The Hot Stove thread (MLB off season)

[PRF]

The O's have reached a 1 year deal with Robert Andino.
Although they still haven't reached terms with Jeremy Guthrie or Adam Jones.

Good lord I hope they do, or this year is going to be even worse.

Guthrie and Jones are both arbitration eligible meaning they are going to be on the roster. It is just a matter of if they will work out a respectable salary number for this year or force it to go a arbitrator who will decide their salary, which is always a lose/lose situation.

[PRF]

God if I wasn't so damn loyal to my Boston sports teams I would relish the chance to be a Detroit Tigers fan. They are the new Red Sox when it comes to spending but they do it right.

I hate my baseball team for the first time in my life and I don't know how to react.

I hate Boston fans so much and that post is the reason why.

[Troy]

I hate it when people double post for no reason.

[BenWah]

I hate it when Troy is right about something that he has to hate because then i'm more than likely gonna hate it too.

I'm aware that Guthrie & Jones will stay on the roster, but god damn it they deserve better.

In other news, Brooks Robinson injured himself by falling off a stage and fractured his clavicle & rear shoulder.

[Deonte]

Pat Burrell Retires After 12 Seasons

Pat Burrell is retiring
after a 12-year major league career, according to multiple
reports.

Burrell spent the majority of his career with the , who selected him with the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 1998
draft, and also played for the and .

Although he often struggled to live up to high expectations, Burrell was a
member of the 2008 Phillies team that won the World Series and
led the championship parade on a horse-drawn carriage.

He joined Tampa
Bay the next year and batted just .221, then was released early in the 2010
season. Burrell signed with San Francisco and experienced a resurgence of sorts,
clubbing 18 homers and driving in 51 runs with a .266 batting average. He went
on to win a second World Series title with the Giants.

Burrell played in
92 games for San Francisco in 2011, hitting .230 with seven homers and 21
RBI.

The former Miami-Florida star hit .253 with 292 home runs, 299
doubles and 976 RBI in 1,640 major league games.

Burrell finished his
career with more World Series rings (two) than hits in the Fall Classic
(1-for-27).