paul hoynes ‏@hoynsie

 

#Indians sign Scott Kazmir, Jerry Gil, Edward Paredes to minor league deals with ST invitations.

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN

 

Adam LaRoche is accepting the Nationals' two-year offer.

Tigers/Cubs/Orioles are supposedly talking about a Rick Porcello deal

 

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2...hool+of+Roch%29

Rob Biertempfel ‏@BiertempfelTrib

 

LHP Francisco Liriano injured right arm in Dec. #Pirates continue to talk to agent, but no deal imminent

MLB ‏@MLB

 

#Pirates' 2-year, $12.75 million deal with Francisco Liriano appears to be off due to injury, reports @Tom_Singer:

Per Rotoworld:

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi report that Justin Upton rejected a trade that would have sent him to the Mariners.

The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro has confirmed the report, and although it's not clear who exactly would have gone to Arizona in the deal, Piecoro says the package was "substantial." Upton has a limited no-trade clause, and the Mariners are obviously on it, though the report speculates that a deal between the two sides could possibly be revived. The Rangers and Braves are still pursuing the outfielder. It's looking very likely that Upton will be moved prior to spring training.

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by smalls2598

Per Rotoworld:

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi report that Justin Upton rejected a trade that would have sent him to the Mariners.

The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro has confirmed the report, and although it's not clear who exactly would have gone to Arizona in the deal, Piecoro says the package was "substantial." Upton has a limited no-trade clause, and the Mariners are obviously on it, though the report speculates that a deal between the two sides could possibly be revived. The Rangers and Braves are still pursuing the outfielder. It's looking very likely that Upton will be moved prior to spring training.

 

The names being speculated by the Seattle Times are Nick Franklin, Stephen Pryor, Charlie Furbush, and one of the M's top pitching prospects. So 2 good young relievers, the #29 overall ranked prospect(Franklin), and probably either the #4(Walker), 8(Hultzen), or 72(Paxton) ranked prospect in the league.

 

 

Pipe dream alert....

 

How bout Franklin, Furbush, and Stefan Romero for Alex Rios...Then flip Franklin, Furbush, Jones, and Q or Santiago for Upton....and keep Romero for our potential 3B of the future. So basically Rios, Jones, and lets say Q for Upton and Romero.

 

Actually that doesn't sound like much of a pipe dream at all

 

 

NOTE-I posted this in pale hose talk so I don't hijack this thread and so my brilliant mind is seen by all of soxtalk.

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by 2nd_city_saint787

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore

Milton Bradley has been charged with domestic abuse. He now faces 13 Years in jail

 

This guy is such a scum bag

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by SOXOBAMA

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore

Milton Bradley has been charged with domestic abuse. He now faces 13 Years in jail

 

This guy is such a scum bag

 

Damn, 13 years?

Damn, 13 years?

 

That's the max, from what I understand without really giving a rat's ass one way or the other.

One of the ESPN Bloggers ranks his "5 guys to be wary of" for 2013.

 

3 of them are AL Central (Shields, Rios, Sanchez).

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi

 

#Mariners and #DBacks have had talks with the #Tigers about acquiring Rick Porcello, sources say.

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi

 

#Pirates and Francisco Liriano still talking, source says, after injury issue arose and put two-year agreement on hold.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale

 

Bob Melvin gets rewarded with two-year contract extension by Oakland #Athletics through 2016.

Maybe now we know why the Rays system is so good?

 

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content..._medium=twitter

 

Rays minor league catcher David Wendt has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for Methylhexaneamine, the league announced Monday.

 

Wendt, who played for Double-A Montgomery last season, is the seventh Rays minor leaguer to be suspended this past year for violating the minor league Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

His suspension will be effective at the beginning of this year.

 

-- JOE SMITH

I did not see this coming:

 

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan

 

Source: Rafael Soriano agrees to two-year, $28M deal with Nationals. Deal contains vesting option for third year. Story coming on Y! Sports.

 

 

Wow. That is a huge number. I expected a one year deal.

Well the good thing is that the Tigers won't be signing Soriano, so they are closer-less. But I don't see why the Nats needed him. They have Storen and Clippard.

Well the good thing is that the Tigers won't be signing Soriano, so they are closer-less. But I don't see why the Nats needed him. They have Storen and Clippard.

 

The worst thing is that there are going to be people who are upset that the Nationals signed Rafael Soriano for $28 mill because the White Sox haven't been making any moves.

Nats want to win the World Series. Cant have enough good pitchers. They paid a steep price not only salary but draft pick and draft slot money. Boras strikes again.

Well the good thing is that the Tigers won't be signing Soriano, so they are closer-less. But I don't see why the Nats needed him. They have Storen and Clippard.

Tigers probably will go with Rondon the Bartolo Colon clone.

Nats want to win the World Series. Cant have enough good pitchers. They paid a steep price not only salary but draft pick and draft slot money. Boras strikes again.

Their pick was the 29th pick, so it's not like they gave up a really high pick for him.

Maybe now we know why the Rays system is so good?

 

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content..._medium=twitter

 

The substance he got burned for is nothing. It is a stimulant that for some users feels stronger than caffeine. It was in every popular pre-workout supplement for about 5 years before the FDA made it illegal for not being from a plant source. A few people with heart problems have reported issues with it, but it isn't really any more dangerous at high doses than caffeine at high doses. The performance advantage would be negligibly different than someone using a couple cups of coffee and could easily become a detriment if he used too much because it causes notable crashing. I have a big bottle of the encapsulated ingredient in my room if somebody wants to try. It is notably the good the first time you try it, then never works as well after that.

 

Anyone that gets banned for that is careless, but not a cheater.

The substance he got burned for is nothing. It is a stimulant that for some users feels stronger than caffeine. It was in every popular pre-workout supplement for about 5 years before the FDA made it illegal for not being from a plant source. A few people with heart problems have reported issues with it, but it isn't really any more dangerous at high doses than caffeine at high doses. The performance advantage would be negligibly different than someone using a couple cups of coffee and could easily become a detriment if he used too much because it causes notable crashing. I have a big bottle of the encapsulated ingredient in my room if somebody wants to try. It is notably the good the first time you try it, then never works as well after that.

 

Anyone that gets banned for that is careless, but not a cheater.

This policy is based on the olympics where even certain levels of caffeine are banned as well. For some events the quick burst of a stimulant can be helpful.

Nats want to win the World Series. Cant have enough good pitchers.

Should have let Strasburg pitch in the playoffs than.