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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Yankees Release Juan Rivera

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posted on March 28, 2013 at 03:42 PM by The District Attorney to juan rivera, transactions, yankees | 8 comment(s)

Finally, something goes right!

The Yankees released first baseman/outfielder Juan Rivera, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...

The Yankees added Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay this week. Wells, Overbay, and Ben Francisco are making the team, Rivera was told, according to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch and others.

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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Great trade, who'd we get?

2. Dan posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:09 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think the Red Sox will sign Hamilton before the meetings are over.

3. Rough Carrigan

posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:35 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Will he get enough money that he'll pay for his own Synvisc?

4. The District Attorney posted on December 03, 2012 at 04:02 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rangers re-sign (the formerly non-tendered) Geovany Soto, Rays sign (the perpetually non-productive) James Loney.

5. shoelesjoe posted on December 03, 2012 at 07:41 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Red Sox sign Mark Reynolds to play 1st base. He proceeds to hit .260 with 48 HRs and 121 RBI and lead Boston to the one of the AL Wild Cards.

6. Greg (U)K posted on December 03, 2012 at 07:53 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rays sign (the perpetually non-productive) James Loney.

Does that effect their rumoured interest in Michael Morse? I've stopped thinking of James Loney as a starting 1B, but in a world where Adam Lind apparently still has a job I guess anything is possible.

7. JJ1986 posted on December 03, 2012 at 09:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

They need a DH and an outfielder too

8. JJ1986 posted on December 03, 2012 at 10:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Padres will re-sign Jason Marquis.

9. Gamingboy posted on December 03, 2012 at 10:23 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is it just me or is the Opryland freaking huge. I thought for a second they were outside.

10. Dan posted on December 03, 2012 at 10:24 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I predict the Rays (finally) trade one of their starters for some offense too.

11. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire posted on December 03, 2012 at 10:43 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rotoworld says Dee Gordon is available. He would make sense for the A's.

12. Gamingboy posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Alex Rodriguez will have hip surgery and miss start of 2013 season.

13. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is it just me or is the Opryland freaking huge.

Apparently its the largest non-casino hotel in the US, outside of Vegas.

14. PreservedFish posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Vegas has non-casino hotels?

15. GregD posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Opryland interior is staggeringly vast.

16. Der_K posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

soto deal worth ~3m, per heyman

17. Gamingboy posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:31 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Opryland interior is staggeringly vast.

It's bigger on the inside!

18. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:44 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

soto deal worth ~3m, per heyman

Interesting. Would you rather have Soto at 1/3 or Martin at 2/17? And, wow, Soto was terrible last year. Yikes!

19. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:46 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rob Bradford of WEEI in Boston reporting the Sox are close to a 3 year deal with Napoli.

I love this ####. I could follow rumors all day. Good ones, dumb ones, I don't ####### care. This is like crack to me.

20. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:49 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Interesting. Would you rather have Soto at 1/3 or Martin at 2/17? And, wow, Soto was terrible last year. Yikes!

I think the teams should be flipped. If I'm the Pirates I go for Soto and a bit more upside while if I was Texas' I'd like the "certainty" I would get with Martin.

21. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:53 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I love this ####. I could follow rumors all day. Good ones, dumb ones, I don't ####### care. This is like crack to me.

Me too. The July trade deadline, last Friday's deadline to tender a contract, the winter meetings...It was fun enough with the advent of the internet but Twitter just multiplied it.

22. Der_K posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:53 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jose/20: Agreed - though Soto wasn't on the market yet when Pittsburgh signed Martin (granted, it was likely that he would be).

23. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:54 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think the teams should be flipped. If I'm the Pirates I go for Soto and a bit more upside while if I was Texas' I'd like the "certainty" I would get with Martin.

Exactly what I think. Seeing how many teams need catching this offseason I am very happy the A's have Kottaras to pair with Norris. He's not great but the pickings, they are very slim.

24. zonk posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:55 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

soto deal worth ~3m, per heyman

Interesting. Would you rather have Soto at 1/3 or Martin at 2/17? And, wow, Soto was terrible last year. Yikes!

Martin...

Soto looks cooked.

He previously had a run of Saberhagenian odd/even year splits, but last season was supposed to be his 'good' year (he was previously good in even-numbered years) and it was worse than his previous odd-year bad seasons.

1/3 isn't a bad number to test the theory... but it just looked last year like he aged 10 years overnight. The bat is slow, the eye is gone, and the power wasn't there.

25. JJ1986 posted on December 03, 2012 at 11:57 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

He's not great but the pickings, they are very slim.

Mike Nickeas is available.

26. Greg (U)K posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Exactly what I think. Seeing how many teams need catching this offseason I am very happy the A's have Kottaras to pair with Norris. He's not great but the pickings, they are very slim.

