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MLB 17-18 Offseason: The Giants are preparing for EYBS' return
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As a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, I am too deeply sunk in self-pity to feel bad for fans of other teams....
Damn, the one guy I really hoped the Cubs would keep.
Yeah, 2018 is shaping up to be something of a transition year, because the pitching is going to be rough. If the season opened today, the rotation would be Lester / Hendricks / Quintana / Butler / Chatwood (holy shit), and the bullpen would be Edwards / Grimm / Wilson / Cishek / Montgomery / Alvarez / Mazzoni, with Strop as setup and Morrow closing (holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit).
I suppose there's still a chance they sign Cobb, or get Archer and (name here) from the Rays as rumored.
That doesn't help the bullpen so much.
That doesn't help the bullpen so much.
I'm sure they'd love to grab Archer, but the price will be high--and given that the farm system is completely barren now (they don't have a single prospect in the Top 100), they'd have to give up talent from the major league roster--which would mean some permutation of Happ / Almora / Contreras / Reed / Baez (no GM in their right mind is taking Schwarber in exchange for good talent).
Is Beane still making deals?
The A’s have a surplus of 1B/OF/DH types.
It sure beats the lunatic idea of expansion. Florida baseball has has 2 teams since 1998. They are repeatedly at the bottom of the market. So clearly, Florida isn't interested in baseball. I'd have no problem with teams moving. Maybe Vegas and Montreal.
They also need to rebuild their farm system. When Beane made all those trades a few years back (World Series or bust!) he wiped it OUT.
Did Boras misread the JDM market, or is something else going on? Looks like kinda just the Red Sox as suitors at the moment, and not jumping at the price, so nothing's moving. How many places does he even fit right now (at any sort of real money)? Not sure I'm thrilled about him, but seems kinda inevitable. Just hoping it's for normal money and not superstar money, because I can't see how he could perform enough to earn it...
I think Boras intentionally misreads the market for every one of his clients because he always seems to ask for nosebleed money, many years, or both. Of course, that's his job as an agent.
I'm glad the Sox are not just giving him what he wants. This might be a case of who blinks first
I'm glad the Sox are not just giving him what he wants. This might be a case of who blinks first
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well, agree that he always asks for the moon upfront, but usually there at least a couple teams competing for the player, and it's a fight. In this case, it looks like the Sox or nobody right now (until the Mystery Team comes into play, per the Boras playbook), so not sure where the price is being driven up.
On a 1 year pillow contract, he'd get lots of business, but I don't think JDM can take that one when so many BIG names are in play next year, so he's better off taking a smaller deal for more years rather than a big 1-year deal.
Glad the Sox haven't blinked yet, no idea where they are at numbers-wise. Just not seeing how this works out, when the other big market teams don't really have a spot for him, or are trying to get under the tax and can't swing it. What's the deal that lets him save face, but gets it done? Still a little time in FA, sure, but Boras may have to blink this time. and the 7/$200+ thing isn't even a pipe dream at this point. 6/$150 is starting to sound high...
On a 1 year pillow contract, he'd get lots of business, but I don't think JDM can take that one when so many BIG names are in play next year, so he's better off taking a smaller deal for more years rather than a big 1-year deal.
Glad the Sox haven't blinked yet, no idea where they are at numbers-wise. Just not seeing how this works out, when the other big market teams don't really have a spot for him, or are trying to get under the tax and can't swing it. What's the deal that lets him save face, but gets it done? Still a little time in FA, sure, but Boras may have to blink this time. and the 7/$200+ thing isn't even a pipe dream at this point. 6/$150 is starting to sound high...
40 days until pitchers and catchers report, nine position players have signed contracts, and 136 free agents remain unsigned. (Is anyone going to tell me that no one wants Yu Darvish?)
Either we've got Ueberroth-level collusion going on again, or the CBA is working exactly as Manfred and the owners intended: An unofficial cap.
God, fuck Tony Clark. Marvin Miller or Don Fehr would have taken the league to war by now.
Either we've got Ueberroth-level collusion going on again, or the CBA is working exactly as Manfred and the owners intended: An unofficial cap.
God, fuck Tony Clark. Marvin Miller or Don Fehr would have taken the league to war by now.
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Hell yeah. MLB has published a gigantic repository of gifs.
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