2016-2017 Hot Stove

the ol' lobber has signed with the marlins

brian mccann to the astros

New trot sheriff in town

wait is carlos gomez still there lmao

lol at the giants looking at jd martinez

why not?

old

plus park factor w/r/t power hitters

Plus bad defense

plus me googling to produce a coherent argument.. just doesn't seem like a wise move, idk

all depends on the salary, Giants could use another bat. and they already got defense covered.

jd martinez is 29, six months younger and a considerably better hitter than josh reddick, who just got $52m/4 years from the astros

but yeah, not a great fielder

andrew cashner to texas, one year/$10m

http://i.imgur.com/ihfLGzQ.png

4 RA would be 4 runs through 9? That's ok

nah, four runs in the first inning

ha ha lol!

brett cecil to cardinals for 4 years, $30.5M, no-trade clause

devil magic right there

I love Cecil but $30M is kind of ridic.

The Twins have cut longtime third baseman Trevor Plouffe, the first significant move by new front office leaders Derek Falvey and Thad Levine.

Plouffe cleared waivers and has elected to become a free agent.

I don't get that Brett Cecil signing at all looking at his stats. Was he hurt in 2016?

yeah, hurt at the end of the 2015 season and then another injury (lat, i think) in the first part of 2016. even with that, his peripherals for the whole year were decent (28.7 K%, 1.28 WHIP) and when he was healthy in the second half he was elite (35.9 K%, 1.06 WHIP). and of course, he was very good in 2013-15.

4 years is a lot for a reliever, but i guess several other teams were offering 3 years so that's what they had to do to land him.

Cardinals can make all the dumb deals they want. Their bullpen has been pretty bad the past couple years, so I could see getting an arm, but it seems kind of stiff for a guy that looks to be kind of a loogy.

TUFFY to BARVES!

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30734

Roger McDowell, O's pitching coach

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired pitcher Taijuan Walker and shortstop Ketel Marte from the Seattle Mariners for shortstop Jean Segura, outfielder Mitch Haniger and pitcher Zac Curtis.

wau

what on earth

Selling high on Segura.

yankees have released nathan eovaldi

release and extend prob

edinson

i know this world is killing you

so the hot stove is going to be pretty quiet until a new CBA is agreed upon, isn't it

I guess the Dodgers credit card is maxxed out according to MLB. I'm guessing they might be looking at smaller deals this off season and probably a decent chance Jansen is not coming back.

eric thames returns (to brewers) from korea!

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Cespedes back to #Mets.

praise be

i missed jon jay to the cubs somehow. suggesting that they won't be resigning dexter fowler.

not the right thread i guess but since this is the most active ilb thread during the offseason,

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/209969472/mlb-owners-players-agree-to-new-labor-deal/

it's gonna be exciting when the pirates sell low on their city's favorite player/only mvp in a quarter century, get shit in return and not reinvest the money saved

i don't understand why they're looking to trade him now, unless they truly think he's broken and he'll never have more value than he does now?

He might not be broken but he def doesn't have more value than he does now

if they don't think they can compete in the next two years, i guess it makes sense. he's been slightly worse each of the last three years, he's (i think) 30? still good, multi tool guy that comes at reasonable pay. they should be able to get a decent return for the guy.

the Stove item we didn't see comin'

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-todd-ricketts-trump-deputy-commerce-secretary-20161130-story.html

that combined with jake arrieta and them finally winning the WS means i am ready to wish for the utter destruction of the cubs, no matter who accomplishes it, with liberty and justice, amen

the ASG reward of WS homefield is no more

o rly

Yesterday afternoon I read that a lockout might be more likely that not and everyone was getting extremely nervous. Good on them for getting the deal done, I guess.

McCutchen "sell high" trade rumours have been ongoing for at least a year, but this would be the worst time to trade him considering the season he just had.

@JLester34
While my efforts to eliminate pitchers from having to throw to 1B didnt pass, I'm proud of the PA & Owners for coming together on a new CBA!

DL shortened to 10 days, so now starters only have to miss one start

Seems a bit abusable but probably a good thing overall