Craziness

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

betemit gets $1M in '12, $1.75M in '13, 500 grand bonus, plus $3.2M '14 vesting option. $3.25M guaranteed, $6.45M possible. #o's

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

#redsox made offer to oswalt but are unsure hed go since hes yet to accept. he rejected det. may prefer cinc, tex, stl

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

#redsox made offer to oswalt but are unsure hed go since hes yet to accept. he rejected det. may prefer cinc, tex, stl

I'd imagine Heyman can take TEX out of there. Oswalt knows he's basically done, and chances are he's not going to go to the AL to get destroyed by the massively superior talent there.

DKnobler DKnobler

Marlins announce they've signed Austin Kearns. Minor-league deal with spring invite.

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

#redsox made offer to oswalt but are unsure hed go since hes yet to accept. he rejected det. may prefer cinc, tex, stl

 

Red Sox also made an offer to Edwin Jackson

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal

Source: #Reds close to signing free-agent LHP Jeff Francis to minor-league deal. #MLB

 

http://boston.sbnation.com/boston-red-sox/...pended-50-games

 

Former Red Sox Pitcher Dustin Richardson Suspended 50 Games

 

by Jared Stegall • Jan 25, 2012 9:39 PM EST

 

Last season, Red Sox fans became very aware of starting pitcher Andrew Miller. Some believed he could be service project in Boston and could possibly even reach the potential he had right out of college as a first round pick. Well, that didn't happen.

 

Anyway, Sox fans got some shocking news about the man they traded to get Andrew Miller. On Tuesday, the MLB announced that former Red Sox lefty reliever and current free agent Dustin Richardson is suspended for 50 games for violating the Minor League policy on Drug Prevention and Treatment program.

 

Star-divide

 

According to reports, Richardson, 28, tested positive for a whole list of things: amphetamine, Letrozole and metabolite, Methandienone metabolite, Methenelone and metabolite, and Trenbolone and metabolite. Wow, now that's a violation I've ever seen one. Only if he's signed by a major league team, Richardson will be able to serve his 50-game suspension immediately.

 

Richardson pitched in the Braves and Marlins farms systems last season and did not see action in a major league game last season.

jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick

Jeff Keppinger has agreed on a one-year big league deal with #Rays, pending a physical, says a source.

 

DKnobler DKnobler

Daryle Ward, who last played in big leagues in 2008 but was in minors in 2011, suspended 50 games for amphetamines

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

#reds sign nick masset, 2 yrs, $5.5M

 

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal

Madson 1-yr deal with #Reds valued at $8.25M by union. $2M of $6M salary deferred w/o interest. $2.5M buyout on $11M mut opt for '13. #MLB

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

Cardinals checked in on edwin jackson, who ended the yr with them and is talking to #redsox. Also has multiyr offer from 3rd team

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

lidge close to signing with #nats (via @JSalisburyCSN). philly's offer was of the lowball variety, i hear

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

lidge indeed has #nats deal as @washingnats said

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7507017/...eric-wedge-says

 

SEATTLE -- Seattle manager Eric Wedge says he's leaning toward moving Ichiro Suzuki out of the leadoff spot as a way to improve the Mariners' anemic offense.

 

During the Mariners' pre-spring training luncheon on Thursday, Wedge said he's not completely set on moving Suzuki from the spot he's held since he arrived from Japan in 2001. Wedge said he's considered the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the Mariners batting order for Suzuki, while thinking about Dustin Ackley, Chone Figgins and Franklin Gutierrez as options for the leadoff role.

 

Suzuki is coming off the worst season of his career and is entering the final year of his contract with the Mariners. Suzuki hit .272 and failed to reach 200 hits for the first time in his career last season.

Nats got Lidge for 1 yr/$1M, and the PHILLIES were the ones who gave him a lowball offer? Holy s***, I would love to have Brad Lidge for $1M, and that's not just the Notre Dame fan in me talking either.

Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said the team will consider taking a flier on Dmitri Young.

Young, 38, has lost a lot of weight and is looking to return to MLB after a few years away from the game. It would only require a minor league deal for Young, who is a career .292/.351/.475 hitter, so there are worse low-risk gambles you could take. Dec 7 - 4:42 PM

Source: John Fay on Twitter

 

Youngs played some 3rd in his day how about we give him a shot in the Elder statesman role vacated by Omar

Youngs played some 3rd in his day how about we give him a shot in the Elder statesman role vacated by Omar

 

I don't care how much weight he lost, I wouldn't trust him anywhere but 1B and DH.

I could see the Tigers doing that, they have no DH. I'm not benching Brent Morel for Dmitri Young. Ever.

I could see the Tigers doing that, they have no DH. I'm not benching Brent Morel for Dmitri Young. Ever.

 

Wow, I originally bolded this because I thought it was an error on your part...but it really is Dmitri!

Edited January 27, 201214 yr by iamshack

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

Jose arredondo deal with reds is $2M, 2 yrs

 

jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick

#SFGiants have agreed to big league deal w/ reliever Clay Hensley, pending physical exam.

 

hoynsie paul hoynes

#Indians sign Dan Wheeler to minor league deal with a spring training invite.

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

juan pierre likely to sign with phils (as @JSalisburyCSN 1st said suggested). expected to be minor-league deal

 

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

theriot gets $1.25M from #SFGiants plus 750 grand in incentives