2016-2017 Hot Stove

According to a pitcher who said he'll retire if he's assigned only high-leverage situations, MLB has become too sensitive.

j0rdan on Loria's case

http://deadspin.com/jeffrey-loria-is-having-a-bad-day-1790071258

ManWithOneChopstick
12/13/16 6:39pm
Have you ever considered introducing yourself over the phone as “Sargent, J0rdan?”

the incredibly rare example of a funny gawker comment, though i'm sure he's heard that one before

the orioles have reportedly signed former expo great tomo okha to a minor league deal

he'll be 41 in march, last pitched in the majors in 2009, last pitched anywhere in 2014 (a 5.15 ERA in the indy atlantic league)

"Great"?

all former expos are greats

this is true. Rob Ducey 4 evah!

http://www.springtrainingcountdown.com/

jimmy rollins has a minor-league deal with the giants

Omar Infante and Brendan Ryan to Detroit.

that's terrible

how many players have had three-plus separate stints with the tigers?

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/clay.gif

to phillies

ManWithOneChopstick
12/13/16 6:39pm
Have you ever considered introducing yourself over the phone as “Sargent, J0rdan?”

the incredibly rare example of a funny gawker comment, though i'm sure he's heard that one before

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, December 14, 2016 4:26 PM (six days ago) Bookmark

sometimes when i was a kid someone would say "hey do you know if you join the army you could be sgt. sargent." and i would say "yes i do know that"

has Loria had it with the crank calls?

http://www.fishstripes.com/2016/12/20/13994960/will-jeffrey-loria-sell-the-marlins

DiComo sez nope on McCutchen to Mets, but

MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi reported late Monday that the Mets remain engaged with the Blue Jays on deals for Bruce and Granderson, though Mets officials prefer to keep Granderson due to his center-field ability.

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/211927054/mets-likely-to-stay-in-house-for-center-field/

ivan nova returns to pittsburgh, 3/$26m

Tribe in hot pursuit of EE

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/12/21/report-indians-pulling-out-all-the-stops-for-edwin-encarnacion/

ee to cle

EDWINDIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it!! I only thought he was only using the Indians as leverage to get a better deal. We'd seen it so many times before.

ender inciarte signs insanely cheap extension 5 years/$30.5m with barves

that buys out several arb years but jeez

Great deal for the Barfs.

Cheap ass jays management blows it with yet another free agent.

Alex Avila: another once-former Tiger

glad the jays management didn't go for it, i believe it's all about donaldson and the rotation at this point.

idk, i'd have given edwing a lot for three years and an option

he's nearly 34 and he's a first baseman at best and his strikeouts spiked last year, but that contract seems very reasonable

yeah, 3 years/$65 million is pretty good for him, even at 34. both the indians and the dodgers (turner) got their guys for very good deals from the team's perspective

Pirates talking a Jose Quintana trade, per Olney

i don't blame the Jays if they fail(ed) to sign EE/Bats, they have other needs and two aging bats that can only kind-of field should not me taking up all their free cash. however, i can blame them when they fail to read the market correctly and then all they do is fill our needs with cheap-o spare parts.
that is why i am annoyed (and not buying a flex pack this year).

The Jays are swimming in cash and choose not to spend it. Resigning Estrada and Happ last year and passing on Price wasn't being cheap, they saw value in two solid SP's where others didn't and Price isn't worth 200 Million (no pitcher is, except maybe Kershaw). With EE, he wanted to come back, expected to come back, and they pissed away that good will when they could have had him for a very reasonable 3Y/60M.

But didn't the Jays begin by offering him 4Y/80M? That's better than what he ended up signing for.

Really? I hadn't heard that. They signed Morales very early on and then completely lost interest in him, which I thought was both shortsighted and classless.

I'm pretty sure the sequence was that the Jays made the 4Y/80M offer first (right after the World Series, according to the link), EE declined, then they signed Morales.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2016/12/22/edwin-encarnacion-agrees-to-3-year-deal-in-cleveland-reports.html

The villain in all this is EE's agent.

Rumour is they even added on an option for a 5th year!

good news, Mets fans: Dusty to be extended by Nats

i saw raj davis to oakland

o's send yovani gallardo to seattle for seth smith

kc sends jarrod dyson to seattle for nate karns

how much can they get?

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/1/10/14225154/mets-trade-rumors-jay-bruce-new-york

rangers are signing a cuban infielder named

Luis Yander La O

rip expos : /

barves acquire luiz gohara, a 20yo brazilian who can throw 100mph with his left arm, from seattle. because jerry dipoto just can't help himself

seattle picked up best beloved mallex, but it sounds like they might already be working on dealing him elsewhere

traded him to the Rays for Drew Smyly.

Tebow NOT invited to Mets' spring training

both leagues' HR champs still available

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/1/13/14262554/mark-trumbo-free-agent-rumors-orioles

w/o clicking that i literally have no clue who led the nl in homers

it wasn't ryan howard was it

no, but he is like a young Old Ryan Howard!

A's signed Trevor Plouffe, $5M/1

tyson ross to the rangers for a year

The Royals have signed pitcher Danny Duffy to a five-year, $65 million deal according to Jeff Passan. The club has confirmed the deal.