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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The world champion Yankees will inquire about superstar pitcher Roy Halladay, setting up a potential bidding competition that didn’t exist last summer when now-deposed Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi made it clear he wanted to avoid trading Halladay within the division.
New Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos said on Tuesday that he would generally be willing to consider trades within the American League East, with the only caveat being that he’d be more inclined to accept a trade outside the division if it was exactly equal. So Anthopoulos—who called Halladay “the greatest Blue Jay player or pitcher”—appears much more likely to be open to a deal to the Red Sox or Yankees. His main message was that the Jays need to get better, and that he is willing to do whatever it takes to meet that goal.
I miss Ricciardi.
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At post time, it could also not be confirmed whether the Yankees were interested in this specific post.
High placed sources are indicating that the Yankees have expressed an interest in the letters A through Z, but no comment is forthcoming from the Yankee front office.
In other news, rumor has it that the yankees have approached the earth regarding the price for its atmosphere.
As usual, Ricky Ledee, Melky Cabrera, and Austin Melian Jackson are being dangled.
Seriously. Obviously money's not much of an issue, and they like quality ballplayers. They're going to at least inquire about everyone who could be of use to them.
Of course, once they acquire someone of even moderate worth this winter, we'll be subject to even more OMG TEH YANKEES ARE OUT OF CONTROL articles.
Low, but better than the odds of me lasting the offseason without a heart attack or brain aneurysm.
We're a week into it, and we've already seen the idiotic Overbay for Snyder and Overbay for Bradley rumors. Now, with the Halladay rumors starting up again, the odds are fairly good that my head is just going to explode.
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Difference does it make. Trade him there now, let him sign there in 2011. Whatever.
They're a close second on the list of places I don't want him to end up.
The Mets are third, but that's only because of concerns for Halladay's health.
And just think about the Halladay/Thole battery that you could be watching.
To a Jays fan? Hell yes.
One less year watching him as a ############# Yankee.
In no way, and in no form, is that funny.
In fact, under proposed legislation, I'm pretty sure what you've suggested constitutes a hate crime.
What if they took Vernon Wells and Cash. Not Kevin.
High. I have to live to see The Pacific and the last season of LOST, so my Heart and Brain have been rendered invulnerable to the Yankees until at least those two are out of the way.
But the odds of lasting NEXT offseason, the offseason of Pujols, Mauer, Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay (assuming he doesn't end up a Yankee this year)? ESPECIALLY if the Yankees repeat? Well, that is MUCH MORE debatable.
Yankees interested in [non-Yankee star].
Boras compares [current Boras client] to [highly paid player].
But the odds of lasting NEXT offseason, the offseason of Pujols, Mauer, Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay (assuming he doesn't end up a Yankee this year)? ESPECIALLY if the Yankees repeat? Well, that is MUCH MORE debatable.
If Pujols signs with the Yankees, I'm building a bomb vest and running full speed into the Cardinals front office.
That's just wrong.
Even the Yankees aren't crazy enough to take on the Wells contract, when they can just wait a year and save $100M in their screwing of the Jays.
My preferred Mad Lib would be:
Boras compares [current Boras client] to [Hall of Famer with whom client shares incidental feature]
Oliver Perez is the next Sandy Koufax - that still cracks me up.
Why the Cards' front office? Why not the Yankees front office?
To be fair, they'll both be out of baseball by the time they turn 30.
I went through this with Clemens. All you have to do is root for Clemens/Halladay to pitch a shutout through 8 and then hope for either Rivera or Jeter to blow the game in the 9th.
It's not that hard.
The similarities are uncanny.
Heyman reports [many teams] are interested [Boras client], with at least two offers of [lots of money] over [too many years] on the table.
Of course that would be ridiculous for the Blue Jays to accept -- and I assume the backlash would be even stronger since it'd be the Yankees. Hopefully they just keep him if they don't get any worthwhile offers.
The Giants are reportedly talking with the agents of both [mediocre veteran A] and [mediocre veteran B] to fill their [key offensive position] slot.
What happened to all that, anyway? Did it really take the World Series to get reality to set in? Did people really think that those Randy Johnson and Kevin Brown style contracts were going to keep repeating themselves?
I was going to say maybe the Jays could pay half of Vernon's salary, but I didn't realize how bad he's become. Wow.
Yeah, root for Rivera to blow saves. That's lots of fun. Very fruitful.
Edit: The thing I hated most about it was the inevitability of it. Event after event fell into line until Clemens was on the Yankees. Stupid Houston and Texas (and BOSTON!) for not preventing this tragedy.
Reports from [Latin American Country] are that [Latin American Player or Prospect] has been charged with [horrendous crime] and might not be available to [MLB team] next season.
While I compliment that sponsor on his good will in donating his money towards the smooth operation that is the glory of Baseball-Reference, he's still a complete cockface for referring to Jimmy Key as a Yankee.
Although I've never heard his show, I'm quickly becoming convinced that Francesca is one of the biggest idiots on the planet.
Reminds me of an old Dave Chappelle bit about Disneyland's constantly-rising prices.
"Here. Just take my wallet and give me back how much you think I should have."
[Player with disappointing season] has tried [wonderful training method] and has [gained/lost] [x] lbs, he is in better shape than ever!
[Dominican player or prospect] is revealed to be [number] years older than previously believed.
[Cuban player], after escaping by [means of transportation], has established residency in [country other than Cuba, US, or Canada] and is [performing baseball activity] at [absurdly high level].
Orlando Hernandez
llama
Azerbaijan
spitting sunflower seeds
98 mph
I root for that every time I watch Rivera take the mound.
It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's quite enjoyable. Including the postgame.
And if he blows a couple of saves in a single week, you get the inevitable "OMIGOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH RIVERA!" stories. Francesa early this year thought Rivera had lost "it" because he gave up 5 homers early on. Small sample size illogic abounds.
At first, I read this as "Yankees", not "Tigers" and I was wondering if this was some new way for them to throw their money around, forcing other teams to make trades.
Milton Bradley is [expression of joy] to be out of Chicago, while Cubs GM Jim Hendry insists [washed up has been player] will be a key part of the Cubs success. The loss of [number > 5,000,000] won't impact the Cubs ability to get the help they need.
Because he doesn't hate America and Freedom, he hates the idiots who let Pujols go.
A 19 year old hitting 356/406/583 in the Florida State League, and 317/370/539 in the second half once he moved to AA.
Delgado, at age 20, hit 324/397/579 in the FSL. Between those two the only player to OPS that high in the FSL, at such a young age, and a minimum of 100 AB are Nick Johnson and Hank Blalock.
98 mph
This makes me think. The speed of an average sneeze is supposed to be around 200 mph, right? So why don't pitchers sneeze the ball to home plate? Less risk for injury, and little to no age-related decline, so a pitcher could presumably keep sneezing 200-mph fastballs until he died.
I think I've discovered something huge here. Mike Marshall, watch out!
Kendry Morales
Rocket-powered tricycle
The Federated States of Micronesia
Crotch grabbing
A 93% success rate.
O'Reilly
Morris
constipated
second banana
Tokugawa shogunate
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