Should be a very interesting offseason for baseball, lots of free agents, etc.

imo.

AL CY: Josh Beckett
AL ROY: Dustin Pedroia
2007 WS MVP: Jacoby Ellsbury

Let the hating/discussion begin!

Modified by FrreeeBird at 5:29 PM 10/29/2007

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2008 Ducati 848

A-Rod who just opted out of his NY contract

Also need to find a #4/#5 starter.

Rotation for 08 should look like

Beckett
Bucholz
Dice-K
Lester
?????

Dude I told you, you can have Jose Contreras for a bag of baseballs.

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I'll keep the baseballs.

Why hit baseballs with a bat when you can let out the aggression on Contreras instead?

He is like a cue ball. The harder you hit him, the more english you get out of him.

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Schilling just earned himself another year with his postseason performances. So he'll be back, Now they just needs to find replacements for Lopez (Who was f*cking useless) and Timlin in the bullpen. Maybe resign Eric Gagne?

WTF? I thought the Cardinals won in 2006?

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Should be a very interesting offseason for baseball, lots of free agents

May be quite a few free agents, but little to none are of great value.

Updated 10-16-07: Most players with club options included.

Catchers
Brad Ausmus (39)
Michael Barrett (31)
Ramon Castro (32)
Jason Kendall (34)
Paul Lo Duca (36)
Jorge Posada (36)
Jose Molina (33)
Yorvit Torrealba (30)

First basemen
Sean Casey (34)
Tony Clark (36)
Adam Dunn (28) - $13MM club option for '08
Darin Erstad (34) - $3.5MM club option for '08
Scott Hatteberg (38) - $1.85MM club option for '08
Ryan Klesko (37)
Mike Lamb (33)
Doug Mientkiewicz (34)

Second basemen
Luis Castillo (32)
Damion Easley (38)
Marcus Giles (30) - $4MM club option for '08
Tadahito Iguchi (33)
Mark Loretta (37)
Kaz Matsui (32)
Jose Valentin (38)

Shortstops
David Eckstein (33)
Cesar Izturis (28) - $5.45MM club option for '08
Tomohiro Nioka (32)
Alexei Ramirez (26)
Juan Uribe (29) - $5MM club option for '08
Omar Vizquel (41)

Third basemen
Pedro Feliz (33)
Mike Lamb (32)
Mike Lowell (34)
Alex Rodriguez (32) - Has ability to opt out of contract after season

Left fielders
Moises Alou (42) - $7.5MM club option for '08
Barry Bonds (43)
Milton Bradley (30)
Adam Dunn (28) - $13MM club option for '08
Cliff Floyd (35) - mutual option for '08
Luis Gonzalez (40)
Geoff Jenkins (33) - $9MM club option for '08
Reggie Sanders (40)
Shannon Stewart (34)
Brad Wilkerson (31)

Center fielders
Milton Bradley (30)
Mike Cameron (35)
Darin Erstad (34) - $3.5MM club option for '08
Torii Hunter (32)
Andruw Jones (31)
Kenny Lofton (41)
Corey Patterson (28)
Alexei Ramirez (26)
Aaron Rowand (30)

Right fielders
Bobby Abreu (34) - $16MM club option for '08
Milton Bradley (30)
Kosuke Fukudome (31)
Shawn Green (35) - $10MM club option for '08
Jose Guillen (32) - $9MM club option for '08
Geoff Jenkins (33) - $9MM club option for '08
Trot Nixon (34)
Reggie Sanders (40)

DHs
Barry Bonds (43)
Mike Piazza (39)
Sammy Sosa (39)
Mike Sweeney (34)

