Looks like the Nats are in the market for a new catcher

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/report-wilson-ramos-kidnapped-in-native-venezuela/2011/11/09/gIQAxAwd6M_blog.html

[Edited on November 9, 2011 at 9:40 PM. Reason : This thread is only for player movement after Jan 1]

11/9/2011 9:39:38 PM

So Reyes was in Miami visiting the new Marlins stadium today. WTF? Are they going to move Hanley to a new position? Hope Reyes signs a monster 10 year contract with the Mets or someone like the Yanks and turns into the next Mo Vaughan.

11/9/2011 10:23:10 PM

I just assumed the Twins are trying to steal him back after getting trade-raped 2 years ago

[Edited on November 9, 2011 at 10:24 PM. Reason : ^yeh, likely 3B]

11/9/2011 10:23:44 PM

Madson to the Phils

Papelbon to the Phils

11/11/2011 3:05:34 PM

Pujols was in Miami also.

11/11/2011 3:29:27 PM

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7230926/st-louis-cardinals-name-mike-matheny-team-new-manager

wtf

[Edited on November 13, 2011 at 7:43 PM. Reason : Was Lyle Overbay not available?]

[Edited on November 13, 2011 at 7:43 PM. Reason : Jeromy Burnitz to the Red Sox?]

11/13/2011 7:38:45 PM

Cubs hire Dale Sveum. My number one choice.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/7228/source-sveum-accepts-cubs-offer

11/17/2011 3:35:10 PM

So the Marlins supposedly offered Pujols 9 years, $225 million? WTF?

11/17/2011 5:20:09 PM

Knowing how poorly the Marlins estimate attendance, that $225 is probably nowhere near the actual offer

And fuck this http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7246443/houston-astros-sale-approved-mlb

11/17/2011 7:26:51 PM

I'm just glad to see that MLB is focusing on solving the issues their customers have been complaining about for years like which league the Astros are in and adding more playoff teams. It's important they stay away from something like instant replay, their customers aren't interested in that...

11/18/2011 11:49:41 AM

^
Tad bit melodramatic.

11/18/2011 12:05:18 PM

the Royals signed Jonathan Broxton...

I'm sure more moves have been made but that's the one that showed up on my FB feed.

11/29/2011 6:15:00 PM

Looks like they're building a nice little pen. And with a lineup of Carbrera, Francouer and Gordon, watch out AL Central.

11/29/2011 6:21:47 PM

The offense for the Royals was actually semi-respectable last year, and you have to think that Hosmer and Moustakis will improve this year as well. If they can get decent production from the starting rotation they could actually be a .500 team this year.

11/29/2011 6:24:59 PM

^^ traded cabrera to SF

11/29/2011 7:13:17 PM

Quote :

"Looks like they're building a nice little pen"

Yeah, watch out AL

Here comes a 1.9 WHIP in a 300-lb fatsuit

11/29/2011 7:17:39 PM

Reyes close to landing in Miami

12/4/2011 9:47:57 PM

early prediction: if Ozzie gets Reyes, the Marlins will be in the World Series

12/4/2011 9:52:01 PM

Quote :

"@Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal Sources: #Marlins, Reyes in agreement on six-year, $106M deal, pending physical. #MLB"

[Edited on December 4, 2011 at 11:23 PM. Reason : ^ Reyes is worth 25 wins?]

12/4/2011 11:20:52 PM

^^

12/4/2011 11:33:02 PM

I guess now that Reyes got his contract, he will get hurt more often now.

12/4/2011 11:34:04 PM

He'll play 600 healthy games max for Florida.

Damn, noticed they also got Heath Bell.

12/5/2011 9:31:18 AM

Relevant?

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/05/2532405/sec-probing-financing-of-new-marlins.html

Loria's all like nah we trying to win here see

12/5/2011 10:48:45 AM

i consider this somewhat relevant since this guy got traded to the rays, but i'm not sure if you all are familiar with the back story. basically, this guy josh lueke and one of his buddies took a girl home from a bar a few years ago and raped and sodomized her after she vomited and passed out, and he got away with it essentially. DNA tests confirmed that his jizz was all over her. literally. hair, clothes, butthole, etc. anyway, this guy who posts on the something awful forums hates him a lot (understandably), and this happened today



stone fucking cold

[Edited on December 5, 2011 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

12/5/2011 11:34:54 PM

get over it, she wasn't even awake to be traumatized by it.

[Edited on December 5, 2011 at 11:44 PM. Reason : jk, rape isn't funny]

12/5/2011 11:42:18 PM

If it was just one load, nutting on someone's hair AND asshole is pretty impressive, unless she had long hair all the way down to her butt.

12/5/2011 11:51:27 PM

awaiting twista's free agency crazy stat of the day

12/5/2011 11:53:45 PM

Pujols to the Angels

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/12/angels-to-sign-albert-pujols.html

Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Pujols to the angels, done, sources say


[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM. Reason : .]

12/8/2011 10:01:20 AM

Well goddamn

Did not see that coming

12/8/2011 10:40:50 AM

rake in a quarter billion, play first for a couple more years and then spend his remaining years getting paid to hit home runs and sit on the bench. the life of an AL DH.

12/8/2011 10:49:56 AM

They're signing CJ too...5 years, 75mm reportedly

12/8/2011 11:07:48 AM

Angels are spending some serious money. Great deal for Pujols. Doesn't Trumbo play 1B? I guess he'll be a DH now?

