2011-2012 MLB Off-Season Thread

[jOOj]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/1...be-posted.html

Korean right-hander Suk-min Yoon has hired agent Scott Boras and may be posted in time to spend the 2012 season with a Major League team, according to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan. Yoon is the reigning MVP of the Korean Baseball Organization and played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Boras says he’ll speak with Yoon about entering the posting system. If the 25-year-old decides against the posting system, he’d hit free agency a year from now. Yoon, who throws a 93 mph fastball with a slider and a change, posted a 2.45 ERA with 9.3 K/9 in 172 1/3 innings for the Kia Tigers this season.

Boras also represents 24-year-old left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, who posted a 3.36 ERA in 126 innings in Korea this past season. Ryu “can post before next season and would hit free agency in 2014,” Passan writes.

[HUGG]

those players are made up

[jOOj]

Chewie is playing games with us.

[Fritz]

How will they feel when they find out our teams aren't named after companies? I'd be pissed if I couldn't play for the Apple Technolgies or the Chevrolet Fighters.

[MiamiHomer]

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Latest on Madson: Sources say no agreement with #Phillies was ever in place. If deal collapses, #Nationals could jump in. #MLB

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[jOOj]

Sources say "aint happening, read his phone, bro"

Source = made up 14 year old on twootzmcgootz

[Chewford]

윤석민! Get it done, Beinfest.

[Ramp]

Nats catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in Maracay

[MiamiHomer]

Wow that's terrible.

[DropkickAlex]

Apparently right from his home.

[Bobbob1313]

Wow, happened in the same town where my wife lived for 10 years.

[MiamiHomer]

Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped, the Denver Post's bilingual website, VivaColorado.com, reports, with other media sources corroborating the news.

According to El Nacional, Ramos was approached by four gunmen outside his home and taken away. A source said that the kidnappers have yet to contact the family.

Ramos hails from Venezuela, where there is a significant problem with kidnapping. Generally, these crimes are for money and Ramos was a logical target, given that his success in the majors earned him the right to a league-minimum contract, which was $414,500 in 2011. That's a lot of money to most people, especially in Venezuela.

The 24-year-old just completed his rookie season with Washington, hitting .267/.334/.445 in 435 plate appearances, slugging 15 homers. The righty supplanted Ivan Rodriguez as the starting catcher early on and is expected to start at catcher next season.

Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos kidnapped

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

That's awful. I hope he's alright.

[Valid]

This might sound like a stupid question, but I am not familiar with kidnappings and the like. So, why the heck would the kidnappers be in touch with the police (the latest report says they are)? How can they possibly do that without revealing who they are?

[MiamiHomer]

Law enforcement in those countries aren't exactly good where this stuff happens.