Right-handed starter Michael Wacha and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a two-year, $32 million contract, a source tells ESPN. He gets an opt-out after the first season.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 15, 2023
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 15 December 2023 16:36 (nine months ago) link
Probably not news to Mookieproof but these are some staggering numbershttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBZ8gm4WwAAgohg?format=jpg&name=medium
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 15 December 2023 18:28 (nine months ago) link
Right-handed starter Tyler Glasnow and the Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a five-year, $135 million contract that, once completed, will make official the trade of Glasnow and outfielder Manuel Margot from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Dodgers, sources told ESPN.
The deal, which will send right-handed starter Ryan Pepiot and outfield prospect Jonny Deluca to the Rays, was contingent on Glasnow signing an extension. The window to do so opened Thursday morning, and the parties quickly came together with the framework of a deal that will tack four years and $110 million in new money onto the $25 million Glasnow was owed for the 2024 season.
There is no deferred money in Glasnow's deal, sources said, after superstar Shohei Ohtani's contract with the Dodgers deferred $680 million of his $700 million guarantee. Some of the freed-up cash flow can go to Glasnow, who is from Southern California and joins Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman as Dodgers signed beyond 2025.
― omar little, Friday, 15 December 2023 18:41 (nine months ago) link
good luck
― omar little, Friday, 15 December 2023 18:43 (nine months ago) link
did the royals change owners or something? why are they suddenly snatching up middle of the road free agents?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 December 2023 18:51 (nine months ago) link
got bonked on the head, suddenly realized they are in the most easily winnable division in MLB
― na (NA), Friday, 15 December 2023 20:28 (nine months ago) link
^otm & Bobby Witt Jr is a player you can build around
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 15 December 2023 20:34 (nine months ago) link
We have signed C Austin Hedges to a one-year Major League contract.To make room on the 40-man, we have designated 1B Alfonso Rivas for assignment.Welcome back, Hedgey! 😌#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/8YjPSj8W6L— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) December 15, 2023
This tweet is up there as the highlight of the guardians year.
Hope the Dodgers do the same for the kershaw announcementhttps://i.postimg.cc/k5smj8SK/o9n3ozzhhrn91.jpg
― H.P, Saturday, 16 December 2023 00:57 (nine months ago) link
The Kansas City Royals, who had the 8th-lowest payroll in MLB last season at $92 million, have now spent $65 million in free-agent contracts this winter.The Royals and Detroit Tigers have easily been the most aggressive teams in the AL Central this winter.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 15, 2023
Fingers crossed we get some fluctuation in the AL Central this year. Royals were only above the A's for lowest win total in baseball last year so I don't quite think these are "compete for the division" deals. They need to make up another 30 wins from what they had last year to even be in the conversation for the division. Tigers are close enough that it would be nice to see them being more aggressive making deals, only been Andrew Chaffin and Kenta Maeda so far (neither of them a bad move)
― H.P, Saturday, 16 December 2023 01:08 (nine months ago) link
“I’m not obviously an expert in the medical field, but it was a procedure,” Ohtani said. “I’m not sure what it’s called”
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:08 (nine months ago) link
*looks down at cybernetic arm*
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:10 (nine months ago) link
I saw that clip and it was really weird, especially since the LA Times interviewed his doctor and it was called a second TJS throughout.Unknown how it affects his pitching. Bryce Harper returned from a Tommy John at the beginning of May & hit 5 home runs between then and the end of July and 16 the last two months of the season. Ohtani’s first surgery in October 2018 had a reverse pattern: 15 hrs and good numbers(.292/.356/.521, ops of .878 between his return in May and the end of July, before his power fell off a cliff from August to the end of the season (276/.313/.472 . with 3 home runs from the beginning of August to the end of his season on 11th September). Why was that? Oh ok, knee surgery. I guess in summary: who the fuck knows how it turns out?
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:25 (nine months ago) link
Sources: Pirates bringing Andrew McCutchen back. One year, $5 million. Story to come.— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) December 19, 2023
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 20:40 (nine months ago) link
@Pirates pic.twitter.com/uiFgXqsd90— Andrew McCutchen (@TheCUTCH22) December 19, 2023
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 02:19 (nine months ago) link
I'm sure no one wants to talk about this but me..... But Yamamoto. Dodgers are looking to own the Asian market, stated by some top-brass during the Ohtani press conference. So I can see them doing very un-Dodger things and giving a silly contract for its combined business and baseball benefits. They've done it once already with Ohtani. Interested whether their financial limit will match Cohen's, who by all reports seems to be foaming at the mouth ready to throw the bank at Yamamoto. I can't see any other team ready to match what the Mets or Dodgers might do here. Time will tell
― H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:38 (nine months ago) link
I’m honestly surprised how high it sounds like teams are willing to go for him. Wasn’t expecting this
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:46 (nine months ago) link
how quickly we forget the legend of kei igawa
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 December 2023 02:26 (nine months ago) link
I'm not surprised at teams wanting to go big for him, but I am surprised that double cy-young winner free-agent blake snell is getting like 10% of the radio-waves non-mlb pitcher Yamamoto is.
― H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 02:50 (nine months ago) link
Giant get Snell and they give themselves very good odds for a post-season appearance in 2024. 5 games off the wild-card last year and I see Snell as being able to make up most of that difference all things being equal
― H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 02:55 (nine months ago) link
in that this is the hot stove thread, pls put an 'if' at the top of that!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:08 (nine months ago) link
Snell will not alter the giants’ fortunes no.
