Offseason Transactions 2010-11

[DocTee]

Gil Meche announces his retirement due to lingering shoulder issues

Bullet dodged there. Wasn't he linked to the Mets? Perhaps for Ollie?

I like Hairston as a pickup, too.

[metirish]

DocTee wrote: Gil Meche announces his retirement due to lingering shoulder issues Bullet dodged there. Wasn't he linked to the Mets? Perhaps for Ollie? I like Hairston as a pickup, too.

IIRC Bucket wanted to throw a bucket load of money at him back then....right JCL?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I wanted his brother Jerry, IIRC. (more versatile). And it wasn't that we had to throw money at him, he signed cheaply with the Reds as I recall. It was that we instead spent on stiffs like Cora and Tatis.

Anyway, Scott seems to have more sock than his big brother but not as much all-aroundness.

[metirish]

No no , I mean Meche.....for a few seconds I was going Jerry Meche....who the fuck it that....a reliever?....

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: No no , I mean Meche.....for a few seconds I was going Jerry Meche....who the fuck it that....a reliever?....

Ah.

I was willing to roll the dice on Meche as the kind of guy the Mets could get just for daring to pay his salary. He used to be very tuff on the MFYs and I think it warped my judgment a little.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Valadius wrote: I feel like we've had the Jon Rauch discussion every year the past five years running. We did just get 6'10" Chris Young.

Yes, but if we'd gotten Rauch, we could start him at the pivot and Young could spend more time working for midrange stuff and banging the boards.

[Frayed Knot]

Carl 'The American Idle' Pavano, the last remaining 'Type A' FA, re-ups with the Twins on a 2-year deal.

Three 'Type B' FAs remain on the market: reliever Chad Qualls; reliever/wannabe starter Aaron Heilman; and infielder Felipe Lopez.
If/when Qualls signs with a team other than the Rays it will give Tampa its [u[seventh sandwich pick and [u:30g597wb]11 of the first 77[/u:30g597wb] choices in next June's draft. Or they could re-sign him themselves and make do with only 10 of those picks.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I thought Heilman signed with Arizona?

[Frayed Knot]

He's a FA from Arizona but I don't believe he's re-upped there and anywhere else at the moment.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought Heilman signed with Arizona?

I thought I saw that he resigned as well.

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like he re-signed w/Az two days ago.

[Valadius]

Vernon Wells to the Angels for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera.

[smg58]

Hmm. If the Angels would take Wells (owed $86M over the next four years), then presumably they'd have taken Bay as well.

[Frayed Knot]

Valadius wrote: Vernon Wells to the Angels for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera.

That qualifies as a WOW!!

Deal not official yet and the Jays are reportedly picking up at least some of Wells's contract, one which was pretty much modeled on the Beltran contract but still has $86 million to go over the next four years. Wells can opt out after the 2011 season when he draws $23 million but there's no way he's doing that when he can earn $21 million each in '12, '13 and '14.

[Valadius]

Also, the Rays get a pair of aging bats, as Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon will reunite, heading to Tampa Bay.

[Gwreck]

smg58 wrote: Hmm. If the Angels would take Wells (owed $86M over the next four years), then presumably they'd have taken Bay as well.

Interesting point. I guess Bay can't play center field but still.

[ashie62]

Gwreck wrote: smg58 wrote: Hmm. If the Angels would take Wells (owed $86M over the next four years), then presumably they'd have taken Bay as well. Interesting point. I guess Bay can't play center field but still.

Would you take Bay?

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: when he can earn $21 million each in '12, '13 and '14.

Fucking hell.....

[ashie62]

Professional sports-The theater of the Absurd.

[smg58]

Ashie62 wrote: Gwreck wrote: smg58 wrote: Hmm. If the Angels would take Wells (owed $86M over the next four years), then presumably they'd have taken Bay as well. Interesting point. I guess Bay can't play center field but still. Would you take Bay?

No, but who would have thought before Friday that anybody would have taken Wells and that contract?

[Guest attgig]

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: attgig wrote: Armando Galarraga DFA'ed by tigers... could be a possibility for the Mets...no? The guy who threw the no -no-hitter? yeah, that one. numbers aren't taht great otherwise. He'd have to be paid the 2.3 million i believe...and perhaps traded for as well? (preseason waivers confuse me) The idea here being that they'd rather him starting in AAA and are trying to get him off the 40man? Sorta like the Mets did with Igarashi?

they're saying he's going to arizona now. not official, but that's the talk anyways.

[ashie62]

Gil Meche has been signed by the Mets to a minor league contract per Rubin/Twitter

[seawolf17]

Ashie62 wrote: Gil Meche has been signed by the Mets to a minor league contract per Rubin/Twitter

Except that he retired last week. (Meche, not Rubin.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ashie62 wrote: Gil Meche has been signed by the Mets to a minor league contract per Rubin/Twitter

?

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Gil Meche has been signed by the Mets to a minor league contract per Rubin/Twitter Except that he retired last week. (Meche, not Rubin.)

you got my hopes up.

I thought Gil needed surgery? I know it's always better to play for a contender but why would someone walk away from that contract to sign a crappy gutshot deal with the Mets?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

the real question is why the post was made in the first place.

[seawolf17]

And I can't find it anywhere in Rubin's tweets.

[ashie62]

It was an odd attempt at humor...at best..

[metirish]

Napoli gets flipped to Texas for Frank Francisco

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

They've got young Arencibia and some flotsam at catcher, the Angels do. Francisco's good, but... he's a bullpen arm. Napoli's an underappreciated power-hitting catcher. Seemingly odd move.

So not only do the Angels get the gift of Wells for four years of his contract, but they've just facilitated an offensive upgrade for their main division rivals? Nice.