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Gyroball

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Also, in an atrocious move for the Orioles, they traded Britton to the Yankees for Wright. Britton is signed for five more years and will be extremely cheap for at least two more. Wright is signed for one year, and the Orioles are miles behind three teams in their own division.

The Orioles remind me of a slots player: trying to hit the jackpot because they aren't willing to take time grinding it out at the poker table, which is what is required for +EV.

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I think this might be a case of Leo Mazzone thinking he can work the magic with Wright again. I wonder how much, if any, of Wright's salary the Yanks are going to pay?

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$4 of a $7 million contract but it was essentially a sunk cost as the Yankees would have had to pay it, if they opted out of the Wright Contract.

Looks like a really good move for the Yankees

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Looks like Valentin will return to the Mets at 2B, one year deal. I'm not counting on him doing what he did last year with his bat, but if his defense is close to last year I'll be very happy.

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Yeah, I am suprised Aramis signed so soon with the Cubs. He figured to have significant interest from the Angels, Dodgers, maybe even Padres, as well as the Cubs.

And the Orioles continue to be horrible. I wish that the Angels could somehow pry Miguel Tejada from them.

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The Angels have one of the top shortstop prospects in all of baseball in Brandon Wood...Why would they want an aging Miguel Tejada?

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Biggio: 1 year, 5.15 mil..... 2006 OPS: .727 His VoRP has to be pretty low. But 20 is a big round number, and he's "Bigs"! I guess if you can make a guy the highest paid player in the game without actually playing in a game (Jeff Bagwell), you can do this, too. But what do I know? The Cardinals won the WS with (the heavily-acclaimed by JIm Leyland) David Eckstein and Yadier Molina, two of the most mediocre players around, playing regularly.

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Phillies have been wanting to deal Pat for sometime now just want to unload him. He is not a bad player but I guess time for change for them both.

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Mets signed Valentine to a 1 year deal. I have got to believe he is going to be used as a fill in utility player. Do you think the Mets would be "sureing" up the 2nd basemen position with that deal? As if saying Valentine will be the starter and Hernandez is the future and will take the position when he's ready?

Just wondering how other people see the deal.

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Valentin will be the starter. At 36 or 37 he obviously won't be a long term solution at second. I don't think Anderson Hernandez is a long term solution there either.

The real impact of this deal is that I think it pulls the Mets out of the second base market for players like Durham, Loretta, Kennedy and Lugo. Which I personally prefer as giving long term deals to those players probably won't be the best move. Like I said earlier if Valentin can come close to what he did defensively next year then anything he gives you at the plate is just an added bonus.

The Mets are going to be spending most of their money on starting pitching, obviously. And I think a big free agent splash in LF is a definite possibility. Trading Milledge and maybe Heilman for Willis could happen as well depending on how things shake out in FA.

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The Mets also have to think bullpen once again this offseason. Bradford, Oliver & Hernandez are all free agents. Re-signing Bradford has to be a priority. Mota is definitely gone now that he got caught juicing. Heilman wants out if he isn't a starter. At least we get Sanchez back.

If they can hang onto Bradford they might be able to piece a good bullpen back together again with Ring (who finally looks like he is ready) and Sanchez coming back.

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BTW, Met's broke ground today for Citi Field. It will be great to finally have a new stadium in the metro area. Stadium looks great.