Light up the Hot Stove!

What is a Hot Stove? Well regardless of what it is, it's heating up! Once again those foolish fish from Florida are offering Albert Pujols a 9-year $225 million contract. Good luck with that one! Pujols turned down deals from the Cardinals before the 2011 season started and they were around 9 years, and over $225 million, so why would Pujols agree to this deal? Pujols toured the Marlins new ballpark and was reported to have had a good trip. It wasn't a great trip, it wasn't a fantastic trip, it was a good trip. Albert has no affiliations with the Marlins, and he just won a World Series Title with the Cardinals, so in my opinion, I do not see him signing with the Marlins. The other big, literally, first baseman free agent this off season is Prince Fielder. Fielder is the pride and joy of Milwaukee, but where will he go? How many games do you think Prince Fielder has missed in the past 6 seasons? Well, one season in 162 games, and with days given off and all that stuff, one would expect somewhere along the lines of 60 games? That's 10 games a season, which is relatively low. He's missed 13 games in SIX SEASONS! WOW. Wherever Fielder goes, that team will know that they get durability and their money's worth with this contract. Fielder will want somewhere along the lines of a "Ryan Howard contract" but he's thrown out a number like $180 million. The teams that can afford that, like the Red Sox or Yankees, already have first baseman. Teams being thrown around for possible fits for Fielder are the Dodgers, Angels, Rangers, and there are preliminary talks with the Brewers as of this week. These two first baseman free agents are the biggest of the big, and will shape the offseason into something truly special.

Oh and Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young in unanimous vote.