MLB 2008 Off-Season Transactions starring Wesley Ray Helms

by 1 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 00:09:48

Clutch-hitting Helms gets two-year extension with Marlins

Helms, 32, batted .243 with five homers and 31 RBIs during the 2008 season, but came up with some big hits for the Marlins -- including a pinch-hit homer on the last day of the season to beat the Mets.

by **VoxOrion** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 00:23:36

Fucking Helms.

by **JFLNYC** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:05:18

Striking a blow for the mediocrity in us all!

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:14:19

Maybe now Wesley can finally buy a truck to compete with the one jon Lieber has. I feel for him.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 14:02:17

more money for the strippers

by **karn** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 16:10:40

I was actually going through some old boxes this week and found Wes's test reel for the part Michael Madsen eventually got in Reservoir Dogs. He was great considering he was just a junior in HS. I think Madsen took a lot of his own playfulness from what Wes did. Screengrab:

by **JFLNYC** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 16:42:52

Karn: Do you want to start the game thread tonight?

Edit: I'm not particularly superstitious, but if others are, I'll start it.

by **Camp Holdout** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:17:57

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3651897

mark ellis resigns with oakland, multiyear deal. i find this surprising since they have cardenas now...

sometimes that billy beane gets a lot of credit. and sometimes he deserves it.

by **Barry Jive** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 13:40:41

Cardenas is still at least a year away from the majors. Ellis is a plus defensive player, and the only free-agent 2Bs who are better than him offensively are Ray Durham, Mark Grudzielanek, Jeff Kent, Felipe Lopez and Mark Loretta. All but Lopez are more likely to decline than Ellis, and his defense likely makes up for the difference in their offense. Plus, Ellis is probably cheaper because he's two years older and staying with his team.

by **VFB** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 22:50:52

rotoworld

Mark Ellis is set to stay with the A's on a two-year deal with an option for 2011.
ESPN reports that the deal will guarantee him $10 million-$11 million, with the option potentially making it worth $18 million. The A's got second basemen back in both the Joe Blanton and Rich Harden trades, plus they just spent their first-round pick on a second baseman when there were better players available. Ellis is worth about $5 million per year, but the A's sure are using up a lot of their resources to address one position. It's not like they don't have plenty of other holes.

second base is the new moneyball!!

by **stevemc** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 17:36:55

Cardinals will buy out Mark Mulder

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3654944

by **CrashburnAlley** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 18:01:04

Andruw Jones wants a trade.

How about Andruw Jones coming back from the Dodgers? It sounds like the fans don’t like him out there and he doesn’t want to be a part of that mix.
--David L., New York, N.Y.

This was the second-most popular question asked this week and the easy answer is “No.” Jones has told friends that he plans to approach the Dodgers and ask them to trade him. After hiding their excitement, the Dodgers will then have to find a suitor and determine how much of the $22.1 million they still owe him that they’ll have to eat.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 18:46:15

New Mariners GM

and it's not the Asian woman from the Dodgers

by **BigEd76** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 19:32:15

New Nats coaching staff:

Bench coach = Jim Riggleman
Hitting coach = Rick Eckstein
1B coach = Marquis Grissom
3B coach / IF instructor = Pat Listach (one of the worst Rookie of the Years in history)
Bullpen coach = Randy Knorr

by 1 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 01:12:03

^ ^ ^

Newsday reported Saturday that Randolph, who was fired as Mets manager in June, declined a chance to join the Washington Nationals either as their bench coach or third base coach.

-espn.com

:?: :?: :?:

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:22:07

He's a candidate for M's manager.

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:09:36

by **Bob Loblaw** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:11:43

JFLNYC wrote:We signed our new LF.

Uh... we released him at the end of spring training.... 2007.

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:15:39

Never mind. :oops:

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:15:56

Are you drunk? What was that all about

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