Also, I'm certainly not rebuilding. I was a playoff team and intend to be one again.
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Also, I'm certainly not rebuilding. I was a playoff team and intend to be one again.
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I hope we can work out a deal for Bruce and Phillips. Get back to me with a counter of what the + you want is
Oakland A's Get:
OF Hunter Pence- 4.75M
RP Wilton Lopez- 400K
Old Team Salary: 43.90M
New Team Salary: 44.15M
Houston Astros Get:
2B Mark Ellis- 6.00M
SP Vin Mazzaro- 400K
OF Michael Taylor- 400K
RP Travis Blackley- 400K
1.5M in cap
Old Team Salary: 64.70M
New Team Salary: 65.15M
Last edited by VRP723; 10-25-2010 at 11:08 PM.
Brewers get:
Michael Young - 16,000,000
3,000,000
Rangers get:
Matt Gamel - 400,000
Zack Braddock - 400,000
Current - 45,700,000
Remaning - 29,300,000
Tigers Get
Shin-Soo Choo $2,500,000
Old Payroll: $84,475,000
New Payroll: $85,775,000
Indians Get
Andy Oliver
Casey Crosby
Alex Avila $400,000
Scott Sizemore $400,000
Daniel Schlereth $400,000
Old Payroll: $41,543,300
New Payroll: $40,243,300
Astros Get
Ryan Strieby
Casper Wells
Old Payroll: $62,450,000
New Payroll: $58,950,000
Tigers Get
Wandy Rodriguez
$3,500,000
Old Payroll: $85,775,000
New Payroll: $89,275,000
Astros get:
Donald Veal-SP-400K
Astros Old Payroll-65,250,000
Astros New Payroll-62,450,000
Pirates get:
Michael Bourn-OF-3.2M
Pirates Old Payroll-29,950,000
Pirates New Payroll-32,750,000
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A's get
Zack Greinke - 13,500,000
5,000,000
A's new salary: 56,180,000
Cap: 55M + 5M: 60,000,000
Salary remaining: 3,820,000
Royals Get
Trevor Cahill - 400,000
Chris Carter - 400,000
Grant Green
Josh Outman - 400,000
Royals new salary: 34,830,000
Royals cap: 70M-5M: 65,000,000
Salary Remaining: 30,170,000
Brewers get:
Michael Young (16M)
3 Million from Rangers for Young's salary (13M)
Rangers get:
Matt Gamel (400K)
Zack Braddock (400k)
Last edited by DaSox_05; 10-25-2010 at 09:48 PM.
Ownership,
We feel that we have the right pieces to win the AL West this year. We have devastating pitching and a superb defensive squad. The thing is that we are very underwhelming offensively. We got Zach Greinke who can be the face of this franchise.
Our rivals all have a much higher payroll than ours yet I believe our team can own their team easily with proper funds. The Angels have a payroll of 130 million. The horrid Mariners have a payroll of 95M and last year’s AL pennant winners are at 75 million.
Our payroll was set for 55 mill for the 2011 season. The Royals were kind enough to give us 5 mill in cap space (taking our cap to 60 mill), allowing us to get Greinke. We can’t rely on other teams helping us out. We are on the verge of doing something great. We just need some offensive help. Our team is on the rise. The players can feel it. This can be a great year for us. Our payroll has averaged over 62 mill the past 5 seasons, yet we don’t have much to show for it. This time we will. Look at our rivals across the Bay. They showed that pitching can still win in this league and we have the best 1-5 in baseball. We just need to support it.
We have to put a better product out there for the fans. That starts by investing in the team right now. We had the worst home attendance numbers last year after the Indians and the worst TV ratings. Things need to change now. We have to bring excitement back to this once proud franchise. We have helped this situation by trading for Greinke. The guy can fill up a stadium. He can get this franchise jump-started but he needs help.
I’m asking for 15 million in payroll to bring our total number up to 75 million. Its still less than all of our competitors (as much as the Rangers) but it is now competitive and respectable. We are going for the division and more. We are not rebuilding anymore. We are not trading players for prospects anymore. We have a foundation in place; a core group of guys that we can build around. Improving our entire team, specifically the offense is our goal. We need some more payroll flexibility and funds to do this.
Thank You,
A’s Management
Edit- Crap, I read over the 1 paragraph rule.![]()
Last edited by nyyfan4life; 10-25-2010 at 10:03 PM.
Yankees - Jets - Rockets
Re-signed Ramon Hernandez for a 2 year 9 million dollar deal.
New Salary: 68.145
Re-signed Miguel Cairo for a 1 year 1 million dollar deal with 2 option years.
New Salary: 69.145
Last edited by McJoe; 10-25-2010 at 10:55 PM.
Our payroll has been at 68 million for 5 years in a row. We made the World Series, and I thought that improving it to 75 million was fair, but after seeing the offer to Lee and the Victorino deal, I feel this franchise is moving in the right direction. I'll increase payroll to 82 million.
Well to be honest, you're not going to compete this year, and we know that. However, you made some nice deals, so I'll approve 45 million for now.
I'd be more inclined to improve payroll if I saw the franchise was moving in the right direction. So far the Cardinals have gotten better, and we've done nothing. I'll reconsider this in a few days.
It appears that we're going through a rebuild, which is definitely the right move. However, rebuilds are generally not when you need a cap increase, so we'll stand pat for now. If your plan is to eat bad contracts along with getting good prospects, maybe we'll reconsider.
230 million isn't going to happen. We can't afford to increase payroll 20 million every year we get knocked out in the ALCS. 200 million for now, make smart moves and we'll reconsider.
To be honest, trading the face of the franchise isn't the best way to convince ownership to increase payroll. We're clearly a rebuilding team, spend like it.
We love the Greinke deal, not only because it improves the team, but it brings people to the ballpark. We'll approve a 10 million dollar increase to boost the payroll to 70 million, make more smart moves and it could increase even more.
Well here it goes...
Free Agency is going to begin tonight at 11 EST. Here are the rules.
Rule 1, you are only going to be allowed to offer contracts to 5 Free Agents on the first day, and 3 every day after that. If you offer more than that your offers won't count.
Rule 2, three offers per free agent, seems pretty simple. The only exception to this will be if you're talking to a player at the Winter Meetings, where I might ask for 1 last "Final Offer"
Rule 3, in order to stop the prices of free agents being shot up, the free agents will narrow their bidders down after receiving a few bids. For example, Carl Crawford will say "I've narrowed my choices down to Teams A, B and C"
If you're not one of those teams, don't even bother. Your offers won't be looked at.
For the first few days I'll take offers, then I'll respond to some. There will be a Winter Meetings like last year, where some of the bigger free agents will sign. I'm thinking this weekend will probably be the best time for those.
If I left anything out, feel free to ask in the Questions thread.
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