Some Recaps

So the offseason started off really slow but now its heating up, besides Sabathia there were a lot of other moves yesterday.

-The Mets had a huge 3 team 12 player trade brining in JJ Putz. They send off Heilman, Endy Chavez, Jason Vargas, and 3 minor leaguers and get Jeremy Reed, reliever Sean Green and JJ Putz. Pairing Putz with K-Rod gives the Mets a great new look in the bullpen. Both could be top notch closers and even if they aren't as good as they could be, it's better than last year. Good move mets, they don't lose anyone who would help them this year, as on the Mets Heilman was a lost cause.

-The Tigers continue to be busy this offseason, getting Gerald Laird from Texas, signing Adam Everett and now trading outfielder Matt Joyce to Tampa for Edwin Jackson. Joyce is a young outfielder, 23, who in 242 ABs last year hit 12 homers going .252/.339/.492. He's cheap and young and fills a corner outfielder spot that the Rays need. Edwin Jackson who has been around forever it seems is still young at 25. The Rays with David Price had a surplus in pitching and could afford to send Jackson. They didn't necessarily give much up, in 183.3 innings Jackson had a 4.42 ERA and an ERA+ of 101. Jackson is young and if he stays healthy could give you 180-200 innings of decent pitching, valuable, but I don't know if it's worth it to trade a young OF. Unless Edwin Jackson breaks out which doesn't seem likely call this a win for the Rays.

-The Reds signed Arthur Rhodes 2 years $4m. Everyone needs lefty relief midseason and there is usually some available in every offseason like Rhodes. Rhodes should be able to help out the Reds bullpen after losing Affeldt and could probably trade him midsason like he was last year.

-The Yankees have reportedly offered Burnett a 5th year for something around $85m. However, this isn't near done as other interested teams could still up their offers like the Braves.

-A Mike Cameron/Melky Cabrera swap has been rumored. Great move for the Yankees, Melky can't afford to struggle in NY and keep playing to get better, he could in Milwaukee

-The Royals signed amazing reliever Kyle Farnsworth for 2 years $9.25m. In 2005 Farnsworth had his last good year, half of it on the Braves when Royals GM Dayton Moore was there, and he shipped that into a 3 year deal from the Yanks. Then after 3 bad seasons even comparable to scrub relievers, Farnsworth has turned that into a 2 year deal from the Royals, for over $9m! I don't know in what world this is a good move. The Braves haven't made the playoffs since 2005, and it's like the Royals are their Junior Varisty picking up old Braves scraps. Luckily the Greinke/Francoeur rumor wasn't legit for their sake.

That's about it, or all I want to talk about cya soon