Cliff Lee and Mark Lowe [i believe] to Rangers for 4 players (Justin Smoak included)

 

 

WOW.

 

 

Link soon.

From CJ Wilson's Twitter page: "Merry christmas rangers fans! we won the Cliff Lee sweepstakes narrowly beating the Miami Heat."

Here's a link:

 

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5367615

Thanks Entendu

Wow, awesome. Not only does he stay out of NYC but he stays in the AL.

Better then going to the damn Yanks or back to the Phillies.

Coming from a more Hockey background then Baseball, its close calls like this that make me wish there was some sort of salary cap in baseball. We can sit and argue it all day, but I like a little parity in my sports and get tired of seeing the same teams buy there way into the post season. With a Salary cap also comes a minimum cap amount, so Loria would be forced to spend more.

Coming from a more Hockey background then Baseball, its close calls like this that make me wish there was some sort of salary cap in baseball. We can sit and argue it all day, but I like a little parity in my sports and get tired of seeing the same teams buy there way into the post season. With a Salary cap also comes a minimum cap amount, so Loria would be forced to spend more.

 

 

MLB does have revenue sharing where somehow the big market teams send money to smaller market teams. What the smaller market teams does is up to them with that dough. Loria got caught putting it in his pockets.

Im aware of the revenue sharing but yet we still have major holes that have not been filled all year because he still refuses to spend even after signing Uggla and JJ. The Revenue Sharing is all fine and good but with a mandatory cap bottom, there will be no if ands or buts, it will be a mandatory cap bottom. Plus you have the benefit of the Cap will equalize the talent pool considering teams will not be able to pay ungodly sums of money to certain players. Granted you will still have certain teams out ahead of others due to the history of winning and the players taking paycuts to play for those teams, but It hink the benefits would out way the negatives by far. I personally like what it has done for hockey.

 

Of course you would see complete outrage, im sure from the players association because you wouldnt see certain players making a ton of bucks per year if the owner wanted to field a decent team.

 

Like i said, Im personally all for it. I know alot of baseball fans dont like it, but it think it would be great to level out the playing field on the high and low end.

I'm glad he's going to the Rangers. I love it when teams like Texas and Cincinatti, which haven't had much postseason exposure, become major playoff contenders.

So Lee goes to Texas and still gets no run support. They get no hit tonight through 6 by the Orioles, of all teams (a guy with a 5.73 ERA). Lee didn't do his part either, though. Gave up 5 runs. He was out of sequence though, pitching on six days' rest.

So Lee goes to Texas and still gets no run support. They get no hit tonight through 6 by the Orioles, of all teams (a guy with a 5.73 ERA). Lee didn't do his part either, though. Gave up 5 runs. He was out of sequence though, pitching on six days' rest.

 

 

If Lee explodes in Texas that will be a sight to see on ESPN.

 

How long will MLB own that team btw?

Going to be interesting to see how he copes with pitching in the far more hitter friendly park there in Arlington compared to Safeco. Although to be honest, Lee is such a good pitcher these days he should still post ace-like numbers wherever he goes.

Going to be interesting to see how he copes with pitching in the far more hitter friendly park there in Arlington compared to Safeco. Although to be honest, Lee is such a good pitcher these days he should still post ace-like numbers wherever he goes.

 

He was great in CBP last year, so I don't think it will be that big of a deal.