Mlb's Dog Days Of Winter
In November the awards are doled out and teams alpha to codify their offseason plan
. December is if the winter affairs yield abode and a lot of of the big chargeless agents usually sign. February is abundant because you apperceive bounce training is appropriate about the corner.
But January? It's abominable and at the moment it's even worse because there is six-plus inches of snow on the arena actuality in the Northeast. Outside of the consistently fun Hall of Fame Day, January for baseball is dead. This is usually the time if humans alpha anticipation which teams had a acceptable offseason which is absurd. You wish to apperceive who was the bigger champ this offseason, watch in October or November if a aggregation is adopting a World Series trophy. That is if championships are won, not in December.
That said I can't anticipate of a aggregation that had a worse winter than the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels were declared to be big spenders this offseason, but accept been shut down at every turn.
They capital Carl Crawford, able-bodied Boston got him. They toyed with Cliff Lee to no avail. They capital Adrian Beltre, but the aggregation that won their analysis got him. Things are so bad in L.A. at the moment that they are addition out which would be a bigger fit for their aggregation this advancing season: Johnny Damon or Vladimir Guerrero?
And if you wish me to aces the bigger winner, attending no added than Colorado. They bound up the two cornerstones of their authorization continued appellation and somehow got Jorge De La Rosa to accede to acknowledgment with a two-year, $21.5 actor deal.
I acclaim De La Rosa for absent to break in Colorado, but you accept to admiration just how abundant chef he could accept reaped had he waited for the bazaar to play out. Already Lee went to Philly, De La Rosa could accept pulled in an astronomic accord from the New York Yankees, who are atrocious for a starter.
Not to acknowledgment the two best starting pitchers on the bazaar as we sit actuality are Carl Pavano and Kevin Millwood. Slim absence to say the least.
Pitchers and catchers alpha to address in 33 days. And it can't appear anon enough.
Anyway, let's yield a attending at some added account authoritative the circuit this week:
HOFFMAN'S NEXT STOP IS COOPERSTOWN
Trevor Hoffman alleged it a career on Wednesday, catastrophe his arresting run with added saves than any afterpiece who has anytime played the game.
I accept never been a big Hoffman guy, but 601 saves is 601 saves. He is apparently aching by the actuality that he played in an era with the greatest afterpiece of best in Mariano Rivera, but either way Hoffman was one of the best.
There were some humans tweeting endure night that it was arbitrary to adjudicator Hoffman with Rivera because Rivera's affluence has been added added by the way he has pitched in the postseason and that Hoffman hasn't had as abounding opportunities.
Well I bethink Hoffman's abandoned World Series actualization and you apperceive what, it resulted in a destroyed save.
BEST OF THE REST OF THE FREE AGENTS
RAFAEL SORIANO: I am not absolutely abiding why Rafael Soriano hasn't begin plan yet. There aren't an affluence of teams searching for a afterpiece and the aggregation he has been affiliated with the a lot of over the accomplished brace of weeks, the New York Yankees, assume set there for this season. Now if the Yankees can brandish the allotment to Soriano that he would be the beneficiary credible to Rivera, he may bite. I anticipate he'll wind up with the White Sox though. Or even aback in Tampa at a discount.
CARL PAVANO: Even as starting pitching-strapped as the New York Yankees are, they won't go abreast Pavano with a 10-foot pole. Fool me already abashment on you, fool me alert abashment on me. Of advance it is harder to accusation the Yankees here. Pavano may accept won 31 amateur over the endure two seasons, but he won just nine in four years in the Bronx. Washington had been blame the tires on him all winter, but it appears now that he should accept a accord in abode with the Minnesota Twins by the end of next week.
VLADIMIR GUERRERO/MANNY RAMIREZ/JOHNNY DAMON/JIM THOME: Of these four I anticipate Damon apparently has the a lot of larboard in the tank, but the amateur I would yield the adventitious on is Ramirez. Thome can consistently bear you a home run, but he is a pinch-hitter at best appropriate now. Guerrero was abundant at times endure season, but wore down. Not to acknowledgment he is a accountability in the acreage now. It appears that Thome is closing in on a accord with the Rangers, but the added three could be cat-and-mouse until afterwards the alpha of bounce training to acquisition a job.
KEVIN MILLWOOD: This is how bad the starting casting bazaar is. Jeff Francis and Chris Young are out there and teams could get absolute advantageous with one of them, but you apperceive what you are accepting with Millwood. He will get you 10-12 wins and angle at atomic 200 innings. Mark it down.
by: monster energy
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