Are the new Marlins owners as cheap as Loria?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 2 November 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNozwlYWkAE1PdL.jpg
xp sounds like they might be cheaper
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
Offering Jeff Conine, Tony Perez and Andre Dawson https://twitter.com/pgammo/status/9243141455452446725,000 each is beyond insulting. Jeff can watch son Griffin be a no. 1 pick for Duke...— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) October 28, 2017
― Andy K, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
angels sign jupton to five-year deal (through 2022) superseding his existing contract (which ran through 2021)
extra year is worth $18m for his age-34 season
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
apparently this all happened because he had an opt-out on the existing deal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
$106MM / 5 yrs
lol
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
Angels be angeling
― drejelire, Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
DC approves
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/justin-upton-is-staying-in-anaheim/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
idk, he seems fully capable of putting up the 3 WAR per year necessary to make it worthwhile
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
Ray Liotta as Shoeless JoeTony LaRussa takes a front office role with the Red Sox. Hilarious.
Eno SarrisMaybe he has contacts within the game and can facilitate trades? That's an underrated part of trades: they happen more often between people that are friendly.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
fuck the cubs
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/nyregion/dnainfo-gothamist-shutting-down.html?_r=0
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
I mean no one who owns a sports team is a good person
― qualx, Thursday, 2 November 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
I'd assume the 29 other owners would do everything they could to oppose a growing union too
― qualx, Thursday, 2 November 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
the marlins have declined their option on ichiro, making him a free agent
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 November 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Tea Leoni for Third: Who will be the best player acquired this offseason by the Mariners? Jeff Sullivan: Some league-average first baseman
Q-Ball: What teams do you think are going to go full rebuild this offseason?
Jeff Sullivan: The Orioles should, but presumably won’tThe Blue Jays could, but presumably won’tThe Tigers have already startedI don’t know how the Royals are going to emerge from thisThe Rangers might start laying the rebuild foundationAnd the Marlins, of course, are going to begin some major shedding
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 November 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
the fucking al west, man
― brimstead, Friday, 3 November 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
Tigers' 40-man currently at -3.
― Andy K, Saturday, 4 November 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
half a dozen rule 5 picks; very exciting
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 November 2017 03:43 (six years ago) link
Tanaka does not opt out
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
The Big Question Every Team Will Have to Answer This Winter https://t.co/U9e3s2quAU— FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) November 7, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
Teams that have spoken to agent Scott Boras about new client J.D. Martinez have come away with the impression that Boras and Martinez are seeking a deal in the vicinity of $200MM in total guarantees, tweets ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick. Martinez hired Boras as his new representative just days before the free-agent period began.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
i'm always surprised that he gets linked to NL teams in trade rumors because he seems like an inevitable DH situation
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
it's ridiculous what J.D. Martinez did in only 119(!) games (45 home runs, 104 RBI, 85 runs, .376 OBP, etc) but uh this will not end well.
― omar little, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Pretty insane catfish story involving Baseball Prospectus and other MLB blogs:
https://deadspin.com/teen-girl-posed-for-8-years-as-married-man-to-write-abo-1820305588?rev=1510271110303
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 10 November 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
“If you’re going to make up an entire false identity, why would you make yourself into a shitty person?”
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 November 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
That story is completely insane.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 November 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
Ohtani a-comin'
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/shohei-ohtani-to-be-posted/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
I have Ohtani fever
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
it's spreading in all major markets
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 November 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras on J.D. Martinez: “High atop the MLB Empire rests the King Kong of Slug — a 50-point lead.” Boras said Martinez’s pace with DBacks would project to 70 HR and .741 SLG over 150-game season. Boras: “That’s how dominant J.D. Kong is.” @MLB— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 10, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 November 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
Someone is going to pay a lot for a 3.5 WAR player.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 November 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
Tigers imo
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 11 November 2017 04:44 (six years ago) link
i'm not sure there's anyone left who believes that and can afford that. maybe seattle? angels?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 November 2017 05:23 (six years ago) link
Could price himself a bit out of a long deal. Nelson Cruz seemed setup for a big payday and he ended up just taking that one year deal in Baltimore. I'd think JD Martinez is probably closer to Cruz than Boras would want to admit, but the agent only needs one GM to rook and it could happen.
