BTS

Astros have Mike Fast in the front office. They won't have any interest in an awful framer like Navarro.

Would definitely offer him a small contract.

You know what sucked? When you beat me in the 3rd place match despite abandoning your team while I actually tried to win.

Yikes. TRM has made his roster transition pretty difficult by basically sitting on his team for 15 months.

I think you can get league-average production from LF a lot more efficiently than trading for a year of Fowler.

One industry source says he "knew" the Athletics would trade Josh Donaldson this winter, no matter how little baseball sense it made, because the All-Star and Beane were "at war" by season's end. Multiple sources cite a verbal altercation between the two after Donaldson told manager Bob Melvin he needed a couple of days off after Oakland had played several days in a row. The story goes, Beane told Donaldson if he needed a couple of days off, the club should put him on the disabled list, and that made Donaldson unhappy. ... "Donaldson told the manager he needed a blow, and [bob] Melvin said, 'You got it,' " the source said. "Then that night's lineup came out and Billy asked, 'Where's Donaldson?' " When told what happened, the source says, an angry Beane demanded that Melvin put Donaldson back into the lineup. "They got into it in the coach's office," the source says, describing a scene in which Beane lit into Donaldson, with the third baseman reiterating his need for a day off and petulantly calling Beane "Billy Boy." "Nobody talks to Billy that way," the source said. "It did not surprise me in the least that he got rid of Donaldson."

Gross

A mod should probably get on this if TRM won't go down honourably.

lol, why?

Maybe this offseason you'll want to consider making a move or two.

Even if he only gives you like 60 innings - they're probably better than Estrada's.

Yeah, me too. LOD has to have a couple of flawless seasons before being close.

I vote that if you ever join you get Boxy's team.

DDL is still a thing?

Romero is included. And yeah, probably best to just eat the last year of Izturis' contract. He probably won't be useful ever again.

Donaldson and Cecil are locks, and probably also Estrada. Some guys are still questionable though: Dirks Smoak Mayberry Valencia Kawasaki

This thread was fun last year, so let’s do it again. I tried to keep the projected roster at guys who earned a place this year and are likely to make next year’s team. IMO the only virtual locks to not be non-tendered are Lawrie, Francisco, and Hutchison. C – Martin (7) 1B – Encarnacion (10) 2B – Travis (nm) 3B – Donaldson (arb1 proj. 4.5) SS – Reyes (22) RF – Bautista (14) CF – Pompey (nm) LF – Dirks (arb3 proj. 1.6) DH – Smoak (arb2 proj. 3) 2B/3B – Maicer Izturis (3) OF - John Mayberry Jr. (arb2 proj. 1.9) 3B - Valencia (arb1 proj. 1.7) C - Thole (1.75) C - Navarro (5) SP – Dickey (12) SP – Buehrle (19) SP – Romero (7.5) SP - Happ (6.7) SP – Hutchison (nm) SP – Stroman (nm) RP - Estrada (arb3 proj. 4.7) RP – Brett Cecil (arb2 proj. 2.6) RP – Aaron Loup (nm) RP – Todd Redmond (nm) RP - Liam Hendriks (nm) $128.95 Free Agents Melky Cabrera Colby Rasmus Casey Janssen Other Arb-Eligible Dan Johnson (arb3) Munenori Kawasaki (arb1)

Yeah, that was embarrassing.

Yup. Also Buehrle is the bestest.

It just dawned on me that this year's team is going to be the most likable group in awhile with both JPA and Lawrie gone.

Turf also responsible for him missing 80 games with an abdomen strain, apparently.

2011 - broke his hand in the minors 2012 - oblique strain (30 games) 2013 - ribcage injury (13 games) 2013 - sprained ankle (41 games) 2014 - fractured finger (36 games) 2014 - oblique strain (48 games) The turf wouldn't be an issue if idiots like Lawrie didn't insist on blaming it for completely unrelated injuries.

Beckham suxxxxxx

3rd in the power rankings, and I'm further behind my division leader than any team in any other division.

Yeah, I invested in two starters and two backups to protect me against situations like this.