they took a (college) first baseman with the third overall pick in june; would probably expect him to arrive by 2021
eh, whatever -- they can afford it
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 November 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
seems like he's also seen as an important mentor for their younger players, especially fellow cubans yoan moncada and luis robert
― na (NA), Friday, 22 November 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
tru
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 November 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
so apparently the yankees are going to try to get out of paying the rest of Ellsbury's contract. i guess they think that him seeing an outside trainer has negated the thing?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 23 November 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link
lols all around
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 November 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
cubs acquire jharel cotton from the a’s for $$
― na (NA), Saturday, 23 November 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
Gerardo Parra to Yomiuri Giants
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Travis d'Arnaud signs a two-year, $16 million deal with the Braves
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 November 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
BLUE JAYS SIGN COLE https://t.co/gS73gw2oSp— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) November 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 November 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
cheap
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 November 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
longtime replacement-level tigers reliever drew verhagen is off to japan to fight ham
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Mets:
Jeremy Hefner - pitching coachHensley Meulens - bench coachChili Davis returns as hitting coach
https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/11/26/20983870/mets-news-jeremy-hefner-bench-coach-carlos-beltran-coaching-staff-new-york
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
BAMBAM
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
kyle gibson to texas
i guess someone has to eat the innings
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
the gibson family thanksgiving dinner, 2054
Kyle Gibson Jr III: "was grandpa good at baseball?"*uncomfortable silence*
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
brewers trade trent grisham and zach davies to the padres for luis urias and eric lauer
― na (NA), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
*four glasses of wine later*
"...which brings us to the concept of the "replacement value" player, by which your grandpa did provide positive value, to an extent..."
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
former red sox great drew pomeranz to san diego
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
xp wow, that trade!
grisham, urias, and lauer all seem like high ceiling players/prospects. seems likely that one team or the other will "win" the trade, but it's not clear which team that is..
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
gotta wonder how dangerous the padres would be if they hadn't chosen to build their team around wil myers and eric fucking hosmer a couple years ago
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
Urias was considered a pretty hot prospect a couple of years ago.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
for sure. and grisham is a 2015 first round pick who demolished AA and AAA last year. lauer was drafted first round the following year, and his peripherals are already better than zach davies' (who will be a free agent after 2020 anyway)
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
oops, i think davies isn't eligible for free agency until after 2021 season? sometimes it's hard to tell.
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
Rays have agreed on a contract with backstop Mike Zunino, who’ll earn $4.5MM for the 2020 campaign and remain under control in the 2021 season with a $4.5MM club option.
so my HACKING MASS catching pick is set! dude can't hit
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
erstwhile twins bench coach derek shelton is the pirates' new manager
carl/cj edwards jr to the mariners
stephen vogt to arizona
orioles are 'shopping' dylan bundy
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
legendary mets infielder jed lowrie to san diego for manuel margot and josh naylor
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
oh wait, apparently that was fake
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
tsk tsk how could u fall for that
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
tif no deal is out of bounds for the padres
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
orioles put their best position player — jonathan villar, 4 WAR in 2019 — on waivers rather than pay him an estimated $10m in arbitration
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:07 (four years ago) link
jfc
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 28 November 2019 05:11 (four years ago) link
red sox trade sandy leon to cleveland, in lieu of non-tendering him
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 December 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: Third baseman Mike Moustakas and the Cincinnati Reds are in agreement on a four-year deal, league sources tell ESPN.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 2, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 December 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
They gonna move Suarez to shortstop or something?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
With Moustakas going to Cincy to play 2B...do we still believe that 2B is higher (harder) on the defensive spectrum than 3B?I believe I could argue that shift + rules effectively banning collisions at 2B on DP turns have made 2B easier than 3B.Which returns us to 1900.— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) December 2, 2019
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
four years, $64m
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 December 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
Villar dealt to Miami
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28213608/marlins-trade-orioles-jonathan-villar-claim-jesus-aguilar
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
weird
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
In losing Grandal, Moustakas and Pomeranz as FAs, trading Davies and Anderson, and cutting Thames, Perez and now Shaw, Nelson, Guerra, Claudio and Saladino, #Brewers have trimmed some $63 million from payroll since end of season.— Tom (@Haudricourt) December 3, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/zack-wheeler-bidding-already-in-nine-figures.html
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
In terms of supply, Wheeler occupies an interesting position. He’s clearly not to the level of Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, but arguably possesses a much loftier ceiling — with a combination of premium stuff and relative youth — than any of the other available starters.
i'm willing to be very wrong later but i suspect anyone signing him to an insane contract based on the "arguably" he has a "much loftier ceiling" via a combination of "stuff" and "youth" thing will regret it later especially considering he's only a couple of years younger than Strasburg and also older than Cole so...i actually don't know what's being said there.
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
hole camels to the braves apparently
― na (NA), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
Sources: Zack Wheeler joins Phillies on five-year deal worth more than $100 million
that's fine but if you're gonna spend that kind of money i think i'd rather spend more to get cole or strasburg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
really curious about what the Brewers plan to do
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
Totally agree about the spending aspect of Wheeler. I think teams liked him because he was the next tier down from Cole/Stras - but what’s the point if you’re paying 120 million and also losing a draft pick?! Might aswell just put that towards a legit ace.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
the argument that he has a loftier ceiling than Cole or Strasburg seems legitimately insane to me, like when Scott Boras was arguing Jayson Werth was an elite player.
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
even if the argument is "from this point forward" -- i mean what the--!
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Someone on a blue jays board was comparing Wheeler to Chance Anderson - who the jays got for a pretty fair price. And really, Wheeler is not a lot better. He’s a little better (def over the last two years), but no way he’s 24 million a year better
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
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