2011-2012 MLB Off-Season Thread

[jOOj]

Play on playa.

[jOOj]

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. Yoon is the reigning MVP of the Korean Baseball Organization and played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

That name is NSFW.

[MiamiHomer]

ScottMCBSSports Scott Miller
Mike Matheny new manager of St. Louis Cardinals. Done deal. Club has announced it.

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[jOOj]

Pujols is as good as gone.

[Party]

This smells of Tony LaRussa picking his successor. He LOVED him.

[Mainge]

Worked for Jimmy Johnson.

[MiamiHomer]

Edwin Rodriguez back in the game as manager of the Class A Carolina Mudcats (Indians affiliate)
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Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Sources: #Dodgers, Kemp in serious discussions on eight-year, $160M contract. #mlb

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[Ramp]

Kimbrel (unanimous) and Hellickson, ROYs

[MiamiHomer]

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
kemp & dodgers are in agreement, pending physical. @Ken_Rosenthal reported $160M for 8 yrs. good deal for all

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[Miamarlin21]

Edwin Rodriguez back in the game as manager of the Class A Carolina Mudcats (Indians affiliate)
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I am excited

[Miamarlin21]

Type-B free agents gone?

Teams such as the Rockies, Dodgers, Twins, Royals, Cardinals, Yankees, and Astros may lose out on potential supplemental draft picks in 2012, if a new report from Joel Sherman of the New York Post holds true. After talking to two executives briefed on the collective bargaining negotations, Sherman says there is a "strong possibility that Type-B compensation will be eliminated this offseason." As you can see from the current list of Type B free agents, not all of them can expect arbitration offers next Wednesday, but several were likely.

This year, teams like the Blue Jays, Rays, and Padres added multiple draft picks in the #44-60 range by having Type B free agents turn down their offseason arbitration offers. That type of opportunity may have already passed.

Compensation is expected to remain the same this offseason for top Type A free agents, Sherman learned. For example, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said he's received assurances from the Commissioner's Office that the compensation for Jose Reyes will remain unchanged. Sherman hears that tinkering at the bottom of the Type A spectrum is possible, to help players like Octavio Dotel and Kelly Johnson. I imagine the main objections would come from the A's and Blue Jays, teams that made summer trade decisions based on Josh Willingham and Johnson projecting as Type As.

[Miamarlin21]

Padres sign Mark Kotsay to a one-year, $2.25 million deal.

Also, the Dodger have signed infielder Mark Ellis to a two-year deal.

[Beef]

Verlander did it

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-al-cy-young/1

[Fritz]

Can't we rename this award the Chris Volstad Award in Pitching Excellence?

[Miamarlin21]

This made me lol:

keithlaw keithlaw
Dodgers sign Mark Ellis and Matt Treanor; still need catcher, second baseman