HOT STOVE, COOL SAND

the sox are apparently in on some japanese shortstop and are playing hardball with david ortiz--gave him a low 2-year offer that seems to be designed to get him to accept arbitration.

Exec: white sox asking for 'ubaldo Jimenez package' for John Danks.

Uh

they might be able to get a package from ubaldo jiminez

joecapMARLINS joe capozzi

Growing buzz in lobby that #Marlins will emerge as winner Albert Pujols derby. Nothing final yet but fish r favorites, accd 2 lobby walkers

"the ubaldo jimenez package" sounds like some black market plastic surgery you can get or something

GordonEdes Gordon Edes
Red sox confirm they did not post on Japanese ss Nakajima

*wipes brow*

JeffPassan Jeff Passan
Cardinals owner. Whoa. RT @jonmorosi: More DeWitt on Pujols: "We're realistic about the fact that it may not happen."

It seems damn peculiar that the Marlins are going to sign free agents at two positions they really already have pretty decent players.

Obviously they hope Hanley pouts but moves to third or perhaps the outfield, but where do they put Gaby Sanchez if for some reason this pyramid scheme actually does bring in Pujols?

hanley ramirez is not a good shortstop

he's a good hitter who plays shortstop, but those are two different things

gaby's gonna get traded for pitching

Mets are apparently rebuilding the J's 2011 bullpen. godspeed.

Torres for Pagan, how thrilling. Still, prepare ye SF:

Pagan's low baseball IQ, including consistently missing cutoff men and throwing to the wrong base, often agitated Mets officials.

Tim McCarver, who has been a national analyst on television networks for three decades and simultaneously shined as part of broadcast teams with four big league clubs, was named on Wednesday the 2012 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.

*WHAM with a sock of shit*

Huston Street to SD

lol

Reyes’ contract

2012: 10
2013: 10
2014: 16
2015: 22
2016: 22
2017: 22
2018: 22/4 buyout

are players allowed to play shortstop in a wheelchair

now imagine what Pujols will look like.

the pirates have signed erik bedard!?

are players allowed to play shortstop in a wheelchair

Jeter (TM)

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Buerhle to #Marlins: 4 yrs, $58M. #MLB

lawl

up until two months ago i thought Buerhle was overrated!

so do the fish have no choice but to trade HanRam now?

are they going to be selling crack at the new park to pay for this?

lawl again

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/818185/Pool1.gif.opt.gif

wtf is that?!

is that Chevy Chase?

marlins still looking in on wilson & prince

Miami out of Pujols hunt... Angels and Cubs still in?

it's angels.

RT @espn: Wow. RT @SportsCenter: Breaking News: Report: free agent 1B Albert Pujols agrees to 10-year contract with @Angels

WHAT

WHAT THE FUCK

ho

lee

shit

He probably won't be the highest-paid Angel in 2012.

i'm kind of relieved.

<3 pujols (performance on the field), but the thought of paying him $20 million plus when he's 38, 39, 40, 40+ years old is just ridiculous.

damn, they're giving him 250

well now!

or even 260? yeesh

lolbaseball

this + Wells = how can they afford to pay anybody else on their team?!

apparently they signed a new tv deal that may bring in as much as 150m a year

10/250. yikes.

he could perform at that level, but i wouldn't have given him that much

i'm sure he'll be worth it for maybe 5 years - but what is the best production MLB has seen from a 40 yr old?

Bonds I'm thinkin'

if they get CJ Wilson their payroll is in red sox territory.

best production at 40 is probably someone like hank aaron or barry?

Ted Williams: .328/.458/.584, 4.8 WAR (fell off a cliff at 41 tho)

i think it was a lose-lose for STL, maybe this is the best-case scenario out of the two difficult choices? i could see the dude falling off quicker than 5 years, tbh.

whoa