Jose Abreu

The Mets have more than enough pitching. Mejia was suspended for the 2016 season before this news, anyway.

ASG time, should be a good one

Mejia says he will appeal the ban, stating "Win or lose, I have great faith. I have to clear my name."

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 03:57 PM) So does "permanently suspended" = banned? Essentially

He is the first player in MLB history to be banned from the league for PED use and joins Pete Rose as the only living players to be banned from baseball.

Third time's the charm?

He's older than I thought

QUOTE (glangon @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 02:58 AM) Cespedes is replaced like for like by Upton Zimmerman is not as good as Price Salty is not as good as Avila Pelfry and Simon are both as bad as each other Maybin is not as good as Davis (you lose speed on the bases) Lowe and Wilson are better than Al Albaquerque and Ian Kroll but then again La Roche and Leury Garcia pitched better than that pair. K-Rod is better than Feliz but not much. Agreed Agreed, but Zimmerman is still pretty good. I think James McCann will be the starting catcher. He is better than Avila. Agreed Agreed I think K-Rod is much better than Feliz Maybe not an 11 win improvement, but I think it's more than what you're saying.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 10:35 AM) You don't need a good RB in this league anymore. How many SB's has Minnesota won? It gets proven every year: to win the SB you either need a hall of fame QB with a decent defense, or you need a great defense with an average QB. Everything else is just filler. You don't need one, but it sure is nice to have one. Minnesota is just one example. You could also say that Lynch played a big role for Seattle.

QUOTE (MEANS @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 10:01 AM) A little late but last week the Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled their new logo and I designed it. It was a very crazy and surreal week to say the least. Probably my biggest accomplishment as a designer although the two locker room graphics for the last 2 Blackhawks Stanley Cup wins come pretty close too. I saw that on TV. Looks good! Nice work

QUOTE (farmteam @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 11:25 PM) Moe's is definitely a distant third. We can all agree Baja Sol is straight terrible, right? No to above and yes to below.

Payton Sayers Forte

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:49 AM) How much have you seen him actually play? Keith Law, whose basically entire job is evaluating prospects, projected him as an above average defensive shortstop. QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:49 AM) Keith Law wrote that Anderson projects to be above average defensively at SS. I'm glad Keith Law thinks that, and I hope he ends up being right. The videos I've seen of Anderson's defense are not encouraging. He has gotten better, though.

I don't think Langford is gonna be as good of an all-around RB as the Bears think. His drops concern me. Also, his blocking is nowhere near as good as Forte's. I think he'll be fine rushing-wise, which is thankfully most important for a RB, but his pass catching and blocking won't compare to Forte.

Sad to see him go.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:41 AM) What makes you say that? I'm not sure he will be but he's improving a lot. Yes, but despite his improvements defensively, he's still not good defensively. If he continues improving, then who knows, but I see him as more of a terrific hitter/baserunner with poor defense in the Majors.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:41 AM) Two, I believe. Yes, you're right. My bad. If Anderson forces his way up, we could always trade Desmond or Anderson for an asset.

Isn't Lawrie just here for one year? Anderson would play 2B in 2017. I don't think he'll be good enough defensively as a SS.

Looks like Houston will trade Howard

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 10:36 AM) Qdoba (and Moe's) are nasty. You get free queso and guac because everything is lower quality. Shut up!

Signing him could lead to a trade of one of Saladino/Sanchez in a bigger package for an OF

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 08:12 PM) Lol the Hawks consistently get screwed on reviews. It's just ridiculous.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 05:13 PM) Latos gets 100K for MVP, Cy Young and WS MVP. All 3 and he gets 300K incentives and is officially the biggest bargain in MLB https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/697194134205935617 I wonder what the odds of Mat Latos winning 2016 World Series MVP are.

Here's the link. Found this interesting and I think it's worthy of its own thread. If mods think it's not, feel free to move it to the Latos thread.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 03:31 PM) Signed him again...... Yeah, I guess Charlotte likes him