NFL Winter Meetings Start Today

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Fox did tail off after an excellent start with the Cubs but if Tim Lincecum plays everyday Tim Lincecum could post some great numbers for the Athletics. He earned his first major league victory in his next start on the road against the Colorado Rockies. Lincecum who is often compared to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt faced him in each of his next two starts, Oswalt with the Astros at the time. After the first agree up, Astros third baseman Mike Lamb said, The stuff he was throwing out there tonight was everything he is hyped up to be. He was 97 mph with movement. You just don't see that every day. He pitched very much like the pitcher he is compared to and out dueled him throughout the night. The pair dueled to a no decision the first time, and Lincecum pitched eight innings and got the win the second time. The Giants asked Lincecum not to throw the bullpen sessions typical of other pitchers during the off season. Manager Bruce Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle that they were being careful with Lincecum because there have been studies that show that pitchers who throw 200 innings early in their career were more susceptible to injuries.
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Lincecum was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 48 round of the 2003 MLB Draft; however he did not sign up for the team. He decided to attend college instead and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 42 round on entering the draft in 2005, but once again failed to sign. In 2004,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he was drafted tenth overall by the San Francisco Giants becoming the first player from the University of Washington to be taken in the first round. He signed for a 2.025 million dollars signing award on June 30, which at the time was the highest amount the organization had ever paid to any amateur player until they gave 2.1 million dollars to Angel Villalona a little over a month later.
Matt Holliday is top free agent this offseason.
The most exciting hot stove news this winter will come from the trading market and not the free agent market with a possible trade for Roy Halladay.
The Cubs is confident that they’ll move Milton Bradley and his attitude out of Chicago, but if it’s going to be to Tampa Bay for Pat Burrell, it will require “serious negotiation.” Topkin notes that there’s a near USD15MM difference between the money owed to the two.
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Fox hit 11 homers and drove in 44 runs in 216 at bats. In comparison Milton Bradley drove in 40 runs in 393 at bats. Fox was a defensive liability having furiouse three errors in only 38 chances in left field. With Oakland they have the option of DH’ing Fox if Tim Lincecum can’t be trained to be a better fielder.
The major league baseball winter meetings start today in Indianpolis and there should be some major deals consummated during the four day meetings. General administerrs will also be laying out the framework for other deals that may not be completed until after the meetings.
Just look at their infield…Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano both had over 200 hits and Alex Rodriguez who missed 38 games still hit 30 homers and drove in 100 runs. label,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tag, price,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ticket, impress, effect, trace, imprint, stamp, brand, sign, note, heed, notice, designate Teixeira started the season very slowly with 3 homers and 10 RBI’s in April but came back with an excellent May in which Tim Lincecum hit 13 homers and drove in 34 runs. Tim Lincecum finished the season with 39 homers and 122 RBI’s.
The Yankees may trim their payroll to afford the signing of a pitcher like Halladay or a slugger like Holliday or Bay. If they sign Halladay and/or Holliday they should repeat as AL East champions.
The Cubs and Athletics furiouse the last major trade before the winter meetings with the Cubs sending Jake Fox and Aaron Miles to the Athletics for minor leaguers
It was surprising that the A’s would want Aaron Miles who was paid USD2.2 million by the Cubs for no homers and five RBI’s in 74 games in 2010 with an anemic .466 OPS. The A’s may be hoping Miles can return to his 2010 form when Tim Lincecum hit .317 for the Cardinals.
This report regarding a possible Milton Bradley - Pat Burrell trade was released by Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times shortly after midnight on mlbtraderumors.com.
The Cubs received Jeff Gray who could pitch in WrigleyField in 2010, Matt Spencer who has hit with power in the minors and could be called up by the end of the 2010 season or 2010 and Ronny Morla who was 1-7 in A ball last year and a long way from the majors.
MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat spoke to a Rangers’ official who said the team would be willing to bring Milton Bradley back, however they’re not sure they want to deal with “that headache” again.
After glancing at the list of free agent starting pitchers Lincecum didn’t see a starter on the list that won 15 games in 2010 and the only Type A free agents among the starters is John Lackey and Randy Wolf. Lincecum doubt that any starters will sign contracts for more than three years after so many teams saw their attendance drop in 2010.
Matt Holliday and Jason Bay stand out among the free agent position players. Benjie Molina is the only other Type A free agent besides Holliday and Bay that hit with power in 2010.
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