I could see Kluber just continuing to decline but his stuff is so good and his track record was basically Scherzer-like coming into last season, so I imagine there might be some teams who would have offered more. But maybe they know something we don’t.
― omar little, Sunday, 15 December 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
bumgarner to arizona, apparently
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 December 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
!
That's kind of out of the blue
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 15 December 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
saw somewhere Kluber deal is not complete
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 December 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
apparently Bumgarner just really wanted to be in Arizona. huh.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 15 December 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
horses
A source close to Bumgarner says the Diamondbacks were his No. 1 choice, provided they could pay him at an appropriate level. As The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly recently noted, Bumgarner has horses in the Phoenix area and loves it there. For Bumgarner, an individualist who cares little about public perception, that and the solid five-year offer were enough.
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 December 2019 02:44 (four years ago) link
an individualist
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 16 December 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
an individual-plus-several-horses-ist.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 16 December 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
what a weird ass trade. a relief prospect (albeit a 102 mph-throwing one) and an all-defense fringe player.
almost any team could match or top that offer for one year of kluber, and there are a ton of teams that you'd think would be willing to do it.
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Monday, 16 December 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/nobody-really-wanted-corey-kluber
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 December 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
avisail garcia to milwaukee, 2/$20m
luke maile to pittsburgh, threatening to eclipse last year's big offseason acquisition, lonnie chisenhall
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 December 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
What's the best site to see who the front-runners for FAs like Ryu Puig, Donaldson might be?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
wtf, OF is like the one thing Milwaukee doesn't need
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
xpmlbtraderumors is the best site for all of this IMO
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
it probably goes w/o saying but avoid the comments here^ at all costs
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
they're not bad. i've seen WAAAAAY worse.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Asked at Winter Meetings about adding veteran leadership, Ben Cherington said FA catcher could fill that bill, but “Role should be legitimate; You’re not going to get a guy who hits .150 just because he’s funny.” Yesterday, Pirates signed Luke Maile... who batted .151 last year.— David Laurila (@DavidLaurilaQA) December 17, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
― frogbs, Tuesday, December 17, 2019 8:05 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
sounds like this lets them move braun to 1b
― na (NA), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
as of last night, it seems the cardinals are about to sign 31-year old lefty Kwang-hyun Kim, who has pitched 7 years in the KBO
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
err, oops, he's been pitching longer than that! he debuted in the KBO as a SP at age 18, it looks like.
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
that's probably what's gonna happen but they don't have to, he's still as mediocre defensively as he's been his whole career, plus you know he's gonna miss 20-30 games with various injuries. you'd think you could just sign some aging slugger on the cheap to play there.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
i think y'all are forgetting Blue Jays legend Eric Sogard is still available.
to the brewers!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMF3iNpW4AA82uF?format=png&name=large
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
I like the Sogard signing, dude was pretty good last year
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
Justin Smoak to the Brewers, 1 yr/$5m
so I guess Brauny not going to 1B after all?
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 December 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
the Kwang-hyun Kim deal got finalized with STL: 2 years, $8M (plus up ot $3M in incentives). i'm pretty hopeful about it! upside would be something approaching the sweet deal they got with miles mikolas coming out of japan a couple years ago.
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 December 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
gio gonzalez to the white soxjulio teheran to the angels
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 December 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
feels like the brewers now have 50 position players
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 December 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
white sox also signing cheslor cuthbert
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 December 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
Reds did their bi-annual "living the Burt Reynolds lifestyle on the Mac Davis salary" signing of lefty Wade Miley a few days ago. It is possibly work out well. The contract is only 2 years and not crazy money. All depends on health and being able to throw up ground ball outs and not home runs.
Great American Ballpark does get into some pitchers heads. Kyle Lohse years back was a free agent signee that totally got lost pitching for the Reds. Miley might work out ok and having a lefty and gives the Reds some rotation depth.
I'm guessing the Reds might take a page out of the Cardnails book and move a couple of the top prospects to work out the pen and be starter #6.
― earlnash, Saturday, 21 December 2019 04:13 (four years ago) link
The White Sox have reached agreement on a deal with free agent lefthander Dallas Keuchel, according to a tweet from ESPN’s Jeff Passan (link). It’s a three-year deal for $55.5MM, with a vesting fourth year that could take it to 4/$74MM, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network (link).
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 December 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
i did not expect this, but the Jays just won the bidding for Ryu!4 years, $80 mil
also they signed Travis Shaw.
with them also adding Roark, Anderson, Yamaguchi and getting their first full seasons out of Guerrero, Biggio and Bichette (and possibly Pearson making his debut) – this teams looks like they could make a run at the wild card.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 23 December 2019 07:14 (four years ago) link
nice!
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 December 2019 07:48 (four years ago) link
The pitching is still iffy even if Ryu stays healthy and Pearson starts dominating right away (two huge ifs). But I do like the moves they're making.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 23 December 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
i have lost track of who's on the white sox now. edwin encarnacion apparently?
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
i was vaguely wondering if their spending is motivated in part by leeching local baseball fans away from the non-spending cubs. it's working on me at least
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
So far they have resigned Abreu, signed Grandal, Edwin, Keuchel, Gio Gonzalez and traded for Nomar Mazara (for some reason). They have been pretty busy!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
I heard a bit of Ryu's introductory press conference on the radio; he opened with "Hello, Canada" and "Bonjour."
― clemenza, Friday, 27 December 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
*swoon*
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 December 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
just finding out Mets signed Betances
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
misleading uRL
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28383869/sources-marlins-corey-dickerson-reach-2-year-175-million-deal
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
good hitter, solid player
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 December 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
rich hill and homer bailey to minnesota
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
luis robert gets a $50M extension before playing a game in MLB
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
the white sox are going to be pretty fun
did Rich Hill check out the Twins' bag policy first?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
Outfielder/pitcher Oscar Colás, one of the best prospects to emerge from Cuba in years, has defected and will seek a deal with a major league team, sources familiar with his plans tell ESPN. Colás, 21, played in Japan last year and hit .302/.350/.516. He’s a LHP up to 95, too.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 3, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 January 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
unsigned at last check: Donaldson, Castellanos, Ozuna, Puig, Hudson, Cabrera, Vizcaino, Chirinos, Maybin, Frazier, Cishek, Iglesias, Pence, Kintzler, Gordon, and Dyson
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 January 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
Starlin Castro to Nats
Jason Castro to Angels
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 January 2020 12:05 (four years ago) link
jose iglesias to baltimore 1yr/$3m with a club option
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 January 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link