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[The Underdog]

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Yeah i saw the new Miami outfit. I didn't think they were too bad but the caps are the worst looking hats in baseball. I like to collect mlb hats but that one might be the last on the list. Looks like they might land some big fish to go with their new GM, name and stadium. I've read they have entertained Reyes, Pujols & buehrle with Prince to follow thus far. Interesting to see where they sign, any predictions there Underdog?

Would you be happy with Maddux?

Have you seen the moneyball movie yet?

The Miami logo looks like it's for public transportation or something.
At a guess I'd say Miami sign Reyes, Pujols stays in St. Louis, Fielder to the Angels. Not sure about Buehrle. Apparently the Nats are going hard for Oswalt.

Be very happy with Maddux, although you never can tell, but on first appearances he seems very polished and has had success in his area wherever he's been as a coach.

Haven't seen Moneyball yet, heard varying reports though.

[Happy Days]

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Anyone seen the new Miami Marlins uniforms? Pretty damn awful.

Florida moved? Maybe this means that the prophecy from BTTF2 of the Cubs beating Miami in the World Series will come true now.

[The Underdog]

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Florida moved? Maybe this means that the prophecy from BTTF2 of the Cubs beating Miami in the World Series will come true now.

Part of the deal for the city helping finance the new stadium was changing their name to Miami. Makes sense now that their is a team in Tampa too.

[Flamethrower]

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Will Albert Pujols be trading in his Cardinal red for Angel red?

The twittersphere is abuzz with breaking news (@Ken_Rosenthal) about the LA Angels offering Pujols a 10 year contract for well over $200 million, far more than St Louis or Miami have offered.

If this is true then new Angel GM Jerry DiPoto is a heck of a poker player, as there has been nothing at all leaked about any interest in Pujols from the Angels until now. All of the talk on the Angels forums is about whether we should go after CJ Wilson, and if so how much we should offer him.

[The Underdog]

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Will Albert Pujols be trading in his Cardinal red for Angel red?

The twittersphere is abuzz with breaking news (@Ken_Rosenthal) about the LA Angels offering Pujols a 10 year contract for well over $200 million, far more than St Louis or Miami have offered.

If this is true then new Angel GM Jerry DiPoto is a heck of a poker player, as there has been nothing at all leaked about any interest in Pujols from the Angels until now. All of the talk on the Angels forums is about whether we should go after CJ Wilson, and if so how much we should offer him.

No chance from the looks of it. The Marlins seemed to be the only serious player but it looks like by the end of the day he'll still be a Cardinal. Looks like the Angels are the favourites for Wilson and the Marlins have decided to go hard for fielder although some have reported he prefers the mid-West or West Coast.

[Remi Moses]

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Gee disapointed to lose Jose Reyes.
Someone tell me how the marlins are so cashed up?
Tend to recall a few Marlin fire sales over the years.

[The Underdog]

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Gee disapointed to lose Jose Reyes.
Someone tell me how the marlins are so cashed up?
Tend to recall a few Marlin fire sales over the years.

New stadium opening is the basis of it. They are pushing to spend money to put a winning team in it and hopefully keep people coming back once the novelty wears off.
Missed out on Pujols and got Mark Buehrle instead. Given Buehrle's age and Reyes' injury history, these are some big money moves that could seriously backfire down the track.
They're alos apparently one of the 2 final teams in on C.J Wilson, along with the Angels.

[The Underdog]

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Wow the Angels got Pujols after all, as well as Wilson. The Wilson contract is a pretty good deal. He reportedly took 20+ million and a year less thento come back to his home state.
The Pujols deal of 10 years for $254 million is a good deal for the next 3-4 years and then a massive mistake. 10 years for a 31 yo who is possibly older is crazy. On the upside, he can't beat up on my Cubs anymore.
Wonder if the Cards will go after Fielder now?

[Flamethrower]

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You read it here 1st.

Albert Pujols signs with the LA Angels. $254m over 10 years is what it took to get him to move from St Louis.

CJ Wilson also signs with the Angels on a 5 year deal, so the local boy comes home.

We will have a nice rotation next season. Weaver, Haren, Wilson and Santana.

Light up the Halo!!!!

[The Underdog]

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You read it here 1st.

Albert Pujols signs with the LA Angels. $254m over 10 years is what it took to get him to move from St Louis.

CJ Wilson also signs with the Angels on a 5 year deal, so the local boy comes home.

We will have a nice rotation next season. Weaver, Haren, Wilson and Santana.

Light up the Halo!!!!

It was nice of them to backpay him for all of those super productive underpaid Cardinal years. I really thought from the outset that giving that much time & money only made sense for the Cards. I don't think my opinion has changed.

[anfo27]

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Wow the Angels got Pujols after all, as well as Wilson. The Wilson contract is a pretty good deal. He reportedly took 20+ million and a year less thento come back to his home state.
The Pujols deal of 10 years for $254 million is a good deal for the next 3-4 years and then a massive mistake. 10 years for a 31 yo who is possibly older is crazy. On the upside, he can't beat up on my Cubs anymore.
Wonder if the Cards will go after Fielder now?

