offseason 2015-16

https://twitter.com/greghoward88/status/671813099427602437

assuming all goes well, the key will be to let him walk after three years (and if all goes well, he no doubt will). if the yankees had done so when sabathia opted out, they'd be golden

price will be a year older then than greinke is now

@jcrasnick
Sources say Greinke is looking for a 5 or 6 yr deal. He wants AAV above Price. That means $31.5M or $32M a year.

greinke has been good and teams are rich, but i'd rather have price

price essentially got kershaw's deal plus a couple million

1 million per start, basically?

Glad the Giants 'missed out' on this one. That kind of overpay is scary, we already have an ace.

if you're optimistic, 31 mill per 35 starts, avg 88 pitches per start, = $10,000 per pitch

dave cameron is optimistic http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/red-sox-sign-david-price/

the one thing that would make me nervous is that they had to agree to pay him the most money ever for a pitcher AND they had to give him a 3 year opt out, which pushes a lot of risk onto the team

it should have either been the most money ever for a pitcher or a slightly below market deal with an opt out

anyway maybe the best case scenario is they get three good years out of him, he goes back on the market and someone else gives him enough money that even the red sox aren't interested

Price’s deal dwarfs what had been the largest contract for a Red Sox pitcher, both by average annual value and total cost. The previous high was a four-year, $82.5 million extension given to Rick Porcello in April.

i forgot that porcello deal was that much

can't wait for Harper's free agency guys

it's going to be 400 millions + all of our homes

Price turned down a 7 year 200m contract from St. Louis. Not clear if there was an opt out.. But fuck dude I would take 3-4m less a year and not have to deal with red sox fans/media/etc

I'm fine missing out on Price. I just wish we weren't trying piece together a whole six-pack of Drew Hutchisons.

god are they really paying porcello $20 million a year

maybe price was scared of batting

Price turned down a 7 year 200m contract from St. Louis. Not clear if there was an opt out.. But fuck dude I would take 3-4m less a year and not have to deal with red sox fans/media/etc
--carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries)

rude!!!!!

anyway w/e it's all good obv it was great for say the Nats to get scherzer and like be World Series favorites that worked out perfectly obv

*screaming internally*

but seriously it's dope I mean fuck it spend it if you got it and let's see what happens

right, who cares about the money, there's no salary cap

ilitch's kids probably care

right, who cares about the money, there's no salary cap
--k3vin k.

aren't you a yankees fan, I mean they haven't done that very recently but in general, like, cmon man

if i was a red sox fan i would be far more concerned about dombrowski trading away the farm system than i would on him spending $200m on one of the best pitchers of a generation

and so far he's traded exactly one prospect that I actually had any expectations for (margot) and three others who were m/l coin flips, and has left the best pieces intact. there isn't much else that needs to be acquired other than maybe another solid bullpen guy, and they wouldn't need to trade to get that in all likelihood

so I'm pretty set

right, who cares about the money, there's no salary cap

― k3vin k., Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:17 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol 43.7m luxury tax.

http://www.truebluela.com/2015/12/1/9614130/mlb-luxury-tax-dodgers-payroll-2015-competitive-balance

right, who cares about the money, there's no salary cap
--k3vin k.
aren't you a yankees fan, I mean they haven't done that very recently but in general, like, cmon man

― metro slothrop want some more (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, December 1, 2015 8:35 PM (16 minutes ago)

i'm a lapsed yankee fan, but i wasn't criticizing the red sox for paying him so much, my point was the contract doesn't matter to some teams

right, who cares about the money, there's no salary cap
― k3vin k., Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:17 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol 43.7m luxury tax.

http://www.truebluela.com/2015/12/1/9614130/mlb-luxury-tax-dodgers-payroll-2015-competitive-balance

― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, December 1, 2015 8:52 PM (45 seconds ago)

obviously that's money the teams can afford to pay

i dislike price but this is the right move for the sox

wow, what is Greinke going to get?

Greinke is going to be a Giant or a Dodger supposedly.

and so far he's traded exactly one prospect that I actually had any expectations for (margot) and three others who were m/l coin flips, and has left the best pieces intact. there isn't much else that needs to be acquired other than maybe another solid bullpen guy, and they wouldn't need to trade to get that in all likelihood

― metro slothrop want some more (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, December 1, 2015 8:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh that trade blew dick

in other news, I will laugh hysterically if the giants sell the company store to get greinke after the past four years of their fans' railing against the dodgers w/ the whole "omg they're buying players how impure" thing

the peter bourjos era has ended in st. louis

rip bourjos. i always liked him, and i think he'll do well in philly. i'm surprised they couldn't get even a low-minors player in exchange for him (like they did for Tony Cruz yesterday)

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that would be great, but i doubt they would pay enough to cover my mortgage :(

Athletics acquire Marc Rzepcynski and Yonder Alonso from San Diego for Drew Pomeranz, Jose Torres and a player to be named later.

pomeranz will prob be pretty good in that park

yonder alonso seems like a very oakland player

You already had Daric Barton. Why get another one.

pomeranz will prob be pretty good in that park

you could say that about everyone, except, apparently, ian kennedy

Yonder Alonso can hit a bit but hasn't shown the power hitting that he had in college.

lol @ stringers communicating (via AOL Instant Messenger)

The Mariners signed reliever Justin De Fratus to a one-year deal worth $750,000. De Fratus spent 2015 with the Phillies, where he pitched to a 5.51 ERA over 80 innings.

DeFeatus.

rays acquire hank conger despite his historic futility behind the plate

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVUq5HKUsAALY4B.png

(note two recent pirates on that list)

interesting that every season on the list (except for Yost) is post-2000