2014 Winter Meetings Thread

[Stradling]

Would you guys consider moving Calhoun for one of the Reds starting pitchers?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels after Rockies IF Josh Rutledge http://t.co/qqgGnoCHFP

[Docwaukee]

kemp just finished his 29yo season. 

 

I'd take hamilton for 5 years if it included his 30 and 31 yo seasons 

[tdawg87]

Ability to hit a baseball out of the infield:

 

Matt Kemp: .506 SLG

Hamilton: .414 SLG

 

Can't even believe I'm having to defend Matt Kemp in a comparison to Josh Hamilton. 

 

He had ankle surgery before the 2014 season, I get that. That affects his ability to run both on the basepaths and in the outfield. Kemp absolutely took off in the 2nd half of last season once healthy and hit 17 HR and had a .971 OPS.

 

Ankle issues or not, he is still an absolute train wreck in the outfield.

[Tyler]

Ankle issues or not, he is still an absolute train wreck in the outfield.

 

Oh, okay. 

[SoWhat]

Would you guys consider moving Calhoun for one of the Reds starting pitchers?

Not at all.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@JonHeymanCBS: reds getting plenty of hits on cueto, chapman says @Ken_Rosenthal. me: still hear leake/latos more likely to go in trade.

[tdawg87]

Would you guys consider moving Calhoun for one of the Reds starting pitchers?

 

Nah. I suppose I'd do it for Cueto if he signed an extension. But that's not likely.

 

For one year of any of their pitchers? No way.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels GM Jerry Dipoto said he still hasn't engaged free agents, still only trade talk about backup IFs. Nothing on Wilson.

[Sherlock31]

Would you guys consider moving Calhoun for one of the Reds starting pitchers?

No, the last thing you want to do is create a hole to fill a hole

[bloodbrother]

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 3m3 minutes ago

Max Scherzer is seeking a guarantee of more than $200 million, which only one pitcher (Clayton Kershaw) has achieved in MLB history.

 

 

please don't get anywhere near that, Halos

[sneaky_flute]

Scherzer, COME ON MAN

[DW711]

What did you guys expect?!

 

Of course he's going to want that much and he's probably going to get it.

[wopphil]

Would you guys consider moving Calhoun for one of the Reds starting pitchers?

I would absolutely move for Calhoun for a good young starter, but the Reds' starters don't have enough team control. I wouldn't move Calhoun for any pitcher without at least three years, and probably four, of club control.

[wopphil]

What did you guys expect?!

Of course he's going to want that much and he's probably going to get it.

That's because owners have no negotiating skills. It's almost like they think they have to give the player whatever he asks for or feels he is worth, not merely beat the other offers. Edited December 10, 2014 by wopphil

[Stradling]

@MikeDiGiovanna: Another potential trade target for #Angels in search for UTIL INF: Nick Ahmed of #DBacks. He's 24, controllable, plays a real nice SS.

[Travis Painter]

Ahmed would be a really nice player to add. Baldoquin and Ahmed could be the future double play combo.

[NrM]

2014 WAR:

 

Matt Kemp: 1.1

Josh Hamilton: 1.5

 

I don't trust defensive metrics at all. They both are below average out there.

Kemp played 150 games last year and was very productive with the bat.(140 OPS+)

Hamilton played 89 with a 114 OPS+

[Troll Daddy]

+1 for Jerry

We won that trade even with Skaggsy having TJ surgery

That depends on how you look at it .... with Trumbo in our lineup last season ... things might have turned out different. Edited December 10, 2014 by Troll Daddy

[bloodbrother]

Nah, that trade was fantastic. Traded a mediocre DH bat to the NL where there is no DH and netted 2 young, cost-controlled arms, one of them with mid rotation starter upside in Skaggs

[Troll Daddy]

Nah, that trade was fantastic. Traded a mediocre DH bat to the NL where there is no DH and netted 2 young, cost-controlled arms, one of them with mid rotation starter upside in Skaggs

I have no problem with the trade but ...

34 hrs 100 RBI's mediocre ?

Lmao

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Mets Discussing Dillon Gee With Rangers, Others

By Mark Polishuk [December 9, 2014 at 9:31pm CST]

9:31pm: Up to six teams are interested in Gee, MLB Network Radio’s Jim Duquette reports (hat tip to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News).

8:54pm: The Mets and Rangers are discussing a possible trade that would send right-hander Dillon Gee to Texas, FOX Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi reports (Twitter link). The Rangers were said to be preparing to talk to the Mets about Gee (and Jon Niese) yesterday. While the two sides have talked, however, “nothing is close on that front,” according to The Record’s Matt Ehalt (Twitter link).

With the Rangers looking for rotation upgrades and the Mets shopping their veteran arms, the two teams seem like a good match as trade partners. Gee is a Texas native and played his college ball in Arlington, so a trade to the Rangers would be a virtual homecoming for the 28-year-old. MLBTR’s Matt Swartz projects Gee will earn $5.1MM in 2015 via his second trip through the arbitration process, and he’s controllable through the 2016 season. Gee has posted a 3.91 ERA, 2.26 K/BB rate, 6.5 K/9 and 45.6% grounder rate over his 639 2/3 career innings (all with the Mets).

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

I have no problem with the trade but ...

34 hrs 100 RBI's mediocre ?

Lmao

Lol. You sound like a chick, a new baseball fan, or an old man.

[ten ocho recon scout]

In all honesty, yes trumbo is a flawed player. His slumps are bad. But for the money he gets paid, id still take him here, just not batting 3-5. But his pop from the 6 hole is pretty legit.

[Troll Daddy]

Lol. You sound like a chick, a new baseball fan, or an old man.

Don't take it personally kid.