Non Mets Off Season News

[MFS62]

I have no idea what this means to both teams, but, Yahoo Sports reporting:
The Mariners have sent first baseman Logan Morrison, infielder/outfielder Brad Miller, and right-hander Danny Farquhar to the Rays in exchange for right-hander Nate Karns, left-hander C.J. Riefenhauser, and prospect outfielder Boog Powell.

Let the shuffling begin.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

One of those names is very familiar...

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

One of those names is very familiar...

No relation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Mariners_minor_league_players#Boog_Powell

[Centerfield]

Meanwhile, in other news, Colby Rasmus is highly qualified:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report--colby-rasmus-will-be-first-player-ever-to-accept-a-qualifying-offer-232456204.html

[Guest cooby classic]

I just love the name Farquhar

[soupcan]

One of those names is very familiar... No relation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Mariners_minor_league_players#Boog_Powell

No relation?!

How is that even possible?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

MFYs trade reserve catcher John Ryan Muffy to the Twinks for OF Aaron Hicks.

Hicks was a top draft pick, switch-hitting center fielder but looks like he's destined to be a reserve.

John & Suzyn are crying as they were huge JRM fans.

Juaquin Bonoit from SD to Seattle for prospects.

Colby Rasmus becomes 1st guy to accept the QO, will stay with Astros next year.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Weiters takes the QO. There goes the Adam Jones trade scheme.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So that's two players now who have accepted the QO.

Daniel Murphy's decision will have to be in within just over an hour and half.

[HahnSolo]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Weiters takes the QO. There goes the Adam Jones trade scheme.

Fuckshit. This seems surprising to me.

Isn't he a Boras guy?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, he is. 29 years old, made $8,300,000 last year. He's only played 101 games over the last two seasons. There's no way he'd get a $15 million average annual value, so I guess he went for the big payday. And he'll have another shot at free agency next year.

[Frayed Knot]

Craig Kimbrel ready to don some Red Sox for 2016 -- traded from the Padres in exchange for four prospects: OF Manuel Margot, SS Javier Guerra, IF Carlos Asuaje, LHP Logan Allen.

[Edgy MD]

I tend to think of the Red Sox as always willing to go big on closers, but they've been more stable than my impression suggests. Maybe it's more that they tend to go big in mid-season trades or something.

Anyhow, they've gone big.

[Lefty Specialist]

Hm. Red Sox need a lot more than a closer. They'll be wheeling and dealing some more.

Consensus seems to be this was a nice haul of prospects for the Pads.

[MFS62]

Derek Jeter was interviewed by some YLDB Toady the other day, and he denied the "gift bag" stories.
He and the toady had a big laugh about it. (It looked like the toady was getting paid by the laugh.)
I wonder what the girl who got two of them thought about that.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Billy Beane continues to deal, even if his final vision isn't always easy to discern.
While SD continues to undo what they spent all of last off-season doing.

SD >>> OAK: 1B Yonder Alonso + LHP Mark Rzepczynski
OAK >>> SD: LHP Drew Pomeranz + (minor league) LHP Jose Torres

[TransMonk]

Diamondbacks show off the eight (8!) uniforms they'll use for 2016.



Blood red and turquoise? My, oh my.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like the idea of a darker grey on the road uniforms, but the lettering should be a lighter shade so that it stands out more.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The "sublimated" snakeskin pattern is the real "innovation" here ... it will be on the hats, sleeves and pant bottoms. UniWatch says the club will also have shoe colors as part of the uni.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Sublimated shmublimated. It can't hide the fact that the D'Backs wear baseball's ugliest uniforms. And that idiotic "D'back" abbreviation. WTF!?! can't fit that long name on the jersey front? Well they shoulda thought of that when they decided to name the team in the first place. What are those players supposed to be, professional athletes or some gone awry hip version of action heroes from some cheesy comic book? Those unis aren't as stupid as the Mets in black and purple set, but thank god I don't have that to kick that around anymore.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree with the point about "D-Backs". Use a narrower font and spell out "DIAMONDBACKS" or stick with the A logo, like the Tigers do with their D.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Cool duds! Too bad they have no QB and need to play the 'Hawks and Rams twice a year, or they'd have a real shot at showing those off in the Super Bowl this year.

Though I actually kinda like the color combo.

[batmagadanleadoff]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Cool duds! Too bad they have no QB and need to play the 'Hawks and Rams twice a year, or they'd have a real shot at showing those off in the Super Bowl this year. Though I actually kinda like the color combo.

Boy do I hate modern NFL uniforms. The Cards and the Vikes screwed up classic classics. I don't understood what the Titans unis are supposed to be representing and the Ravens have a dumb contrived crest kinda logo that doesn't scale well and is unreadable. And it's stupid. The Bengals have a genius big cat striping scheme but don't know how to work it in tastefully so it's all over the place. And more stupid stuff -- the last name fonts -- again, out of a comic book.

Although I am warming up to that neon Seahawk color scheme.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, I kinda like the Seahawks uni more than I care to admit. (Their being bad ass during this era probably helps, subconsciously.)

[HahnSolo]

The Seahawk all-blues are good. I dislike their white tops, though.

[Frayed Knot]

RHP John Lackey jumps from StL to the Cubs.
The 37 y/o FA agrees to a two-year deal.

[Frayed Knot]

The Zack Greinke decision, which has been said all week to come to the Dodgers & Giants has been settled in favor of ... the Diamondbacks. Terms not yet disclosed.

Bet it was the new unis.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Funny thing is, Grienke was apparently their second choice, after Johnny Cueto.

[Lefty Specialist]

6 years, $206 million.

That's just nuts.

[ashie62]

Unless it was a Met of course.