2017-2018 Hot Stove

in my mind, fun team + giancarlo stanton = more fun team, but whatever

almost anything becomes more fun in joe girardi's absence

if the Yankees are fated to win a WS, I hope it's a sweep of the Cubs for NA's sake

(and i won't need to watch that one)

Matt Harvey for Jurickson Profar has been discussed. Nothing firm.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 11, 2017

i don't really get why people are mad at the yankees about this when they could be mad at the marlins

well yea the Marlins are terrible for this league and anyone who pays money to see them should be pissed. I'm just upset that the farfetched Double Agent Derek Jeter plan actually worked

I hear #Yankees have traded Mitchell and Chase Headley to the #Padres

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 12, 2017

don't really get why the padres would want to pay $13m for a 34yo 3B with no power (or acquire a below-replacement level reliever)

brian cashman is a fucking hypnotist

https://theathletic.com/182268/2017/12/12/rosenthal-orioles-shopping-manny-machado-but-the-star-also-wants-to-change-position/

Machado on the block, he wants to play SS, Orioles want two starting pitchers in return.

crap, sorry bout the paywall.

anyway, i can't think of anyone who would give up that sort of haul for one year of manny, unless they're gonna sign him long-term.

the only team i can think of that has the depth at starter and that kind of cash is the Dodgers, who have Corey Seager

beware, RSN

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-dave-dombrowski-overreaction-might-be-commencing/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQ39QPtW0AAiK7O.jpg:small

ozuna to the cardinals

:) if they gave up alcantara or flaherty or hudson to get him.
:/ if they gave up two of the three to get him
:( if alex reyes is part of this deal

no way reyes is part of it

guessing any number of outfielders and maybe carson kelly, since matheny doesn't have the stones to sit yadi

no one has the stones to sit yadi. yadi will yell at you on instagram, it's not worth the hassle

apparently it's alcantara + three lesser minor leaguers? which seems like another piss-poor return, even if ozuna's only available for two seasons

yelich now huddled on his couch, crying softly

curious to see who the other three are, but yeah, on the face of it this seems like the marlins made a dum dum again. (of course, if ozuna regresses more than expected and alcantara ends up being a decent mid-rotation guy, then maybe i'm the dummy)

Kinsler to the Angels for a gently used scorebook.

EVERYONE is older now, Brian Kenny.

piscotty to oakland for two mid-level infield prospects

supposedly this was partly driven by the fact that piscotty's mom has ALS and lives in california, and the cardinals were doing him a solid

fernando rodney to the twins

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yeah, i think that definitely played a role. as far back as last year they were trying to trade him to OAK (for sonny gray, at the time).
i like piscotty a lot, i think everyone is glad to see him move back home. hopefully beane won't trade him at the deadline!

The Mets have reportedly signed reliever Anthony Swarzak to a two-year deal worth $14 million.

The Mariners signed pitcher Juan Nicasio to a two-year deal worth $17 million.

The Astros have reportedly signed reliever Joe Smith for two-years.

astros also picked anthony gose, as a pitcher, in the rule 5 draft. which should be interesting, if terrifying for hitters

Source: Red Sox want to, trying to sign BOTH J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer.

Story: https://t.co/VULJL88r5y

— Michael Silverman (@MikeSilvermanBB) December 14, 2017

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lmao "Joe Smith" such a perfect reliever name

fucking red sox

martinez at DH seems inevitable, but i wouldn't be so happy about landing the legendary eric hosmer at 1B for several years

i was p happy w 2-bags tbh

Mets in pursuit of Kipnis

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/12/14/16778884/mets-trade-rumors-new-york-jason-kipnis-indians-winter-meetings

freddy galvis to san diego for a double-a pitcher

Sources: phillies agree to deal with Carlos Santana

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 15, 2017

so i guess that makes rhys hoskins an outfielder?

zack cozart to the angels

looks like the Angels are all in, immediately

if only they could bring themselves to dfa prince albert

that would help

@JeffPassan
The consensus on Carlos Santana's $60M deal with the Phillies: It bodes awfully well for free agent hitters. Santana is four years older than Eric Hosmer. A seven-year, $175M ask no longer seems beyond the pale. Good news for Logan Morrison and other available first basemen, too.

i don't follow this logic. i'd much rather have three years of santana at $20m/year than seven years of hosmer at $25m/year, no matter what the age difference is

hosmer was at or below (fangraphs) replacement level in two of his last four seasons ffs. steamer has him at 2.6 WAR next season, meaning he *might* almost be worth $25m in the first year of his contract, god forbid we talk about the other six. (steamer has santana at 3.1 in 2018 fwiw)

Yankees and pirates are continuing to talk about Gerrit Cole. Clint Frazier would likely be part of package, if it happens.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 15, 2017

oh good

I like that deal for Santana for the Phillies. He's a fairly durable and consistent player. I was thinking the only drag might be that he was the DH quite a bit with Cleveland but he played 140 games at first last year.

Signing Cozart to play third seems kinda weird, but the Angels should have pretty good infield defense

Matt Kemp to the Dodgers for Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, and Charlie Culberson!

desperate for that valuable Kemp-sized -1.3 WAR.

on top of that,

Sources: Kemp unlikely to play for #Dodgers. Strong candidate to be traded or released.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 16, 2017

weird

I don't understand anything about this game beyond what actually happens on the field.

idgi. dodgers save a tiny bit of money but some of those guys might conceivably have been useful next year

40 man maybe

also CC back to the yanks pending a lol physical

matt moore to the rangers, who i guess really want to throw nothing but lefties against the astros and angels next year

it's all likely about the luxury tax, according to mlbtraderumors

however, idgi either tbh

This has to be one of the strangest trades ever, even if it is a luxury tax thing. There wasn't a single other MLB team willing to take on any of those players in exchange for a minor prospect and some salary relief?

If the Jays are hell-bent on acquiring a washed-up outfielder in his early '30s, I think I'd rather have Kemp than Carlos Gonzalez.