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AL East Notes: Yankees, Red Sox, Rodriguez, Rays

By Zachary Links | January 1, 2012 at 8:55am CDT

Here's a look at some items out of the American League East as the Yankees and Red Sox continue to scour the market for pitching..

  • The Red Sox are budget-conscious as they look to add to their rotation and one agent told Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe that he believes it will continue.  “[GM Ben Cherington] is listening with free agents, but that’s it so far,’’ said the agent.  "I don’t think it’s an act, either. They’re hoping somebody falls to them and that may be it."
  • In a piece for the New York Times, Rob Neyer takes a look back at the ten-year, $275MM deal Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees in December of 2007.  The Yankees have little reason to regret the signing so far but A-Rod remains under contract through 2017 when he'll turn 42.
  • Ken Davidoff of Newsday looks at six different approaches that the Yankees can take to solve their rotation issues.  Davidoff doesn't like the odds of the club pulling an "old school" move and throwing money at the problem, which would likely mean giving Edwin Jackson a sizeable contract.  Instead, it seems likely that the Bombers will look for another lottery ticket and hope they hit it big, much as they did with Bartolo Colon in 2011.
  • John Tomase of the Boston Herald suggests that the Rays pair up with the Angels to land either Mark Trumbo or Kendrys Morales.  The Halos seem content to keep both sluggers in the mix for now but it seems likely that they'll move at least one of them before the start of the season.  Tomase also credits recently-appointed Orioles GM Dan Duquette with prioritizing the rebuild of the front office over the on-field product in 2012.
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  1. angels4life

    11 years ago

     I thought about a deal between Angels and Rays considering all the expendable peaces both teams have: i would have the Angels complete their rotation by acquiring David Price or James Shields (mentioned as tradable) for their expandable assets which are Bobby Abreu (asked for a trade) + Kendrys Morales + Callaspo or Izturis (given that Trumbo can be moved at 3rd base) + Hank Conger (still good value and could see a lot of PT with the Rays as Jose Molina is the starting Catcher)…. What do you think?

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    • rjc

      11 years ago

      I don’t see us going after Morales.  He costs too much and has too many health concerns.  Definitely don’t see Shields or Price getting moved either.  It’s going to be one or more of Wade Davis, Jeff Nieman, and/or Alex Cobb.  Trumbo is more of a Rays type player in that he is young, controllable, and doesn’t get paid a whole lot.  Abreu doesn’t have much value anymore either.

      Reply
      • $7562574

        11 years ago

        he costs less than $3 million and that is one of the reason why we’d like to keep him.

        Reply
    • Dylan

      11 years ago

      And why would the Rays want Abreu, Calllaspo, or Conger? Also, David Proce would get a HUGE haul.

      Reply
      • diesel2410

        11 years ago

        Callaspo can be a nice addition if he knows how to play SS. 

        For Price, the Rays would be asking for Trumbo, Conger, and two of your best prospects at minimum. Very doubtful the Angels would do that

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    • Lefty

      11 years ago

      You realize of course, that the Rays have made the playoffs in the last two seasons and the Angels have not. Why in the world would the Rays want to absorb any of what you mentioned to help their team? As for the two players originally mentioned, I can see the Angels trading Morales before Trumbo. I can see where the Rays might be interested in Morales, but they have to know if he’s healed 100% before they do anything.

      PS Are you Nelson and your now an Angels fan?

      Reply
      • mstrchef13

        11 years ago

        I think they’d keep Morales if they knew he was going to be healthy. Trumbo may not ever be any better than he was this year, with his miserable walk rate. The Angels should move him now while they can before he becomes Chris Davis and he becomes filler in a trade for an old reliever.

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    • GMwannabe

      11 years ago

      Hahahahahahahahaha

      David Price

      Hahahahahahahahaha

      Reply
    • joeybw

      11 years ago

      Andrew Friedman is our GM and he doesn’t make it a habit of getting ripped off. Izturis is a back up, so is Collaspo (we have this guy named Evan Longoria at 3B, he’s pretty good), Morales hasn’t played in over a year and Conger who has never been known for his defense, hasn’t shown much offense. Oh and Abreu has been finished for 2 years. For Price or Shields? wowza

      Reply
    • RBIBaseball

      11 years ago

      Trumbo is not a Rays type player. His sub .300 OBP hurts the team

      Reply
    • Guest

      11 years ago

      I could see a trade of Trumbo + Abreu for Wade Davis + 2mm in cash. They already have Weaver, Haren, Wilson, Santana, so Wade Davis could then be flipped + Peter Bourjos to the Met’s, even the Red Sox or Tigers and probably a bunch of other teams for something even more useful (they have Wells, Hunter, Trout and could easily find someone else to be a legit 4th OF which Bourjos is not. He’s more valuable than that). If the Angels do this right, they could restock their minors with 1 or 2 pretty high level prospects, which will come in handy in 2-4 years when they face similar budget constraints such as other big market teams. As it stands they have a few redundant players in the field. As for the Rays; Trumbo and Abreu fill the teams two most glaring holes; 1st and DH at the moment. Plus Abreu can probably play 40 or so games in RF for a season.

