Early Evening Roundup

- The Dodgers are acting like the George Steinbrenner era Yankees on steroids. Now we know why:

"it’s clear now that the Dodgers’ local TV revenue is about to enter the stratosphere. A 25-year deal worth between $6 billion and $7 billion would net the Dodgers between $240 million and $280 million per year. Per year. That’s more than any team has ever spent on player salaries in a single season — even the Yankees. And it’s nearly double the amount of local TV revenue pulled in annually by the team with the second-most lucrative deal"

After they sign Zack Greinke who knows what will follow.
 
- Or maybe it's amphetamines because that's what Carlos Ruiz uses, who's now suspended for the first 25 games next year.

- The Mets are in serious talks with David Wright about an extension:

sources: Mets' offer to David Wright is 7 years about $135-140M
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) November 27, 2012

This is a smart move. It's rare that teams get top value in deals like this, but the Mets need to put something on the field. R.A. Dickey is too old to be around for the-next-great-Mets-team and would be a good guy to dangle in trade talks at peak value. However, David Wright should still be a solid player for a little while to help out, and if the extension can double to make the Mets look respectable in the short term then it's a win-win. Unless they're broke, in which case this is stupid. They might be broke.

- Back from Tommy John surgery, Ryan Madson is healthy and signed a deal with the Angels. Madson should help back end of the Angels bullpen with Ernesto Frieri and Scott Downs and might even be in line for some saves. I'm sure this will all be in the Bullpen Reports in a few months on RotoGraphs.

- The Red Sox are very busy as they have been linked with Cody Ross, Nick Swisher, Mike Napoli and now a trade with the Royals based around Wil Myers for Jon Lester. I like Lester to have a bounce-back year and the Royals need frontline pitching but I'd take 6 years of Wil Myers over two expensive years from Lester any day of the week.