hot stove 2019-20

boston trades mookie, price and more money to LAD for verdugo and jeter downs
LAD trades maeda to twins for brusdar
LAD/LAA deal is completely off for unknown reasons

LAA is never going to get another pitcher

LAD/LAA deal is completely off for unknown reasons

I don't get it either, this makes no sense at all.

There was no chance of the Betts trade falling through and everyone losing face over it.

did Boston just want to get a guy named "Jeter"?

sounds kinda like the LAD/LAA deal is off because . . . arte moreno was upset about the delay

Puig homeless

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/yasiel-puig-is-still-seeking-a-home/

pirates fill their center field hole with . . . 35-year-old jarrod dyson, who has hit .216/.302/.299 over the last two seasons. good fielder tho!

cameron maybin: once, twice, three times a tiger

bravo indians and cubs

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERKF4TqXYAA-ZGh?format=jpg&name=small

Lindor for $500 mil let’s do this!!!

White Sox signed a reliever named Bummer on a 5 year contract. I got a chuckle out of that one.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-aaron-bummer-signings-20200222-gnxat5rx4rhdda3hgoauvzebve-story.html

His name shows up as "A. Bummer" on some programs/jumbotrons.

I know it’s not a ton of money, but seems weird to lock a reliever up like that after one good season.

it looks like they just bought out his arbitration years and then added a couple club option years after that, in case he's still good by then.

(i could be totally wrong on that. after all these years i still don't have a reliable go-to for contract information. every source i find presents the information in a slightly confusing or misleading way)

((or i r become dum dum))

That name is fantastic, automatically a name I will start looking up in box scores.

It is a good deal for the player, lots of players take those kind of deals as it sets up their family financially, even often with on the field results stating they could have made more on an open market.

Signing any reliever to a five year deal is almost automatically asking to pay for 2 years of Tommy John surgery recovery. Bound to happen.

yoan moncada signs 5-year, $90 million extension with white sox

so... baseball is on hold.

so is life

i feel like if baseball is cancelled i should be able to lie face down on my bed until it returns with no repercussions (like getting fired and my children starving)

lol this could make mookie a free agent without ever playing a game for the dodgers

Latest MLB proposal includes draft in 2020, likely later than current June dates, sources tell The Athletic. Also includes service time for players if season is canceled; players would get same service for ‘20 they earned in ‘19. Parties earlier had discussed tabling that issue.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 25, 2020

speaking of...would players get paid for seasons where they don't play?

Neil deMause:

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2020/04/02/16013/sports-leagues-plans-for-resuming-play-and-why-probably-none-of-them-make-sense/

Similar:

http://theathletic.com/1723090/2020/04/03/rosenthal-mlb-pondering-games-in-empty-spring-parks-but-many-obstacles-remain/?source=weeklyemail

I can't see that this will get much past "pondering."

This is insane. https://t.co/qKtVXvjjg3 pic.twitter.com/3wDR2j34BN

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 7, 2020

who sources expect to be skeptical of separating from their families for an indefinite amount of time—perhaps as long as 4 1/2 months

scoop!

ACTUAL HOT STOVE CONTENT: puig to the braves

Royals acquire OF Franchy Cordero and pitcher Ronald Bolanos from Padres for pitcher Tim Hill

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 17, 2020

#Rockies have informed OF Matt Kemp, UTL Chris Owings and RHP Daniel Bard -- who last pitched for the #RedSox in '13 -- that they have made the 2020 Opening Day roster, GM Jeff Bridich said.

— Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) July 17, 2020

Nice to see Daniel Bard back at it after 7 years out

crazy!

Saw bard in a late September Nyy/Bos game during his rookie season and he was incredible

betts extension with dodgers rumored to be 13 years at $380+ million

! are there even gonna be people in 13 years?

He’s really good and all, but that will pay him until he’s 40!
How’s that Albert Pujols contract working out??

i am . . . pretty surprised. given the financial losses this season and uncertainty about the future, i didn't think anyone would offer him anywhere near that. (also i wonder what sort of pandemic clauses now figure in new contracts)

How’s that Albert Pujols contract working out??

to be fair, betts is five yrs younger than pujols was. though i do appreciate this from espn's sam miller today:

As good as he is, and even as relatively young (27) as he is, he's quite likely already entered his (graceful, gradual) decline, as most players in the majors are.

(and as a red sox fan, if you had given me the choice of paying betts $30m/yr for the last five years of that contract knowing he was going to be dead weight versus paying nathan eovaldi $17m/yr for the next three years, i'd choose betts 100 times out of 100)

Mookie Betts Dodgers deal is official: 365M extension, 12 years, deferrals.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 22, 2020

jeez

Guess he’s not coming back to Boston huh

How’s that Albert Pujols contract working out??

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I wonder how much the Angels recouped with Albert being a playing legend, sometimes a franchise just want to sell jerseys too. I don’t think the exec. calculations are only based on WAR and on field results.

In any case Mookie is as close a dunk as you’ll get in baseball.

also, mookie makes the dodgers' bowling team instantly better.

so mad about mookie

on the other hand, my kids could benefit from a sip or two from the well of bitter disappointment that has watered the tree of historical red sox fandom

I had a feeling Betts just didn’t want to stay in Boston. His excuse about testing free agency I guess was either just that, or the dump truck full of money he just got made him forget about all that.

also worst fans and worst media and super racist city, but ASIDE FROM THAT.

the red sox made it crystal clear they weren't go to offer him anywhere near the money or years he wanted. they never gave him the chance to decide whether he wanted to stay or not. i hate them for that.

yeah.

Deal includes $65M signing bonus, salaries of $17.5M, $17.5M, $20M, $25M, $25M, $25M, $25M, $30M, $30M, $30M, $27.5M, $27.5M. Total of $115M deferred. By contrast, PA values Gerrit Cole’s deal at straight $324M (9 x $36M) because contract does not include deferrals. https://t.co/bqWLUZh1Kt

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 23, 2020

about a 1/3 of his contract is deferred, so not quite the $365M it seemed to be. you got screwed, Mookie!

lol he is wealthier than many countries now

the real question is whether his deferrals are over before bobby bonilla's