Kei igawa had what i am calling the robert lang effect, where if you get a guy (lang) who looks like another guy (jagr) surely they must be equal in terms of ability and outcomes
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:48 (nine months ago) link
how quickly we forget the legend of kei igawa― mookieproof, Wednesday, December 20, 2023 6:26 PM (one hour ago)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, December 20, 2023 6:26 PM (one hour ago)
Daisuke Matsuzaka: How his shirt got me on Japanese TV
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:53 (nine months ago) link
yamamo b there
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 December 2023 04:12 (nine months ago) link
Lol mookie, my bad
Jimmy the doomer
vry cool Shasta
― H.P, Thursday, 21 December 2023 04:43 (nine months ago) link
He's at the Rams game tonight:
The Giants have been told they’re out of the bidding for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, per source familiar with discussions. They pushed hard but expectation is that he will end up in LA or NY.— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) December 22, 2023
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 00:56 (nine months ago) link
Nah that turned out to fake
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 01:50 (nine months ago) link
Ohtani is at the Rams game too.
Are you saying he not at the game? The pregame show said he's will be in the owners box.
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 01:55 (nine months ago) link
He’s flying to Toronto.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 December 2023 02:12 (nine months ago) link
Yeah saw a tweet that he pulled out (fake the wrong word my bad) Million photos of ohtani there, none of Yamamoto
https://x.com/byjackharris/status/1737953803813437924?s=46&t=ctYJJCHUEV_hBLwH73xO9A
Some tweets saying it’s down to Mets/Yankees/dodgers with at least one bid over 300mil
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 03:11 (nine months ago) link
Welp, being told now that Yoshinobu Yamamoto IS NOT going to be at the Rams game tonightThe Rams were expecting him to be there, but plans apparently changed— Jack Harris (@ByJackHarris) December 21, 2023
The Yankees offer was $300 million over 10.years.The Dodgers offer was $325 million over 12 years with signing bonus worth about $50 million.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 22, 2023
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:39 (nine months ago) link
I guess the Dodgers are going to win 162 games a year for the next 10 or so years.
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:41 (nine months ago) link
Are they going to sign Snall too?
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:45 (nine months ago) link
one billlliiioooooon dollars
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:57 (nine months ago) link
on two friendly Japanese blokes wtf is going on lolbigger average + more years with the Dodgers. If these two don't turn out to be everything they've been promised to be this is going to be a very funny off-season to look back on.
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:59 (nine months ago) link
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/
Dodgers payroll somehow going to be only 7th after all these moves.
Austin Barnes (noted worst hitter in baseball of 2023) is currently receiving nearly double what Ohtani gets in a year
Tyler Glasnow (until Yamamoto becomes official) has the biggest Dodgers take-home paycheck for 2024.
Bonkers stuff going on
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 05:44 (nine months ago) link
MLBTR;
The deal comes with a $27.08MM average annual value. Regardless of the precise salary distribution, that’s the relevant factor for the Dodgers’ competitive balance tax picture. That pushes L.A. well into the third tier of luxury tax penalization. Roster Resource calculates the club’s CBT number in the $282MM range.The Dodgers are set to pay the tax for a third consecutive season.
The Dodgers are set to pay the tax for a third consecutive season.
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 December 2023 06:21 (nine months ago) link
Fucking finally, maybe now there’ll be some movement in the market.
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 22 December 2023 06:38 (nine months ago) link
Free agency scoreboard: Dodgers $1.053 billion Rest of MLB $873 million— Travis Sawchik (@Travis_Sawchik) December 22, 2023
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 December 2023 07:34 (nine months ago) link
hell yeah we're winning
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 07:50 (nine months ago) link
so Ohtani deferred his salary to allow LA to more flexibility to comfortably land Yamamoto.
...BUT knowing it's the Dodgers, I can't wait to hear about Yoshi's UCL worries (packaged to the media as "oblique soreness" or whatever) come July.
...
...then in 2029 he'll have his record 4th TJ.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 December 2023 10:25 (nine months ago) link
Shasta injury notebook at the ready?
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 22 December 2023 10:53 (nine months ago) link
The dumbest thing you can do is go only one dollar over the luxury tax
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 December 2023 11:10 (nine months ago) link
well, so much for all that stuff about how ohtahi’s contract set a precedent that undermined his fellow players and was going to make them all take deferred money
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 December 2023 11:27 (nine months ago) link
i feel like this is the first time the NL has had a truly overdog villain a la the yankees. evil empire West.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 December 2023 11:34 (nine months ago) link
God I hope both he and Ohtani stay healthy
Tbf j0rdan, Yamamoto’s nbp team gets a percentage of his contract as posting fee, which makes that whole deferred situation much more complicated and less likely to happen, if it’s even possible at all.
Well they’ve definitely blown the luxury tax! Expect them to resign Kersh closer to spring training. Otherwise, think the Dodgers have their team for the year.
——————Mookie BettsFreddie FreemanShohei OhtaniWill SmithMax MuncyJames OutmanGavin LuxJason Heyward/Manuel Margot Chris Taylor
Yoshinobu YamamotoTyler GlasnowWalker BuehlerBobby MillerKershaw/Emmet-Sheehan——————Seems pretty hard to beat that day in day out. The bullpens nothing to sneeze at either
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 14:14 (nine months ago) link
and yet they still may not even be the best team in the NL
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 December 2023 14:19 (nine months ago) link
Thankful that team isn’t exactly known for its post season success either
― H.P, Friday, 22 December 2023 14:21 (nine months ago) link
save us Spencer Strider! you’re our only hope!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 December 2023 14:22 (nine months ago) link
i was going to say that rotation stability feels like an advantage atlanta has over LA but fried was on the IL with forearm stuff last year, strider is an arm injury waiting to happen and morton is 40 so that’s prob not true. the dodgers are also always after the top SP available at the deadline and i can’t imagine that will stop
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 December 2023 14:40 (nine months ago) link