MLB Offseason 2018-19: SIGN KIMBREL AND KEUCHEL YOU FUCKS

[The Nth Doctor]

Another incredibly absurd deal in the making, this time with Mike Trout and the Angels: $430 million over 12 years.

 

[BillJ]

Another incredibly absurd deal in the making, this time with Mike Trout and the Angels: $430 million over 12 years.

Guess he isn't going to Philadelphia? Let's hope sometime over the next decade-plus the Angels figure out how to put a competitive team around him.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Guess he isn't going to Philadelphia? Let's hope sometime over the next decade-plus the Angels figure out how to put a competitive team around him.

How much money will they have after paying Trout?

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Harper must be kicking himself about now.

 

[1001001]

Another incredibly absurd deal in the making, this time with Mike Trout and the Angels: $430 million over 12 years.

That's not absurd. It's fantastic.

 

[Herbert]

Batshit crazy amount of money and years but if you're going to pay one player, Trout's the guy.

 

[Timby]

Guess he isn't going to Philadelphia? Let's hope sometime over the next decade-plus the Angels figure out how to put a competitive team around him.

That's the most frustrating part about this; it sucks watching a once-in-a-lifetime player spend his career with a franchise mired in mediocrity.

 

[Jayson1]

At least the Angel you would think will have the money to eventually surround him with a good team. They are usually aren't shy when it comes to free agency.

Jason

 

[The Nth Doctor]

That's not absurd. It's fantastic.

For his wallet. Otherwise, yes, completely absurd.

That's the most frustrating part about this; it sucks watching a once-in-a-lifetime player spend his career with a franchise mired in mediocrity.

Just like Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. (although Cal did get a ring early in his career), but at least they did their resignings in increments.

 

[BlueStuff]

The Angels have a much better farm system than they had even two years ago; I know, I'm talking about prospects, but it's still something. And given that their main weakness is pitching, they'll be a lot better equipped to spend in that area once Pujols and Upton are off the books.

 

[Skywalker]

It's not absurd for the best player in baseball to be paid as such. Hopefully the Angels actually manage to put a decent team around him though so he doesn't have to go his entire career without a ring. Though clearly if rings were a priority for Trout, he wouldn't have done this.

Regardless of the money, it's hard to pass up spending the next decade-plus living and working in SoCal.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Nice to know team loyalty isn't completely dead!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Ichiro Suzuki bids farewell to the Mariners at Tokyo Dome.

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[Ar-Pharazon]

^ You mean "future first ballot hall-of-famer Ichiro Suzuki bids farewell..."

If nothing else, he got a free ride home.

 

[Timby]

^ You mean "future first ballot hall-of-famer Ichiro Suzuki bids farewell..."

You mean, "future first-ballot Hall of Famer and the One True Hit King Ichiro Suzuki bids farewell."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Now the Mariners can finally retire #51 - twice.

 

[BillJ]

Good to see the Rays step up and pay Blake Snell...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/rays-extend-blake-snell.html

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports the yearly breakdown (Twitter link). Snell will be paid a $3MM signing bonus and earn $1MM in 2019. He’ll then be paid salaries of $7MM, $10.5MM, $12.5MM and $16MM in the subsequent four seasons. That $16MM salary in 2023 can increase by up to $2MM based on his placement in the Cy Young race.

 

[BillJ]

Cardinals re-upping Paul Goldschmidt through 2024 for $130 million.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/cardinals-nearing-extension-with-paul-goldschmidt.html

It’ll come in at “around $130MM,” per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Twitter). That’s on top of Goldschmidt’s existing deal, it seems, which would indicate he’ll now be under contract through the 2024 season.

Many MLB teams becoming a bit more like the NFL in trying to retain their own talent versus dropping monster contracts on free-agents.

 

[Kronos]

That Snell deal will be a steal for whatever team the Rays trade him too next winter.

 

[Timby]

Cardinals re-upping Paul Goldschmidt through 2024 for $130 million.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/cardinals-nearing-extension-with-paul-goldschmidt.html



Many MLB teams becoming a bit more like the NFL in trying to retain their own talent versus dropping monster contracts on free-agents.

God fucking damn it. Almost every team in the NL Central has taken drastic steps to improve its roster, while the Cubs ... signed Daniel Descalso and said they don't have money.