Soxfest

QUOTE (Sox1 @ Dec 23, 2012 -> 08:55 AM) Swisher signs a 5 yr deal with Clev Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News reports that the Indians have signed Nick Swisher to a four-year, $56 million contract. The deal also includes a $14 million option for 2017 that will vest based on his number of plate appearances in 2016. The Rangers, Mariners and Red Sox had also been linked to Swisher, but the Indians had been looking like the favorites to land him for a while. He'll assume Shin-Soo Choo's old position in right field, with Drew Stubbs handling center and Michael Brantley left. Swisher has been a consistent power bat over the last seven seasons, averaging 26.6 home runs while just once posting an OPS south of .822. What a waste a money in Cleveland.

Sick of Illini getting beat by Missouri.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 22, 2012 -> 04:51 PM) MLB ‏@MLB Sources confirm to @EvanDrellich that @Pirates on verge of trading reliever Joel Hanrahan to @RedSox. I like Hanrahan good pitcher.

The New York Yankees offer Logan Morrison 1B-21 (65++) Alan Horne SP-26 (72+) Jeremy Bleich SP-21 (70+) $5,000,000 to the Milwaukee Brewers for Nick Green SP-24 (75++) The New York Yankees offer Chase D'Arnaud SS-22 (53+++) Steven Jackson RP-27 (74+) Manuel Banuelos RP-18 (79+) $5,000,000 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Chris Withrow SP-19 (75++) The New York Yankees offer Cody Ehlers 1B-26 (60++) George Kontos SP-23 (66+) $5,000,000 to the San Diego Padres for Yefri Carvajal LF-20 (65+++) The New York Yankees offer Buster Posey C-22 (66+) Justin Smoak 1B-22 (60+) Kevin Whelan RP-25 (75+) $5,000,000 to the Washington Nationals for Jordan Zimmerman SP-20 (78++) The New York Yankees offer Yefri Carvajal LF-20 (65+++) Jason Heyward LF-19 (63+) Chris Withrow SP-19 (75++) $5,000,000 to the Colorado Rockies for Shane Lindsay SP-24 (75++) The New York Yankees offer Colin Curtis OF-24 (70+) Michael Dunn SP-23 (69+) Michael Pineda SP-19 (70++) $5,000,000 to the San Diego Padres for Jonathan Kibler SP-22 (75++)

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 09:15 PM) Didnt see this posted anywhere DKnobler ‏@DKnobler White Sox are looking around for a left-handed hitter. Also have let it be known (again) that Gavin Floyd is available. https://twitter.com/DKnobler I will be happy the day give away Gavin is gone!

I love it the players union wants to be a union until they decide to disband it........................................after contract talks are over they want to be fully reconized as a union again............either you are or not a union...................not just when it is convenient to be one!

The New York Yankees offer Nick Swisher OF-28 (81) Mitch Hilligoss IF-23 (65++) Mark Melancon RP-24 (75+) J.B. Cox RP-24 (72+) Martin Perez SP-18 (66++) $5,000,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Clayton Richard SP-25 (75++)

I wish AJ nothing but the best in Texas......................thanks for 2005

Glad Sox did not pay him 7.5 mil

No word on the terms involved, but it's surprising that he wasn't able to get a multi-year deal after such a big season. Pierzynski would give the Rangers another left-handed bat and an ideal platoon partner for Geovany Soto. The soon-to-be 36-year-old batted .278/.326/.501 with 27 homers, 77 RBI and an .827 OPS this past season. Per rotoworld

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Duke is a solid school, really no way to argue against that choice. If something happens to him, Duke education is worth way more than MSU. He will be one and done...............he is not going to be at Duke 4 years to graduate anyway!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 02:58 PM) He got an NTC in this deal. Wow after Soriano NTC fiasco...............Theo said the Cubs would not give any more NTC out............Whoops!

The New York Yankees offer Brian N. Anderson CF-27 (80) Bobby Livingston SP-26 (71++) Zach Britton SP-21 (69++) Michael Main SP-20 (73+) $5,000,000 to the Atlanta Braves for Kris Medlen RP-23 (76+++)

Cubs keep spending money on starters................thought they would wait 1 more year to start spending again.