Good news for the guys shopping JP Arencibia!

27. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Martin...

Soto looks cooked.

And Martin doesn't?

28. Der_K posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is part of what you're seeing with Martin just a change in offensive environment? Here's his EQA's over the last four years, per claydavenport.com: .253/.261/.260/.254. Add to that plus defense + pitch calling - he's an above average big league backstop.
(And, yes, a diminished pool of bats amongst big league catchers.)

29. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Mike Nickeas is available.

Don't tease me!

30. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Speier is saying it's done. Napoli for 3 years to Sox.
Cafardo confirms. Done deal.

31. Gamingboy posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hank O'Day, Jacob Ruppert and Deacon White have got into the HoF.

32. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Apparently its the largest non-casino hotel in the US, outside of Vegas.

It is a Gaylord hotel and Gaylord hotels are gigantic convention hotels. There is 4 of them throughout the country and they got bought out by Marriott about 6 months ago. The hotel chain got its start by building a 600 room hotel in Opryland back in the 70's. Back in the 9-0's they expansion turned it into a 3000 room hotel and the company branched out to other places in the country. They have one on the outskirts of DC that has over 2000 rooms and almost half a million square feet of convention space.

33. zonk posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Martin...

Soto looks cooked.

And Martin doesn't?

Not to the burnt to a crisp extent that Soto does... I'm no scout, but near the end of his Cubs tenure - it was pretty surprising when Soto even managed to get solid wood on the ball.

At this point, he reminds me of Ozzie Virgil from the 80s - who was basically out of baseball just a year after his slide began.

34. jmurph posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Speier is saying it's done. Napoli for 3 years to Sox.
Cafardo confirms. Done deal.

Holding on the 4th year is great- that's an exciting sign of progress from Cherington and co.

35. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

sign of progress

It's only progress if you get good players to agree to it. If every good player tells them to go #### themselves because they want an extra year, they'll be up #### creek without a paddle.

36. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Awesome signing. Heyman tweets:

Napoli has record for righthanded opponent at fenway with 1.107 ops

37. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

3/39M for Napoli.

38. jmurph posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's only progress if you get good players to agree to it. If every good player tells them to go #### themselves because they want an extra year, they'll be up #### creek without a paddle.

Well that's sort of what I meant. They held firm and still got their guy (presumably by throwing more money at him, which is what a rich team should do to get their way).

39. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:39 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Heyman: "Sox talking to Swisher now. A possibility."

40. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Red Sox appear to be assembling my fantasy baseball team.

Hate to see guys I like playing in Boston, but happy to see their stats inflated :-)

41. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Heyman: "Sox talking to Swisher now. A possibility."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

42. jmurph posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Let me echo Jose's 41, both because I don't like Swisher and also because I really don't like Swisher.

43. Gamingboy posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Both the Red Sox and Orioles are rumored to be in on Cornflake. Get to work, rest of the AL East!

44. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on December 03, 2012 at 12:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Napoli to the Red Sox to play 1B has at least one interesting secondary repercussion in that it takes the team that would otherwise have been Adam LaRoche's most obvious destination off the table. Hopefully this pushes the Nats and ALR closer to an agreement.

45. Greg (U)K posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Napoli to the Red Sox to play 1B has at least one interesting secondary repercussion in that it takes the team that would otherwise have been Adam LaRoche's most obvious destination off the table. Hopefully this pushes the Nats and ALR closer to an agreement.

From what I've been reading the last couple days it sounds like LaRoche staying and Morse heading out is the most likely scenario.

46. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

From what I've been reading the last couple days it sounds like LaRoche staying and Morse heading out is the most likely scenario.

I can live with that; I value LaRoche's defense at 1B (particularly his ability to dig out the sometimes errant throws of Zimmerman and Desmond) every bit as highly as his bat, maybe even more so. Meanwhile I've never quite bought into the idea of Morse as a reliable offensive producer. His BABIP gives me the willies, although I'm familiar with the argument that the reason it's so high (and has been over a span of years, which helps the argument) is because when he makes contact he does so with such consistent power.

I think that if a deal gets done it will be something like 2 years guaranteed plus a third player-option year at a significantly reduced price. But then what do I know -- I thought Harper was going to be our CF of the future right up until the second the Nats traded for Denard Span.

47. JJ1986 posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think LaRoche probably goes back to Washington, but if the Rangers lose Hamilton too they might make a strong push for him.

48. Chris Fluit posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I must have missed this one: who s Cornflake and why are the O's interested in him?

49. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

STOP THE PRESSES: Padres sign Jason Marquis to a 1 year/$3 million deal.

Actually, I have to say I'm surprised Jason Marquis is still in the league. Tip of the cap to a survivor.

50. rlc posted on December 03, 2012 at 01:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

who s Cornflake

Swish Knickers

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