Opening The Mill

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Winter Meetings Day One Open Thread
Published 12/3/2007 by royalsreview <info@royalsreview.com> at Royals Review: Front Page Posts
... Two Royals mentions (or is it "Royal mentions"?) over at Baseball Prospectus today. Will Carroll (did we ever figure out what the Carroll-Sterger connection was exactly? thats got to go down as one of the most random name drops ever) mentions in his first "Will's Mill" post that the Royals are surprise players. Great. Because we all found the rumors that Dayton wanted Toriiiiiiiiiiii Hunter and Andruw Jones so intellectually reassuring. Meanwhile, John Perrotto ...

Carroll: Yanks’ offer falls short, for now
Published 12/3/2007 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
Will Carroll, starting up the BP Winter Meetings rumor mill, chimes in on Santana: The Yankees are going to have to offer more than what they have on the table. The team thought putting Phil Hughes on the table was enough, but the Twins aren’t selling Johan Santana for anything less than three major-league ready prospects. Take that for what you will, but if it’s completely accurate, I hope the Yanks just walk away from what is quickly becoming a trade farce.

Winter Meetings Hot Stove - Day 1
Published 12/3/2007 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... From Baseball Prospectus (hat tip to Alex K, from NY)- The current Yankee offer is apparently not enough for the Twins. They want three major-league ready prospects for Johan. This means the Sox offer also falls short. BP says this may open the door for the Mariners to step in. I hope they do. I wonder if the Twins consider Alberto Gonzalez (the Yanks AAA short stop) major-league ready. His glove probably is. [Dec. 3, 12:55 a.m.] ...

Obligatory Winter Meetings Article
Published 12/3/2007 by dajafi <info@thegoodphight.com> at The Good Phight: Front Page Posts
... Free-agent watch. Two members of the 2007 Phillies, Aaron Rowand and Kyle Lohse, might be the most appealing players left on the market. Baseball Prospectus reports today that Rowand is "close," but with who, and for what (ha ha) are unknown. The Phils reportedly are willing to pay Rowand what he wants ($10-12 million per year), but not for as long as he wants (five years). Lohse, meanwhile, seeks a five-year deal--which is madness for any pitcher, but particularly for a guy with a sub-.500 record who's only once won 14 games or pitched 200 innings (both 2003). ...

Yankees arrive at the Meetings
Published 12/3/2007 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
... So I’m pleased to say that Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus came over and introduced himself today. We had spoken on the phone or e-mailed dozens of times but never met. If you aren’t reading Will and the people at BP, you’re missing out. They are great baseball fans who have literally helped change the way people evaluate teams and players. Will’s “Under The Knife” column on injuries is a must-read in the industry. Will will be blogging from here, so check it out.

Market Shifts
Published 2/12/2008 by Dan Scotto at Mets Geek
Leave it to Omar Minaya to make me look like an idiot. On January 22, I wrote, “For Mets fans, though, it’s going to be tougher to get that extra piece or two than we’d hope.” Then, of course, a week later Minaya nets Johan Santana for, all things considered, a reasonably low cost. I went back to the archives to figure out what proposals were being thrown around for Johan Santana back in late ‘07: December 2, 2007, Will Carroll: “The Yankees are going to have to offer more than what they have ...