― earlnash, Saturday, 11 November 2017 05:46 (six years ago) link
Brisbee anticipates Ohtani's MLB career arc
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/11/10/16633930/shohei-ohtani-mlb-free-agency-predictions
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 November 2017 07:11 (six years ago) link
The odds are definitely against him being a star hitter in MLB.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 12 November 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
alex anthopoulos is yr new barves gm
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
i liked a little detail in a story i read about the GM meetings (forget which one). since so many teams now have front offices where the real dealmaking power/authority resides in a president/director of operations role (like the cubs, for example), the traditional photo op where all the GMs get together has become complicated. should theo epstein represent the cubs in the photo? or Jed Hoyer? who the fuck is Jed Hoyer? exactly
― Karl Malone, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
Derek Jeter says he hasn’t spoken to Giancarlo Stanton yet. “If there’s a reason to call, I’ll call.”— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) November 15, 2017
re2pect to the captain for this heel turn
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
gabe kapler is intense
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/gabe-kapler-philadelphia-phillies-manager-boston-red-sox-experience-20171115.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
The following players will make https://twitter.com/williamfleitch/status/9308935814637608960 million or more in 2018:Homer BaileyShin-Soo ChooAdrian GonzalezAlex GordonMatt KempRussell MartinJames ShieldsDavid Wright— Will Leitch (@williamfleitch) November 15, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
out of that group, most likely to be worth it (~2 WAR) is...
russell martin? steamer projects him for 2.5 WAR, at least.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
wow i didn't notice how terrible Matt Kemp was this past year. not just a zero but a negative.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Choo’s kind of in the same boat, and he’s under contract through 2020!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
i beeeleeeve in Wright miracle healing
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
what baseball nicknames are less fitting than that of 'big game' james shields
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
Derek "Mr. November" Jeter
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
A's trade Ryon Healy to Seattle for Emilio Pagan
― na (NA), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
Homer Bailey had a few good starts coming back this year, he also got clocked a few times. He hadn't pitched much for a couple years and it's not like the Reds have the budget to buy more pitching, so they got to hope he can provide some production. I think it possible.
― earlnash, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link
The #WhiteSox have acquired minor-league pitcher Thyago Vieira from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for international signing bonus pool money. pic.twitter.com/ZMxIHPEJcM— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) November 16, 2017
vieira throws super-hard, like chapman-level
guess the mariners are in on ohtani
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 November 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
i know there's a lot of chatter about free agency being weird this offseason but this class is the greatest group of potential "i knew it was wrong when i was walking down the aisle" contracts i can recollect.
― omar little, Friday, 9 March 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Which ones, the expensive (hosmer) or the cheap (moustakas)? Or both?
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
the moustakas thing is really really weird
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Re: Ichiro I’d imagine part of the reason is that the Mariners aren’t giving their fans any reason for optimism and nostalgia is a cheap replacement. And one of their outfielders is injured.
― JoeStork, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
cynically, the mariners are probably going to make a fair amount of money off of ichiro's farewell tour regardless of his performance
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
yeah none of these guys are scherzer or cano or whatever, and you wouldn't want to give any of them what hosmer got, but like . . . lucas duda is a pretty good hitter and i feel confident he can put up 1 WAR this year! and he got a one-year deal worth $3.5m.
adam lind is a verified destroyer of right-handed pitching, hit .303/.362/.513 last year, and couldn't get a big-league deal. why wouldn't someone pay a couple million for that off the bench?
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
The Lind tepidness might be more related to his off-field character flaws?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
xxxxp
i think everyone out there is a pretty major question mark, i mean for example as a Cubs fan I'm remaining optimistic as possible on Darvish but this isn't a situation where he has a history of consistent Cy Young-level performances either, aside from his second season.
i think probably the safest offseason bets in the pool as far as more high-profile types were Cain and J.D. Martinez, i'd expect Cain to basically be as good as he's ever been and maybe even better and Martinez i think is a legit beast though who knows if he's in the middle of a consistent 7-8 year stretch of tearing the cover off the ball or if he's going to wind up more a Jermaine Dye type who peaks very briefly at an MVP level and then comes back down to earth.
