offseason 2015-16

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

how is it even possible to throw out only 1 of 43 runners

looks like this is the one time that Hank Conger threw someone out in 2015:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201505290.shtml

J.B. Shuck was the victim. here's the video: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v136851683/cwshou-conger-throws-out-shuck-to-end-the-inning/?game_pk=414368

hank looks pretty surprised himself at the end of that clip

The Blue Jays will hire Indians vice president of player personnel Ross Atkins as their new general manager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvCA-O52gw

lollllllllll

what a guy

Hunter has got to be a vertiginous experience in the sack.

Lindbergh ponders the Conger move:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-rays-traded-for-hank-conger-a-catcher-who-cant-throw/

awwe, that Pence video was great.

new d-backs uniforms are . . . something

big pelf to the tigers, 2yrs, $16m

i guess *someone* has to pitch those innings, but idgi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTLkDfg_HI

big pelf to the tigers, 2yrs, $16m

i guess *someone* has to pitch those innings, but idgi

Me neither.

Bonds officially in as Miami hitting coach

cue 48 hrs of sanctimony

haven't seen any sanctimony, more 'why would he sign on with such a shitshow of an organization?'

well presumably he's satisfied the checks won't bounce

why would barry bonds go to the marlins is sort of a self-answering question

i heard it's not present-timeline barry bonds, but future-timeline barry bonds coming back in time to prevent giancarlo stanton from hitting the 810 career home runs he would have hit in MLB Universe Prime by subtly fucking with his mechanics

it's a rumour but i heard it from a pretty good source

lackey to the cubes

chicken & beer reunion y'all

just need beckett to come out of retirement on a one-year deal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVajleWUkAElQL6.jpg

dombrowskiface strikes again

Lackey to Cubs.

MYSTERY TEAM SWOOPIN IN UR ASSES

Ken Rosenthal ✔ @Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical.

shoulda been "in on" instead of directly into yr asses

smdh

what

Greinke is a mad genius whose ways we cannot fully comprehend.

I mean that is indisputably true but that's still kinda baffling

lol wiki

https://i.imgur.com/6Kis2AY.png

if an american league team had offered him more money i wonder if he'd have taken it

anyway he's awesome and baseball is swimming in money but if he really got more than price for his mid-to-late 30s that seems iffy

starting to be nervous for the Giants here, I am fearing a panic move for Cueto or a real shitty trade coming in. they need a top of the rotation starting pitcher.

@SportsTaxMan
Zack Greinke reportedly agrees to Six-year deal with #DBacks. top tax rate in #Arizona is 4.54% top tax rate in #California is 13.3

they need a top of the rotation starting pitcher

they need it less than most, u very spoiled fan

I want nothing to do with Cueto. that dude has bust written all over him.

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Greinke deal is six years, $206M. Deferrals expected.

YO

in fWAR, Giants' rotation was 25th in the league. more than a full war behind the Marlins. unless Cain is magically returning to form, it doesn't look pretty for next year.

kinda surprised the top tax rate in California is the same than Ontario. (kinda glad Quebec has it at 25,75%)

@JeffPassan
If Greinke deal is $206M for six years, as @Ken_Rosenthal says, that's $34.3M per year -- >10% higher than record Price tied three days ago.

@robneyer
Starting to sound like this was all about that title, Highest Paid Player. I guess everybody's gotta sleep at night.

lol that's more than Kershaw.

@BMcCarthy32
@robneyer because there's no reason for him to ever do more than 4 years at a time? 4/160?

o wait, that was about harper making half a billion, but still

let's take a moment to appreciate the greatness of Kluber's contract. 5 years / 38,5 m.

iirc the giants have a front-of-the-rotation (a formulation i hate but here we are) starter. by definition you only get one; i suspect they merely need better 2-5 starters

/pédant

yeah you are right, for the me the ideal situation would have been grabbing Zimmermann as a 1b, but hey if we get Iwakuma or Kazmir I'll be very happy. It's just that I have the feeling they'll go for the big name, they have so much money coming off the books.

well i'm glad it is over. can't believe he got that much.

i guess that at this point, the players could pool all their money and buy all 30 franchises with it.

that they can't is exactly the point

i feel like this is the closest thing we've seen to the old a-rod/rangers deal

cano to the mariners had the same sort of dynamic (random team pulling star player with contract he simply can't refuse) but that one was telegraphed pretty overtly

i guess pujols to the angels too

when greinke initially signed with the dodgers he explicitly said it was because they offered the most money, which is totally legit. i personally might take a million less for a particular situation, but i don't throw very hard and ZG doesn't seem to care too much about situations

it's tough because he's a freak and even though he and the players totally deserve that money it's been made to look greedy

mainly tho: ugh, arizona?