Post by badchoices on Nov 20, 2012 20:06:33 GMT -8
FINALLY! The Chone Figgins era is over in Seattle. What a fucking joke he was. Fighting coaches, fighting teammates, not playing well...not even playing bad...playing like shit. good contract M's
"Monday, 9:05pm: A's GM Billy Beane met with Marlins officials today, hears MLB.com's Jane Lee. However, Lee does not know if the meeting involved Escobar."
Here's to hoping that the meeting involved STANTON!!!
So the M's are pretty much throwing their hat in the ring with every player on the board right now. A couple of guys I am not super familiar with and was curious on the thoughts of you all.
Dee Gordon: May be the fastest guy in baseball. His problem, if he gets his glove on the ball, he has a hard time throwing it to first. He's young and inexpensive, so if he ever figured out how to actually play SS, he would have a lot of value.
Michael Bourn: Speedster who strikes out way too much. He's one of the biggest free agents out there, so it will take a lot of money to get him. He's a bad contract waiting to happen, so he's a perfect fit for the Mariners.
He's a bad contract waiting to happen, so he's a perfect fit for the Mariners.
Haha, for real. I was looking at the people they are talking about linked to the M's and pulling my hair out today. Some of the names included Mike Morse, Shin Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera. Those dudes were all pretty much given away by us within the past 5 years.
Bay's contract is $1 million, half of which is guaranteed. It's surprising he landed a major league deal, but I guess Cleveland wanted him too, so the Mariners probably had to guarantee him $500,000 to get him there. Still funny, but I was hoping it would be Figgins Funny.
Mariners are looking at Josh Hamilton for three years. Too bad, I was really hoping they would be the typical Mariners, and offer him five years. A three year deal might not be too bad for them. Five years would be Figgins Funny.
Slusser hears the A's are close to signing Stephen Drew to a one year deal with a player option for 2014. That would be outstanding.
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks!
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks!
We're going to need all the hot asains we can get now that Mrs. McCarthy won't be around.
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks!
We're going to need all the hot asains we can get now that Mrs. McCarthy won't be around.
However, I would not have given the oft injured McCarthy 2yr/$15M contract that he scored from the Dbacks. Good for him and Mrs. McCarthy. On the bright side of things, at least he went to the NL.
However, I would not have given the oft injured McCarthy 2yr/$15M contract that he scored from the Dbacks. Good for him and Mrs. McCarthy. On the bright side of things, at least he went to the NL.
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The A's wouldn't have given him half that on a one year deal, so I agree, good for him (and hot wife). He'll be missed.
Post by badchoices on Dec 13, 2012 11:52:01 GMT -8
Wow. Two years in a row those guys get the biggest free agent on the market. They are two pretty long contracts. I don't want these guys to get hurt but I do want these contacts to hurt that club. Maybe severe drop off in production over the next couple of years. I would be happy with that.