Call to the Pen 2013 Winter Meetings Roundtable

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What was the Most Surprising Move of the Meetings?

Engbloom:  I’d say Corey Hart signing with Seattle.  Can’t dispute that the money was far better in Seattle than he would have received from the Brewers, but I honestly didn’t see him getting a deal comparable to what Mike Napoli got from Boston.

Festa:  The New York Mets signing Bartolo Colon. The two-year, $20 million deal isn’t the surprising part – in this offseason climate, even 40 year-olds get too many years and too much money. The surprise was how quickly it came together, and the fact that the Mets top priority had been shortstop and trading Ike Davis or Daniel Murphy. This move was barely rumored before it happened.

Holt: The most surprising move was probably the move(s) that didn’t happen, specifically in relation to pitching. With names like Garza, Santana, and Jimenez available in free agency, and names like David Price and Jeff Samardzija available via trade, it was surprising to see none of them find a new address over the course of the week.

Lumalu: I’m with Paul, I did not see the New York Mets coming in and swooping up Bartolo Colon for 2/20. With Zack Wheeler, Dillon Gee and Jonathan Niese, the Mets have put together a nice under the radar rotation.

McFarlane: I’m fairly shocked that the A’s ended up dealing Anderson, despite his name regularly showing up on MLBTR, since his type of production-when-healthy benefits the A’s with their remarkable depth more than it does a team like the Rockies who need Anderson to be healthy. This is my way of saying none of the moves this week were all that surprising except for Towers’ craziness for ribbies.

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