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« Reply #5100 on: December 04, 2012, 03:15:33 pm »
You know, the two remaining years on Soriano's contract are looking less bad with every contract getting signed this offseason.

The way this offseason is going, Soriano probably could have easily gotten himself a 2 year, $20-24 million contract after the season he had.
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« Reply #5101 on: December 04, 2012, 03:19:32 pm »
Yeah, even I'm reconsidering whether or not the Cubs should trade Soriano based on this winter's action.
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« Reply #5102 on: December 04, 2012, 03:23:59 pm »
Rosenthal confirms the Red Sox and Victorino are "talking about" a 3 year, $37.5 million deal.  Victorino's people should be done talking and trying to sign on the dotted line before Cherington sobers up.
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« Reply #5103 on: December 04, 2012, 03:25:21 pm »
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Buck Showalter just told us on SiriusXM that 30 managers were polled on wanting more instant replay and 29 of them said yes
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« Reply #5104 on: December 04, 2012, 03:50:54 pm »
Wow, this would be a blockbuster:

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Phillies and Diamondbacks are discussing Justin Upton for Cliff Lee. Money coming to AZ would also be involved.
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« Reply #5105 on: December 04, 2012, 04:17:38 pm »
Victorino apparently now has a 4 year offer on the table.  Wow.
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« Reply #5106 on: December 04, 2012, 04:19:38 pm »
Reminds me of Blauser, but what the hell.
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« Reply #5107 on: December 04, 2012, 04:50:22 pm »
Quote from: JR on December 04, 2012, 04:17:38 pm
Victorino apparently now has a 4 year offer on the table.  Wow.

The Red Sox are offering 3/$37.5, and the Cubs are offering a more appropriate 4/$20.
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« Reply #5108 on: December 04, 2012, 05:04:50 pm »
The Red Sox deal is done for 3/$39, pending a physical of course.
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« Reply #5109 on: December 04, 2012, 05:06:13 pm »
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An NL exec on the Shane Victorino contract: "They all surprise us. But that one shocked us."

That one makes the Pagan deal look good, IMO.
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« Reply #5110 on: December 04, 2012, 05:32:31 pm »
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One team guesstimated early in offseason that Victorino could be a good value buy at about $6-7 million on a one-year deal
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« Reply #5111 on: December 04, 2012, 05:37:40 pm »
I saw Victorino in a doubleheader against the Nats in late September.  I was sitting third row right behind Dodgers dugout and got a birds-eye view of his ABs against Nats pitching.  Bat speed was way down.  Six poor AB outs plus a double but seems like he got old all of a sudden.  Victorino used to be a fairly consistent .800 OPS guy but I think Red Sox will be disappointed based on what I saw in the two games, plus the overall numbers of course.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #5112 on: December 04, 2012, 05:45:09 pm »
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One team guesstimated early in offseason that Victorino could be a good value buy at about $6-7 million on a one-year deal

That team was correct. This signing has "Larry Lucchino" written all over it. If Ben Cherington was half that dumb, Theo would have fired him years ago.
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« Reply #5113 on: December 04, 2012, 06:28:31 pm »
Cleveland offered Victorino 4/44. Insane money being thrown around in Nashvile.

Angel Pagan is probably picking his jaw up off the floor right now...
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« Reply #5114 on: December 04, 2012, 06:47:04 pm »
The Victorino and Pagan deals are crazy, but I have no problems with the Upton deal. I wouldn't have complained had the Cubs signed him at that price.
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