The 2021-2022 Non-Fungible Hot Stove Thread (Presented by Monkeyjizz)

That pitcher they got, Cusick, looks pretty good too.

Reds cutting costs like they are going out of business (which hell they might be).

Reds might as well deal Votto now. Don't really like the Red Sox, but it would be fun to see what the heck Joey would do with that Green Monster for a season. Wade Boggs had a lot of fun going the opposite way and banging shots off that thing and I could see Votto doing something similar. I think Votto could also probably parlay that short porch and wind in Yankee stadium for a few cheapy homers too. F' that though.

Olson saga continues... just signed an 8-year, $168MM contract!

Wasn’t Freeman asking for less than that? I guess being the face of a franchise, winning an MVP, and helping the team win the World Series doesn’t count for much when you are 32 instead of 28.

It really doesn't! I say that as a disgusting Barves stan.

bummed they moved on but they’ve been fairly good at moving on with players right around their peaks (Heyward, McCann)

i think it was a pretty great series of moves for them

i think freeman is asking more, no? or maybe it was just a matter of years/age?

Breaking: Unvaccinated Mets and Yankees can’t play at home under current NYC ruleshttps://t.co/xCho2BmV2A

— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) March 15, 2022

Asked if he was vaccinated, Judge said, “I’m so focused on getting through the first games of spring training so I think we’ll cross that bridge whenever the time comes. But right now, so many things can change so I’m not really too worried about that right now.”

— James Wagner (@ByJamesWagner) March 15, 2022

Xander Bogaerts on if he’s vaccinated now “YES! So get that out there.”

— Jahmai Webster (@WebsterOnTV) March 15, 2022

Of course Judge isn’t vaxxed.

I’m guessing Nimmo isn’t either, but we will see I guess.

i think freeman is asking more, no? or maybe it was just a matter of years/age?

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:34 PM (one hour ago)

yeah he will def get more on a shorter contract... i could see him getting 4/120 or something like that

AJ Hinch says the Tigers are "actively looking for guys."

Judge rules minor league players are MLB employees throughout year and are owed damages, including $1,882,650 in California https://t.co/cIdEjIudnN

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) March 16, 2022

nice of Aaron Judge

“I’m so focused on getting through the first games of spring training so I think we’ll cross that bridge whenever the time comes. But right now, minor league players are MLB employees and are owed damages.”

"I just want to focus on my salad."

Chapman to the Jays for a clutch of secondary and fringe prospects.

presumably not aroldis

seiya suzuki to the cubs

schwarbs to the phillies

rizzo back to the yanks

there's your cubs and former cubs update

i wonder if they're making Rizzo get his shots.

Love too play toronto 15 times with half a team

they can't even play home games in NY if they're not vaccinated!

DOUBLE TRUE

gonna be extremely pissed if eric adams exempts them

Exempt the Mets and not the Yankees and be a legend

Third baseman Kris Bryant and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a seven-year, $182 million contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 16, 2022

why

Makes sense for nobody. (Unless Bryant is from Colorado?!)

*very joe buck voice* yes. oh god yes.

Also like no the deal doesnt make sense but to a certain extent bryant is playing (literally) with house money - cubs championship and got extremely paid in spite of having his service time dicked with

this player + team combo is making me very sad

Greinke back to Royals

Last season I guess? Finish where it started.

i'm glad bryant is getting paid -- by all accounts i've heard he's a good guy -- but yeah it's sad

In nearly 20 years covering baseball, not sure I’ve seen a better lineup than the one the Dodgers will use this season. In some order, it’s going to be Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Trea Turner, Will Smith, Max Muncy, Cody Bellinger, Justin Turner, Chris Taylor and A.J. Pollock.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 17, 2022

fuuuck freeman to dodgers

he would have been a v good fit for the red sox

and sale's out indefinitely w a broken rib, the guy appears to be made of tissue paper

not sure what bloom's gameplan is here

Dang, I was rooting for Freddie to go to the Jays.

I have only been catching up on all this Hot Stove stuff. Agree with others on here about the Bryant contract, glad for him but he is way overpaid and the years make no sense for Colorado.

Joc Pederson to the Giants is a nothing move when you lose both Posey and Bryant. Farhan is not doing much this year but has money, I do trust him but hope he isn't being too cheap.

The Dodgers are just going to buy everything I guess. They have to be up to around $300MM payroll at this point. This can't be good for baseball and fuck them.

Are we having the paying players is bad for baseball debate

really bizarre thing to say after a labor strike centered primarily around the fact that essentially every team in baseball is slashing salary, which beyond the moral issue of where the money flowing, is obviously bad for the sport from an entertainment & competitiveness perspective

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Kris Bryant but I watched him the last half of last year. He airmailed at least three balls to first base, which was very bizarre as he was a third baseman in Chicago. He's just not worth that kind of money in my opinion and doesn't make Colorado any better than a forth place team.

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or meant to say fourth place team in that loaded NL West division

"In nearly 20 years covering baseball, not sure I’ve seen a better lineup than the one the Dodgers will use this season."

Without any kind of comparison, that strikes me as wrong. Houston's lineup the year they won was better (putting aside the controversy). I think I could find a few more, too. Toronto's lineup in '93 was better.

Okay, the '93 Jays are outside his window...The Dodgers finished fourth in baseball last year in runs scored. They've added Freeman, and they've added the DH; they lost Seager, and they have a lot of good (not great, I'd say) hitters a year older. Who knows what you'll get with Bellinger. I'd bet against them to lead baseball in runs.

padres acquire luke voit

matt carpenter to the rangers on a minors deal

there’s your former cardinals update

Surprised the Yankees are dealing for minor leaguers

Voit didn’t have a position w rizzo DJLM and a surely immobile stanton and rehabbing at some point Judge

Also anyone who throws 100+ is major league ready for 20 innings a year

Also anyone who throws 100+ is major league ready for 20 innings a year