12/14/12

Mack Stuff - Anibal Sanchez (UPDATED), Josh Hamilton, Alex Reyes, Manny Acosta




The Chicago Cubs signed SP Anibal Sanchez  to a five-year contract.

Year Team Lg Level Unif Org Age Rk W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP Bk WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 BB/SO GB/FB
2004 Lowell NYPL A- 19 bos 20 4 3 4 1.77 15 15 0 0 0 0 76.1 43 24 15 3 29 101 2 0.94 5.07 0.35 3.42 11.91 0.29 --
2005 Wilmington Caro A+ bos 21 66 6 1 2.40 14 14 0 0 0 0 78.2 53 25 21 7 24 95 5 0 0.98 6.06 0.80 2.75 10.87 0.25 --
Portland East AA 19 bos 21 - 3 5 3.45 11 11 0 0 0 0 57.1 53 28 22 5 16 63 4 1 1.20 8.32 0.78 2.51 9.89 0.25 --
2006 Carolina Sou AA fla 22 36 3 6 3.15 15 15 2 1 0 0 85.2 82 41 30 7 27 92 4 0 1.27 8.61 0.74 2.84 9.67 0.29 --
Florida NL MLB 36 fla 22 91 10 3 2.83 18 17 2 1 0 0 114.1 90 39 36 9 46 72 4 1 1.19 7.08 0.71 3.62 5.67 0.64 0.76
2007 Florida NL MLB 36 fla 23 - 2 1 4.80 6 6 0 0 0 0 30.0 43 17 16 3 19 14 3 0 2.07 12.90 0.90 5.70 4.20 1.36 0.87
2008 GCL Marlins GCL Rk fla 24 - 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 1.00 7.20 0.00 1.80 7.20 0.25 --
Jupiter FSL A+ fla 24 - 0 0 1.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 7 2 2 0 4 9 0 0 1.10 6.30 0.00 3.60 8.10 0.44 --
Carolina Sou AA fla 24 72 1 0 3.46 2 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 12 5 5 0 5 12 1 0 1.31 8.31 0.00 3.46 8.31 0.42 --
Florida NL MLB 29 fla 24 - 2 5 5.57 10 10 0 0 0 0 51.2 54 35 32 7 27 50 1 0 1.57 9.41 1.22 4.70 8.71 0.54 0.71
2009 GCL Marlins GCL Rk fla 25 - 0 0 3.37 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1.87 10.12 0.00 6.75 -- -- --
Jupiter FSL A+ - fla 25 - 1 0 0.68 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.1 7 2 1 0 3 12 1 0 0.75 4.73 0.00 2.03 8.10 0.25 --
Jacksonville Sou AA - fla 25 - 1 0 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 3 8 0 0 0.77 4.35 0.87 2.61 6.97 0.38 --
Florida NL MLB 19 fla 25 - 4 8 3.87 16 16 0 0 0 0 86.0 84 39 37 10 46 71 0 1 1.51 8.79 1.05 4.81 7.43 0.65 0.79
2010 Florida NL MLB 19 fla 26 38 13 12 3.55 32 32 1 1 0 0 195.0 192 89 77 10 70 157 7 0 1.34 8.86 0.46 3.23 7.25 0.45 0.90
2011 Florida NL MLB 19 fla 27 15 8 9 3.67 32 32 3 2 0 0 196.1 187 85 80 20 64 202 4 5 1.28 8.57 0.92 2.93 9.26 0.32 0.86
2012 Miami NL MLB 19 mia 28 - 5 7 3.94 19 19 0 0 0 0 121.0 119 59 53 12 33 110 4 1 1.26 8.85 0.89 2.45 8.18 0.30 --
Detroit AL MLB 19 det 28 85 4 6 3.74 12 12 1 1 0 0 74.2 81 36 31 8 15 57 3 0 1.29 9.76 0.96 1.81 6.87 0.26



Some drama on this move. First comes the announcement that Sanchez has "reached an agreement" with the Cubs, then his agent says that his current team, Detroit, is still in play. It seems that the Cubs were never told that Detroit would get a shot to match the 75/5 offer...

Regardless of where he winds up, this is another SP off the market at a cost far above what RA Dickey would cost someone.

This has to help the Mets move Dickey before the beginning of the season

We'll keep up on the drama here and update throughout the day.

UPDATE - 5-yrs/$80mil to Detroit...  boy, that really sucks for the Cubs



The Los Angeles Angels signed OF Josh Hamilton.

