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Ill go farther and say it makes you guys a serious contender.

Especially a guy like Hamilton. Great player, but his contract is going to be way too risky.

Character, and injury risk. Just not worth the money he will command.

Torii Hunter to the Tigers for 2 yrs...pending physical

actually would have preferred Melky

A great pickup for the Tigers. Huge upgrade in the outfield and a capable bat at the 2 spot. Now they just need to solidify the bullpen.

Really like the pickup for the Tigers. He won't keep his batting average up because his BABIP was .389 (which led the league) and is bound to regress. However I think he should provide good speed and obp in the 2 spot setting up for Miggy and Prince. His defense is also still pretty good.

Also love the trade for the Jays. Yea there are ifs, but if those guys play as they are capable of it makes the Jays a really good contender in the AL East and IMO a fun team to watch.

Now the two teams I support:
Interesting about the Braves. Not sure what their plan is but they need a backup catcher as McCann is becoming too injury prone.

I am curious what the Dodgers do this offseason. I know they are seriously interested in signing Youkilis, which slots Hanley at SS. I wouldn't be surprised to see them sign Youk and then try and flip a pitching prospect and Dee Gordon (only speed...his obp and defense are not good right now) for a more reliable pitcher. Harang and Capuano are expected to be put on the trading block if they sign the Korean guy and they believe that either Lilly or Billingsley will be healthy enough to take the other spot.

If you are talking about the Dodgers...

Don't you know? ENDLESS PAYROLL!

But seriously? I have absolutely no clue. It wouldn't surprise me to see them eclipse $200 million (I think they are around 190 right now). The first priority to me though is re-signing Kershaw.

I'm talking about Los Doyers. You guys just dropped 23 million on Brandon League.

At this rate the Albuquerque Isotopes are going to have a higher payroll than the Pad Squad.

Yea I really don't know. I think they initially spent this money as it was the quickest way to upgrade the team. Now they are putting money back into upgrading the farm system and international scouting so hopefully in the future we won't need to spend as much money. I do like the commitment to upgrading the team though. Will see if it all works or not.

Well, The Guggenheim group paid over $2 billion for a franchise that I didn't think was worth $1 billion so .

I guess we're Yankees west. Not the way I would like to build a team, but I would much rather have ownership take risks and shell out cash than what happened under McCourt. Colletti has always been a pretty big spender.

The reason they went for the $2 billion is because of the upcoming tv network deal. It will probably create their own channel ala Yankees or Lakers and is rumored to provide $250+ million a year if they work out the deal properly. That is why they spent that much on the team and aren't afraid to pay people like crazy.

I would sign Victorino to a short deal ( 2 years or even 1 if his agent want to reestablish value ala Adrian Beltre) and wait for the Goodwin kid. He probably needs another year in AA and a quick stop in AAA.