MLB Hot Stove Edition

[Numb1075]

Latest manny Rumor: potentially traded to Philly for bobby Abreu.

Not good for the mets for Manny to go to NL east rival.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

where did you see that?

i would not like that one bit... i'm not a bobby abreu fan. great talent, but his numbers all come in spurts... he'll have two phenominal weeks, then disapear for a month, then come back and go on a tear for 3 weeks, then disapear again.

too up and down for my liking... and not very clutch.

manny on the other hand...

 

[Numb1075]

It was mentioned on ESPN Radio this morning....one of Bob Picosi (spelling?) pieces where he runs thru scores/news/rumors every 20 minutes.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

yea just saw it on espn insider... but jayson stark seems to think it's a bunch of bull. i think it's a good deal for both teams myself... but i guess philly doesn't want to take on that contract.



and on a side note... manny has put his boston penthouse up for sale.

also looks like the angels of los angelinosdiegofriscofornia are looking at mike piazza now that they lost out on konerko

 

[Numb1075]

selling his pad? I guess a trade could be close.

Come on Omar.......Woo another one into Flushing

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i don't think it's just irony that manny put his boston penthouse up for sale the week before the winter meetings...

it appears as if he's really serious about leaving this time.

 

[phanan]

Latest manny Rumor: potentially traded to Philly for bobby Abreu.

Not good for the mets for Manny to go to NL east rival.

Certainly not worth it for the Red Sox either. Just Abreu? No way.

 

[Hewson]

and on a side note... manny has put his boston penthouse up for sale.

For a mere $6.9 Million

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

pedro martinez bobblehead sold seperately

for that 6.9 mill manny could find a nice modest house in the neighborhood where i work... perhaps he'd like to live next to J-Lo i could have it arranged.

 

[Dalton]

i don't think it's just irony that manny put his boston penthouse up for sale the week before the winter meetings...

I don't either, Alanis.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=irony

 

[Hewson]

He's building a mansion next to Schilling.
His new bestest buddy.

 

[Hewson]

i don't think it's just irony that manny put his boston penthouse up for sale the week before the winter meetings

Its like raaaaaaiiiiin on your wedding day
A free ride when you've already paid

 

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[Numb1075]

latest Buzz: Kris Bensen to the Orioles for Jorge Julio

Por Que?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the only way that trade makes sense is if omar is attempting to free up more money... either to go after manny or to sign a free agent pitcher like burnett.

 

[Hewson]

Rafael Palmeiro's bumming that he's no longer with the O's if Mrs. Benson is coming to town. That lifetime supply of Viagra would have come in real handy.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

not to mention those b-12 shots


the last time omar made a trade that didn't make much sense other than strictly a salary dump... cameron for nady... he ended using that freed up money to help land delgado and wagner.

in omar i trust.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

looks like the yankees lost between 50 and 85 million dollars last year... might have something to do with them not spending now

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

accoring to the daily news the mets have acquired paul lo duca from the marlins for a bucket of chicken and a bag of rusty nails

so by the end of the winter meetings...

1. Jose Reyes - SS
2. Carlos Beltran- CF
3. David Wright- 3B
4. Manny Ramirez- RF
5. Carlos Delgado- 1B
6. Cliff Floyd- LF
7. Paul Lo Duca- C
8. Mark Grudzlieanek- 2B
9. Pedro Martinez- P
Closer- Billy Wagner

 

[Numb1075]

Omar - take us to the promised land

 

[phanan]

Paul Lo Duca is a nice pick up for the Mets.

Even if they don't get Manny, they've done very well this winter.

 

[Numb1075]

we also did well in the off season 4 years ago (or when ever it was) when we got Vaughn, Burnitz, and Almomar

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

well that was fools gold thinking that that a guy comming off a year ending injury and a guy who failed the last time he was in new york would succeed... even if alomar did well, he's a complimentary player, not a run producer.

i fell into the trap, too... i was excited that year as well. but carlos delgado is not mo vaughn...

 

[TheBrush]

Honestly though, Burnitz doesn't look that bad compared to how Alomar and Vaughn played. I mean his first season numbers were poor. But he really picked up in the first half of the next season before he was traded. My favorite memory of him was how after Mota hit Piazza for the second time, he and Joe McEwing tried to get at Mota as much as Piazza did. I said right then and there I would never bitch about him again, because you knew his heart was there.



But I always liked Burnitz as a ball player. Its good to see him playing well again. They would show him in the dugout sometimes with the mets and you'd swear he was on suicide Watch.

A lot of players need a year to adjust to New York.
Apparently Vaughn could not adjust to living near the Stage Deli though.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

mo vaughn was comming off an injury that forceed him to miss an entire season.

it had nothing to do with adjusting.