Year Team Lg Level Unif Org Age Pos Rk G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP IBB SH SF DP AVG OBP SLG OPS GS GS% TB PA outs RC RC/G babip
1999 Princeton App Rk - tb 18 of 9 56 236 49 82 20 4 10 48 17 3 13 43 0 0 1 2 0 .347 .378 .593 972 - - 140 252 160 58 9.8 .389
Hudson Valley NYPL A- tb 18 of - 16 72 7 14 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 14 1 0 0 1 2 .194 .213 .236 449 - - 17 75 62 2 0.7 .237
2000 Charleston (Sc) SAL A 22 tb 19 of 81 96 391 62 118 23 3 13 61 14 6 27 71 2 3 0 3 5 .302 .348 .476 823 - - 186 423 287 69 6.4 .339
2001 Charleston (Sc) SAL A - tb 20 of - 4 11 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .462 .727 1189 - - 8 13 7 4 14.1 .429
Orlando Sou AA - tb 20 of - 23 89 5 16 5 0 0 4 2 0 5 22 0 2 0 1 1 .180 .221 .236 457 - - 21 95 75 3 1.1 .235
2002 Bakersfield Calif A+ tb 21 of 68 56 211 32 64 14 1 9 44 10 1 20 46 0 3 1 3 4 .303 .359 .507 866 - - 107 235 156 41 7.1 .346
2006 Hudson Valley NYPL A- tb 25 of - 15 50 7 13 3 1 0 5 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .327 .360 687 - - 18 55 38 6 4.3 .333
2007 Louisville IL AAA - cin 26 of - 11 40 9 14 1 0 4 8 3 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 .350 .422 .675 1097 - - 27 45 26 12 12.2 .370
Cincinnati NL MLB 33 cin 26 cf - 90 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 4 4 0 2 6 .292 .368 .554 922 75 83 165 337 222 62 7.6 .315
2008 Texas AL MLB 32 tex 27 cf-rf 4 156 624 98 190 35 5 32 130 9 1 64 126 7 9 0 9 8 .304 .371 .530 901 155 99 331 704 452 131 7.8 .333
2009 Frisco Tex AA 32 tex 28 - 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 650 - - 1 5 3 1 5.7 .333
Oklahoma City PCL AAA 39 tex 28 cf - 7 28 3 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 .179 .281 .321 603 - - 9 32 23 3 3.5 .238
Texas AL MLB 32 tex 28 cf-rf - 89 336 43 90 19 2 10 54 8 3 24 79 1 2 0 4 5 .268 .315 .426 741 85 96 143 365 258 46 4.9 .319
2010 Texas AL MLB 32 tex 29 lf-cf 5 133 518 95 186 40 3 32 100 8 1 43 95 5 5 1 4 11 .359 .411 .633 1044 129 97 328 571 349 137 10.6 .390
2011 Frisco Tex AA - tex 30 - 2 7 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1089 - - 5 8 5 2 10.9 .200
Round Rock PCL AAA - tex 30 - 3 11 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 .308 .545 853 - - 6 13 9 2 5.8 .167
Texas AL MLB 32 tex 30 lf-cf 23 121 487 80 145 31 5 25 94 8 1 39 93 2 13 0 10 8 .298 .346 .536 882 120 99 261 538 361 97 7.3 .317
2012 Texas AL MLB 32 tex 31 7 148 562 103 160 31 2 43 128 7 4 60 162 5 13 0 9 9 .285 .354 .577 930 - - 324 636 424 115 7.4



This didn't just develop today. Hamilton and the Angels met during the winter meetings. This gives LA four players that will be 35+ in 2016... and will also be making at least $20mil that year... Albert Pujols, Hamilton, C.J. Wilson & Jared Weaver. Owner Arte Moreno and President John Carpino did visit Hamilton at his Texas home this week.

Did they need his bat? Well, in 2012, Hamilton hit 43-HRS IN 636-PA...  ALL LAA hitters had 30-HRs in 1,561-PA... it's had for me to offer any comment about whether or not this was the right thing for the Angels to do. Can you possibly find anything wrong with an offense that has Hamilton and Pujols in the same lineup. 



Cardinals have signed Dominican RHP prospect Alex Reyes,18, for $950K. Reyes played HS in Elizabeth, NJ, but moved to the DR in 2011

                  This is absolute bullshit. So you can now grow up and go to high school in New Jersey, pass on the draft, move to the Dominican, and let every team bid for your services with a signing bonus. Can I do this? Err, no. Where was this kid born, Jersey or the D.R.? I assume he has a dual citizenship.       




Manny Acosta signs with Yomiuri Giants for 1 year 1.65M guaranteed! 500K in Bonuses


                  Mato is Acosta's agent so this looks like a real deal. It's also a hell of a lot more than the Mets paid him last year. I hope the Mets don't regret this move. He was close to unhittable after the all-star game (1.78, 0.91).

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