say Johan should have been 2nd.

So glad Lincecum won I like him.

11/11/2008 5:00:06 PM

^ Hard not to....he's only 5'11" and 160 soaking wet. Eats junk food and his idol is Hershiser. This coming from a Dodger fan. Kid is only going to get better.

11/11/2008 5:14:24 PM

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11132008/sports/yankees/yankees_ready_to_blow_away_cc_with_big_o_138398.htm

Bidding against themselves already? GG Hank.

11/13/2008 1:32:39 PM

^many are saying they have to far outbid other teams as they are a team that doesn't offer anything CC wants (west coast team & NL team are supposedly his top 2 wants)

11/13/2008 1:35:46 PM

woooohoooo, a bright spot on an otherwise shitty year for the Tribe

Quote :

" Cliff Lee was named the AL's Cy Young Award winner on Thursday after receiving 24 of the 28 first-place votes. "

11/13/2008 2:23:16 PM

cc sabathia to the yankees?

11/13/2008 2:31:58 PM

Heard the Marlins will send reliever Kevin Gregg to the damn, dirty cubs for pitching prospect Jose Ceda

11/13/2008 3:00:57 PM

They wait too long to announce the awards

Cliff Lee hasn't pitched in almost 2 months

They should do it during the playoffs like other sports

11/13/2008 3:34:03 PM

Yankees get Nick Swisher from White Sox

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3700869

11/13/2008 3:41:01 PM

Cubs are giving up on Kerry Wood. I am surprised seeing that he had a decent season (finally) last year. I assume he is asking for too much money. The Yankees seem like a good fit for Wood. He could take Joba's spot as the 8th inning guy.

11/14/2008 9:36:21 AM

See ya later Kevin Gregg!

I hated that dude, now the Cubs get to deal with his shit.

11/14/2008 10:05:24 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/index.html

If there was any doubt what kind of sports city the largest sports market in the country is... top 3 stories on the online version after one of the Jets biggest wins in years...

I remember the week the Giants were in the Super Bowl Santana got the cover twice...

11/14/2008 10:46:41 AM

Albert Pujols finally gets another MVP.....Howard 2nd and Braun 3rd.

11/17/2008 5:23:59 PM

Quote :

" Dustin Pedroia received 16 of the 28 first-place votes to top Justin Morneau and win AL MVP honors. Pedroia may not have been the best choice for the award, but he clearly was the superior option among the guys who actually had a chance of winning. Joe Mauer, the AL's most effective player, finished a distant fourth, receiving two first-place votes. Morneau received seven first-place votes, Kevin Youkilis two and Francisco Rodriguez one. By points, it went Pedroia (317), Morneau (257), Youkilis (201), Mauer (188), Carlos Quentin (160), K-Rod (143), Josh Hamilton (112), Alex Rodriguez (45), Carlos Pena (44) and Grady Sizemore (42) "

this means that I had the AL and NL MVPs on my fantasy team this past season

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Reason : asdf]

11/18/2008 3:00:27 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3710934&name=Neyer_Rob

Rob Neyer pretty much spot on.....even if Pedroia isn't born, the Sox win the WC over the Yanks.

Also compares him to Chase Utley, who finished 14th in the NL MVP voting.

11/18/2008 5:23:50 PM

Except Chase Utley's stats don't compare to Pedroia's. Rob Neyer is an anti-Red Sox guy just like you are so of course you guys will be pissed. Joe Mauer didn't lead his team to the playoffs so how can he be the MVP. He's a catcher and a catcher will never win the MVP just like it will be a rarity for a closer to ever win the Cy Young. For Mauer to have been MVP he would have needed to win the Triple Crown because he is a catcher. Pedroia led his team down the stretch, granted the Sox had several canidates that led the team Youk, Lester, and Drew.

11/18/2008 6:16:49 PM

Obviously, Youk deserved it more than Pedroia... this is almost, but not quite, as bad as Rollins last year.

11/18/2008 6:25:23 PM

^^Wow I am nominating you for biggest homer on TWW.

Quote :

"Except Chase Utley's stats don't compare to Pedroia's."

