Former Cardinals Watch

[mikechamp]

Did somebody already log in this thread that Tony Rasmus and his son signed with the Astros for 1 yr/$7 mil?

[MrCrowesGarden]

CY Young this year? Hmmm.
"Kelly said during a radio appearance Saturday morning that he will win the American League Cy Young award this season. The Boston Red Sox starter didn’t backtrack when pressed on the prediction a short time later. Instead, he reiterated his stance.

“Yeah, I’m going to win this year. That’s what I told the radio guys,” Kelly said Saturday at the Baseball Winter Weekend at Foxwoods Resort Casino. “They didn’t believe me, so sucks to be them.”

http://nesn.com/2015/01/red-soxs-joe-ke ... g-in-2015/

[Famous Mortimer]

I hope he does. It's nice to see a bit of fun and confidence.

[Jmodene]

No more unlikely a winner than Corey Kluber.

[TAZ]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/107346312 ... hing-staff

[Jocephus]

craig zippys

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-zip ... n-red-sox/

[Radbird]

I really miss Joe.

[heyzeus]

Angels and 3B David Freese avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $6.425 million contract.
Freese asked for $7.6 million and was offered $5.25 million from the Angels when arbitration figures were exchanged on January 16. The two sides found the midpoint. Freese batted just .260/.321/.383 in 2014 for the Angels, but he'll open the 2015 season as their starting third baseman.

[Magneto2.0]

Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins had varying reactions to being traded to the Braves in the Jason Heyward deal, Michael Cunningham of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes. Miller, who learned he’d been dealt before learning which team had traded for him, was apprehensive at first, but ultimately happy to learn that he was heading to Atlanta. Jenkins, a former Cardinals first-round pick, was “upset” to be leaving that organization, although he eventually came around to the idea that the Braves must really want him to acquire him in a trade for a player of Heyward’s caliber. Both Miller and Jenkins credit Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright with helping them as pitchers. Miller says Wainwright encouraged him to throw a sinker (although it wasn’t until Justin Masterson showed him a grip he liked that he actually started using it). Jenkins, meanwhile, credits Wainwright with helping him with his delivery. Here are more notes from around the National League.

[heyzeus]

Diamondbacks signed C Gerald Laird to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.