2017-2018 Hot Stove

also he's the kind of player who has a chance of turning in a 2013 colby rasmus kind of season, but just as equally could be a perma-4th OF the rest of his career

whoa Colby Rasmus has accumulated 20 WAR through his career, which is about twice as much as i would have thought.

I don't know about Grichuk--that lifetime OBP looks scary.

How hot is Dominic Leone in person?

obv not Grichuk hot

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/92/02/369202cf55804cad8900f1413c5e10c4.jpg

Cardinals seem to have a new pro outfielder prospect every two years, so I figure they got someone that can do what Grichuk does and maybe more probably ready to go.

dominic leone

congrats to ilxor and musician dominique leone, glad she finally realized her dreams of becoming a professional baseball player

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they do - among others, tyler o'neill is another grichuk - lots of strikeouts, big biceps, lots of home runs. they also have a couple another randy (Arozarena) who could be really good

sorry, just one other randy (arozarena), not "a couple another"

that's when dillon gee
takes a one-year deal with chunichi
on an island he didn't live in

Dillon Gee on MLB Network: "I appreciate you having me on, but I think it sums up the Hot Stove season that you have me on".

— Ben Yoel (@Ben_Yoel) January 22, 2018

the Darvish derby

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-rumors-brewers-make-offer-to-star-pitcher-yu-darvish/

randal grichuk to blue jays for dominic leone and conner greene

pandering move to toronto's large ukrainian-canadian community

If he doubles his walk rate, he could be more than top-shelf eye candy.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/andrew-mccutchen-thank-you-pittsburgh/

;_;

cubs signed catcher chris giminez to a minor league deal, which is interesting only in that he has caught both yu darvish and alex cobb before

just to pass the time, my all time favorite grichuk and matheny moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVeNWn6IkYc

Jeff Sullivan polled fans on their team's owners, and you should probably be able to guess the bottom two.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/here-are-the-complete-team-ownership-ratings/

BREAKING

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/breaking-royals-sign-ryan-goins-to-minor-league-deal/

METS sign . . . jose reyes

xxp how could a Marlins fan possibly vote anything higher than a 1. is Jeets paying people off or what

#Mets in agreement with Jose Reyes on one-year contract, pending physical, sources tell The Athletic. Reyes returning with understanding he will fill utility role. Mets still looking for regular second baseman.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 25, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yePNyz-nc

yelich traded to the brewers

awesome. I assume we gave up Brinson, or is that not really clear yet?

There are some Reds fans going to have a conniption on that news as it seems on a couple sites that's the only player between them and the rebirth of the Big Red Machine, even though the team ERA was like 5 last year.

or is that not really clear yet?

it's not clear but that's the impression that i get /bosstones

if the marlins traded w/ that front office they definitely got fleeced

Marlins get Brinson and Diaz

Is that a good return?

The #Brewers have acquired OF Christian Yelich from Miami in exchange for OF Lewis Brinson, OF Monte Harrison, INF Isan Diaz and RHP Jordan Yamamoto.

prospects #1, #6, and #14 according to mlb.com (yamamoto not listed)

harrison is keith law's #85 overall prospect

cain to the brewers

5-year, $80M, physical pending

uh whooooa

sheesh. their outfield just got a lot better

Brewers goin SuperTeam

well maybe not

before today's moves, fangraphs projected them at 75 wins for 2018, which did admittedly seem a little low.

lol the marlins got more for yelich than they did for stanton

So is moving Braun the next step for the Brewers? Seems kinda odd signing Cain for 5 years right after getting Yelich and considering they got that guy Domingo Santana.

Their starting rotation is still pretty funky and not that scary.

once they get Yu Darvish though

Jeff Sullivan:

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-brewers-are-here/

brewers look pretty scary to me now as a cubs fan, they were already first in the nl central for half of last season and were in contention until right near the end. meanwhile the cubs haven't done much to improve yet this offseason.

and i was impressed by their young rotation

these are the steps the pirates refused to take. may or may not work out, but at least the brewers are going for it. totally rooting for them

this is kinda crazy: free-agent camp

Players believe the value dispute between the sides will last long enough that a number have discussed the possibility of staging a free agent training camp to mimic their typical spring work, according to sources.

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-players-teams-digging-protracted-standoff-despite-lorenzo-cains-80-million-deal-060605804.html

that is insane, never will happen

Nelson/Davies/Anderson gives the Brewers three solid cheap starters, they obviously need to make a move or two yet. Guessing they'll flip Santana, but hold on to Phillips, then hopefully make one more big FA signing (Darvish!?!?)

Santana looks like he's about to emerge into a 40 HR guy. Yelich could be a top 5 NL ofer. Cain is extremely good, reminds me of Zobrist in how he flies under the radar with his all-around skill set. could probably shift Braun to 1B w/Thames as an option against righties (unless they move Braun.) Not sure what Broxton's status is, but he doesn't seem like a bad 4th OFer. Vogt at catcher, Arcia/Villar up the middle, Travis Shaw in his age 28 season should still be vv good.

i guess some of those guys could disappoint or collapse. and the rotation is still iffy.

as a Cubs fan I'm not terrified of them but I think they have a very good shot at taking the Central. they seem playoff ready at the very least.

you think they'd flip Santana? i haven't been keeping up, maybe there are issues there, but he's only 24!

*25 rather