hot stove 2011-2012

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thought it would be good to have a thread to discuss this winters trades and free agency

first big moves of the off-season haven't involved players tho with theo epstein moving to the cubs and cherington taking over as GM in boston

couple of interesting articles on mlb.com about what their priorities for the off-season were likely to be , one thing that jumped out at me as a yankee fan about boston's needs is that they will mainly be looking for starting pitching and maybe a right fielder which is probably the same thing the yankees are. good news for the players who will be in the frame as a bidding war between the redsox and yankees will push their paychecks up

biggest names in the frame for free agency are pujols and fielder, pujols will probably re-sign with the cards i think even if they dont go on to win the world series, they have showed themselves to be a pretty good outfit in the second half and will have wainwright back in the rotation next year.

Sounds like the Burnett deal is going down, but he'll still cost the Yanks $20M over the next two years.
And the Red Sox need to replace a retiring 45-y-o knuckleballer.

Andy Pettitte signs a minor-league deal with the Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No surprise to moi . . . . .

And now for Yankees fans bad news;
Joba dislocated his ankle yesterday at a playground apparently, playing with his young son.
Reportedly a bone through the skin job. Just when he was on his way back, this happens.
A loss to the Yankees, perhaps for the season.
As the old adage goes, you can never have too much pitching.