Hot Stove Thread 2014-15

All that's missing for A-Rod at this point is a finger wag or the phrase "I'm not here to talk about the past."

 

I'm in for embarrassing A-Rod as much as the next guy, but what's the point here? They're not going to shame him into walking away from the $61 million plus incentives. The only thing he has in less abundance than clutchness is shame.

 

Is an A-Rod confession to the DEA not newsworthy? I'm not sure I understand your question.

 

Sure ... I don't know if it's meaningful at all, though. I guess I just make the leap that somebody is leaking it for some gain here, most likely the Yankees, and it seems like another push to get him to walk away.

 

Gotcha. It seems highly unlikely to me that the Yankees leaked this.

First, the story is written by a federal courts reporter for the Miami Herald. The Yankees would have more likely leaked it to a NY tabloid sports reporter to maximize its impact.

Secondly, Weaver cites a DEA report, not a team source. It seems more likely that Weaver has cultivated sources in the South Florida court system and obtained the report through there, rather than the Yankees obtaining the report and handing it to Weaver.

This doesn't feel like a Yankees leak. Seems more like a courts reporter doing a good job.

 

They probably waterboarded the poor fella.

 

Apparently, at least one former major leaguer took to Twitter to trash the The LA Dodgers hiring Farhan Zaidi because Zaidi "never put on a uniform".

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2014-11-05/dodgers-general-manager-farhan-zaidi-andrew-friedman-ned-colletti-don-mattingly

What are your thoughts on this?

 

I think Brandon McCarthy pretty well served Theriot when he reminded him his two World Series rings came on teams with general managers who never played even minor league baseball (Brian Sabean and John Mozeliak).

 

Theriot: There used to be better post-career job opportunities for scrappy middle infielders!

 

Fox Sports reporting that the Rockies are open to trading Tulowitzki and Gonzalez.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rockies-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-carlos-gonzalez-troy-tulowitzki-110514

Sounds like the Rockies want a big-time pitching prospect for him. I wouldn't go near Tulowitzki at his price tag (he's owed 6 years, $114 million), age and recent injury history.

 

CarGo has "only" 3 years, $53 million remaining, so he'd be a relative bargain for a team on which he could DH a couple of times a week.

 

A pre-emptive moment of silence for the pitching prospect who gets traded to Colorado.