JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm 1m

 

Kazmir agrees to 2yrs $22m deal with A's #Confirmed

 

That's a disaster waiting to happen.

Terrible deal. Especially with the way the A's make pitching. Just not a move I'd make if I was them.

 

Kazmir was pretty good last year, but expecting Kazmir to keep that up is not something I'd bet on.

Fister to Washington

Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian 13m

 

Indians non-tender C Lou Marson, OF Matt Carson & RHP Tyler Cloyd. Tribe avoids arb with RHPs Frank Herrmann & Blake Wood.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1h

 

Sources: #Mets general manager Sandy Alderson met yesterday with free-agent outfielder Curtis Granderson.

Doug Fister to Washington, so that's great news for us. He may be the most underrated pitcher in baseball. A rotation of Scherzer, Verlander, Sanchez, and Fister is incredibly scary. So glad they are breaking up that 4-some.

Jayson Stark ‏@jaysonst 3h

 

Scott Boras is rarely in a hurry but clubs are reporting Ellsbury talks are moving faster than expected. Winter-mettings deal not impossible

David Cameron ‏@DCameronFG 1h

Among qualified SPs, Doug Fister ranks 9th in WAR over last three years, between Price and Hamels

My god, Fister has 3 years left until FA too. I really hope the Nationals aren't giving back appropriate value here, because Fister should be bringing back a haul. Way better than anything Jeff Samardzija has been rumored to get.

Terrible deal. Especially with the way the A's make pitching. Just not a move I'd make if I was them.

 

If this is a terrible deal, then there is not going to be one good deal in free agency this year. Have you seen the FA SP market? This could be the best SP contract handed out, and it certainly won't be the worst. So what if the A's paid a few extra million to not have to commit to the 3rd year. It's a great move, IMO. It's low risk w/ plenty of upside.

 

Kazmir was finally back healthy. His stuff was back last year.

Wow, apparently the Yankees are not willing to offer any more than 7 yrs/$175M for Cano. That comes out to $25M a year. That's the most realistic figure I've seen so far. I wouldn't want the Sox to pay that, but it's barely above what I'd probably offer, which would be 7 yrs/$155M.

Andrew Bailey is non-tendered. I'd definitely be down for that.

Awesome to see the Tigers get totally bent over on the Fister trade, no pun intended. Makes me feel a little better about the Fielder deal.

former White Sox Dan Hudson non-tendered by Arizona.

 

Worst trade ever!

LOL. Paying Scott Kazmir 11 million a year is not a low risk. Not in this market, not in 2018's market. You do realize Josh Johnson signed 1 year 8 million and Hughes signed 2 year 16 million right?

Hughes signed for 3/24. A 2 year deal in this FA market, is low risk. I like both JJ and Kazmir's deals, though I view JJ's performance for next year far more up in the air than Kazmir's, and I think many would agree.

@Ken_Rosenthal 1m Source: #Athletics acquire Jim Johnson from #Orioles for 2B Jemile Weeks.

He's never been that good and he hasn't played like a starting MLB 2nd baseman. He's at the point where his salary would start going up from arbitration and there's no reason to pay him more money to be a below-average 2b. You can call up 27 year olds from the minors to do that for minimum salary.

 

That he's had better numbers than Beckham is an indictment of Beckham more than anything, it shows how bad Beckham has been.

 

 

Beckham career wRC+ - 86 2014 projection - 92

 

Getz career wRC+ - 67 2014 projection - 72

 

 

Wow, apparently the Yankees are not willing to offer any more than 7 yrs/$175M for Cano. That comes out to $25M a year. That's the most realistic figure I've seen so far. I wouldn't want the Sox to pay that, but it's barely above what I'd probably offer, which would be 7 yrs/$155M.

 

 

I'd go 7/175 with Cano. I'd try to frontload, but I'd do it.

former White Sox Dan Hudson non-tendered by Arizona.

 

Wow. I was wrong.

@Ken_Rosenthal 1m Source: #Athletics acquire Jim Johnson from #Orioles for 2B Jemile Weeks.

Nothing like overrated closers making $10 mil a year...

Nothing like overrated closers making $10 mil a year...

 

It's amazing how much teams are willing to pay for "proven" closers, when so many recent WS champs have found closers in the middle of the season.

More interesting, perhaps, is that Beane was one of, if not the first, to really correct the overvaluing of closers several years back by trading his away. Perhaps he believes the pendulum has now swung back too far in the other direction...

@Ken_Rosenthal 1m Source: #Athletics acquire Jim Johnson from #Orioles for 2B Jemile Weeks.

 

I like that for Baltimore.

More interesting, perhaps, is that Beane was one of, if not the first, to really correct the overvaluing of closers several years back by trading his away. Perhaps he believes the pendulum has now swung back too far in the other direction...

I agree. It definitely appears to be an anti-Moneyball move.

Nathan to Detroit. Sort of explains the Fister deal.

 

The more free agents off the board before the Winter Meetings, the more exciting they will be.

Nathan to Detroit. Sort of explains the Fister deal.

 

The more free agents off the board before the Winter Meetings, the more exciting they will be.

 

Depends on how many teams looking for things we have will be taken care of by that point