Author Topic: 2011 - 12 offseason for other teams (Read 35519 times)

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #600:** January 19, 2012, 03:35:19 PM »

Yikes. He's actually 31, not 28.

Damn.

So his 'breakout' season at age 23, was actually 26. It all makes sense now.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #601:** January 19, 2012, 04:06:49 PM »

Quote from: Tyler Durden on January 19, 2012, 03:28:07 PM

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/19/report-fausto-carmona-arrested-in-dominican-republic-for-using-false-identity/

Fausto Carmona is not really Fausto Carmona.

He's trending on Twitter.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #602:** January 19, 2012, 04:11:31 PM »

sorry linty.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #603:** January 19, 2012, 04:12:48 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on January 19, 2012, 04:11:31 PM

sorry linty.

He's been pretty bad for a while now.

At least they can void the contract.

houston-nat · « **Reply #604:** January 19, 2012, 04:49:14 PM »

"Fausto Carmona" is a way cooler name than "Roberto Hernandez Heredia". So he had good taste.

zimm_da_kid · « **Reply #605:** January 19, 2012, 05:18:45 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on January 19, 2012, 04:06:49 PM

He's trending on Twitter.

so a person who doesn't exist is trending on twitter? cool

zimm_da_kid · « **Reply #606:** January 19, 2012, 05:19:28 PM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on January 19, 2012, 04:12:48 PM

He's been pretty bad for a while now.

At least they can void the contract.

i wish werthless lied about his age so we could void his contract

imref · « **Reply #607:** January 19, 2012, 10:31:09 PM »

on MLB on XM tonight they asked folks to tweet in their ideal false baseball names, the best I heard was "Yuneski Saltalamacchia"

Buster Fingers was pretty good too.

PC · « **Reply #608:** January 19, 2012, 11:00:13 PM »

I wonder what Albert Pujols' real name is and how old he really is...

imref · « **Reply #609:** January 19, 2012, 11:21:09 PM »

Quote from: PC on January 19, 2012, 11:00:13 PM

I wonder what Albert Pujols' real name is and how old he really is...

Sheldon Schwartz, he's 38 and from Brooklyn.

imref · « **Reply #610:** January 20, 2012, 01:39:07 PM »

Rays sign Carlos Pena. And the 1B FA market shrinks a little bit more....

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #611:** January 20, 2012, 03:14:09 PM »

Actually, one of the more interesting recent moves on the alternate locations for fielder front was the Dodgers giving Loney arbitration and signing him for $6MM+. It puts them in the spot of having to eat more contract if they were to try to bring in Fielder. While the Rays enver were a contender for fielder, the Dodgers will be more of a market power once they the team out of McCourt's hands.

I suppose the Pena signing removes an alternative for teams that are still in the Fielder market.

Vega · « **Reply #612:** January 20, 2012, 03:18:22 PM »

Quote from: imref on January 20, 2012, 01:39:07 PM

Rays sign Carlos Pena. And the 1B FA market shrinks a little bit more....

And pretty much guarantees that Linty's Indians sign Casey Kotchman.

houston-nat · « **Reply #613:** January 20, 2012, 05:18:47 PM »

Quote from: Vega on January 20, 2012, 03:18:22 PM

And pretty much guarantees that Linty's Indians sign Casey Kotchman.

They are the Cleveland Manny Actas. So of course they're going to sign Dmitri Young.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #614:** January 20, 2012, 09:46:06 PM »

Turns out the real Fausto Carmona ratted out the fake Carmona when fake Carmona wouldn't up the hush money he was paying the family he took the name/birthday from.

Wonder why he stopped paying?

imref · « **Reply #615:** January 20, 2012, 10:05:30 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on January 20, 2012, 05:18:47 PM

They are the Cleveland Manny Actas. So of course they're going to sign Dmitri Young.

or Nick Johnson.

Vega · « **Reply #616:** January 20, 2012, 11:09:27 PM »

Quote from: imref on January 20, 2012, 10:05:30 PM

or Nick Johnson.

They tried that last year. He sucked in AAA.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #617:** January 21, 2012, 12:05:53 AM »

Quote from: imref on January 19, 2012, 11:21:09 PM

Sheldon Schwartz, he's 38 and from Brooklyn.

Sheldon Cooper, he needs to sit in the exact same spot on the bench for every game.

Nathan · « **Reply #618:** January 21, 2012, 12:42:54 AM »

Mind your paintball guns.

Vega · « **Reply #619:** January 22, 2012, 01:37:37 AM »

Ozzie says he's going to "kill people's feelings".

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #620:** January 22, 2012, 09:47:39 AM »

Quote from: Hal Bodley

Of the five NL East teams, only the New York Mets will not be a factor or have a significant 2012 presence in the division.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&content_id=26392538&vkey=news_was&c_id=was&partnerId=rss_was

This never gets old.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #621:** January 22, 2012, 10:13:42 AM »

I have not been happier at the trade of a player I like for a minor leaguer unlikely to make my team than I was last night when I saw the Scutaro / Mortenson deal went down. This frees room under the luxury tax threshold for signing either Oswalt or Cody Ross.

BTW - this may put them in the market for a minimum wage SS. It's also funny that the guy who they think cannot hit well enough to play in the majors despite a Vizquel-like glove, Jose Iglesias, has a better OBP than Desmond (admittedly, that is in the minors).

Kevrock · « **Reply #622:** January 22, 2012, 10:34:46 AM »

Desmond's MiLB OBP was higher than Iglesias' by almost 20 points.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #623:** January 22, 2012, 11:53:16 AM »

Whoever signs Cody Ross is going to cause me to buy a hat and shirt of that team. As such, please don't let it be the Red Sux.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #624:** January 22, 2012, 12:09:20 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on January 22, 2012, 10:13:42 AM

I have not been happier at the trade of a player I like for a minor leaguer unlikely to make my team than I was last night when I saw the Scutaro / Mortenson deal went down. This frees room under the luxury tax threshold for signing either Oswalt or Cody Ross.

BTW - this may put them in the market for a minimum wage SS. It's also funny that the guy who they think cannot hit well enough to play in the majors despite a Vizquel-like glove, Jose Iglesias, has a better OBP than Desmond (admittedly, that is in the minors).

Why didn't they just keep Lowrie?