Around Baseball 2014

[glory]

The Jays are in on VMart according to Heyman. I love this time of year. The Jays are in on everyone while really being in on no one.

 

@JonHeymanCBS: blue jays, mariners among teams joining tigers in hot v-mart derby.

[Abomination]

Looks like the Braves are trying to trade Gattis. That would be an interesting target for backup catcher / DH (assuming we got Martin to handle Dickey, or traded Dickey).

[BlueJayWay]

Yep, Jays in on Vmart now. Of course they are "in on" everyone but in the end the dollars and term won't match up and wouldn't be good "value", but they can at least say they were in on them.

 

Anyway, apparently Russell Martin wants some money:

 

[z3r0s]

 

within the Jay's magic 5 years

[glory]

Yep. Five years. No excuses, AA.

[Angrioter]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 9m9 minutes ago

#Rays are moving closer to dealing Jeremy Hellickson to an NL team. Likely this week

 

I spoke with Alex Colome and his cousin last week, they both said to me than Colome could make the rotation this year.

 

Colome's cousin was the guy who told me about Guerrero Jr and the Jays pre-deal.

[glory]

Evan Gattis being shopped heavily according to Sherman and Rosenthal. Controllable DH/CA/1B who can hit.

[HERPDERP]

Hellickson being traded to the NL

 

or at least, it's in the process of being worked out

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/rays-working-on-hellickson-trade-with-nl-team.html

[LongTimeReader]

Evan Gattis being shopped heavily according to Sherman and Rosenthal. Controllable DH/CA/1B who can hit.

 

Gattis is pretty good vs righties and he absolutely destroys lefties (last season 171 wRC+)

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statsplits.aspx?playerid=11003&position=C/OF&season=0#advanced

[Angrioter]

 

WUT?

 

Stay away from him AA!!

[KingKat]

Who Gattis? What don't you like?

 

It was in response to an embedded twee saying David Robertson had turned down the Yankees Q.O.

[jaysfan2014]

Red Sox in on HanRam.

 

[shortstop]

Yep, Jays in on Vmart now. Of course they are "in on" everyone but in the end the dollars and term won't match up and wouldn't be good "value", but they can at least say they were in on them.

 

Anyway, apparently Russell Martin wants some money:

 

 

imo, he's worth $15M per year, whether or not he's gonna get 5 years is the question. Some day, some Toronto GM is gonna need to take a risk with a free agent signing.

[JaysAllMighty]

Ewwww...he's nuts.

 

 

They're all nuts, bunch of greedy bastards.

[KingKat]

Not a single player accepted the q.o.

[Deadpool]

I have nothing to add at this point, but I wanted to post on this page...

 

http://www.electronic-chaos.com/_sfweb/666_logo.jpg

[Lawrie22]

I'm calling hellickson to either braves or dodgers

[Angrioter]

MLB.com's Phil Rogers reports that Billy Butler has received a three-year, $30 million offer from a team "widely believed to be the Orioles."

 

Orioles GM Dan Duquette has already denied the report, telling FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal it's "not true. Not even close." It's no surprise that the report appears to be bogus, as Butler doesn't figure to get anywhere close to $30 million. The 28-year-old stumbled to a .271/.323/.379 batting line with nine homers and 66 RBI this season for the Royals

[BTS]

MLB.com's Phil Rogers reports that Billy Butler has received a three-year, $30 million offer from a team "widely believed to be the Orioles."

 

Orioles GM Dan Duquette has already denied the report, telling FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal it's "not true. Not even close." It's no surprise that the report appears to be bogus, as Butler doesn't figure to get anywhere close to $30 million. The 28-year-old stumbled to a .271/.323/.379 batting line with nine homers and 66 RBI this season for the Royals

 

Boston or New York plz.

[Angrioter]

Boston or New York plz.

 

JackZ kind of deal.

[GD]

Boston or New York plz.

 

I hear San Diego's looking for a 1B.

[BTS]

I hear San Diego's looking for a 1B.

 

My god that would suck.

[Angrioter]

I hear San Diego's looking for a 1B.

 

Butler isn't a 1B

[BTS]

Butler isn't a 1B

 

He's actually not terrible defensively.

[Angrioter]

ChrisCotillo

#Cubs in talks to acquire Jordan Zimmermann from the #Nationals, per @GDubCub

 

 

Good bye Javier Baez

[jaysfan2014]

ChrisCotillo

#Cubs in talks to acquire Jordan Zimmermann from the #Nationals, per @GDubCub

 

 

Good bye Javier Baez

 

Or Addison Russell or Arismendy Alcantara or Starlin Castro. We'll see what happens. Most likely this deal is going to happen because Desmond's not resigning after 2015, and the Nats can't afford to resign Zimmermann (who's expected to command $20M+/year in free agency), especially with huge dollars going towards core players in the future, including Strasburg and Harper and Rendon.

[jaysfan2014]

Red Sox are "all in" on Sandoval..

 

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/11861086/boston-red-sox-making-big-push-sign-free-agent-pablo-sandoval

 

Despite Boston's need at 3B, this is a albatross in waiting... his numbers have been declining every year since his MVP caliber year in 2011, and he's no replacement for David Ortiz. Same warning goes for the Giants, White Sox and Blue Jays regarding him.

 

And let's not forget his weight issues which got him benched back in 2010 during that World Series. And his defense is OK, but not exactly elite.

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

within the Jay's magic 5 years

 

It's not within AA's $0.00 budget, though.

[jaysfan2014]

Jays and White Sox out on Sandoval.. good thing! And BTW, Boston should stay away and focus on other 3B options like Headley or moving Bogaerts to 3B... this has Carl Crawford written all over it:

 

[Deadpool]

Jays and White Sox out on Sandoval.. good thing! And BTW, Boston should stay away and focus on other 3B options like Headley or moving Bogaerts to 3B... this has Carl Crawford written all over it:

 

 

Limited interest != out. But I'm not keen on a 6 year deal for a guy fatter than I am.