2014 Off-Season Thread

[MoFlo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Indians have resigned Matt Capps to a minor league deal: <a href="http://t.co/NEgHGhMuQN">http://t.co/NEgHGhMuQN</a></p>&mdash; Tony Lastoria (@TonyIBI) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyIBI/statuses/390926253328302080">October 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Red Sox don't expect to sign Jose Abreu; they figure he'll be signing with another team. White Sox, Astros now seen as frontrunners.</p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/statuses/390924323977830400">October 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[AZ_]

Houston appears to be out as well, leaving the White Sox as the most likely frontrunner.

It doesn't make a ton of sense for Cleveland to get involved unless Swisher can play RF everyday, but he would look incredibly nice in the lineup.

 

[billmac91]

Wonder what kind of deal Michael Young will get? He'd be a nice fit in our lineup.

 

[AZ_]

Wonder what kind of deal Michael Young will get? He'd be a nice fit in our lineup.

Strongly disagree.

He's just not very good anymore.

 

[billmac91]

Strongly disagree.

He's just not very good anymore.

Hit .279 in a largely irrelevant year with Philly. Guy is a "pros pro" and would be the best consistent hitter we've had at third since Casey Blake. I don't know...seems like the type of veteran who could come in and provide a spark under Francona.

I've always had a thing for contact hitters with low strikeout numbers though.

 

[BimboColesHair]

Hit .279 in a largely irrelevant year with Philly. Guy is a "pros pro" and would be the best consistent hitter we've had at third since Casey Blake. I don't know...seems like the type of veteran who could come in and provide a spark under Francona.

I've always had a thing for contact hitters with low strikeout numbers though.

Coming off of back to back career worst OPS seasons since he became a full time player, back to back negative WAR seasons, has posted a negative dWAR 3 straight seasons...Chisenhall was a 1.4 WAR player this past season, Young a -1.3...Lonnie's oWAR was 1.2, Young a 1.5....Lonnie is 24 and barely costs anything, Young takes you out of re-signing a young player or bolstering the pitching staff.

 

[AZ_]

Coming off of back to back career worst OPS seasons since he became a full time player, back to back negative WAR seasons, has posted a negative dWAR 3 straight seasons...Chisenhall was a 1.4 WAR player this past season, Young a -1.3...Lonnie's oWAR was 1.2, Young a 1.5....Lonnie is 24 and barely costs anything, Young takes you out of re-signing a young player or bolstering the pitching staff.

While costing you about $8M less.

I'm all for veteran leadership, but that is absolutely not lacking on this team.

 

[CornerThree]

Abreu got some bank, but it's not hard to see him outperforming 68m. That's only about 14WAR over 6 years.

 

[AZ_]

Abreu got some bank, but it's not hard to see him outperforming 68m. That's only about 14WAR over 6 years.

Their player development is pretty bad, we'll see if raw talent is able to overcome it.

He's not a complete hitter, so they have work to do.

 

[Steve_424]

The Angels are reportedly interested in moving Mark Trumbo for young starting pitching.

Not sure what kind of package it'd take, or how much he'd be worth giving up. I do know the Indians would like a legitimate power threat in the middle of their lineup, and Trumbo definitely has that.

 

[AMC]

@Buster_ESPN: Royals ready to talk about Billy Butler deal for teams that would take on DH owed $8 million in '14, $12m in 2015.

 

[Stark]

@Buster_ESPN: Royals ready to talk about Billy Butler deal for teams that would take on DH owed $8 million in '14, $12m in 2015.

I'd love Country Breakfast.

 

[MoFlo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>ICYMI: Giants agree to two-year deal with Tim Lincecum worth a reported $35 million, pending a physical - <a href="http://t.co/Hli20bXhQe">http://t.co/Hli20bXhQe</a></p>&mdash; theScore (@theScore) <a href="https://twitter.com/theScore/statuses/392776856560099328">October 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Lincecum's contract with Giants includes full no-trade clause.</p>&mdash; BHSC (@BHSCouncil) <a href="https://twitter.com/BHSCouncil/statuses/392777412301160449">October 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Holy hell, San Fran..

 

[kidduck]

That Lincecum deal is a clear indicator that Ubaldo will be signing with some team other than the Tribe.

$17.5M per season?!

That and the Pence deal seem like bigtime overpay to me.

 

[CornerThree]

Pence deal was insane and totally unjustifiable. Too many years, money was too high. Giants have a history of radically overpaying OF. I'd have gone 3/40 or so.

Lincecum deal is somewhat justifiable. They get out after 2 years. They were probably committing 15m to him in a QO. I consider it a reasonable wager they can fix him