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This news will make a few here unhappy:

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig will be offered an extension to his current contract, a highly placed source said, and baseball executives presume Selig will continue in the job.

Selig, 77, has one more year remaining on his current contract. He has previously said he intends to retire in 2012.

The extension offer will be for at least two years, the source said. It comes at a time when baseball is thriving and has a new labor agreement in place.
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MLB commissioner Bud Selig to be offered contract extension, source says - ESPN
 
LMAO! OF COURSE he will....he is the owners puppet. They will NEVER hire a commissioner that would make decision that were in the best interest of MLB.
 
salsadancer7 said:
Great good ole fashion trade, a stud for a stud.
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WOW ...
I'm FLOORED that the Yanks while all the offers for Montero tom snap the Top big guys that they didn't get over the last year or two, to do a one for one deal for him is surprising.

The Pieda guy, I'm surprised the Mariners let him go, he looked very good from what I've seen of him with the games against the Tigers.
 
And the Yanks get an even better pitcher in Kuroda. Yes, better pitcher. He can easily be a #2 on this staff and an ace on many staffs. He can dominate games one after another. The problem is, the Dodgers never gave him any run support any of the years he was with them. Every year he always had the least amount of run support of any of their starters.

Last year he had the most wins of any season and the lowest ERA of any season, but had the worst winning percentage of any season. His ERA has been under 3.8 every single year.
 
Joel zumaya signs with the Twins, Not sure he can get healthy, wish him the best though! Hopefully that fastball does not come back against then Tigers :)
 
satjay said:
Joel zumaya signs with the Twins, Not sure he can get healthy, wish him the best though! Hopefully that fastball does not come back against then Tigers :)
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Zumaya will be fine in the firsat half of the season and pitch well, if his past is typical of this year.
Unfortunately he tends to get hurt somewhere down the road.

Good Luck Joel. :up
 
Look for the Tigers to make a move soon ....

Victor Martinez tore an ACL working out .... OUT FOR THE YEAR :-(:'(:-(

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Players Avoiding Arbitration: Tuesday

By Tim Dierkes [January 17 at 2:02pm CST]

Over 100 arbitration eligible players remain unsigned as we approach today's 11am central time deadline for teams and players to exchange figures. Several teams, including the Rays, Nationals, Marlins, White Sox, Blue Jays, Braves, and perhaps Astros, are known for committing to going to hearings if they get to the point of filing. Keep track of all the madness with MLBTR's arbitration tracker, which shows settlement amounts, filing figures, and midpoints. Today's players to avoid arbitration on deals worth less than $4MM:

