MLB Regular Season 2013 - Page 4

On November 15 2012 09:41 Jaaaaasper wrote:
Well the blue jays lose all right to complain about spending in the AL east ever again. The Marlins are going fire sale again, I for one am shocked.

On November 15 2012 22:43 JimmyJRaynor wrote:


if a pitcher follows the Nolan Ryan exercise regime ( no easy feat ) and injuries do not pile up then they can maintain their velocity until they are 45.

Affeldt's injuries have been non-baseball related and were not to his throwing arm.

San Fran obviously knows him very well. If he has been injury free the past few years then its not a horrible deal.... it is the reality of the marketplace when it comes to holding onto reliable injury free veteran pitching.

You guys could get Alex Anthopolous to be your GM and he can give him away for sandwich draft picks like the Blue Jays did with Scott Downs.( and u can't even get draft picks for most lost FAs with the change in rules )

On November 16 2012 11:52 zer0das wrote:
Cabrera won the MVP. Sigh...

On November 22 2012 09:34 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Gibbons is a pretty good manager.
During parts of his first stint the with Blue Jays their payroll was 25% of the Yankee payroll. Considering the talent on the team and the # of games they had to play against teams with giant payrolls a 305-305 record is pretty damn good.

David Wells threw a ball into left field when ask to leave the game by Cito Gaston during a heated shouting match on the pitching mound. in 2010 Cito had a shouting match with Kevin Gregg on the mound. Later Kevin Gregg apologized. David Wells never did. What David Wells did do though, is have his best pitching performances under Cito Gaston despite the fact that he hated him.

Anthopolouseseses job is on the line and he knows it. So he made an ultra-safe choice in a guy he knows very well. If I were in Anthopolouseseses position i'd be doing the same damn thing.

MIAMI -- When Mark Buehrle signed a four-year, $58 million contract with the Marlins last December, the veteran left-hander felt he would be with the organization for the long haul.

But on Monday, the Gold Glove Award-winning pitcher was traded to the Blue Jays as part of a 12-player deal.

Per team policy, the Marlins do not include no-trade clauses. But Buehrle claims he was given verbal assurances that he wouldn't be moved.

On Wednesday afternoon, Buehrle and his agent, Jeff Berry, co-head of CAA Baseball, issued a statement regarding the trade.

"In an offseason of change and uncertainty, the overriding factor in Mark's signing with Miami was Ozzie Guillen and the level of comfort his presence provided Mark and his family," Berry said. "While the Marlins were the highest bidder, baseball had already made Mark a wealthy man, so money was far from the most important factor in his decision.

"Throughout the recruiting process, the Marlins made repeated assurances about their long-term commitment to Mark and his family and their long-term commitment to building a winning tradition of Marlins baseball in the new stadium. This was demonstrated by their already completed signings of Ozzie, Heath Bell and Jose Reyes."