Oh look the Giants kept the Championship squad together! *snore* This offseason hasn't even moved yet. All of the top Free Agents remain unsigned and the big trade possibilities have yet to go down.
Well more then just the Giants signings happened. Big free agents signings never happen this early in the year, its always between late December and late January. The market this year is moving incredibly fast compared to years past. We already have our first multi-team trade being rumored. 5-6 of the top 15 or so free agents have signed.
But being a Dodger fan I guess all you really care about are celebrities and what kind of taco they are eating this week.
Adrian Gonzalez has a bad contract? Izz you on druuugs?
He is 30 years old, while he is still an excellent player he is declining and he will be 36 when the contract is over. He will be averaging 20+ Million a year during these years. He has lost power and walk rates have sharply fell. Yeah bad contract. Not as bad as the teribad Crawford contract but it isn't even 'decent'.
39MM dollars for a stopgap?
Its only 3 years and hes still a good player. The Giants were paying Edgar Renteria 9 mill a year as a stop gap. Red Sox had lots of flexibility for a short term deal until Bradly or Brentz force their hand. Or gives them a CF in case they want to trade Ells who would bring a decent return.
Johnny Gomes and Mike Napoli to platoon with David Ortiz?
How do they all work? They are now the second slowest, second fattest team in MLB (Detroit looks to hold down #1 for awhile). BoSox's moves have been nothing but fail.[/QUOTE]
Wat? Gomes will play LF durr. Napoli will be mostly at 1st with Ross behind the plate and Napoli filing in to give him rest. Ortiz will be the DH. Red Sox have plenty of speed, Victorino, Ells, Pedroia. Shane and Ells can both steal 30+ and Pedroia will do 20+. Really only, LF, DH, 1B and C are slow for them... Which is really common with just about every team.
Or they might be fine....? Six starting pitchers under contract. They'd like to upgrade but if they don't it's hardly a travesty.
Kershaw is great... Bills is inconsistent and can't be accounted on. He was good, then became not very good and is now a decent 4 but has only pitched 200 innings once. (Twice got to 190ish). Never had a Whip under 1.2, career 2.1 K/BB. He has good stuff and inconsistent control, and doesn't know how to extend a bad start.
Capuano is a solid pitcher that had a nice year and his first decent year since 2005 but outside of that he is nothing more then an average #4 or 5. He throws strikes but gets hit pretty good.
Harang is Barry Zito 2.0 minus a Cy Young and a decent career. Relies on control when its rapidly declining.
Lilly had a nice very short year last year. He is Barry Zito 3.0 minus a Cy Young and slightly better control, and not as prone to hits. He is now 36 year olds and suffered shoulder problems last year.
Beckett is an insanely inconsistent hothead with good stuff. Hes the dumb jock with a lot of money but doesn't really know how get the most out of himself. He will probably do better pitching in the Latrine then he did in Fenway though. As long as his ego doesn't com bust along with the other egos on the Dodgers.
Dodgers have by miles and away the best position players in their division and a very, very solid bullpen.
Hahahahahahahaha... That is funny. But I'm sure its easy to believe when you inhale smog all day.
Not to mention the best starting pitcher in the division. Obviously the opportunity is there for improvement, but if this is the team we see on Opening Day then it's not like they'll look worse than the Padres....
Padres are so much better then you think... They are incredibly young and have a lot of nice pieces on their team. You will probably have a better record then them at the end of the year, but they played really well towards the end of the season.
. Herpity Derpity, thanks for that hater's rant Prosthetic. I don't have the will or motivation to break it down (and why bother? You're a Giants fan...). I'm glad you're underrating Grienke, and 6-7MM a year for a 26 year old who is expected to be the number 3 or 4 starter is a fantastic deal. 
