Winter Meetings Thread....FA signing's/Trades/Rumors/Etc.

[WaxPax]

I'll get this started with:

According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Rays have agreed to terms with first baseman James Loney.




Terms of the agreement are not yet available. Loney batted just .249/.293/.336 with six home runs and 41 RBI in 144 games this past season between Los Angeles and Boston. But he's only 28 years old and may have some good years ahead. He's expected to start at first base for Tampa Bay.

 

[WaxPax]

next off the board is....

The Red Sox have signed Mike Napoli to a three-year, $39 million deal, according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman.



That's an average of $13 million per season, which isn't bad considering Napoli's enormous power potential and the lack of true sluggers on this winter's free agent market. Napoli will play first base for Boston but should retain fantasy eligibility at catcher because he'll make spot starts behind the plate. The 31-year-old hit 24 homers in 108 games this summer for the Rangers.

 

[MojoDan]

The Napoli signing made my day

 

[scotty216brs]

Not too surprised about the Napoli signing...glad we could get him on a 3 year deal. I'm thinking he will be our 1B for the next two years (catch occasionally) and the 3rd year he will be our DH/1B/C.

 

[cubfanbudman]

Braves are talking to the Cubs about Soriano. I'd love to get one of Atlantas young arms

 

[WaxPax]

some more signings...

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Rangers have reached agreement with Joakim Soria on a two-year contract, pending a physical.



No word yet on the contract terms. Soria has amassed 160 saves over five major league seasons, but the plan is for him to set up for Joe Nathan once he's ready to return from Tommy John surgery. As of now, he appears likely to miss the early part of the 2013 season.


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CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Giants have reached an agreement to re-sign outfielder Angel Pagan.



Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports hears that he'll get $40 million over four years. It's a big pay day for Pagan, who batted .288/.338/.440 with eight homers, 56 RBI, 29 stolen bases and a .778 OPS this past season for the World Series champion Giants.

 

[James52411]

Boston Red Sox, 7 others talk to New York Mets about R.A. Dickey, source says - ESPN

Interesting to consider a trade for Dickey. The negatives are that you are buying high and he probably doesn't win 20 games again. The positive is that over the past three years he has consistently been good to great, will probably eat 200 innings each year, and could pitch another 10 years.

 

[darocker80]

Giants to re-sign Angel Pagan for 4 years $40 million dollars with incentives. I think this is the second largest contract this off season so far.

 

[notjomommasclint]

Love Napoli signing.. Love seeing loney go.. I still think they paid over for Gomes but I like him overall.. Now they still need to address the SS debacle. I'd like Stephen drew out of the 8 hole!

 

[19braves77]

Blue Jays looking at a trade with the Mets for Dickey with Colby Rasmus and J.P being the base of the return for the Mets

Yunel Escobar getting interest from the Rays and Oakland.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Blue Jays looking at a trade with the Mets for Dickey with Colby Rasmus and J.P being the base of the return for the Mets

TAKE IT!!!

 

[Jenkinssssss]

Overpaying Pagan for 4 years shows a lot of faith in Gary Brown

 

[ballerskrip]

Braves are talking to the Cubs about Soriano. I'd love to get one of Atlantas young arms

THIS!

 

[henderson939]

TAKE IT!!!

Thats what I was thinking. What are the Mets waiting for?

 

[aarne13]

Blue Jays looking at a trade with the Mets for Dickey with Colby Rasmus and J.P being the base of the return for the Mets

Yunel Escobar getting interest from the Rays and Oakland.

The Jays are not looking for anything that you would hear about. Like every other rumor it's just hacks speculating what might be a good trade.

 

[Hallsgator]

The Winter Meetings are awesome in person. If you ever get a chance to go, go.

 

[vwnut13]

Would love to see the Red Sox get Dickey!

 

[MojoDan]

Can't begin to tell you how much I still wish the Red Sox would've kept Reddick. I really didn't want to see him leave...

 

[James52411]

I think the Mets would be wise to keep Dickey unless they cannot extend his contract.

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[MojoDan]

I think the Mets would be wise to keep Dickey unless they cannot extend his contract.

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It seems like the perfect fit. A frontline starter for 5million that won the CY Young. That sounds right up their alley.