And the Off Season begins

[BOSoxfan4life]

Red Sox acquire Jeremy Hermida from the Marlins

[BOSoxfan4life]

Angels Re-sign Bobby Abreau

the deal is worth $19MM guaranteed. Abreu will be paid $9MM in 2010 and 2011, plus a $1MM buyout of a $9MM option for 2012 that could vest based on plate appearances. Given how the market treated Abreu last year, it's not a surprise that he jumped on this offer.

[BOSoxfan4life]

Royals Trade Mark Teahan to White Sox

the Royals have agreed to send the versatile Mark Teahen to the White Sox in exchange for Chris Getz and Josh Fields. Madden says Teahen is expected to replace free agent-to-be Jermaine Dye in right field.

[Gabe]

Yanks need to go get Matt Holliday.

[BOSoxfan4life]

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Yanks need to go get Matt Holliday.
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If Jason Bay leaves the Red Sox, I bet the Red Sox will bring out the check book and get him.

[OldSkool97]

Who would you want? Holliday or Bay?

[BOSoxfan4life]

Both are going to get about the same amount.  Holliday is younger.  Bay has seem to fit into the organization pretty well.  He has adjusted to AL Pitching and the Green Monster.

I say Jason Bay. 

[Gabe]

93 days until pitchers and catchers report ;D

[BOSoxfan4life]

Yanks will go get a pitcher.  Someone like John Lackey. 

Holliday will be playing for a National League team, someone who spends a lot of money.  I say the Mets if he leaves at all. 

[BOSoxfan4life]

Jason Bay rejects Boston first offer and will test the free agency market for the first time. 

[BOSoxfan4life]

the Red Sox and Lackey are in agreement in a five-year, $85MM deal

[AJ25]

Who's getting better this year, Yanks? :)

[BOSoxfan4life]

[size=14pt]Worst Signings[/size]
[b]Placido Polanco[/b], Phillies - three years, $18MM.  Where was the demand for a 34-year-old second baseman coming off a .727 OPS?  What other club would've offered even one or two years at $5MM per?
[b]Brandon Lyon[/b], Astros - three years, $15MM.  Lyon's not a bad pitcher, but this commitment is excessive.  He's not a high strikeout guy, and his '09 control was a career-worst.
[b]Fernando Rodney[/b], Angels - two years, $11MM.  What would Rodney have gotten without the 37 saves?  I have a reliever, 33 in March, who posted a 4.40 ERA, 7.3 K/9, and 4.9 BB/9.  Can I find a one-year, $2MM offer?
[b]John Grabow[/b], Cubs - two years, $7.5MM.  The Cubs are tight on payroll, but were quick to commit an above-market contract to a lefty reliever with a 5.0 BB/9 in '09.
[b]Jason Kendall[/b], Royals, Ivan Rodriguez, Nationals - two years, $6MM.  Kendall is 35, Pudge is 38, and neither topped a .700 OPS in '09.  Gregg Zaun had already signed a reasonable one-year, $2.15MM deal.
[b]Alex Cora[/b], Mets - one year, $2MM.  Why did his salary hold steady despite a lousy '09?  This contract isn't a franchise-killer, but comparable players could've been had at less than a million bucks.

[size=14pt]Best Signings[/size]

[b]Mike Cameron[/b], Red Sox - two years, $15.5MM.  Cameron is getting up there (37 in January), but he seems perenially undervalued as a solid defender with pop.
[b]Marco Scutaro[/b], Red Sox - two years, $12.5MM.  I saw Scutaro getting three years and $18MM, so this strikes me as a reasonable deal for the best available free agent shortstop.
[b]Nick Johnson[/b], Yankees - one year, $5.75MM.  Johnson's injury history is acknowledged by the one-year deal.  The Yanks were able to add the best on-base threat on the free agent market for less than $6MM.
[b]Gregg Zaun[/b], Brewers - one year, $2.15MM.  Worse catchers received two years and $3MM salaries.
[b]Troy Glaus[/b], Braves - one year, $2MM.  I don't agree with trading Javier Vazquez to free up cash for Glaus and others, but in a vacuum I like the signing.  The risk isn't much; maybe he can supply 25 homers and a solid OBP from first base.
[b]Matt Capps[/b], Nationals - one year, $3.5MM, J.J. Putz, White Sox - one year, $3MM, Ryota Igarashi, Mets - two years, $3MM, Kelvim Escobar, Mets - one year, $1.125MM.  These are the types of relief deals I respect - one-year commitments, or tiny salaries in Igarashi's case.  Relievers are so volatile, any of these guys could easily outpitch Rodney, Grabow, and Lyon

[adminbaberuth]

Andre Beltre to Red Sox , 1 yr $10,000,000.