NEWS/RUMORS/INJURIES/"CHRIS's CRAZY THOUGHTS" Thread

I believe he "feels" like he doesn't want to play outside of Southern Cal. I don't believe he actually would leave $10 million on the table for one summer's worth of work.

 

Beltre may also become a free agent next year. if he doesn't reach 600PAs his option won't vest. he had 614PAs this past year.

or they could look at free agent Freese as a stop gap @ 3B.

or, if they don't wanna re-sign Uribe, they could move Arruba to 3B if the plan is to keep Seager @ SS at all costs.

or they could do as they're doing right now with SS and go looking for a trade to fill 3B..maybe a Beltre return if his option does vest for the final season of his current deal.

 

Freese is awful

 

I was reading a comment from Friedman recently, I can't remember where, in which he stated they have no plans to move Seager to 3B anytime soon. The club likes what they see from him at SS.

All along I thought the plan was to move him to 3B, which could still be the case. If the club really likes him at SS for several years, I can actually see us bringing Hanley back because of that potential hole at 3B.

I have been in the let Hanley walk camp, but if the plan is to live with him defensively at SS for one more year, then move him to 3B for the rest of the contract, I could maybe live with that. I'm not thrilled about how poor we may be on the left side defensively, but what are the better options really if the plan is to keep Seager at SS?

 

I think he's got enough money in the bank that it probably doesn't matter.

 

But don't you think Hanley woukd be just as bad...If not worse at 3B? His skill set just isn't a match for 3B imo

 

The problem with his defense has for the most part always been how inaccurate he throws to first base, which is why second base would make more sense IMO.

 

Anything is certainly possible. He's made $70 million in his life, so he could easily retire and forfeit the money. I just wouldn't assume he'd actually do that.

 

Navarro looking for a trade now that Martin is in Toronto..he wants to catch everyday. 3 teams interested.

it'll probably never happen, but Friedman could show me how big his nuts are if he did trade for Navarro and cut the umbilical cord that's connected to Ellis. nobody likes Navarro, but a lot of catchers are assholes. i think it's even in the unwritten rulebook..you get beat the hell up behind the plate all year and you're allowed to be an asshole. Lol but more importantly the litte fucker was the 10th best defensive catcher in MLB last year and provided occasional pop and production at the plate..has put together 2 solid years in a row and is a few years younger than Ellis. pretty much been a 2 win player the last couple years. a likely upgrade over Ellis going forward, but sadly that's not saying much.

interestingly enough, Navarro also owns a .266/.366/.402 slash line in 76 career games in Dodger Stadium..maybe it should be his home at least for a little while.

 

yup. all upgrades should be considered.

 

Dioner Navarro? This is the guy who, at the time, was let go because he was lazy, had a bad attitude, and an extremely poor work ethic...the poor man's Russell Martin it sounds, if one is to believe the PR machine at the time of both exits.
Classless, some might say.

 

White Sox Claim Onelki Garcia, Designate Ronald Belisario, Outright Jared Mitchell
By Jeff Todd [November 20, 2014 at 2:26pm CST]
The White Sox have designated reliever Ronald Belisario for assignment, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports on Twitter. The club also claimed lefty Onelki Garcia from the Dodgers




Onelki in the potential Alexei deal?

 

uhhh no

 

That's not what he said, at least in the article he wrote. He said he believed the Dodgers could consider Scherzer.