Stark's Latest: Burnett, Cantu, Lowe, Furcal

Why we're we hearing LA was out on Furcal?

Never bought that...

Time for Furcal to drop into the A's laps.

Kdub, link? Or you just making up stuff?

http://www.bleedingblueandteal.com/07-2008/beltre-blocks-dodgers/

There you go special agent Colletti.

i wanna know what was going to be given up for him..

and what would be given up now.

Me and Stark are on the same page. I'm betting Ruben didn't really put in too serious of a bid.

While I should probably give it more time I'm calling the Amaro hiring Gillick's worst move.

Ahh alex an article that deosnt sound like a 5 year old wrote it, bullet points are much easier

intersting about beltre, never knew that. the only differance is about sept. i think he siad he come back(in the la times)

srry, no link

young(he needs to hit somewhere and its quite clear it wont be in la)
xavier paul
dejesus jr.
for
beltre

yes,no,maybe so?

"for his carrer and a dodger fan, i hope jones can get back to normal. he was at least ok, but last yr he sucked. hopefully he can get better with the dodgers or be able to be traded to a team willing to take a risk."

he would have to mash the ball for the first half next year to regain value..

heres the problem.. no matter what hes the 4th outfielder. he might platoon with ethier next year.. not likely though

but if he destroys the ball then he will just stay put for the year..

i think everyone of his homeruns was from him cheating horribly on a fastball.. it was that bad.

could you imagine if boras got him his 5/100 contract last year?

"hey lakesdodgersyanks:

What was Andru's defense like before he pulled the limo up to Pinks hot dog stand and camped out?"

LOL, hey pinks is worth that extra 30 pounds isnt it?

he was okay to be frank(no pun intended) but he didnt play too much

Yeah I made the mistake of loading up on a couple of Rosie O'donnels before getting on a flight to NY (burp).

dewitt is a decent 3rd baseman(hes defense is legit)
or he makes a great 2nd baseman..

I'm shooting this White Sox rumor down now, unless we can somehow get Cantu for just a little more then a song I don't see reason behind giving decent prospects away.

It makes you wonder if the sox make an offer to C.C. It's up to him , take less money and play oh so close to Cleveland or take more money but be farther away from home and have to deal with the NY media. Hey he seemed to like Milwakee(spelled wrong probably) why not throw your hat in there White Sox?

young(he needs to hit somewhere and its quite clear it wont be in la)
xavier paul
dejesus jr.
for
beltre

yes,no,maybe so?

i think if you switch hu for dejesus jr and throw in a low level prospect its a done deal. the dodgers know dejesus jr is their future and they will try and trade hu for something, as he could still turn out as a good player.

as for jones. he made a comment at the bottom at the blog, and it made me think that he can get his carrer back on track, just because he was a good player in atlanta. one thing i think gms should keep in mind. unless the former team has a good reason(young player, money concerns)just let a vet go, gms should be very careful if the former team makes no try at resigning them.(jones, pierre, schdmit, etc)

its about time the yankees talked about sheets, because the top 3 are all going elsewhere.

Re: Beltre blocking trade to LA

Word is that Beltre would be fine with an LA return. The consensus is that he didn't want to abandon his teammates mid-season, and he might have blocked any trade.

http://www.bleedingblueandteal.com/09-2008/beltre-interested-in-la-return/

Doesn't C.C. hate the white sox? I thought I heard that somewhere.

And I know he's a horse, but I don't know if I want such a large (seemingly overweight) pitcher on my staff after signing a $150 million deal. But if he pitches like he did in Milwaukee, then $20+ mil/year seems like bargain.

As for Cantu, I don't think it would be bad at all, so long as we don't give up anything of serious value.

"Cantu is a legitimate 25 hr guy who can play 1b, 2b and 3b. Bets is a utility guy at best I think.

Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | December 04, 2008 at 09:42 PM "

Given 500+ AB's, I'm sure that Betemit would be one too...

Betemit hasn't weighed 155 since he was maybe 18 or so. That number you're quoting is so outdated its ridiculous. ESPN has him at 230, but he might even be a little bigger than that now.