^^^ When healthy he a good player but last seasons injuries make him kind of risky. In 2015 he played in only 61 games due to 3 separate injuries. two of them requiring surgery including a season ending torn labrum (hip).
Interesting call on Span, will he be his old self, or will hip surgery plaque him the rest of his career, and/or eliminate his Base Stealing prowess...? Span has planned a special work out in Tampa after the New Year, for Teams to see what he's got. The free agent center fielder says he fully recovered from his hip surgery and his agent Scott Bor-ass says Span is running at full speed. Bor-ass planned the workout so that teams won’t be apprehensive about offering a 3-4 year deal. Bor-ass is the epitome of a pain in the ass gluttonous agent.... FanGraphs projects Span to get a three year deal valued at $36 million, paying him through his age 34 season.
FOX Sports reports that the Nationals are moving on from acquiring Brandon Phillips from the Reds and are pursuing other options as per Ken Rosenthal.
Luckily the A's signed Henderson Alvarez. Typical of Trashman, Alvarez is nothing more than a long middle reliever, who underwent Shoulder Surgery, and is not expected to even pitch the 1st month or more. Here's the news article on the A's picking up Alvarez, thank God Trashman didn't bring home the 1st Tom cat he found in the gutter, but give it time and he'll sign a Tom-Cat with Parvo, .....and overpay him too..... ___________ I must've missed this one, what did Trashman do now? What was so typical of Trashman- NOT signing Alvarez?....being interested in Alvarez? Him being anxious to overpay for a middle reliever coming off shoulder surgery? Should we expect him to sign a "Tom- Cat" and over pay him too? Jeez, the "plan" really is ever changing.....the Yanks used 19 rookies last year, 3rd most in MLB including no less than 5 rookie relievers- Rumbelow, Goody, Pinder, Pazos, Lindgren, Shreve.....and now Trashman is going to "overpay" for a veteran middle reliever? Luckily some of us can see right through his charade. Right? We're on the ball!
Rob was being SARCASTIC. 1) A taunting caustic remark, generally ironic 2) The making of such remarks.
FOX Sports reports that the Dodgers and Marlins "remain in discussions" about a Jose Fernandez trade as per Jon Morosi.
MLB.Com reports that the Cardinals and Mike Leake have agreed to a 5 yr. 75 million contract pending a physical as per Chris Cotillo.
FOX Sports reports that the Mets are close to signing free agent Alejandro De Aza as per Ken Rosenthal.
FOX Sports reports that the White Sox are showing interest in free agent Alex Gordon as per Ken Rosenthal.
The only addition really is Castro & he's really a SS. With only 38 career games at 2B I'd bet between Refsnyder & Ackley they would have at least matched anything Castro is going to do.