Yeah your right. Utley's are better:

.292 33 Hrs 104 RBIs .380 OBP .535 SLG

.326 17 Hrs 83 RBIs .376 OBP .493 SLG

Now tell me again how his stats don't compare?

11/18/2008 6:31:08 PM

Quote :

"He's a catcher and a catcher will never win the MVP"

What?

You're seriously the dumbest baseball fan on TWW.

11/18/2008 7:16:00 PM

I stand corrected, but making the playoffs is what got Pedroia the MVP, had the Twins beat the South Siders in the one game playoff things may have been different. Mauer and Pedroia had very similar batting averages Mauer had more RBI's, Pedroia had more doubles and homers and had more total bases doing this while hitting leadoff or second in the order most of the season.

Obviously IRod won the MVP in 99 and he was the first since the 70s with Munson and Bench. Campanella was a great player, in today's MLB it will be a rarity to see another MVP catcher.

It went to Pedroia because he was hot at the end of the season. Mid way through the season it was Youk, and he was the team MVP in my opinion, but Mourneau and Mauer were a good tandem also.

11/18/2008 8:31:02 PM

So no response to how I completely owned your arguement?

11/18/2008 9:27:55 PM

pedroia was hot in the middle and end of the season

his batting average per month:

April .306
May .260
June .356
July .350
August .374
September: .326

Youkilis wasnt "hotter" than Dustin at any point in the season really...

11/18/2008 9:29:56 PM

What do you want from me?

There was no clear cut run a way favorite for AL MVP this year. So comparing what an NL player in the same position does is not going to mean anything in the AL. Utley hit a lot of Home runs in a park that is a home run park. Rob Neyer is small market team fan so he will always root against the success of the big market teams (Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs) Chase Utley's stats were comparable to Pedroia's and I stand corrected on that but, comparing NL Stats to AL Stats is like comparing apples and oranges. Thats what is wrong about Neyer's argument you can't compare the voting in the NL to the AL especially when there was no clear cut MVP in the league this season.

11/18/2008 10:44:44 PM

Quote :

"Rob Neyer is small market team fan so he will always root against the success of the big market teams (Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs)"

Quote :

"comparing NL Stats to AL Stats is like comparing apples and oranges."

11/19/2008 12:17:54 AM

Josh Hamilton was the closest thing to a sure thing IMHO.

If Kinsler doesn't get hurt, he puts up even better numbers.

How does he finish 7th behind KRod? Are you kidding? And WTF how did Jason Bartlett get a vote? lol.

11/19/2008 1:01:43 AM

Sports Radio 810 WHB in Kansas City reports that the Red Sox have traded Coco Crisp to the Royals in exchange for Ramon Ramirez.

11/19/2008 10:09:26 AM

Winter Meetings!

Maddux retired!

12/9/2008 6:00:42 PM

K-Rod to the Mets
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3756383

12/9/2008 6:31:25 PM

Glad to have his ass out of the AL. Enjoy the histrionics, NyM!

12/9/2008 8:03:00 PM

makes sense

12/9/2008 8:08:29 PM

CC to the Yanks

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3759182

12/10/2008 8:18:32 AM

bout time.

Sheets and Burnette are next, and they are close to trading Ian Kennedy for Rick Ankiel

12/10/2008 8:19:49 AM

Rosenthal says contract is 7 years $160 M

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8921184/Sabathia-ends-suspense,-agrees-to-deal-with-Yankees

12/10/2008 9:13:01 AM

Quote :

"and they are close to trading Ian Kennedy for Rick Ankiel"

WTF? Source? Cards better not do that....Kennedy is not major league material. Maybe Duncan thinks he can turn him around too.

12/10/2008 2:44:18 PM

Haha, I just said the same thing in the Yankees thread... Kennedy doesn't have good stuff, he is mentally weak and a whiny bitch. I wouldn't give up ANYTHING of value for him.

12/10/2008 4:00:21 PM

http://www.firejoemorgan.com is dead

12/10/2008 4:06:33 PM

the orioles and nationals may have both offered mark teixeira a deal for 9/180 and 10/200 respectively

12/10/2008 5:46:53 PM