rjortiz

$153 million dollars is almost impossible to turn down. Everybody who is criticizing Ellsbury for taking the Yankees offer couldn't even fathom being offered that much money. I don't blame him one bit for going to New York.

He probably won't be worth it in the long term, but for the next few years he is. If he played RF last year, he probably would have been a 6 WAR player.

Brook Lopez broke his foot. Danny Ainge has to be pumped.

Welker isn't going to play. You won't regret having to play Johnson. He's going to tear up Denver's secondary, plus Houston will likely be behind all game and have to throw to catch up.

Did you forget to add "don't" between I and Selig? If this is his grand conspiracy to return the Yankees to contention it sucks.

Choo's going to get a huge contract. Morales and Drew are going to get shafted because of the draft pick compensation attached to them. I really don't understand the Boras hate. He's trying to get the maximum value for his clients. The only people who should hate Boras are the billionaire owners of MLB. I'm not going to waste my time feeling sorry for them if Boras extracts a few extra million from their pockets.

I think that they would be trading the Clippers pick to the Rockets.

What kind of contract do you offer Drew?

I'm not convinced that that is Carp's true talent. They limited his exposure to LHP, which helped his numbers. I'm skeptical that he'd be that good as a full-time player. Also, keep in mind that he had a unsustainable .385 BABIP to go with that .880 OPS. A regression to the mean should be expected in 2014. He also doesn't add anything on the bases, or in the field. I was also talking about him being a fit with the Giants. They already have Brandon Belt at 1B. They also just signed Mike Morse to play LF. I guess they could use him as a platoon partner for Morse, but that might be the worst defensive outfield duo in the history of the game. I think Carp is a decent backup, but I don't think he'd be enough to pry Blanco away from the Giants, and I also don't think the Red Sox should consider him the heir apparent to 1B/DH. That's not true. A .683 OPS is acceptable if the player adds value elsewhere. Blanco has a 2.3 and 2.8 WAR the last two seasons, because he is a good baserunner and a plus defender. He also gets on base at a pretty good clip. He'd be a steal for just Carp. Seeing that the Giants signed Morse to start over him, maybe they don't value him as much as they should. The Red Sox should take a look.

Why is everyone acting like Tanaka will be available in 2015? He's going to be posted. EDIT* Didn't see the USA Today report. Another huge blow to the Yankees.

Unbelievable that situational relievers are getting this much money. Although, it's a bargain compared to the Boone Logan deal. I still don't understand why the White Sox would spend $4 million for a lefty reliever. They aren't going to be any good.

That's a good idea of someone we should target, but I think the Giants would want more for Blanco. There doesn't seem to be a fit for Carp on the Giants roster with Belt at 1B.

I'm guessing Arroyo, Santana, and Garza are waiting for a Tanaka decision before they sign.

It's Case Keenum who locks onto Johnson pretty regularly. He's had some huge games with Keenum under center.

Even if Welker plays, I'd still go with Johnson again Denver's sorry pass defense.

None of you are doctors, and you barely have any information on his injury. Why the rush to judgment?

Jordan Todman for anyone who needs at flex in Week 16. Kirk Cousins for anyone with a weak QB like Kapernick or Matt Ryan.

Mike Woodson has to lose his job after last night's game.

Not to sound like a dick, but I imagine his doctors have a valid reason for that.

Does anyone else think the Yankees will be on Phillips? Can't imagine he'd command a big return.

Huge blow. They'll be fighting the rest of the division for second.

I don't think they expected the Mariners to bid $225 million for Cano. That has more to do with it than Ellsbury's deal. I still expect the Yankees to go 8/200 and get a deal done.

They didn't choose between Ellsbury and Cano. They put a value on Cano and don't want to exceed it. Cano hasn't even signed with the Mariners yet.

Why? They're both quality hitters.

According to jacksonianmarch the HR Park Factor for lefties is 200000000000000000000000000%