MLB 2025 Season

By far the best scoop to come out of MLBTR and the Winter Meetings

Sidney Ponson has no intention of pitching again, writes MASNSports.com's Roch Kubatko. Currently, Ponson is contemplating whether to purchase a boat. I say go for it, big guy!

The Jays' GM says they are unlikely to sign Fielder because they won't go longer than 5 years on a deal. If that's the case, I'd say "unlikely" is the biggest understatement of the offseason.

Monster Rain wrote:

The Jays' GM says they are unlikely to sign Fielder because they won't go longer than 5 years on a deal. If that's the case, I'd say "unlikely" is the biggest understatement of the offseason.

Yeeeahh, I'd say that may be a little bit of an issue.

polaris_x wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

The Jays' GM says they are unlikely to sign Fielder because they won't go longer than 5 years on a deal. If that's the case, I'd say "unlikely" is the biggest understatement of the offseason.

sweet ... stick to your philosophy AA!! ...

Neither of these 1B contracts is gonna work out any better than Ryan Howard's.

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Alright, but how does whining about calls relate to securing the best possible compensation for your work?

I think Jimmy is really trying to make a deal with the Phils, while Albert seems to be going for the most $$$ and doesn't give a shit about StL. (neither do I - they had enough luck this year to tide them over for a fucking decade, I'm just saying) No doubt he's a great player; I just think people overestimate the "good guy" thing, and I can't stand the guy.

The 10-year deal from the Marlins is pretty amusing; what will it be, about 3 years before they're dismantling the team and trying to trade him after all the fans get bored of baseball because the Dolphins signed a bunch of FA's?

I agree that Jimmy wants to go back, and I would imagine that Pujols does too. But he has never been payed close to his value. The Cards wanted to give him a contract extension on their terms last year and it backfired, now if they want to keep him it's going to be on Albert's terms. I don't really give a shit if he is a good guy or not, but the guy has every right to get paid as much as he possibly can, especially being probably the best player any of us have ever seen (up against Bonds and that's a whole different discussion) and never being paid that way. It's not like I'm feeling sorry for the guy, but I don't see any issue with what he's doing.

I have no clue what the Marlins are doing. I am sure they are going to want to win quickly otherwise I have no clue how they are going to pay these contracts. Will be fun to watch though.

http://twitter.com/#!/clarkspencer/stat ... 5197681665

http://twitter.com/#!/JoeStrauss/status ... 0915526657

This is crazy.

There's only one way to make money in Miami - sign Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, Tom Brady AND Aaron Rodgers, and Alex Ovechkin...and Sidney Crosby.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

This is crazy.

There's only one way to make money in Miami - sign Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, Tom Brady AND Aaron Rodgers, and Alex Ovechkin...and Sidney Crosby.

haha, and Tebow.

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

If pujols is really older than he says he is, that could be a complete disaster.

His age listed might not be accurate?

Like maybe he played in the little league world series when he was 20?

Seriously though...something not line up with his age?

Some people seem to think he is older than he is, Jon Heyman for one, who I am sure wouldn't be saying the same thing if he were a Boras client. I don't really know why, there are obviously age issues with a lot of players from the DR and Cuba, but not sure why Pujols.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

But wasn't Pujols born here, or at least raised here - outside KC or something?

From the DR, think he moved here in HS, somewhere like that.