Matt Holliday feels like a Royal to me....whether good or bad....

Verlander's fiancee oh she mad


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Holliday would be an excellent fit for DH. He can still rake and without playing the field, his injury liability goes way down. Put up similar numbers to Cuban Breakfast, while missing about 40 games or so.

Didn't he take less money to go to NY right as KC's window opened? I think he has less than zero interest in coming back here.

That was more money and years than KC was likely offering, at the time, as I recall.


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Astros trade for Brian McCann, sign Josh Reddick -- 4 years/$52 million

More details on Reddick deal. Doesn't seem too bad.

Source: Josh Reddick, Astros agree on 4-year, $52 million deal
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...rth-52-million

The Houston Astros and free-agent outfielder Josh Reddick have agreed on a four-year, $52 million contract, a source close to the situation told ESPN's Buster Olney.

The agreement, which is subject to a physical, was first reported by Yahoo! Sports and confirmed by ESPN.

In 155 combined games between the Oakland A's and Los Angeles Dodgers, Reddick hit .281 with 17 doubles, 10 home runs and 37 RBIs, while also providing steady defense in right field.

Reddick got off to a slow start with the Dodgers following an Aug. 1 trade, but he finished batting .258 with two home runs and nine RBIs in 47 games with his new club. He ended up tied for the major league lead with a .400 batting average in September, going 26-for-65 in 20 games for the Dodgers.

According to FanGraphs, Reddick ranked sixth among major league right fielders with six defensive runs saved.

Drew Butera re-signs for 2/$3.8 million

Not that it matters much who your backup is but why are we bringing him back?

Why wouldn't they bring him back? He's solid back there and actually put in a lot of effort to improve at the plate, which he did this year. Not a bad signing.

Because they like/trust his defense and he fits in well with the team, would be my thought.

Also will say this... if they're REALLY pinching every penny and need to cut payroll, they wouldn't be spending several million dollars on a position they could fill for a million or less.

Could be the first sign they're not as poor as DM is positing.


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Is there any way that contract signifies that he'll be catching more and giving Salvy time off or at DH? Or do you think it's more that they won't be pinching pennies as much as they said?

He also had a 0.75 WHIP last season.

And much of the female portion of the fan base sighs in relief.

(As well as some of the men too).

Not so much on the first part (Ned is still going to do his best to Kendall poor Salvador Perez). But I think the second part may be dead on...

(There's some hope tied up in that, too.)


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