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12-22-2013, 08:33 AM
West **tes: Choo, Astros, Kotsay
The Rangers' seven-year,*$130MM agreement with Shin-Soo Choo (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/choosh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) brings total spending this offseason to around*$1.543 billion, according to Yahoo Sports'*Jeff Passan (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/baseball-s-big-spending-spree-could-eclipse--2-billion-011632054.html). With players such as*Ervin Santana (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaer01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Matt Garza (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garzama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Ubaldo Jimenez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenub01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) still available, the 2006 record of approximately*$1.75 billion appears likely to be broken, and spending is certain to eclipse $2 billion if Masahiro Tanaka (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=tanaka003mas&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) is posted. There simply isn't anywhere else to put the game's booming revenues **w that spending has been capped in the draft and international free agency, Passan writes. Let's look at more late-night links from the AL and NL West:
The Choo signing shows why*Jon Daniels is one of the game's best general managers,*Jean-Jacques Taylor of ESPNDallas.com (http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10177781/texas-rangers-closer-goal-world-******-title-acquiring-shin-soo-choo) opines. While the Rangers only narrowly missed the playoffs in 2013, swapping Ian Kinsler (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinslia01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) for Prince Fielder (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and bringing Choo into the fold indicate the front ****** understood that a major revamp of the Texas offense was required.
Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Staying-grounded-keys-Astros-defensive-shift-5085103.php?t=7963723791d87bd7f9) **tes that the*Astros have acquired a trio of ground ball-heavy pitchers this winter in*Scott Feldman (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/feldmsc01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and relievers Matt Albers (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alberma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Chad Qualls (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com). The focus on grounders is an "organizational preference detectable even in the amateur draft,"*Drellich writes.
Mark Kotsay (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kotsama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) will remain in the Padres organization as a special assistant to GM*Josh Byrnes after retiring (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/09/mark-kotsay-to-retire-at-seasons-end.html) at the end of the 2013 season,*Bill Center of U-T San Diego (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Dec/21/padres-mlb-be**it-smith/2/?#article-copy) reports.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=4-SLMUtnqq0:4K8OM6jFbnk:yIl2AUoC8zA)
The Rangers' seven-year,*$130MM agreement with Shin-Soo Choo (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/choosh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) brings total spending this offseason to around*$1.543 billion, according to Yahoo Sports'*Jeff Passan (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/baseball-s-big-spending-spree-could-eclipse--2-billion-011632054.html). With players such as*Ervin Santana (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaer01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Matt Garza (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garzama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Ubaldo Jimenez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenub01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) still available, the 2006 record of approximately*$1.75 billion appears likely to be broken, and spending is certain to eclipse $2 billion if Masahiro Tanaka (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=tanaka003mas&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) is posted. There simply isn't anywhere else to put the game's booming revenues **w that spending has been capped in the draft and international free agency, Passan writes. Let's look at more late-night links from the AL and NL West:
The Choo signing shows why*Jon Daniels is one of the game's best general managers,*Jean-Jacques Taylor of ESPNDallas.com (http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10177781/texas-rangers-closer-goal-world-******-title-acquiring-shin-soo-choo) opines. While the Rangers only narrowly missed the playoffs in 2013, swapping Ian Kinsler (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinslia01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) for Prince Fielder (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and bringing Choo into the fold indicate the front ****** understood that a major revamp of the Texas offense was required.
Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Staying-grounded-keys-Astros-defensive-shift-5085103.php?t=7963723791d87bd7f9) **tes that the*Astros have acquired a trio of ground ball-heavy pitchers this winter in*Scott Feldman (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/feldmsc01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and relievers Matt Albers (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alberma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Chad Qualls (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com). The focus on grounders is an "organizational preference detectable even in the amateur draft,"*Drellich writes.
Mark Kotsay (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kotsama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) will remain in the Padres organization as a special assistant to GM*Josh Byrnes after retiring (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/09/mark-kotsay-to-retire-at-seasons-end.html) at the end of the 2013 season,*Bill Center of U-T San Diego (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Dec/21/padres-mlb-be**it-smith/2/?#article-copy) reports.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=4-SLMUtnqq0:4K8OM6jFbnk:yIl2AUoC8zA)