Starting pitchers
Tony Armas (30) - $5MM mutual option for '08
Kris Benson (33) - $7.5MM club option for '08
Paul Byrd (37) - $8MM club option for '08
Shawn Chacon (30)
Roger Clemens (46)
Matt Clement (33)
Bartolo Colon (35)
Josh Fogg (31)
Casey Fossum (30)
Freddy Garcia (32)
Tom Glavine (42)
Livan Hernandez (33)*
Jason Jennings (29)
Joe Kennedy (29)
Byung-Hyun Kim (29)
Brian Lawrence (32)
Jon Lieber (38)
Kyle Lohse (29)
Rodrigo Lopez (32)
Greg Maddux (42) - $8.75MM player option or $11MM club option for '08
Eric Milton (32)
Tomo Ohka (32)
Russ Ortiz (34)
Odalis Perez (31) - $9MM club option for '08
Andy Pettitte (36) - $16MM player option for '08
Kenny Rogers (43)
Curt Schilling (41)
Carlos Silva (29)
Julian Tavarez (35) - $3.85MM club option for '08
John Thomson (34)
Brett Tomko (35) - $4.5MM mutual option for '08
Steve Trachsel (37) - $4.75MM club option for '08
Koji Uehara (33)
Jeff Weaver (31)
David Wells (45)
Kip Wells (31)
Randy Wolf (31) - $9MM club option for '08
Jamey Wright (34)
Jaret Wright (32)

Closers
Armando Benitez (35)
Joe Borowski (37) - $4MM club option for '08
Francisco Cordero (33)
Octavio Dotel (32) - $5.5MM mutual option for '08
Eric Gagne (32)
Todd Jones (40)
Al Reyes (37) - $1MM club option for '08
Mariano Rivera (38)
Bob Wickman (39)

Middle relievers
Jeremy Affeldt (29)
Antonio Alfonseca (36)
LaTroy Hawkins (35)
Jorge Julio (29)
Joe Kennedy (29)
Scott Linebrink (31)
Troy Percival (39)
David Riske (31) - $2.85MM club option for '08
Julian Tavarez (35) - $3.85MM club option for '08
Mike Timlin (42)
Luis Vizcaino (31)
Kerry Wood (31)

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What the fuck, I know Red Sox fans are dumb but 2007 - 2004 = 3 years

Yeah I know, I pointed that out, too.

2004: Boston
2005: Chicago
2006: St. Louis
2007: Boston

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I was pretty drunk at the time too.

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Tigers acquired shortstop Edgar Renteria from the Braves for RHP Jair Jurrjens and outfielder Gorkys Hernandez. That was remarkably quick. That Renteria is being dealt is no surprise, and it figured that the Tigers would be high on the list of suitors. However, we don't see wht the Braves felt they had to make the move today when better offers could have come later. This simply isn't a great return for a player who was one of the best in the NL last season. Renteria hit .332/.390/.470 in 2007, and he's under control for a very reasonable $20 million over two years (the second year is at Detroit's option). The Tigers did quite well to get him now. It'll certainly head off any Alex Rodriguez speculation.

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RIP Gerald Mellin 8/08/08. To a hero who showed that goldigger who was boss.

Good for him. I wouldn't either.

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Interesting move by Tigers, somebody pegged them as maybe going after ARod since they needed a SS. Not so now (maybe).

I keep hearing that the Red Sox are one of the teams that would go after a-rod. Do you think they are gonna go after him or sign mike lowell instead.?

Don't forget to bring your bat with you to Angel Stadium you will need it to fight off all the rats when they try to steal your peanuts.

I think they are gonna look at both options. I want them to re-sign Lowell, but if they don't, then why not go for AROD? He's stated before he would love to play in Boston, and I think it will be a better fit for him. The fans would grow to love him and not boo him like NY did. Plus I think he'd have better numbers playing at a park like fenway. I am waiting to see how this all plays out, and I can't wait until the dealing starts to happen. to a great offseason.

RIP Gerald Mellin 8/08/08. To a hero who showed that goldigger who was boss.

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That's like saying: "Yeah, I was thinking about screwing this chick's pussy, but my hand had so much potential."

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Moves I'd like the Reds to make

1) Sign Adam Dunn to a LTD
2) Trade Hatteberg or let him go (Awesome player, awesome man, but if he doesn't want to sit the bench, let him play for someone else. he's still got some left in his tank).
3) Sign a decent starter
4) Sign a nice reliever

I hope WK can work some of his magic and find some bargains again.

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RIP Gerald Mellin 8/08/08. To a hero who showed that goldigger who was boss.

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