Ramblings: Miller, Renteria, Encarnacion

Andrew Miller is the newest
Red Sox

• The Boston Red Sox have acquired left-hander Andrew Miller from the Florida Marlins.  Florida gets lefty reliever Dustin Richardson.  The 6'7" Miller was a first round pick in the 2006 draft, but has not reached the ceiling that scouts once believed he had.  He's thrown 294.1 major-league innings, with a horrific 5.84 ERA and 1.73 WHIP.  Boston will likely turn him into a reliever, which MLB Network's Peter Gammons believes might work.  Richardson has only thrown 16.1 innings in parts of the last two seasons, and has got very lucky posting a 3.31 ERA despite a WHIP over 2.  The Kansas native had a decent minor-league career though, so the Marlins pretty much got a piece with a lower ceiling but higher current state, with the Red Sox doing the oppostie and taking a gamble on Miller.
• World Series MVP Edgar Renteria has now made it clear that he wants to retire with either the Florida Marlins or St. Louis Cardinals, which is very odd considering he just won a world title with the Giants.  This might hurt his free-agency as well, since those teams don't seem to have room for him and now the Giants will likely turn their back on the 34-year old since he doesn't want to be back with San Fran.
• The busy Oakland A's made another move today, claiming third-baseman Edwin Encarnacion off waivers from the Blue Jays.  Edwin hit .244 last year, and cranked out 21 home-runs. A's GM Billy Beane is deep into his search for some bats, already acquiring OF David DeJesus earlier.

Ramblings: Moyer, Renteria, Peralta

• The soon to be 48-year old hurler Jamie Moyer, might have to retire after reinjuring his elbow in a Dominican league game. The elbow held Moyer out of action for most of the second half of last year, and Escogido GM Moises Alou (Yes, that Moises Alou) said that he thinks the injury, which occured after two innings, will force Moyer to hang it up for good.
• World Series MVP Edgar Renteria has finally came out and said that he will be returning for the 2011 season. The 34-year old hinted at retiring during the year, but the Giants' title might have changed Edgar's mind. He still believes he has plenty of baseball left and as cliche as that sounds I believe him.
• UPDATE: Peralta signed for 2-years $11.25M...Hours before the free-agency begins, the Detroit Tigers believe that they are tremendously close to a 2-year pact with short-stop Jhonny Peralta. The deal is said to be worth a bit more than $11M, and seems to be the first of many signings the Tigers will make this year. Detroit has more than $60M coming off the books from last year and will be major players this offseason.

Tigers Begin Offseason With Bang

The Detroit Tigers didn't even wait 24 hours before making the first move of the offseason, acquiring short-stop Edgar Renteria from the Detroit Tigers in return for starter Jair Jurrjens and outfielder Gorkys Hernandez.

Renteria, 32 years old, had a tremendous season for the Braves, batting at a career high .332 mark. This move fixes the Tiger's short-stop difficulty, as Carlos Guillen was already told he would play first-base next season.

Very good deal for Atlanta, as Jurrjens is one of the top pitching specs in the game, and has already had major-league experience at only 21 years of age. In Double-A last season before getting called up, Jair went 7-5 with a 3.20 ERA and a tremendous K/BB ratio.

Gorkys Hernandez is a 20-year old outfielder who spent his 2007 campaign with Single-A West Michigan. He batted .293 with 4HR 50RBI and an OBP of .341, decent numbers for such a young prospect.