The Baltimore Pickled Horse Dicks offer Chase D'Arnaud SS-22 (54++) Bobby Livingston SP-26 (71+) Gio Gonzalez SP-23 (72++) Zach Britton SP-21 (70+) to the New York Yankees for Mark Teixeira 1B-28 (87) Clayton Kershaw SP-21 (81+)

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 02:48 PM) Yes, chicago fans boo more than KC fans have booed their home team. Or the Jets. Or Philly. More than Philly no way!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,7747007.story Briggs piles on fans

The Texas Rangers offer Justin Smoak 1B-22 (63+) Ted Lilly SP-33 (72+) [14] Michael Main SP-20 (73+) Martin Perez SP-18 (69+) to the for C.C. Sabathia SP-28 (93) That should be the end the Yankees trading away BIG contracts

QUOTE (infallable @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:47 AM) What overall rating does everyone see for John Bowker of the Giants? Because I'm baffled. 95 rating...................STUD

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 07:23 PM) According to Phil Rogers, the Sox are offering AJ one year $4 million. They obviously don't particularly care if he comes back. 2 mil too much

QUOTE (forrestg @ Dec 11, 2012 -> 10:20 PM) How cheap is damn cheap. I am not a fan of his when it comes to throwing out base stealer but without that man we would be in the same predicament as the Cubs still waiting for a world series championship. We as sox fans have to pay a little respect to him. The allegiance of Aj to the managers, management, players fans should not be understated. Watching him in spring training with Ozzie etc will make you value him more. I would not be surpised if he does resign with the sox and whatever he receives I won't complain because he desrves it and it is not coming out of my pocket. Like 2 mil......................... 1 yr deal tops

Flair was the man in the 80's.................just fantastic.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) Salary dump for Yankees. The Chicago White Sox offer Brian N. Anderson CF-27 (80) $2,000,000 to the New York Yankees for Mariano Rivera RP-39 (91) Ditto getting Yankee payroll down is a real pain!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 02:07 AM) The only problem there is that teams like KC, BAL, TB, MIN will never be able to compete with you. Right now you are projected to make $272M. The Rays and Royals are projected to make less than $90. You are making 3x as much money as them, and will be able to sign pretty much any FA you want. With what I am doing now, by allowing UNequal cities for 1 or MAYBE 2 season, you will save up enough money to be able to pay your players. There is no doubt you will need to make some trades to shed some payroll, but that's a lot better situation than having the rest of the league not be able to compete with you on a free agent. Free Agents in this game don't value anything but money in the offseason. There is no "not wanting to play in NY" or not wanting media hype. This is straight business, and you will win every time. Looking at your contracts, you have almost $28M coming off the books this offseason, and you are in line to make over $50M in profits to go along with your $30M in current cash. So that's over $100M swing right there. Make some trades, especially of A-Rod, if you can, and you will be fine as long as you save your money. I disagree I am 12-13 with all the money spent..............money does not make me a instant winner.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 01:15 AM) Ok, so I have noticed because I checked the "Equalize cities" button, which makes everyone's economy and city the exact same in terms of population and financial backing, teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Angels are $50-100M over payroll. These teams have huge contracts and can't possibly make money. So for this season, and MAYBE next season, depending on how the finances look, I am going to UNCHECK that "equalize cities" button. This means the Yankees, for instance, will be able to pull in $230+M in revenue instead of like $90M. So they will actually be able to cover their payroll. So this means that those teams like the Yankees and Angels who have massive payrolls need to SAVE money, not spend that extra cash, because once I turn EQUALIZE CITIES back on, then you will be in the same terrible situation of losing $100M a year. What I am also going to do is give everyone 10% of their payroll back to them in CASH. This is for the benefit of those teams with massive payrolls, but also it's some cash to everyone. ENJOY! The equalize cities button should not be used IMO. Yankees right now with guys signed for 4 plus year contracts will be over 90 million with about 7 players. There is no way I can make a team work for years with these massive contracts. I took a big market team and my revenue will be way more than say Detroit. This is how MLB works and this league should be the same way. My 2009 revenue is projected over 270 mil.............I should be able to spend it.............to make it 90 mil ONLY to spend is not going to cut it.