2011-2012 MLB Off-Season Thread

[Metes]

His peripherals were not great, leading me to believe he was lucky last year
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3.99 FIP, 81% LOB, 5.33 K/9, 8.0% HR/FB, .269 BABIP

[Bobbob1313]

He's outperformed his FIP by half a run over the course of his career, so it's probably fair to say there's some consistency there. He might be one of those guys, like Buerhle to an extent, that advanced stats cannot account for with great accuracy.

[Metes]

That's fine, but I wouldn't call a 1.5 WAR season "excellent"

[jOOj]

WAR. What is it good for?

[Bobbob1313]

That's fine, but I wouldn't call a 1.5 WAR season "excellent"

Baseball Reference had him at 3.8. I would call that excellent, and that's the site I went to first

[Metes]

He did have a lot of wins

[MiamiHomer]

Jim Thome reportedly going back to the Phillies on a one year deal.

[Miamarlin21]

My friend with the Phillies:

"Thome is a bench bat only. Mayberry is back up first baseman."

[emkayseven]

Does your friend know David Bell too?

[Beef]

This friend with the Phillies does not interest me until he makes his way into the WANTED thread in a meaningful way.

[Miamarlin21]

Does your friend know David Bell too?

I don't think he's ever met him.



But he's a scout high up with the Phillies organization.

[MiamiHomer]

Sounds like the Yankees want to get in on the CJ Wilson race.

[HUGG]

The Baltimore Orioles are close to officially naming Dan Duquette as their next general manager, two sources confirmed Saturday.

Duquette, formerly a GM for the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, interviewed in Baltimore Friday and was traveling to Baltimore Saturday to finalize a contract.

The Orioles had offered the GM job to Toronto Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava, but he turned it down. LaCava was the only person offered the job before Duquette.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/71...ording-sources

[Miamarlin21]

Damnit, I was suppose to interview on Monday.

[Miamarlin21]

Giants trade left-handed pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and Ryan Verdugo to the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Melky Cabrera.