Going west, the team with the big money free agents, the Los Angeles Angels, are certainly in the center of the offseason. Scott Fowler is keeping up with the latest rumblings.
"With his free agency already declared by uber-agent Scott Boras, the Angels started this week with some PR statements about making a sizable offer to Mark Teixeira prior to losing their exclusive bargaining rights this Friday. They then recanted, saying they weren't going to give Boras his "starting point" to shop to other teams, and decided to keep their cards a little closer to their chests for the time being."
The big news however has come out of Oakland, where the Athletics made the move to bring in Matt Holliday. However Steven Resnick believes Colorado won the deal.
"So, even as an A's fan if you asked me who got the best deal? It was the Rockies, but the trade helps both teams. It gives the Rockies the flexibility to move Willy Taveras or put Gonzalez in Right Field because he's got a great arm."
Oakland might not be rebuilding like we thought they were, but there is no question their division friends up in Seattle are. Aaron Meyer says this just the first of many offseasons in the rebuilding process.
"It's not going to help attendance to call the season lost from the beginning and bring all the youngsters up and release all the veterans, but it may hasten the rebuilding process just a little."
Fellow Seattle Community Leader Casey Michel also knows that General Manager Jack Zduriencik has his work cut out for him.
"Now, new General Manager Jack Zduriencik has a bigger workload than Hank Paulson. With M’s president Chuck Armstrong and CEO Howard Lincoln breathing down his neck, Zduriencik will be expected to fix a busted garbage truck with some worn Scotch tape. Not exactly enviable."
Here's a question for you. What does Texas have that a lot of team's do not? Matthew Irby knows the answer: Plenty of major league caliber catchers.
"Another big piece of the Rangers off-season to-do list is what to do with the four catchers. Texas has the good problem of having four Major League ready catchers in Gerald Laird, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Taylor Teagarden, and Max Ramirez."
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