Stay, Go, or Call it Quits: 2007-2008 Offseason

[Vic Sage]

I don't believe for a moment that any of Heilman, Humber or Gomez will ever approach the performance level of Bedard, and I would do that deal in a heartbeat.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bedard? Really? Put it in the predictions archives, I guess.

I'd really like to see a 200-inning season before I come around on anybody as a star pitcher.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The New York Times really loves Bedard. They put accents all over his name.

[Valadius]

Aaron Boone signed a one-year deal with the Nats.

[Valadius]

Daily News reporting Lo Duca will sign a one-year, $5 million deal with Toronto.

[nymr83]

1 year 5 mil? where are the mets on deals like these, omar cant seem to sign an aging veteran for less than 2 years

[metirish]

Did the Mets talk to LoDuca's agent?, I don't htink they even did although the Mets say LoDuca wanted a three year deal. Nice deal for the Jays.

[Valadius]

Milton Bradley signing with Texas:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-rangers-bradley&prov=ap&type=lgns

[smg58]

Paulie's a Washington National:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3149188

So, Lastings Milledge and one year of Paulie, or Ryan Church and two years of Brian Schneider? Hmm...

[nymr83]

Minaya got majorly outplayed by the Nationals.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Milledge + LoDuca > Church + Schneider


Minaya is having a real bad winter thus far.

[Valadius]

Cubs sign Fukudome to a 4-year deal:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-cubs-fukudome&prov=ap&type=lgns

[nymr83]

Prediction: Fukudome puts up numbers that make the Cubs miss Cliff Floyd or Jacque Jones.

[duan]

Prediction for the archives:
Lastings Milledge has great VORP numbers over the next 6 years then all of Carlos Gomez/Fernando Martinez/Ryan Church

Lastings Milledge has great VORP numbers over the next 3 years then Ryan Church.

[metirish]

Yeah but we will have the better defensive player in Church.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, what good is he to us if he's in church?

HAR!

[Vic Sage]

metirish wrote: Yeah but we will have the better defensive player in Church.

what's the SC meter on that?

[metirish]

Higher than a Church spier.

[DocTee]

Mark Prior non-tendered by Cubs.

Please, Omar, sign this guy.

[smg58]

El Duque and Pedro are more likely to start 30 games than Prior is to start 10. He's a lottery ticket at this point. I don't think I could offer more than a minor-league deal.

Jason Lane might also be worth a minor-league deal to see if he has anything left. Akinori Otsuka's rehab is supposedly going well, so the Mets could do a lot worse than give him a look.

[DocTee]

But Prior is better than Dave Williams, Jose Lima or any of the other retreads we have run out there in the past two years.

My point is that we should take a flyer on an oft-injured youngster who may yet recover rather than an aging vet who never really had it.

[Valadius]

We really should take a flyer on both Prior and Otsuka.

[Guest Edgy DC]

One thing about Prior is his immediate availability may not be as much of a factor, as we may not need him until he's available. The Mets have a rotation ready to go; they just need to be ready for attrition.

[Valadius]

Adam Everett has been signed by the Twins to a one-year deal.

We can all exhale, as Reyes won't be sent to Minnesota.

[smg58]

The Jays land David Eckstein for one year and $4.5M. And we gave four years to Castillo?

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071213&content_id=2324652&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor

[Guest Rotblatt]

smg58 wrote: The Jays land David Eckstein for one year and $4.5M. And we gave four years to Castillo? http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071213&content_id=2324652&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor

Well, when you put it that way . . .

I hate this off-season.

[duan]

metirish wrote: Yeah but we will have the better defensive player in Church.

I really think that Lasting's defensive misadventures were being slightly overplayed, he's only learning out there (in left/right) and has the 'tools' to adjust.

[Frayed Knot]

I think the Dublin-living Irishman is missing the NY-living Irishman's sarcastic mocking of Omar's spin of the Schneider + Church acquisitions as worthwhile due to the upgrade in defense alone.




Meanwhile, Jim Edmonds (and cash) is sent by the Cards to Sandy Eggo in exchange for a minor leaguer (3B David Freese)
Edmonds obviously replaces Mike Cameron as Padre CFer, but he also turns 38 in June and is so often injured that he's not likely to be an upgrade either with the bat or in that big outfield.

[Valadius]

The Padres have signed former Mets Shawn Estes and Glendon Rusch to minor league deals.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot, the translator that allows the Irish to talk to the Irish.