offseason 2015-16

Obviously he fears change.

he and rasmus and anderson love the guys and the fans and felt that it was the best place for their families

lol @ the dodgers even offering it to anderson

less lol than ian kennedy turning it down

at least he gets to take april and may off, i guess

the Rays will play in Cuba in spring training if the USG approves.

Hellickson to Phillies!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14128847/philadelphia-phillies-acquire-jeremy-hellickson-arizona-diamondbacks

In exactly 20 weeks, the Mets open the season in... Kansas City.

takeout slide was discussed at GM meetings

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/chase-utley-ruben-tejada-slide-rules-changes-gm-meetings-replay-reviews-joe-torre-111315

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: David Ortiz will retire at end of 2016 season.

giants sign brandon crawford for six years, $75m, full no-trade clause

seems fairly reasonable

age 29 through 34

range in the 5th and 6th years could get ugly

congrats Brandon Crawford on your new deal. love that the Giants will have this guy for at least six more years.

good luck Giancarlo

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/11/17/9750158/mlb-marlins-trade-rumors-jose-fernandez-miami

spotty tracking of his earnings for obvious reasons, but rich hill's $6M deal for next year is nearly 2x his career earnings as shown on his bb-ref page, good for him

https://twitter.com/BotStove

^guy who did this posted about it on Effectively Wild FB; v clever

K-Rod to DET

Mets sposedly "very interested" in Zobrist

otoh, NO NO NO:

http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork/mets/post/_/id/113379/daniel-murphy-not-necessarily-a-goner-from-mets

they would, wouldn't they

deadline to protect minor leaguers from the rule 5 draft is tomorrow

mets have lost jack leathersich (to the cubs) on waivers in the process of shuffling their 40-man

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/157705878/mlb-fox-streaming-deal-a-great-thing-for-fans

Baseball got more accessible for millions of fans on Thursday when Commissioner Rob Manfred announced a three-year deal with FOX Sports in which 15 teams will allow in-market streaming of games on phones, tablets and other devices.

These 15 teams are the ones with games carried by FOX regional sports networks -- Angels, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, D-backs, Indians, Marlins, Padres, Rangers, Rays, Reds, Royals, Tigers, Twins and Yankees -- and Manfred said baseball is negotiating with the carriers of the other 15 teams to try to complete similar agreements by Opening Day.

This announcement means that if you subscribe to your local FOX broadcasts of your team, you will be able to watch the games on your phone or tablet in that market. Previously, teams hadn't been allowed to stream their own games into their local market. This is one of those days when the world shifted a bit, when it got just a bit smaller and connected us to our local teams in ways we've never been connected before.

The Marlins and Pirates will play a two-game series in Puerto Rico this May to honor Roberto Clemente Day.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/157695122/pirates-marlins-will-play-in-puerto-rico

let's go mook

Cameron Maybin is Coming Home

Is he hurt?

‏@joe_sheehan
Nice that the #Mets play the #Royals next year. They won't have to mail Terry Collins his ring.

i was at maybin's mlb debut, which was a big deal at the time -- BA's #6 prospect, 20yo, five tools, etc. iirc he looked completely overmatched at the plate and misplayed a ball pretty badly in left

in retrospect he doesn't really seem to have any tools? steal a few bases, i guess, but i'm not sure why the tigers would want to pay him $8m plus one more to buy him out in a year

lol that game was also joba's fourth big league appearance; he wouldn't allow a run until his 12th. we were all so young and had such promise

He was one of the more exciting Braves to watch on offense this past season, but that's really not saying much at all. "Objects in mirror are nowhere near as close as they appear to be."

Cameron Maybin is ONLY 28!!!!

????

I'm starting to feel real bad for Mattingly.

oh, Dave Roberts

well they got that crucial postseason SB move covered

Dodgers will have their first minority manager 69 years after Jackie Robinson's debut (and 41 after the first black manager)

Chris Iannetta to Seattle for one year

hits better than Zunino (maybe)

Mark McGwire, yr new Padres bench coach

Embattled Alex Avila to ChiSox

astros, a's continue to play jed lowrie volleyball

'Stros to Os for Hoes.

Though technically the 'Stros DFA'd him.

bud norris to the braves on a one-year deal

no word on whether he consulted with jon singleton on the terms

c-ass Anthony Recker signs minor league deal with Indians

sorry man

j.a. 'jay' happ to the blue jays, three years, $36m

dude better send ray searage a hell of a christmas present

so, i guess this means the Jay's have no shot at Price (or any of the other top/secondary tier pitchers). Estrada, Chavez and now Happ... i guess back-end starters are the new market inefficiency

Detroit is in serious talks with free-agent Jordan Zimmermann, according to FoxSports.

Jordan Zimmermann, Tigers reach 5-year, $110 million deal

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14249237

seems low for him

I'd figure this deal probably sets the price for Johnny Cueto. Thing with Cueto is going long term as while he has pitched a lot of innings, he's also had a couple of injuries.

I'm thinking some of the free agency got a bit high dollar in the pitching and with the total amount of starters available, it could fall back especially for the last ones left on the board. It hasn't happened as much lately with starting pitchers as with position players, but you could find some of them fall back and maybe have to settle into 1 or 2 year deals.

I think the leverage the players had getting those crazy long and expensive deals might not be there like it was a few years back.

Someone told me that the reason people might overpay for pitching this year is because next year's FA market is BAD for pitching

i'd feel like a real dummy if i read that in this thread and was just repeating it

not sure we're seeing any overpaying. pitchers are obviously more prone to catastrophic injury, but zimmermann has averaged 4 war over his last five seasons. the two blue jays signings seem more tenuous -- happ put up 2.4 WAR in just 11 starts for the pirates; maybe he's figured something out or maybe not, while estrada benefited from an extraordinarily low BABIP -- but not outrageous with a win costing around what, $7m? starting pitching is expensive af