2012-2013 MLB Off-Season Thread

[HUGG]

well their gm thinks they got a young Derek Jeter

[Bobbob1313]

False, Towers has been infatuated with Gregorius for a while.

You don't even know me.

[Miamarlin21]

Hehe

[Ramp]

Hamilton and the Angels agree in principle on a 5 year deal

yowza

[BaseballsFinest]

Hamilton and the Angels agree in principle on a 5 year deal

yowza

5 years 125 mil. Him, Pujols, and Trout should be interesting to wathc

[Swifty]

I think it's going to be a fun debate: hit Trout 2nd or Pujols 5th?

[Miamarlin21]

Cubs sign Anibal Sanchez to $75 million.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Not so fast.

@JonHeymanCBS: #cubs are indeed talking to anibal sanchez, and have been all winter, but they deny they have a deal done.

@JonHeymanCBS: anibal's agent Gene Mato said he's still talking to other teams. #tigers have been involved all winter, like cubs

@JonHeymanCBS: #tigers are very much in anibal mix, sources say. game not over yet.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Unlike Josh Hamilton, Anibal Sanchez is giving his old team the last shot at his services. After being offered a reported $75 million over five years by the Cubs, Sanchez gave the Tigers one more chance to match the offer, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.
Detroit had been offering a four-year deal to Sanchez, but in reaction to the offer from the Cubs, the team will likely have to offer five years in order to keep him.
The 28-year-old right-hander went 9-13 with a 3.86 ERA in 31 starts for the Tigers and Marlins. He was 4-6 with a 3.74 ERA in 12 starts after his trade to Detroit.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ey...to-5-year-deal

They think he'll stay with Tigers.

[Erick]

If they sign Anibal, a 1-2-3 of Garza-Samardzija-Anibal isn't bad.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

If they sign Anibal, a 1-2-3 of Garza-Samardzija-Anibal isn't bad.

Except the fact that the rest of their team sucks. Anibal would be getting next to no help for the first 2-3 years of that deal. If the Tigers come back and match it or offer something close, that is definitely a better situation for him.

[HUGG]

Except he'll be pitching in the AL

[Erick]

Except the fact that the rest of their team sucks. Anibal would be getting next to no help for the first 2-3 years of that deal. If the Tigers come back and match it or offer something close, that is definitely a better situation for him.

Should've kept Volstad.

But yeah, they're not very good. Still don't think it would be a bad signing though especially since the free agent pitchers next year are going to suck.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Except he'll be pitching in the AL

At least he'll have people behind him that can score runs with Detroit. The Cubs have Rizzo and that's it. No one else is close to being ready to help them yet.

[HUGG]

Did they trade Starlin Castro?
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Anyway, there's other factors besides who's gonna win more games.