offseason 2015-16

aaaand the former is exactly what happened, except with roenis elias included, for no great loss, thank u based dombpoutski

kris bryant and maikel franco have filed a grievance alleging 'service time manipulation'

@JeffPassan
Kris Bryant finished his rookie season with 171 days of service time. Maikel Franco finished his with 170 days. A full season is 172 days.

DON: Well, yeah.

i missed this on Friday

The New York Mets say general manager Sandy Alderson has cancer and will begin chemotherapy this week.

Chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said in a statement Friday the cancer is "very treatable" and doctors are "optimistic about his full recovery." The team did not say what kind of cancer he has.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/mets-gm-sandy-alderson-treatable-cancer-35591480

@JonHeymanCBS
Soria will have IP and GS in 25M, 3-yr royals deal. Hasn't started since 2006, but may like to try again

So all the big free agent pitchers (even relievers) have been signed within a week (except Cueto) and every big position player (Gordon, Upton, Heyward, etc.) is still unsigned.

I guess that teams are too busy tracking the pitching dominoes as they fall and are ignoring the position players. For now.

supposedly everyone's waiting for zobrist?

i dunno -- he's good, and versatile, but he turns 35 in may and is thus only two years and five months younger than chase utley

if that's the case then 30 clubs are stupid?

AL AVILA SAYS NO, CHRIST -- DESPITE REPORTS, THE TIGERS ARE NOT KICKING THE PROVERBIAL TIRES ON YOENIS CESPEDES OR ALEX GORDON WTF SMDH, though it's possible they will look into acquiring a bat, or another arm, or "a guy that maybe can play a little infield, a little outfield, give us that combination, and that can provide some offense."

Just looking for someone who can come to the park every day, be ready to put the ball into play, maybe catch it from time to time, be a speed guy when called upon, idk.

@scottmerkin 4 hours ago
Hahn: "We continue to explore just about every avenue available to us to improve this club."

can al avila say that, i ask u

"Our scouts and analytics team are proactively looking into parkways and cul-de-sacs for all manner of pieces, gets, and so forth." -- Al Avila

rockies signing old relievers to two-year deals

cards supposedly on the verge of acquiring west by god virginia's own jedd gyorko

indeed: gyorko to cardinals, jon jay to padres

i like that move

although i fear it means either wong or peralta is going to be traded now.

gyorko doesn't get expensive for a couple more years (at which point it probably won't be 'expensive' any more) so i think he'll be a bench guy? i don't see how he supplants wong or peralta given his last two seasons and i'm not sure he can really play short anyway

yeah, gyorko on the bench as a massive upgrade to pete kozma was my first thought, and hopefully it turns out that way. i don't know too much about him, but based on his minor league numbers it seems like he has a higher upside than what he's shown so far.

my fear, as usual, is the matheny factor. if gyorko has a good spring and then hits a couple home runs in april while wong slumps, that could be the end of wong.

cameron thinks there's more to it http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/padres-reportedly-shipping-jedd-gyorko-to-st-louis/

@JimBowden_ESPN
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak told me that Jedd Gyrko role will be as a super utility player. Padres sending significant cash to Cards in deal.

salary dump also makes sense

love when Mo takes away Matheny's underperforming toys

^^

padres are sending 'about $17m' of the $32m left on gyorko's contract lolol

dang. so really the cardinals are getting him for 4 years/$15m, then. sounds even better to me, especially if he ends up with significant playing time due to injuries

deposit it into Heywards checking account imo

well, rosenthal now says the padres are only sending like $9m. either way, it seems somewhat reasonable. i should back off the twitter but i'm bored at work

$17MM sounded a little outlandish.

aroldis to doyers

"in limbo" bcz of domestic violence investigation

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14320586/cincinnati-reds-closer-aroldis-chapman-accused-pushing-choking-girlfriend

Dodgers, Arizona, Yamkees and 'mystery team' talking to Miami about Fernandez

"He's not available," Hill told the Miami Herald on Monday. "We haven't made him available. But it doesn't stop the phone calls from coming."

Sources, however, said the team felt it was making progress toward a trade with an unidentified club. On Tuesday, sources who had previously described any deal as being still unlikely were no longer willing to say that.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14320064/unidentified-fourth-team-enters-trade-talks-miami-marlins-ace-jose-fernandez

i feel like i should hate this but it's probably a good time to get rid of him

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVuktghU4AA1-Jl.png:large

(xp re jose...)

@Ken_Rosenthal 1h
#Marlins’ Loria on Fernandez: “There is nothing I am thinking about doing at the moment with him.”

what a creep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@officialBBWAA
The BBWAA today voted to allow active membership for http://MLB.com writers and editors.

who will first ilx bbwaaer then

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: #Cubs talking to #Yankees about trade that would send Starlin Castro to NYY

The Twins are going to sign Nathan, who will miraculously rebound and continue to dominate the Tigers, huh?

zobrist to cubs, four years

dbacks are MAKING MOVES (/vigorously pelvic thrusting)

that seems like a pretty good deal for both teams

jeezus so it's Herrera or Murphy at 2b for the Mets next year i guess

you can probably have neil walker

@BenLindbergh 16m
Writing up my contrarian take on why trading his top prospect for a starter with a lousy W-L record makes Dave Stewart the ultimate saber GM

wow @ the return for Miller

I still have trouble believing that somebody let Dave Stewart be a GM.

i can only guess that they put that package together for fernandez, didn't get him, and decided 'who's the next available starter?'

re Dusty's brothers-and-Latinos assertion, beyond his domestic-violence gaffe

@joe_sheehan
Per Fangraphs' SPD calculation, nine of the top 20 fastest players in MLB last year were white. (min. 100 PA) Eleven weren't.

Mets-Bucs talk

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/113657/mets-pirates-talking-swap-involving-neil-walker-jon-niese

idgi. niese not only sucks, he's making just as much as walker