The 2013-14 MLB Hot Stove Thread

[Dat Migo]

#SpicAndBlackExcellence

CACs mad

 

[Knights89]

Carlos Ruiz resigns back to Philly for 3 years

Tim Hudson to the Giants on a two year deal for 23 million

 

[wire28]

Mike Trout gets robbed again. He was a full two runs better than Cabrera

tell us why you mad friend

 

[Tommy Fits]

You can tell Jay-Z doesn't know shyt about Baseball. He set up a meeting with Mets GM Sandy Alderson and owner Jeff Wilpon to discuss Cano in attempt to drive up the market. How are you supposed to use a team like the Mets for leverage in contract negotiations when the only reason Alderson and Wilpon showed up was for the free meal ?

 

[tremonthustler1]

You can tell Jay-Z doesn't know shyt about Baseball. He set up a meeting with Mets GM Sandy Alderson and owner Jeff Wilpon to discuss Cano in attempt to drive up the market. How are you supposed to use a team like the Mets for leverage in contract negotiations when the only reason Alderson and Wilpon showed up was for the free meal ?

Hov's gonna meet next with Tampa and Oakland. If that doesn't scare Cashman, the meetings with San Diego and Miami are on deck

 

[Street Knowledge]

Miggy

Stat nerds lost

 

[HHR]

Miggy

Stat nerds lost

Sure.

 

[wire28]

Miggy

Stat nerds lost

they stay losin

 

[SoulController]

Ruiz's contract

he got suspended, played like shyt and gets 9 per. 90% of the Phillies roster will be over 35 in 2 years

 

[Grifter]

You can tell Jay-Z doesn't know shyt about Baseball. He set up a meeting with Mets GM Sandy Alderson and owner Jeff Wilpon to discuss Cano in attempt to drive up the market. How are you supposed to use a team like the Mets for leverage in contract negotiations when the only reason Alderson and Wilpon showed up was for the free meal ?

 

[HHR]

The Ruiz deal isn't that bad. $9M/year is nothing. If he produces 2 wins a year its a positive value for Phili

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Hov's gonna meet next with Tampa and Oakland. If that doesn't scare Cashman, the meetings with San Diego and Miami are on deck

If the Mets somehow ended up with Kemp and Cano

WFAN would be straight fire for 2 months, NY Radio needs it too with all these garbage squads.

 

[The War Report]

Mets

 

[FreshAIG]

Rumors of Ike Davis for Braun trade brewing (No pun intended)

 

[PTBG]

According to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, the talks of Norichika Aoki for Ike Davis did not take off and an agreement does not seem to be in the cards right now.

Martino gives no indication on what the Brewers were willing to offer in the trade. Aoki seems like the most likely choice--he really does seem like a good fit in a deal with New York--but it could have been someone else as well. Given the fact that the Brewers need a first baseman and the

Mets insist they are merely listening to offers for Davis (and Lucas Duda, but they would rather trade Davis), it seems likely the Brewers were the ones to initiate talks.

That means that the Mets didn't like what Milwaukee offered, or the Brewers thought the Mets were aiming too high. Again, whether Aoki came up at all is unknown.

However, Martino says a source familiar with Milwaukee told him the Brewers appear "unwilling to trade ... Aoki". There is a whole lot that can be read into that. One, this further cements that the Brewers want to compete. Two, the team could be hoping to extend or re-sign Aoki. Three, the Brewers may not trust Khris Davis or Ryan Braun in right field, or trust Khris Davis to start full-time at all yet. Four, Milwaukee isn't fully counting on re-signing Corey Hart.

Or the Brewers are just wary about their outfield depth and see Aoki as a key player to perhaps fill a platoon role. Or the team could move Braun or Davis to first, depending on what happens the rest of the offseason. That last bit is a whole lot of conjecture, though, as the Brewers haven't publicly shown much willingness to move either player to the infield.
It's still possible that a deal could be worked out for Davis later in the offseason. The general manager meetings are happening now, with the Winter Meetings a month away, and GMs like to talk at those. The Mets have payroll space and are rumored to be in on outfielders like Curtis Granderson, Carlos Beltran and Shin-Soo Choo, all of whom are pretty clearly better than Aoki right now. New York is also looking to bring in more power to add to their lineup, which Aoki does not do.

If the Mets don't end up signing any big outfield free agents or aren't blown away by another trade offer, talks could be rekindled. For now, though, it's looking pretty unlikely.