Hot Stove 2023-2024

i would have too

Kudos to gyac and the others who saw the Sale trade as potentially a good thing for Atlanta--he's been their most durable starter so far and is pitching well. Checked Grissom, and he's having a good season in the minors--and is on the verge of being brought up--but Sale has really helped fill the void created by Strider's injury. I'm even starting to wonder if he can get his HOF case back on track--I've got like seven rookie cards! He'd really have to have a four- or five-year run and pitch till he's 40.

Grissom is going to debut Friday after being struck down by the flu virus ripping through the Woosox (Red Sox triple A team) clubhouse. Anyway Sale has been great, but like Glasnow, the problem isn’t if he can be great, it’s can he stay healthy.

Anyway excited to see Grissom when he finally debuts, the 2B spot has been a dead zone for production all season (apart from when Connor Wong plays there)

Btw clem I am sorry for ignoring your email the other day but I was sick and in and out of sleep and just remembered it now!

Also I should point out Grissom should have started the season on the big league team but he picked up a hamstring strain in spring training and was rehabbing in triple A to make up for the lost time.

Seems weird to say that when his two highest paid teammates were flying cross country for literal months driving up their own pay by leveraging the demand from other teams, and one of them gave a deal to same team to stack a roster around him…some free agents aren’t in high demand full stop and others simply aren’t getting what they’re after. Snell was reported to be asking for $270m for 9 years, not that many teams that could pay that want to (0 at this count). I heard the Yankees made him an offer before they signed Stroman but at this stage taking on Snell on even an shorter contract with higher aav for example when they are over the highest tax threshold means they’re paying double for him. That’s an ask.

― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, March 1, 2024 8:01 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Snell for nine(!) years at $270 million(!!) -- it's nice to dream big and i guess it only takes one sucker. weird to say that about a two-time Cy winner he's dancing on a knife's edge, feel like he could tilt over into an annual 4.50 ERA guy vv fast.

― omar little, Friday, March 1, 2024 9:53 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

seems very difficult to have a -0.6 bWAR through only 11.2 IP but Blake has done it.

Ikr, it’s early but it looks bad, he’s probably not going to pitch a start till late May/June now. Who knows.

Also early, but Jordan Hicks’ success as a SP so far has really surprised me too!

A lot of Jays fans, me included, were clamoring for him to be given the closer role last year ahead of Romano.

Grissom is going to debut Friday after being struck down by the flu virus ripping through the Woosox (Red Sox triple A team) clubhouse.

I love someone with deep enthusiasm and knowledge, gyac, but you've become a total sicko :)

I’m not even joking but like

The other night I was following a game on my phone and the following conversation took place

ILX USER SHARIVARI: what game are you watching? Who are the Sea Dogs?
Me: the Red Sox double A team? You know, with the big three?
IUS: I don’t know
Me: Mayer, Teel, Anthony? Roman Anthony?
IUS: I can’t believe you deny being a Red Sox fan

😞

Clemenza high on Sale after one month is peak... something.

As gyac notes, his health his paramount factor. Sale has only pitched 187 IP from 2020-2024 (3.84 ERA/3.9 cumulative fWAR for that span).

Compared to workhorses like Wheeler, Burnes, Nola, Webb, Gausman, Castillo who all *each* have pitched 640-690IP over that same span, all with lower ERAs and amassing between 14.5 - 20.7 fWAR between each of them...

I'm wondering if he may even have an innings limit due to lack of endurance. Will be curious what happens in July if miraculously he's still healthy and Atlanta is in the hunt.

I actually think the Strider injury makes Sale’s health far more important than it might otherwise have necessitated; the Braves got a highest-ceiling starter with health being the main thing holding him back in exchange for a player who was blocked from their team. Now thankfully Fried seems to have pulled out of his early season nosedive but yeah, Sale staying healthy until at least the deadline has become extremely necessary in a way that it wasn’t when he signed.

Agreed to terms on a lifetime contract with the @Mets, with a signing bonus of extra biscuits. I will now open it up for questions. pic.twitter.com/74f7WHM1Yh

— Buddy (@MetsVetDog) May 3, 2024

There's also other action on the stove regarding a certain .400 hitter.

Clemenza high on Sale after one month is peak... something.

Oh, I know, I'm jumping the gun as always. I just wasn't sure if he'd be effective at all, for even a few starts. His ERA since his last good year in 2018 was over 4.00 coming into 2024, and he's a year older. I definitely didn't expect him to be leading the Braves in IP, even just barely into May.

Maybe they'll have to literally sit him down for a month if they view him as key to post-season success.

Friars get Arraez, fish get Dillon Head, Woo Suk-Go, Jakob Marsee and Nathan Martorella.

I'm a real Dillon Head... I even like the early '80s albums

Lol