**The MLB Thread**

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So is Uribe going to prison or a free agent?

lol prison

I think they are moving him to second

 

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Wasn't Uribe involved in legal troubles last year?

yes....shooting incident, but he was cleared

 

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2901485

 

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lol

"The only two first-place votes that didn't go to Rodriguez were from Tom Gage of The Detroit News and Jim Hawkins of The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich."

Arod is the "Dirk of mlb"

 

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lol....he shouldve won it unanimously

 

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Magglio had a great year and was deserving of consideration.

2nd place consideration...yes

there is no way an unbiased judge would vote Magglio over ARod

look at the numbers!

like you said...any other year Magglio wouldve taken it

 

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I think ARod was more valuable to the Yanks

now that I think about it.....without him they wouldnt have made it to the playoffs

I dont really like the guy...but still...

 

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coincidence that the two votes that negated the unanimous decision were from the Michigan area?

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Magglio wouldve been great for the Mets //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

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He wouldve hit that curveball //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

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David Wright > Magglio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

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The Tigers wouldn't have even contended without Magglio, and I just posted stats of how Magglio was just as valuable, if not more valuable to Detroit then A-rod was to New York.

ARod helped the Yanks to the playoffs.

Magglio helped the Tigers get close.

big difference between contending and being in the playoffs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

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all Im saying is that this year ARod deserved the award over Magglio

 

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ok...the MVP award is a joke

Rollins over Holliday?

Wright gets no first place votes?

BS like the gold glove awards

 

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Mets Acquire Estrada For Mota

The Mets found their catcher today in the person of Johnny Estrada. To get him from the Brewers, Omar Minaya only had to surrender Guillermo Mota.

It was a swap of a couple of unwanted guys. The Brewers would've non-tendered Estrada rather than pony up $4MM+ for him. However they'll probably plop down something close to that for Jason Kendall, who is superior to Estrada only in the intangibles department. Doug Melvin offered Estrada to the Mets while naming six different players he'd accept in return.

Mota was actually decent in terms of his 2.6 K/BB ratio this year, but he was hittable and home run prone. Maybe the Brewers can make something of him, though at $3.2MM it's a slightly pricey gamble. Mota of course brings more steroid stigma to Milwaukee's pen, which already has Derrick Turnbow.