      Reply
    • cookmeister

      11 years ago

      “given that Trumbo can be moved at 3rd base”

      If he can be moved there, why not keep Morales as the DH?

      Reply
  2. joeybw

    11 years ago

    This is going to be Meseroco 2.0. I believe we were offered Grandal in a good trade but demand Mesoroco for Shields and lost out on a bunch of young guys. Now we will be offered Morales but hold out for Trumbo because he’s healthy and under control for longer. And just like with Mesoroco, we will get neither.

    Reply
    • notsureifsrs

      11 years ago

      yeah your GM is a real underachiever

      Reply
    • RBIBaseball

      11 years ago

      you don’t want Trumbo and his sub .300 OBP

      Reply
  3. Dylan Zane

    11 years ago

    I know the giants are trying to extend both cain and lincecum, but I think the yankees would match up really well with them. Some major league ready pitching prospects, high upside arms at AAA, and Montero, Williams, and Sanchez as high upside bats.

    Reply
    • slider32

      11 years ago

      I’m not sure the Yanks could get Cain he is a free agent at the end of the year.

      Reply
  4. rjc

    11 years ago

    This may be wishful thinking, but how about we send Wade Davis, Reid Brignac, and JP Howell for Trumbo + a prospect.

    Reply
    • $7562574

      11 years ago

      i don’t think the angels have the space in the roster to fit all three players.

      Reply
    • $7562574

      11 years ago

      i don’t think the angels have the space in the roster to fit all three players.

      Reply
    • Goose

      11 years ago

      Trumbo AND a prospect for that “haul”? Eh. Replace Reid Brignac with Ben Zobrist, then let’s talk.

      Reply
    • Guest

      11 years ago

      Keep it simple. Trumbo + Abreu for Wade Davis + $2mm. Book it. 

      Reply
      • chrisn313

        11 years ago

        No one wants abreu. At all.

        Reply
      • chrisn313

        11 years ago

        No one wants abreu. At all.

        Reply
  5. Lefty

    11 years ago

    I will comment separately on beloved Orioles and I do mean beloved! =P

    Tomase also credits recently-appointed Orioles GM Dan Duquette with prioritizing the rebuild of the front office over the on-field product in 2012.
    Tomase, I never heard of you till today and with the spirit of it being New Years Day, I will be kind. So, I am just going to roll my eyes with your bold statement from above, however with one caveat. If you think for a moment on what Duquette has done so far with the Orioles is anything more than window dressing, than you need to check your Pitcher of Kool-Aid because I think it’s been spiked again!

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    • Rangersfan32

      11 years ago

      The orioles are hopeless right now. The only way they will ever compete is if they take the Rays route to success, which means rebuilding the FO. They need to put together a good group of scouts and build through the draft. So while you’re laughing at the O’s new GM, at least it sounds like he has his stuff figured out.

      Reply
  6. Joshua Jongsma

    11 years ago

    The thing people don’t realize about A-Rod’s contract is that it was front-loaded and already on the way down, so in 2015 he’ll get $21 million and then $20 million the next two seasons, so while that’s still not pretty it’s not quite as ugly as people make it out to be

    Reply
    • theyankeefanatic

      11 years ago

      Sorry but Arod’s contract sucks…although his contract deminishes each year…the longer he plays the more likely he reaches homerun bonuses…they are 6 million a pop…when he ties Willie Mays,Babe Ruth,Hank Aron,Barry bonds and then breaks the HR record…my guess is he will either break the record or come close to it…but at the same time he will not be a real impact player…batting 7th 8th or even 9th in the last 2 or 3 seasons of his contract…way too much money for his underwhleming production…Arod’s contract will rank in top the 10 or even top 5 worse contracts in baseball history.What makes Arod’s contract so bad is it hinders the team from improving in other areas…this is goes for Jeter’s deal…They should have gone year to year with him…My prediction is thy will stop making the Playoffs for a couple years…but i’m crossing my fingers.

      Reply
      • start_wearing_purple

        11 years ago

        It all really depends on how you look at it. As a player contract it’s awful, ARod’s already 36 and has 6 years left on a deal. Also I don’t know if they changed it with the latest luxury tax rules but it used to be a team’s salary for luxury tax purposes is actually figured by taking the yearly average of a player’s salary. So even if they’re paying him $20M in 2017, he’ll be on MLB’s books at $27.5M. However if you look at ARod’s contract as a marketing tool then it could be worth it.

        Though as for breaking the home run records, well I doubt I speak for everyone but I think there’s become more of a “who cares” attitude about the home run record in general.

        Reply
        • Guest

          11 years ago

          “I think there’s become more of a “who cares” attitude about the home run record in general.” While there is some truth to this, the reality is once A-Rod nears those milestones, it will be an absolute frenzy at whatever park the Yankee’s are playing in. Say what you want, but those games will be standing room only when the times comes. There’s a lot money to be made here for a lot of teams. 