-The Brewers avoided arbitration with reliever Kameron Loe, reports MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.
-The Nationals have avoided arbitration with reliever Tyler Clippard, according to their Twitter feed. The Nationals also announced they've avoided arbitration with pitchers Jordan Zimmermann and Tom Gorzelanny. Both are represented by SFX. Zimmermann received $2.3MM, tweets Heyman, and Gorzelanny gets $2.7MM.
-The Yankees announced pitchers Joba Chamberlain and David Robertson have avoided arbitration. Jon Heyman has Chamberlain around $1.675MM and Robertson at $1.6MM with $25K in incentives.
-The Red Sox announced an agreement with infielder Mike Aviles. It's worth $1.2MM, tweets John Tomase of the Boston Herald.
-The Athletics announced agreements with their final two arbitration eligible players: pitchers Brandon McCarthy and Joey Devine. McCarthy will make $4.275MM, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. She says Devine gets $737,500 plus incentives.
-The Royals announced arbitration deals with pitchers Luke Hochevar, Felipe Paulino, and Jonathan Sanchez. Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star pegs Hochevar at $3.51MM, Paulino at $1.9MM, and Sanchez at $5.6MM with $200K in performance bonuses.
-The Cardinals avoided arbitration with pitcher Kyle McClellan, tweets B.J. Rains of FOX Sports Midwest.
-The Padres avoided arbitration with lefty reliever Joe Thatcher on a deal worth $700K, tweetsJon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. CAA announced catcher John Baker has signed for $750K. Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune says the Padres also reached agreements with Nick Hundley, Chase Headley, and Tim Stauffer.
-The Marlins avoided arbitration with reliever Edward Mujica, tweets Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
-The Mariners avoided arbitration with reliever Shawn Kelley, reports MLB.com's Greg Johns. The deal is worth $600K.
-The Rays announced they've avoided arbitration with reliever Burke Badenhop on a deal worth $1.075MM. He gets $25K for 50 games pitched, MLBTR has learned. Badenhop is represented by ACES.
Reds reliever Bill Bray announced that his agents at Octagon finished his deal.
-The Rockies avoided arbitration with outfielder Dexter Fowler for $2.35MM, MLBTR has learned.
-The Tigers announced they've avoided arbitration with pitcher Max Scherzer and outfielder Delmon Young. Jon Heyman pegs the Scherzer deal at $3.75MM and Young at $6.75MM. The Tigers also avoided arbitration with utility man Don Kelly, agreeing to a $900K deal, tweets Heyman. Matt Swartz projected $800K for the LSW Baseball client.
-The Astros avoided arbitration with starter J.A. Happ on a deal worth $2.35MM, tweets MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith.
-The Phillies avoided arbitration with infielder Wilson Valdez, tweets MLB.com's Todd Zolecki. The team announced the value at $930K. Given their deal with Cole Hamels, only Hunter Pence remains.
-The Pirates avoided arbitration with starter Jeff Karstens, tweets Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, on a deal worth $3.1MM. MLBTR projected the Moye Sports Associates client for $2.8MM.
-The Indians avoided arbitration with reliever Joe Smith and third baseman Jack Hannahan, tweets MLB.com's Jordan Bastian. Smith gets $1.75MM and Hannahan gets $1.135MM.
-The Mets avoided arbitration with outfielder Andres Torres on a deal worth $2.7MM, tweets Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork. Matt Swartz had projected $2.5MM for the ACES client. The Mets also avoided arbitration with reliever Ramon Ramirez, agreeing to a $2.65MM deal, tweets ESPN's Enrique Rojas. The ACES client was projected by MLBTR for a $2.3MM salary. The Mets finished up by announcing an agreement with Manny Acosta. Andy McCullough pegs that one at $875K.
-The Blue Jays announced they've avoided arbitration with pitcher Carlos Villanueva on a $2.2775MM deal. Villanueva is represented by SFX.
-The Royals avoided arbitration with outfielder Mitch Maier, tweets Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. The deal is worth $865K with a potential $10K bonus for 100 plate appearances, tweets Dutton's colleague Rustin Dodd. Maier is represented by Eric Sobocinski.
-The Twins avoided arbitration with reliever Glen Perkins, agreeing to a $1.55MM deal, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Matt Swartz had projected $1.5MM for the SFX client.
-The Rangers avoided arbitration with reliever Mark Lowe, agreeing to a $1.7MM deal, tweets Evan Grant of the Fort Worth Star--Telegram. MLBTR's Matt Swartz had projected the Jeff Frye client at $1.6MM. The team also avoided arbitration with outfielder David Murphy, tweets Anthony Andro, on a deal worth $3.625MM.
-The Giants avoided arbitration with reliever Santiago Casilla, agreeing to a $2.2MM deal with $200K in incentives, tweets Rojas. MLBTR had projected the ACES client for a $1.9MM salary.

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Marlins planning to go hard after Yoenis Cespedes

By Mark J. Miller | Scoop Du Jour – Fri, Jan 13, 2012 6:13 AM ESTShare0Email

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Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria may have shared a few minutes with agent Scott Boras the other day, but that doesn't mean the team is getting involved in the pursuit of Prince Fielder, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reports.

There is another player, though, that the Marlins are prepared to go after hard: Yoenis Cespedes.

Cespedes, who left Cuba earlier this offseason, started playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic Thursday, and Marlins president David Samson told a local radio station that the team is ready to go after him once Cespedes becomes a resident of the Dominican and the league gives him free-agent status, the paper reports.

"Aggressive right to the point of stupidity, but not quite there," Samson told the station, according to the Sun-Sentinel. "We think he's a perfect fit for us, but it has to be sane. [We're] expressing interest, going to visit, making it very clear to his representatives and to him and his family that we think he should not be anywhere other than Miami. As a Cuban and someone in the DR, it makes perfect sense. We have a perfect position for him to play. It would be great."

Of course, the Marlins won't be alone in the pursuit of Cespedes.

The Detroit News has it that the Detroit Tigers are interested and that six or eight teams will "bid exorbitantly" to try and get the outfielder. Other teams interested, according to the News, include the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. "The Yankees might also decide to open their coffers for the right to sign Cespedes to a multi-year contract," the paper notes.
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Found it VERY interesting that the Marlins were even in the same zip code as Boras because if ANYONE would reject a no trade clause, it's THAT guy. I laughed out loud on this line: Aggressive right to the point of stupidity, but not quite there....
 
Jimbo said:
Look for the Tigers to make a move soon ....

Victor Martinez tore an ACL working out .... OUT FOR THE YEAR :-(:'(:-(

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I am guessing this goes back to last season. Should have had that knee looked at. This makes no sense. Anyway, Not sure what deal could be made, It's tough to replace a .330 AVERAGE AND 100 plus RBI..Not good, and certainly goes ight along with the lack of any signigificant moves made this off season..Hey Fielder is still out there.. :)
 
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