― omar little, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
lance lynn to twins for 1 year, $12 million (14 with performance incentives). he declined the qualifying offer earlier this offseason, and was expected to get somewhere around 4 years, $56-60 million.
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Saturday, 10 March 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201802130/images/headshots/f/f125588e_mlbam.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 March 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
making his lance face there.
i'm surprised he didn't at least land somewhere for 2 years, $35 million. maybe he had that offer and thought he'd try his luck again next year? weird offseason.
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Saturday, 10 March 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
sorry, i meant 2 years, $30
on a one-year deal he's probably worth twice what he got
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 March 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
man. whoever signs Arrieta is gonna get him for chump change at this rate.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 11 March 2018 06:42 (six years ago) link
Didn't Lynn just turn down 2y/$20M from some team (it might have even been the Twins), claiming it was a non-starter?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 11 March 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
You will have to think that Arrieta is going to do like Lynn and sign a 1 year deal and then try again next year to get a big dollar deal.
What is better? To take a 1 year deal on a team with a shot to win it all but high stakes or take a 1 year deal in a team with a huge pitching stadium to try to pad your stats?
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 March 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
Arrieta signs with Phillies! Looks like 3 years/$75 million based on reports.
― omar little, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
That seems like a pretty good deal for both sides. I think the really long contracts are just going to be more rare going forward.
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
Definitely a smart deal for both sides. If Arrieta isn't more than a #2 or #3 starter going forward (which seems to be his new normal) then he wasn't going to get more money by signing a one year deal and trying again in free agency.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 12 March 2018 09:04 (six years ago) link
LOOKOUT! 👀 This will be my final season of calling baseball games. I’ve been playing or talking baseball ever since I was 4 years old. It’s time for this enjoyable ride to end. Thanks fans for allowing me into your homes & businesses. It’s been my pleasure. #Thisoneisgone— Ken Singleton (@29alltime) March 12, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 March 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
I like Singleton that’s a drag
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 March 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
and on goes John Sterling
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 March 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
Seriously
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 March 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
Source: Second baseman Neil Walker has agreed to a deal with the New York Yankees. Still pending a physical.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 March 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
walker gets $4m + incentives (and is a better player than moustakas)
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 March 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
so who is left?
cobb, holland seem to be the big ones. there's also brett anderson, lackey, hellickson, bautista, mark reynolds, brandon phillips...
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
astros extend altuve for 2020-2024 for $151M
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 17 March 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Hellickson minor league deal w/ Nats
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 March 2018 05:38 (six years ago) link
alex cobb to the orioles, 4 years 60 million
― na (NA), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
seems weird given they aren't expected to contend and will likely trade machado sometime this year
― na (NA), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
feel like they finally looked in the mirror and said are we really going to give chris tillman 30 starts this season
the last time they signed a free-agent pitcher to a four-year deal it was ubaldo, so at least this can't be worse
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 00:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/baseball-tax-law-.html
A Curveball From the New Tax Law: It Makes Baseball Trades Harder
― WilliamC, Saturday, 24 March 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
jayson werth to the mariners (minor league deal), who have sensed a market inefficiency in Really Old Outfielders
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
Source confirms the Cardinals have a deal with Greg Holland, pending a physical. #STLCards— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) March 29, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 March 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
A Proven CloserSounds good to me tbh, they have plenty of payroll flexibility right now, they can afford to overpay.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 29 March 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
Heyman tweets that Holland will earn $14MM on a one-year deal with the Cardinals.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 29 March 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
A's send Meisner (22, A/AA, SP) to Cardinals in exchange for Josh Lucas (27, AAAA, RP)
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 31 March 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
a couple years ago i picked meisner to be a breakout star; he went 1-14 with a 5.85 ERA and 4.5 BB/9
still young-ish tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 March 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Saw a rumour the Brewers/Dodgers are taking a Braun / Kemp+prospect swap.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 1 April 2018 01:34 (five years ago) link
Source: Mark Reynolds has a deal with the nats— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) April 13, 2018
finally, we can all move on with our lives
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 April 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
Bautista signed a Minor League contract with Barves
― francisF, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link