        • Dan_O62

          11 years ago

          He’s got to get there first. ARod’s last 2 seasons have displayed a player who is surprisingly fragile, whose injuries are of the rare variety that aren’t solved by typical ‘poke’ and a rest… Twice now the Yanks have had the opportunity to demonstrate some kajones with these reopened contracts, where the players are unseemingly already well-paid and with no leverage, and caved. It’s an embarrassment and has created what is now an unaffordable ticket; only the rich can sit in the lower deck in the ‘new’ Yankee stadium.

        • chrisn313

          11 years ago

          IMO the Yankees philosophy is second only to the PED issue for being the most damaging to the game in the past 15 yrs.

        • chrisn313

          11 years ago

          IMO the Yankees philosophy is second only to the PED issue for being the most damaging to the game in the past 15 yrs.

      • slider32

        11 years ago

        The last thing the Yanks have to worry about is A-Rod and Jeter, they are immortals.

        Reply
    • strikethree

      11 years ago

      Actually, this is flawed thinking.

      Inflation and investments dictates that money is worth more now. Therefore, by paying more now, it is actually worse than if he had been paid more later.

      The contract is going to be fixed no matter what (meaning it’s a total of 275 mil back-loaded or front-loaded)

      If you were to pay Arod 275 mil now, the present value of the contract is 275 mil. But, it you were to pay him 275 mil at the end of his 10 year tenure, the present value of his contract is only 225 mil (assuming you reinvest in to keep up with inflation at let’s say only 2%)

      The only way a front loaded contract is better is if there is deflation but that is unlikely.

      Either way, the contract was stupid. 275 million… who the hell was going to pay even close to that? Add this to the list of idiotic moves by HANK Steinbrenner. (he did it again with Soriano; although that one wasn’t a $275 mil move)

      Reply
    • strikethree

      11 years ago

      Actually, this is flawed thinking.

      Inflation and investments dictates that money is worth more now. Therefore, by paying more now, it is actually worse than if he had been paid more later.

      The contract is going to be fixed no matter what (meaning it’s a total of 275 mil back-loaded or front-loaded)

      If you were to pay Arod 275 mil now, the present value of the contract is 275 mil. But, it you were to pay him 275 mil at the end of his 10 year tenure, the present value of his contract is only 225 mil (assuming you reinvest in to keep up with inflation at let’s say only 2%)

      The only way a front loaded contract is better is if there is deflation but that is unlikely.

      Either way, the contract was stupid. 275 million… who the hell was going to pay even close to that? Add this to the list of idiotic moves by HANK Steinbrenner. (he did it again with Soriano; although that one wasn’t a $275 mil move)

      Reply
  7. WisBrave

    11 years ago

    Do the Angels still really need starting pitching

    Reply
    • $7562574

      11 years ago

      we’d like to have some depth.

      Reply
      • WisBrave

        11 years ago

        Don’t they have depth in the minors? Usually Angels have a starter or two near ready in the minors.

        Reply
        • $7562574

          11 years ago

          we have just one ready in the triple a.

        • Goose

          11 years ago

          I’m not even sure “ready” is the right term just yet for Richards. I’m hoping everyone stays healthy in 2012 (for myriad reasons), so that he can get a full season at AAA.

        • $7562574

          11 years ago

          pray! angels may help.

        • $7562574

          11 years ago

          we have just one ready in the triple a.

  8. rpoabr

    11 years ago

    Longoria has got to be getting too expensive for the Rays, he sure would look good at 3B in an Angels uniform.

    Trumbo + Bourjos + a prospect or two? I’d be happy to have Trout play CF and learn on the job a bit…

    Reply
    • $7562574

      11 years ago

      nope!

      Reply
    • diesel2410

      11 years ago

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you’re talking about Longoria?!?!

      Ok here’s what the Rays would ask for Longoria…Trumbo, Bourjos, Trout, and like 3 of your best 5 prospects

      Reply
      • Ryan

        11 years ago

        I’m not sure that would be enough. 

        Reply
    • NickinIthaca

      11 years ago

      Longoria and Moore have the two most team friendly contracts in baseball. That’s what happens when you sign with less than 20 days MLB experience. He’s going nowhere.

      Reply
    • notsureifsrs

      11 years ago

      right now his contract is for 5 years and $40.5M, with the last 3 years as club options

      as a 7 WAR player, he isn’t too expensive for anybody

      Reply
      • Goose

        11 years ago

        Hear, hear. As much as I’d love to see Longoria in Angel red, it ain’t gonna happen.

        Reply
    • chrisn313

      11 years ago

      Yeah maybe they’ll take abreu for longoria straight up.

      I can’t believe what people say sometimes, honestly.

      Reply
    • chrisn313

      11 years ago

      Yeah maybe they’ll take abreu for longoria straight up.

      I can’t believe what people say sometimes, honestly.

      Reply
  9. $7562574

    11 years ago

    happy new year, everyone!

     once healthy morales is as good as any at first-base and he is a switch hitter. trumbo, for the reasons he appeals to the rays is a keeper for the angels. he will play some at third-base and back up first, dh and corner outfields. i don’t see either one traded until the trade deadline. that is only if trumbo cannot play passable defense at third.

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    11 years ago

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