latest offseason news

[romeo212000]

Espn blog says the cubs wanted Feldman and some of Texas top prospects for garza. I assume that means any or all of Ramirez, Perez, Olt, Profar etc. I wouldn't give up but one, but not sure which.

 

[romeo212000]

Darvish is to be posted Thursday. Willing to bet the rangers will be in on it.

 

[dmc0015]

Darvish looks impressive, so was this what the Rangers were waiting for? If so I still am not sure why it would seem letting your homegrown ace leave to go to your number one competitor in division that already has a stacked rotation in exchange for a bidding crap shoot for an unproven pitcher is the best option.

Those of you who are opposed to the Rangers going hog wild on salary shouldn't like this at all. I for one think they can spend in the $150-170 world without issue (maybe more eventually), but this just doesn't seem like smart spending.

 

[guitarmy21b]

There's still the possibility of Shields. I'd be happy if they made that trade or signed Darvish, but I'm not going to be upset if neither happens.

 

[bone3421]

http://www.halosheaven.com/2010/2/16/1310338/trevor-reckling-angels-top........rule 5 draft prospect.....could be that LHRP we need

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Those of you who are opposed to the Rangers going hog wild on salary shouldn't like this at all. I for one think they can spend in the $150-170 world without issue (maybe more eventually), but this just doesn't seem like smart spending.

I posted that a month or so back.... that's where Simpson & the "owners" want the payroll to be in the coming years...

 

[bone3421]

Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno pursues C.J. Wilson, Albert Pujols willing to spend big money - MLB News | FOX Sports on MSN

 

[Al Falfa]

Darvish looks impressive, so was this what the Rangers were waiting for? If so I still am not sure why it would seem letting your homegrown ace leave to go to your number one competitor in division that already has a stacked rotation in exchange for a bidding crap shoot for an unproven pitcher is the best option.

Those of you who are opposed to the Rangers going hog wild on salary shouldn't like this at all. I for one think they can spend in the $150-170 world without issue (maybe more eventually), but this just doesn't seem like smart spending.

Well, you have to give em credit for sticking to the team blueprint. On the other hand Simpson said payroll should be somewhere around 140-50 million by 2015.

 

[bone3421]

Clubs will be eyeing undervalued talent in Thursday's Rule 5 Draft in Dallas | MLB.com: News



has a bunch of rule 5 prospects listed

 

[fordman84]

Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno pursues C.J. Wilson, Albert Pujols willing to spend big money - MLB News | FOX Sports on MSN

And yet Moreno is the one that no more than 6 months ago was saying that they weren't going to spend any more money, that their payroll was topped out. Since then they have done nothing but increase it. Even with dead contracts off the books, they are on the hook for a bigger payroll this year even without CJ or Pujols.

 

[bone3421]

lot of the tweets saying ..teams are weary of 7/8 years for fielder

 

[Al Falfa]

i never said give him 120M, i said give him a competitive offer that matches what the other teams think he's worth. the Angels think he's worth 5 years, 75+M and the Marlins think he's worth 6 years and 90+M. and the Nationals were in it for a long while at around 5 years and 70+M.

how competitive is an offer of 4 years and 60M, compared to those offers?


and how many 16 game winners were there last year? i'll answer for you. there were 17 in the MLB in 2011 and the same number in 2010 and there were a minimum of 150 starters for the 30 teams. so yeah, i think replacing a 16 game winner could be tough

You're talking about a guy who set a MLB record by being the losing pitcher in the AS game, LDS, LCS and WS.... all in one season.
And from the from what I just read the Rangers were 21-13 in Wilson's starts and 74-52 when the other 4 started. It may not be the end of the world...
No doubt they will miss CJ, but not having him doesn't guarantee a lack of success. Heck, didn't Seattle win 116 games after losing the best player in baseball even though he stayed in the division? Didn't Texas have a better record the year after Arod left? Projecting the future in the off season is at best, a crap shoot.

 

[bone3421]

angels /pujols talks ongoing 10 years and at least 210 mil

 

[fordman84]

angels /pujols talks ongoing 10 years and at least 210 mil

Well, that would be a lot of money but at least it would be addressing their issues.


And the Angels have a long record of being in on the talks right up until the end...and then screwing it up. So until the ink is on the contract there is nothing to worry about from Anaheim.

 

[bone3421]

angels want BOTH cj and pujols.....

 

[bone3421]

i hope the rangers arent in all this gio gonzalez talk.......

 

[fordman84]

i hope the rangers arent in all this gio gonzalez talk.......

Yeah, I'm not wanting to become texasblues like...but if we are letting CJ walk then I hope that we don't try to replace him by giving away loads of young talent.

If it came down to something like giving CJ 5 years at $17 per, or giving up Feldman and two of our top prospects for Garza or Gio then I hope we just overpay CJ and hope he doesn't ask for no a no trade clause.

 

[bone3421]

ANGELS TO SIGN PUJOLS......BEING TWEETED BOOOOOOOOOO

 

[bone3421]

if this is true we better go get fielder and darvish...eat some payroll now and wait to recoup it later owners the fans have been supporting this team very well

 

[fordman84]

ANGELS TO SIGN PUJOLS......BEING TWEETED BOOOOOOOOOO

Yeah, saw that from Buster.

Hope it is 10/220 at least.


OT: Can't get the Twitter to show in my notification center on my iPhone or send alerts. Anyone here do so with theirs?