The Yankees have a bunch of expiring deals after this year (Soriano, Jeter, Wells, Ichiro) and ARod is going to get a paycut of 4 mil for 15. If it just means being over the luxury tax for another year, why would you pass up on a pitcher for the front of your severely battered rotation? They would be stupid to not pursue Tanaka... let's hope they do something stupid
Guerrero will be back in the line up on Friday according to his team. He has been sidelined since the 12th with a leg injury.
Tigers in 'serious' negotiations with Brian Wilson, per report By Alex Hall on Nov 25 2013, 7:19p + Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Detroit might be looking at Wilson as a potential closer in 2014. TWEET (5) SHARE SHARE + COMMENTS The Detroit Tigers are in "serious" negotiations with free agent reliever Brian Wilson, according to Lynn Henning of The Detroit News. The team might be considering Wilson as a closing option in 2014. Terms of a potential deal have not yet been reported. More from Bless You Boys: Should Ian Kinsler lead off in 2014? After undergoing his second Tommy John surgery in 2012, the 31-year-old Wilson returned in 2013 to throw 13⅔ innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed only one run on eight hits while striking out 13 batters, and then followed up that performance by throwing six scoreless innings in the playoffs. Prior to his time in Los Angeles, Wilson spent seven seasons with the San Francisco Giants, including a four-year span as the team's closer (2008-2011) in which he racked up 163 saves and a 2010World Series ring. Despite his injury history and potentially distracting personality, Wilson's resume makes him a good fit for the Tigers. Detroit's bullpen was weak last season, and they stand to lose 2013 closer Joaquin Benoit (free agent) and reliever Jose Veras (option declined). The team has not had serious negotiations with free agent closers Joe Nathan or Grant Balfour, according to Henning. General manager Dave Dombrowski has stated that signing a closer is a priority for the offseason.
Nope, not at all. If it's the team's lack of persuance, then Ned sucks the elephant penis (worse than he usually does). If it's Wilson and he doesn't want to talk to us, may he suck and be shit from now on. I absolutely think he should be signed by us . I guess the huge uncountabajillions we supposedly have to spend whenever or on whomever is about as much of a lock as Puig throwing to the cutoff man. Gotta be in it to win it...
i'm going to hold out hope that they told him to go find out what his market value is and talk to us last :bandito:
Alexander Guerrero is dealing with a hamstring injury in his Dominican Winter League stint, tweets Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, and GM Ned Colletti indicated that the missed time could postpone the Dodgers' decision as to whether he'll play short or second next year. That decision -- or, potentially, the inability to make it -- could seemingly have an impact on Los Angeles's off-season shopping list. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/nl-notes-guerrero-dbacks-rockies-peralta-nats-marlins.html
The Dodgers' biggest risk in weighing Matt Kemp trades isn't deciding to hang onto him and finding out he's no longer an MVP-caliber player, opines Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports. Rather, the biggest risk facing the Dodgers is learning that Kemp indeed still is that player, but finding out by seeing him prove it in a Mariners, Red Sox or Rangers uniform. Brown feels it's in the Dodgers' best interest to hang onto Kemp. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/west-notes-as-mariners-bourjos-samardzija-kemp.html
^I don't think there was ever any serious talk to put Alexander Guerrero at SS. Hanley is the man, and if he wants to play SS I don't think they want to mess with that. ^^The Yahoo man is right on this one. You trade Kemp now and there's a great chance you get burned real bad.
i really like tim brown's perspectives i don't always agree with him, but he's a damn good writer/reporter and never one to shy away from what he thinks :clap: Dodgers' best play may be to keep Matt Kemp along with crowded outfieldby Tim Brown | Yahoo Expert -- 90 minutes agoMatt Kemp, whose season was cut short because of an ankle injury, chats with Jerry Hairston Jr. during the NLDS.Matt Kemp probably should have been MVP once, and then he publicly mused about a 50-50 season, and in the two seasons since he has 29 home runs and 18 stolen bases and turned 29 years old.He maneuvered through October on crutches, so he will spend another winter rehabbing and will return in the spring to a standing-room-only Los Angeles Dodgers outfield, assuming he returns to the Dodgers at all.Ned Colletti, the Dodgers' general manager, is not shopping Kemp. His telephone rings and he picks it up and sometimes it's about Kemp, because other general managers count the Dodgers' outfielders – Carl Crawford, Andre Ethier, Yasiel Puig and Kemp – and come up with four. Still, six years and $130 million remain on Kemp's contract, which isn't too much for a near-MVP, but it's rather pricy for an outfielder averaging about 90 games over the past two seasons and has hit six home runs in his last 274 at-bats.He borrowed Beastmode from Juan Pierre and brought it to the masses, and it played well. He was big, strong and fast. And young. He played every day. He transformed himself from a bit of a moper to a team leader, and then the injuries came, and so did Puig, and Ethier played a fine center field, and the Dodgers won some October games.Yasiel Puig, left, and Matt Kemp at a Lakers game recently. (AP Photo)The last time it appeared Kemp had outstayed his welcome in Los Angeles, when the keep-him-or-trade-him debate raged, he responded with his 39-40 season. He played hard – and smarter – for Don Mattingly, finishing the 2011 season 13 batting average points from a Triple Crown.So what now?Maybe the Seattle Mariners. Maybe the Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees. The Texas Rangers? The Dodgers in return would get some prospects, a live arm or two (and the farm system could use them), and cover some – or a good portion – of that $130 million still owed, and move forward with the three outfielders they have.So, suddenly Kemp has gone fragile, and what the Dodgers must determine is whether he's had a run of bad luck or he's just that guy, at 29. The phone rings for a reason, and that is because Kemp is just those two years from one of the great seasons in Dodgers history. If the ankle heals, and the elasticity in the shoulder comes back, and if the hamstrings hold, then Kemp is Kemp, and one of the five-tool forces in the game. Today, there's no way of knowing any of that, which is why the Dodgers should listen in on trade conversations but know they'd be selling low. They don't have money problems. A new television deal is coming. The ballpark is full. He remains one of L.A.'s bigger stars.The risk isn't in holding onto Kemp, and sorting through a four-man outfield, and learning that Kemp just isn't that guy anymore. The risk is in discovering he is that guy again, in Seattle, or Boston, or New York, or Texas.There is more to consider. Crawford played 116 games last season, 31 the season before that, and 130 the season before that. Only once in the past four seasons has Ethier played more than 142 games. Puig runs into everything and everybody.So, yes, Kemp's body might not be holding up, and that contract ain't getting any cheaper, and the Dodgers could have too many outfielders and not enough outfield. But he has years of prime left, and a winter to heal, and a resume that says he can play the game with anyone. There was a time when he was worth the wait. Worth the patience. (And worth the money.) It's still that time. __
If you can sit Kemp, Ethier and Crawford down and convince them that it's in our best interest for the three of them to play 2/3 of the games, I'm all for it. But I don't see that going over well.
The nutshell is Wilson wants to close again and he knows he won't be the OD closer in LA. Given that, we could match any deal any body puts up and he takes the other deal knowing he's going to close for another team. The only way he signs with the Dodgers is if he gets waaay more than he can get elsewhere (the deal he can't refuse). Unless other teams shun him (not gonna happen) he ain't comin' back. You can take that to the bank.
Brad Ziegler will go ape shit if Nelson Cruz gets his way. 4 years, 75 million?????????????????????????? http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/nelson-cruz-seeking-four-year-75mm-deal.html
