2011-2012 MLB Off-Season Thread

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Rangers had winning bid on Darvish.

@Ken_Rosenthal: Ignore last tweet: Source has confirmed to @jonmorosi that #Rangers have won rights to Darvish. #MLB

[Chewford]

[emkayseven]

51.7 million per MLBnet

[Miamarlin21]

The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs are reportedly discussing a deal involving left-handed pitchers Travis Wood and Sean Marshall.

[Omar]

Source?

[Ralph]

The Reds and Cubs are in the advanced stages of trade discussions that would send left-handed reliever Sean Marshall to Cincinnati, according to major league sources.

The Cubs are targeting left-hander Travis Wood, a pitcher who intrigued team president Theo Epstein last season when Epstein was GM of the Red Sox, sources say.

It is not known whether other players might also be part of the deal.

Marshall, 29, has been one of the game’s top left-handed relievers the past two seasons. He will earn $3.1 million in 2012, then become eligible for free agency.

Wood, 24, remains a pitcher of promise, but he endured two minor league demotions last season, finishing 6-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 22 games, including 18 starts. He is expendable in part because of the Reds’ recent acquisition of Mat Latos from the Padres.

The Reds’ rotation currently includes right-handers Latos, Johnny Cueto, Bronson Arroyo, Mike Leake and Homer Bailey. The acquisition of Marshall could make lefty Aroldis Chapman a stronger candidate to start as well. Not counting Chapman, the Reds have just one left-handed reliever, Bill Bray.

Marshall, who had a 2.26 ERA in 75 2/3 innings last season, likely would remain a setup man for the Reds. General manager Walt Jocketty has said that the team continues to look for a closer; the return of free agent Francisco Cordero remains a possibility.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/s...arshall-122011

[Miamarlin21]

White Sox and John Danks agree to extension:

Rotoinfo_com Rotoinfo.com
#Chicago #White #Sox : John Danks-P : John Danks agrees to five-year, $65 million extension bit.ly/s5tysz

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I don't see it being reported anywhere else so may be fake. Sorry.

[Miamarlin21]

Confirmed:

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman
danks and white sox agree on $65M, 5-yr deal. looks like some fan had it first. lol

[Miamarlin21]

Scott Cousins is about to be on MLBNetwork in a minute to talk about the Posey incident.

[Miamarlin21]

Update: Reds trade left-handed pitcher Travis Wood, outfielder Dave Sappelt and infielder Ronald Torreyes to the Chicago Cubs for left-handed pitcher Sean Marshall.

[Miamarlin21]

Oakland A's designated former Marlin Jai Miller for assignment. Miller had 32 homeruns last year with Triple-A Sacramento.

http://www.rotoinfo.com/comments-lat...er-106686.html

[Party]

Bob Nightengale reporting the A's will be granted territorial rights to San Jose in February.

[Miamarlin21]

Has anyone seen this website? http://baseballplayersalaries.com/

It's pretty cool. It has their contract and shows how much they make per at-bat, Win, ect. Then it shows how long it takes them to make the average salary of a teacher, police officer and other jobs. Pretty cool.

[Branch]

It says Hanley Ramirez is grossly overpaid.
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Jose Reyes, on the other hand, is very valuable.

[Chewford]

@dbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks
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-Twitter


Really
https://twitter.com/#!/dbacks/status/151748942693007360

Festa, re-tweet please.