Rays Closing in on Shoppach

How come whenever we all agree on an idea here at AA, it seems like the Red Sox or Rays are the ones to pull the trigger on it?

about 2 years ago Mark Himmelstein 33 comments 0 recs |

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Meh

we already got Chris Coste. And hopefully we’re still talking to Blanco. Add those two to Santos and you pretty much have the best catching trio of all time…

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Dec 1, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions

But it's not like the Red Sox or Rays are successful or anything

by Bieser's Balk on Dec 1, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Dec 1, 2009 2:47 PM EST reply actions

Only possible answer

Epstein and Friedman read AA

by James Kannengieser on Dec 1, 2009 2:51 PM EST reply actions

Gotta be

I’m willing to slap a QED on that.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Dec 1, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions

It's a done deal

for a PTBNL

by fxcarden on Dec 1, 2009 2:59 PM EST reply actions

just a PTBNL?

why couldnt we get this guy again?

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 1, 2009 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Not that one guy who may or may not play first. What's his name?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 1, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

we have no such player

i dont know who you could be referring to

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 1, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

I don't Know

If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions

There's that guy Jerry keeps mistaking for Carlos Beltran's personal tennis ball machine repair guy

Spock, or Sticks, or Spots or something.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Dec 1, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

Agh

I am getting so frustrated with the FO this offseason. Now they have notched up both sins of commission and omission.

by deadspy3 on Dec 1, 2009 3:01 PM EST reply actions

and i guess we can call re-signing cora sin of remission

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 1, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions

Omar as sex therapist

He has lobby for remissionary position

by deadspy3 on Dec 1, 2009 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

LMAO

by fxcarden on Dec 1, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

I'm pretty damn close to changing my vote to "fire Omar no matter what happens this offseason"

he’s pretty much proving to me that he really just has no clue and hasn’t learned a thing

by cjmulrain on Dec 1, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

so

do the rays now non-tender navarro? in which case, please go get him.

by Rob Castellano on Dec 1, 2009 3:23 PM EST reply actions

He wouldn't be worse than what we already have...

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 1, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

Why?

We already have Santos and Coste, and we’re closing in on Blanco.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 1, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions

You answered your own question.

We should get Navarro because we have Santos, Coste, and maybe Blanco.

Navarro wasn’t great last season, but he had a .330 wOBA and 2.7 WAR in 2008.

by boom_roasted on Dec 2, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

That was sarcasm.

Of course we should have chased Navarro. Instead, we’re cornering the market on backup catchers.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 2, 2009 11:24 PM EST up reply actions

Haha yeah

I’m an idiot. Sorry.

by boom_roasted on Dec 3, 2009 12:26 AM EST up reply actions

I love it...this means Naxarro woll likely be non-tendered.

Either he or Zaun would be my top choice.

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 1, 2009 3:59 PM EST reply actions

Navarro

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 1, 2009 4:29 PM EST up reply actions

Shoppach was my top choice. So I don't love it.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Dec 1, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

Whats hilarious is Carlos Santana, all-world catching prospect they have

was aquired for Casey Blake.

yeah that Casey Blake.

So whenever you remember the awful things Omar does, just remember, it could be worse.

by Gina on Dec 1, 2009 5:53 PM EST reply actions

he never did get Yuniskey Betancourt

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Dec 1, 2009 6:25 PM EST up reply actions

The offseason is young

by James Kannengieser on Dec 1, 2009 8:46 PM EST up reply actions

to be honest

IMO that wasn’t as bad a move as you think. i mean blake was very strong for the dodgers for that 2nd half and into the playoffs. then he posted a 4+ WAR this season.

plus, at the time santana was only in A ball and was battling reports that his defense would move him off catcher where he had converted from 3B. and that season was only his first really good year. now he’s clearly blossoming into a very nice prospect but i don’t think that was a terrible deal at all, they had a chance to make a push for the WS and they went for it by dealing a player who was clearly blocked.

by Rob Castellano on Dec 1, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions

I actually didn't think it was bad at the time either

I was just taking the opportunity to make fun of one of the few gms mets fans can make fun of. I was actually hoping we would deal for Blake at the time. Though I don’t think dealing for Casey Blake should count as going for the WS.

by Gina on Dec 1, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions