The Dr. Morbius Memorial 2020-2021 MLB Hot Stove Thread

it ends with the #2 hitter sacrifice bunting to get the leadoff man into scoring position and brad pitt blows his lid

Read the book.

conversely, just read this thread:

Moneyball

oh shit, forgot about the thread! i will check that out

i haven't watched the movie either, but i've seen jonah_hill.gif so many fucking times that it feels like i have

Ron Washington is played by one of the leads in Lodge 49 (Brent Jennings).

I thought the movie was pretty good!

WARNING: Do not watch if you hate twee pop!

Outfielder Kyle Schwarber and the Washington Nationals are in agreement on a one-year, $10 million deal, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. First with the deal: @dougherty_jesse.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 9, 2021

Kyle Schwarber feels like a waste of 10 million dollars.

the money ball book is great but for the love of god don’t watch the movie!

liam hendricks to the white sox for quite a lot of money! (not official yet and supposedly structured a bit oddly, so idk what the exact $ is)

did not expect DJLM to get a 6 year deal... i think he'll be 38 when it ends?!

i keep forgetting that DJ LeMahieu is supposed to be a good baseball player. i only really saw his colorado rockies version, which of course always comes with asterisks

that's only a $3m/yr raise over his last contract -- guess he really wanted the length

i guess with an avg of $15 mil it's a way for the Yanks to keep the costs down yearly, while still offering the most money. as always looks like the Jays came in second with a 4-year offer averaging around $19M.

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if i'm DJLM, i'm taking the biggest total offer too.

says to me NYY are intent on keeping under the cap

they dumped 30M on a supremely washed brett gardner 2 years ago so this is a steal tbh

Gardener is more like a mascot at this point tho, inhe?

the only mascot worth 15m is gritty but yes you're right

Kluber to the frigging Yankees. 1 year, $11M apparently.

Source confirms: Blue Jays in agreement with free-agent outfielder George Springer. Per @JonHeyman, six years, $150M. Pending physical.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 20, 2021

A year and $20M more than I expected - but I am pumped.
They landed Kirby Yates today too.

Biggest free agent signing in Jays history -- by far!

wow

i'm guessing this means jbj stays with the boxsox

bosox

michael brantley also to the jays

... maybe. Or maybe not.
If it winds up happening, the have a logjam of corner OF/DH hitters. So the thinking is that if they do sign him, they’ll quickly deal Lourdes Gurriel for a starter.

sounds like he is instead re-signing with houston

former pirate great j.a. happ to minnesota

looks like brantley back to astros?

Ya that makes much more sense.

Astros steal another sign(ing)

Some speculation on (30-year-old) George Springer:

https://www.billjamesonline.com/a_connecticut_astro_in_queen_elizabeths_colony/

(Not James, Dave Fleming.)

jbj to stros?

profar returns to SD, 3/$21m

ryan zimmerman returns to WAS, 1/$1m

Quintana is an Angel for $8M

pirates are expected to trade jameson taillon -- their only remaining player that means anything at all to me -- in the next couple days

might as well trade ke'bryan hayes too -- sure, he's only played 24 MLB games, but his stock will never be higher

Craig Mish
@CraigMish
The Philadelphia Phillies and JT Realmuto are in agreement on a 5 year $115.5 million dollar contract. Pending physical. Per source.

Semiens to the Jays!

What an offseason for the Jays (still think a mid-rotation pitcher would do wonders).

Infielder run!!!

Also love the Semiens signing for the jays. I was hoping they’d land him.

it's semien singular

but what does this mean for bo and/or cavan?

Tommy La Stella has never had 400 plate appearances in a season, but he just got a three-year contract a few days before his 32nd birthday. My latest on a truly unique player: https://t.co/R9L28BwTTI

— Tony Wolfe (@_TonyWolfe_) January 27, 2021

love that dude

remember when the cubs tried to option him to the minors and he just refused (for a couple of weeks)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/09/cubs-la-stella-refuses-to-report-to-minors/88494048/

Semien playing 2B and I guess Cavin or Vlad at 3B depending how spring training goes. I imagine Biggio could gain a lot of at bats just filling in at LF/1B/2B to let guys rotate into DH or sit for a day. Could see Marcus moving to the left side at some point of Bo/Biggio/Vlad really stink it up.

And the Jays just shipped three slapdicks to the Mets for Matz. Not really sure he’s an improvement over any of their borderline AAAA starters, but what do I know.

Matz had so much promise 96 mph lefty and local kid but he's gotten progressively worse.

I haven't paid attention too closely, but why did the Jays give up on Sean Reid-Foley? He was such a big deal a couple of years ago. I see look at this stats and see control issues and the possibility he's coming off an injury, but also a lot of strikeouts and he's only 24.