* Official MLB Winter Meetings 12/6-12/9 Thread *

[charlie and algernon]

The MLB Winter Meetings have begun this week where most of the trades and free agent signings will take place.


Deals so far today:

Shaun Marcum from the Blue Jays to the Brewers
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5890574

Mark Reynolds from the Diamondbacks to the Orioles
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5891074



You can follow the winter meeting activities LIVE here:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove10/notebook/_/id/5838237/winter-meetings-live

[charlie and algernon]

1. From Buster Olney, more potential activity from the Diamondbacks

"Good progress being made by D-backs to bring J.J. Putz in as potential closer."

[KamaAina]

9. D-backs and Putz in the same sentence.

without being connected by "...owner Jerry Colangelo is a massive..." :P

[JonLP24]

2. Oh wow

Orioles got a nice pick up. Nice to get Reynolds out of the division. :thumbsup:

[HuckleB]

3. Any downsides to Marcum for the Brewers?

And what do the Orioles want with a strike-out machine who hits below the Mendoza line?

:shrug:

[charlie and algernon]

4. the Orioles want his 30+ home runs

he may only get 100 hits a season, but I think they're drooling at the notion of how many of those 100 hits will be home runs in tiny Camden Yards.

[HuckleB]

5. Sounds like they plan to continue to be bottom feeders.

[JonLP24]

6. I guess he regressed

I didn't have cable this year so the only thing I remember was him hitting monster home runs in 2009. Batting average was higher though not great at all.

[JonLP24]

7. Sources: Dodgers eye Prince Fielder

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are actively involved in discussions on a possible three-player deal with the Milwaukee Brewers that would bring slugging first baseman Prince Fielder to Los Angeles in exchange for Dodgers first baseman James Loney and embattled closer Jonathan Broxton, according to multiple sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Fielder, 26, has averaged 40 home runs over the past four seasons -- a dozen more than any player hit for the Dodgers in 2010 -- and 111 RBIs. He led the National League with 141 RBIs in 2009. He also has a career on-base percentage of .385 and led the NL with 114 walks in 2010.

The Dodgers previously have been reluctant to move Loney, primarily because there is no other everyday first baseman in the organization who is close to being ready for the majors. Loney also is a potential Gold Glove winner defensively, but the knock against Loney has always been that he doesn't hit for the power the front office and coaching staff have long believed him to be capable of producing.

The Chicago Cubs have also expressed interest in Loney, according to ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine.

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5892211

[flvegan]

8. Adrian Gonzales plays in Fenway next year.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101206&content_id=16260572&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

[charlie and algernon]

10. Buster Olney just tweeted that Vicente Padilla is now a Dodger

1 yr, $2million deal, pending physical

[charlie and algernon]

11. Rockies get Ty Wiggington

The Colorado Rockies agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million contract with free agent Ty Wigginton, a source familiar with the negotiations said.

The agreement is pending a physical, the source said.

The Rockies have been looking for a versatile right-handed bat to split time at first base with Todd Helton and also play some at third base and possibly in the outfield.

They've also talked to representatives of free agent Jorge Cantu at these winter meetings.

But on Monday, they began closing in on a deal with the 33-year-old Wigginton, who spent the past two years with the Orioles.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5894432


He hit 22 HRs, but most of them were before the All-Star game and he then disappeared the rest of the season for the Orioles.