12/8/2011 4:05:56 PM

Doesn't Kendrys Morales play 1B? Sorry Trumbo, I don't think you're gonna see much burn this year

actually he played OF some, and with their old ass outfield he might get some more time out there.

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 5:28 PM. Reason : OF]

12/8/2011 5:24:23 PM

Trumbo can play 3rd and Morales hasn't been healthy is almost 2 years. First is Albert's till he eats himself out of it.

12/8/2011 5:27:00 PM

fuck the god damn fucking angels from now until the end of time forever and ever fuck

12/8/2011 6:16:19 PM

Braun be juicin

12/10/2011 7:50:30 PM

here's a link to the braun story:
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7338271/ryan-braun-milwaukee-brewers-tests-positive-performance-enhancing-drug

Quote :

"A spokesman for Braun issued a statement Saturday: "There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence and demonstrate there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program. While Ryan has impeccable character and no previous history, unfortunately, because of the process we have to maintain confidentiality and are not able to discuss it any further, but we are confident he will ultimately be exonerated.""

12/10/2011 8:22:59 PM

best story of the offseason:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/jeter_booty_hauls_smU8lFebpsBGJXpyHoMKSN

Quote :

"Jeter’s booty hauls Autograph swag for one-night stands Not so classy, captain! Yankee star Derek Jeter, one of New York’s most eligible hunks since his split with longtime gal pal Minka Kelly, is bedding a bevy of beauties in his Trump World Tower bachelor pad — and then coldly sending them home alone with gift baskets of autographed memorabilia. The Yank captain’s wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am kiss-offs came to light when he mistakenly pulled the stunt twice on the same woman — forgetting she had been an earlier conquest, a pal told The Post. “Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day. Waiting in his car is a gift basket containing signed Jeter memorabilia, usually a signed baseball,” the friend dished. “This summer, he ended up hooking up with a girl who he had hooked up with once before, but Jeter seemed to have forgotten about the first time and gave her the same identical parting gift, a gift basket with a signed Derek Jeter baseball,” the pal said. “He basically gave her the same gift twice because he’d forgotten hooking up with her the first time!” Jeter, who fiercely guards his privacy to protect his All-American image and multimillion-dollar marketability, split with the gorgeous actress Kelly this summer and has been playing the field ever since. The veteran shortstop usually shies away from the limelight, preferring stay-at-home parties with a tight circle of trusted friends. “He normally doesn’t go out with girls. He will have them come to his house. He’ll have cocktail parties. His friends invite girls they think he’ll be interested in. He’s very shy,” another friend explained. “He’ll occasionally take girls to a restaurant. He has a couple of restaurants that he goes to that aren’t trendy,” the friend said. “He goes to Nino’s in New York. He used to go to Mustang Grill on the Upper East Side. I know he’s been dating multiple girls. He likes a hole in the wall, or he likes a place that his friends own. He’s very cautious. He’ll only go out on off-nights,” the friend said. Afterward, Jeter sneaks the beauties home for some heavy hitting. “The girls go through the back-door entrance in the Trump World Tower to avoid the paparazzi,” the pal said. “He broke up with Minka in the summer and is definitely over her. He is playing the field.” And while the parting gift may seem cold, signed Jeter memorabilia sell like hotcakes on the Internet, with an autographed baseball fetching hundreds and even thousands of dollars. Neither the Yankees nor Jeter’s reps immediately returned messages for comment."

(stolen from Ovies)

12/13/2011 2:21:56 PM

Quote :

"He likes a hole in the wall"

12/13/2011 2:45:39 PM

Quote :

"In conjunction with Prince Fielder's free-agent debut, his representatives at the Scott Boras Corporation produced a 73-page binder celebrating his achievements in the game. The book originally encompassed eight sections, but the Boras folks added a ninth after Fielder finished third in the National League Most Valuable Player race -- marking the third time since 2007 that he has cracked the top five."

That seems really unnecessary. GMs have access to baseball-reference.com, right?

Quote :

""Prince is a very modest guy" ... Boras said"

And that seems like a really big lie.

12/13/2011 2:53:38 PM

Zambrano to Marlins (likely).

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7425259/chicago-cubs-close-trading-carlos-zambrano-miami-marlins

1/4/2012 10:06:56 PM

Cool

May he continue to get his shit rocked by the Braves

1/4/2012 10:16:10 PM

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7460297/new-york-yankees-deal-jesus-montero-seattle-mariners-michael-pineda-source-says

Pineda and Campos to the Yankees for Montero and Noesi.

Yanks get pitching, Mariners get offense. Too bad they are going to have to get Fielder if they even want to try and compete with the Rangers or Angels in the West.

1/14/2012 1:53:40 AM

Yu!

Seeing some rumors that they might have the cash to go after Prince too...imagine that lineup...

1/19/2012 1:58:26 PM

sucks for the A's and the M's

1/19/2012 2:01:57 PM

they'll still choke per usual

1/19/2012 5:58:48 PM

I'll just put this here.

It turns out Fausto Carmona, 28, is neither Fausto Carmona, nor 28. Who knew.

http://tinyurl.com/7mgzlr5

1/19/2012 6:30:27 PM

Def didnt see that one coming. Hes sucked for a while now though so I'm not too incredibly heartbroken, even though I have been rooting for him to get his swagger back

1/19/2012 6:41:56 PM

Less than 30 days until pitchers and catchers report

1/20/2012 10:49:55 AM

set em up

1/20/2012 12:26:29 PM