A boring winter....

Okay, so the White Sox are trying to put together the 2002 All-Star Team, the Tigers kick their fans in the rocks (because their GM is bad at his job), the Yankees are just pullin' it out on people, the Red Sox have no direction, the Angels and Mariners are trading players and the National League is just kind of standing still.

Jason Bay is going to get paid, but it looks like Boston is going the smart thing and let Jason Bay walk (really, he ain't that good, can't field his position at all). It wouldn't surprise me to see them sign Matt Holiday, but they (and the Angels) are reportedly really unhappy with Scott Boras, for the same reason. Mark Teixeira and the way Boras kicked them both in the rocks this time last year.

I was honestly puzzled by the Mariners signing of Figgins for a few reasons.
1) I can't believe Figgins didn't get at least $10 mill per.
2) I understand that Seattle plans to bat him 2nd (giving them a hell of a 1-2 punch), but where are they going to play him (3rd? 2nd? Left?)
3) Didn't Seattle learn its lesson from the last time they signed an LA-area 3rdbaseman coming off a career year, or not?

The Tigers....eeeeesh. I told Tiger fans that the Willis/Bonderman/Robertson/Maggs/Guillen contracts were going to come back to hurt. And they have....big time. Granderson was the Tigers second best player, the face of the franchise and signed to a really really club friendly contract. The Yankees probably just locked up the AL East again, so good luck to the Rays next year (I wouldn't piss on Fenway Park if it were on fire to put it out, so I hope Boston doesn't do a damn thing this offseason).

The White Sox....they're all over the map. Who knows? Hideki Matsui? Coco Crisp? JJ Putz? I'm good. For God sakes Kenny, GO GET ADRIAN GONZALEZ. Or at least Dan Uggla. Or at minimum, Brent Gardner. Blegh. I might start calling for him to be removed as White Sox GM if the Sox don't win the division this year.

Nothing truly interesting has happened yet, so I'm waiting just like you people!! I'll keep this up!