WOW, i didn't see that coming. Good work from flamethrower to get the scoop first as i heard it here first even though i've been following the hot stove on MLB.com every day. Thats a huge commitment from the Angels on Pujols but i read somewhere that the halos will be getting an extra $3o million in television rights because of this move, not sure how true that is though. Dissapointed my tigers will be pitching to this monster for the next 10 years.
I don't think CJ is worth $15 million a year. I'd be doing cartwheels if i was flamethrower, I bet he can't wait for the season to start.
The Tigers added Dotel to their bullpen this morning, haven't seen a lot of him but reports suggest he is good pick up. Now for a 3rd baseman who can handle a bat and we're just about done. What about Ramirez Underdog? he has good numbers at Wrigley but i read that his numbers would drop significantly in the pitching friendly Commerica Park and his glove at 3rd is ordinary. i also hear we are keen on Gio Gonzalez from the A's which worries me, i know he is suppose to be good but that woudln't be good news for our top prospect Jacob Turner.

[anfo27]

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You read it here 1st.

Albert Pujols signs with the LA Angels. $254m over 10 years is what it took to get him to move from St Louis.

CJ Wilson also signs with the Angels on a 5 year deal, so the local boy comes home.

We will have a nice rotation next season. Weaver, Haren, Wilson and Santana.

Light up the Halo!!!!

Isn't there some talk that Santana will be traded? what will you do with Trumbo?e

Great get Flamethrower, always exciting picking up a gun but Pujols is more than a gun. I was doing cartwheels when the Tigers traded for Miguel Cabrera a few years ago and thought we were destined for big things that year and preceded to finish last in our division.

That is a more than handy rotation you have there but any bullpen with Fernando Rodney in it is a worry.

[The Underdog]

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Isn't there some talk that Santana will be traded? what will you do with Trumbo?e

Great get Flamethrower, always exciting picking up a gun but Pujols is more than a gun. I was doing cartwheels when the Tigers traded for Miguel Cabrera a few years ago and thought we were destined for big things that year and preceded to finish last in our division.

That is a more than handy rotation you have there but any bullpen with Fernando Rodney in it is a worry.

Well anfo, you must be pretty happy about picking up Prince. Unexpected, but with Martinez going down I guess they needed an extra bat. 9 years and $214m worth of bat is probably overkill but he was certainly the best one out there.
Not convinced on moving Cabrera to 3rd. Verlander might want to stick with striking guys out with the guys he has at the corners. Would seem almost a certainty to win the Central next year though. Good on Ilitch for ponying up the cash.
Any bets on whether Prince's OBP will be more than his weight by 2020?

[anfo27]

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Well anfo, you must be pretty happy about picking up Prince. Unexpected, but with Martinez going down I guess they needed an extra bat. 9 years and $214m worth of bat is probably overkill but he was certainly the best one out there.
Not convinced on moving Cabrera to 3rd. Verlander might want to stick with striking guys out with the guys he has at the corners. Would seem almost a certainty to win the Central next year though. Good on Ilitch for ponying up the cash.
Any bets on whether Prince's OBP will be more than his weight by 2020?

Woke up this morning and checked the MLB website and could not believe my eyes when i red we signed Prince. I was doing cartwheels in my living room over this news. To get the shattering news that Victor was going to miss the year and to replace him with the big fella was a huge shock. i heard that we were talking to him for a 1 year deal and thought we had no hope as he was after big money and years like Albert.
You're right our defense is going to take a hit but i think either Cabrera or Prince will DH when ground ball pitchers like Porcello & Fister are on the mound with Inge taking the hot corner. Cabrera is a big boy so moving him to 3rd will cost us runs but hopefully the good will far out weigh the bad.
I have also red that we are very keen on Cuban Cespedes who filed for free agency today after gaining residency in the DR. Don't think we will have the cash to bid on him now but i can live with that now.
You surprised the Cubs haven't really made a splash yet in trades or free agency with Epstein at the helm?

[The Underdog]

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You surprised the Cubs haven't really made a splash yet in trades or free agency with Epstein at the helm?

Yeah the hit the Tigres will take in the field doesn't matter as much when you've got the best 3-4 in baseball. Problem might be in 2014 when they have 3 DH's.

Not surprised the Cubs haven't made a splash this year. It's all about trying to offload some contracts, rebuild the farm system and go from there. Apparently we're in pretty heavily on Cespedes though. It's going to take a few years to turn it around. Really liked the trade with the Reds for Travis Wood and a couple of prospects and the trade with Padres for Rizzo.
Our offense looks like it's going to be awful this year and the pitching is a lot of back of the rotation types.
Still waiting to see what happens with Garza too. There was rumours of Detroit being interested but not sure where that sits now.
To be honest I'm pretty glad we didn't commit to paying Pujols or Fielder $20m+ a year for 9 or 10 despite how nice it is to have those guys on your team.