Yankees and Matt Holliday reach 1 year deal for 13 million.
MLB Offseason: Mune Kawasaki and Brian Matusz have World Series rings
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This will probably be his last season, kinda nice he goes out as an Astro.
And Sale's arm breathed a sigh of relief, knowing it would not be abused by the evil Dusty Baker.
Pretty much 
Gotta like it when the Cy Young winner will slot into the 3rd spot in the rotation (or maybe 2nd just to break up the Left/Right/Left pattern.
For grins, got a nice 8th inning guy too, so ought to strengthen the bullpen too. And if Carson Smith comes back from TJ ok, could be huge strength.
The Moreland deal, meh. Part time defensive 1B and DH, I guess? Not special, but 5M deal, so not crushing. Beltran here would have been perfect. Now just have to trade a pitcher (Buchholz) to sort that out and clear a little money, and good to go.
Gotta like it when the Cy Young winner will slot into the 3rd spot in the rotation (or maybe 2nd just to break up the Left/Right/Left pattern.
For grins, got a nice 8th inning guy too, so ought to strengthen the bullpen too. And if Carson Smith comes back from TJ ok, could be huge strength.
The Moreland deal, meh. Part time defensive 1B and DH, I guess? Not special, but 5M deal, so not crushing. Beltran here would have been perfect. Now just have to trade a pitcher (Buchholz) to sort that out and clear a little money, and good to go.
Cubs get closer Wade Davis from KC for Jorge Soler.
Miller was hurt this year and he's what, 31? Soler hasn't shown much in the way of improvement like Baez has.
We get a guy who can close if healthy and it only cost a #4 or #5 outfielder who will probably benefit as a DH.
Miller was hurt this year and he's what, 31? Soler hasn't shown much in the way of improvement like Baez has.
We get a guy who can close if healthy and it only cost a #4 or #5 outfielder who will probably benefit as a DH.
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^ I think you mean Wade DAVIS... 
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^ Him too.
Though to be fair, the Cubs also had Wade Miller once upon a time.
Though to be fair, the Cubs also had Wade Miller once upon a time.
Yankees and Chapman agree to a 5 year, 86 million dollar deal.
^ The Cubs could've given him that much, then used Soler as bait for Chris Archer.
Well, we saw in Game 7 exactly what happens to Chapman when he loses a few miles an hour off his fastball. The Yankees had better pray he can keep fireballing for a good, long time.
That's a little disingenuous, he pitched multiple days, multiple innings in a row. Including a few times when he didn't really need to. He was great in the series. Yeah he's still a piece of shit but you can't really question his performance. He was one of the main reasons the Cubs won the World Series.
My point is that as soon as he loses a few miles an hour on his heater, he can get knocked around pretty easily, because his fastball is almost completely flat (and always has been) -- he's a dominant reliever because he can just blow it right past everyone in sight. His only other pitch is his slider, which is wild and off-target roughly 63 percent of the time.
Is it just me, or are minor league teams picking some really fucked up names these days?
For example, the Marlins' AAA team is called the Babycakes. Yeah, that's real mature, isn't it... Who the hell's gonna brag about being on a team with a name like that?
For example, the Marlins' AAA team is called the Babycakes. Yeah, that's real mature, isn't it... Who the hell's gonna brag about being on a team with a name like that?
Fun fact of the day: The Padres currently have zero players on guaranteed contracts. Their 25-man roster is made up of 19 guys who will make the minimum, five who are entering arbitration for the first time in 2017, and one (Carter Capps) in 2nd-year arb. Projected 2017 payroll (not counting money still owed to James Shields and a couple others): $25.5 million.
That makes the Astros' tank job look positively tame in comparison. And, somehow, AJ Preller still has a job, despite this and intentionally hiding players' medical information from the rest of the league.
That makes the Astros' tank job look positively tame in comparison. And, somehow, AJ Preller still has a job, despite this and intentionally hiding players' medical information from the rest of the league.
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