Nov 06 2015 03:20 AM
Re: Non Mets Off Season News
One of those names is very familiar...
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Non Mets Off Season News
| MFS62 Nov 06 2015 03:01 AM |
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I have no idea what this means to both teams, but, Yahoo Sports reporting:
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 06 2015 03:20 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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One of those names is very familiar...
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 06 2015 04:16 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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No relation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_M ... oog_Powell
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| Centerfield Nov 13 2015 03:55 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Meanwhile, in other news, Colby Rasmus is highly qualified:
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| cooby classic Nov 13 2015 04:02 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I just love the name Farquhar
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| soupcan Nov 13 2015 04:32 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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No relation?! How is that even possible?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 13 2015 04:53 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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MFYs trade reserve catcher John Ryan Muffy to the Twinks for OF Aaron Hicks.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 13 2015 08:18 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Weiters takes the QO. There goes the Adam Jones trade scheme.
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 13 2015 08:23 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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So that's two players now who have accepted the QO.
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| HahnSolo Nov 13 2015 08:28 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Fuckshit. This seems surprising to me. Isn't he a Boras guy?
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 13 2015 08:33 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yes, he is. 29 years old, made $8,300,000 last year. He's only played 101 games over the last two seasons. There's no way he'd get a $15 million average annual value, so I guess he went for the big payday. And he'll have another shot at free agency next year.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 14 2015 02:11 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Craig Kimbrel ready to don some Red Sox for 2016 -- traded from the Padres in exchange for four prospects: OF Manuel Margot, SS Javier Guerra, IF Carlos Asuaje, LHP Logan Allen.
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| Edgy MD Nov 14 2015 03:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I tend to think of the Red Sox as always willing to go big on closers, but they've been more stable than my impression suggests. Maybe it's more that they tend to go big in mid-season trades or something.
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| Lefty Specialist Nov 14 2015 04:46 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Hm. Red Sox need a lot more than a closer. They'll be wheeling and dealing some more.
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| MFS62 Nov 22 2015 10:01 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Derek Jeter was interviewed by some YLDB Toady the other day, and he denied the "gift bag" stories.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 02 2015 05:30 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Billy Beane continues to deal, even if his final vision isn't always easy to discern.
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| TransMonk Dec 04 2015 03:14 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Diamondbacks show off the eight (8!) uniforms they'll use for 2016.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 04 2015 03:25 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I like the idea of a darker grey on the road uniforms, but the lettering should be a lighter shade so that it stands out more.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 04 2015 04:31 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The "sublimated" snakeskin pattern is the real "innovation" here ... it will be on the hats, sleeves and pant bottoms. UniWatch says the club will also have shoe colors as part of the uni.
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 04 2015 05:27 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Sublimated shmublimated. It can't hide the fact that the D'Backs wear baseball's ugliest uniforms. And that idiotic "D'back" abbreviation. WTF!?! can't fit that long name on the jersey front? Well they shoulda thought of that when they decided to name the team in the first place. What are those players supposed to be, professional athletes or some gone awry hip version of action heroes from some cheesy comic book? Those unis aren't as stupid as the Mets in black and purple set, but thank god I don't have that to kick that around anymore.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 04 2015 05:51 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I agree with the point about "D-Backs". Use a narrower font and spell out "DIAMONDBACKS" or stick with the A logo, like the Tigers do with their D.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 04 2015 07:48 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Cool duds! Too bad they have no QB and need to play the 'Hawks and Rams twice a year, or they'd have a real shot at showing those off in the Super Bowl this year.
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 04 2015 07:56 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Boy do I hate modern NFL uniforms. The Cards and the Vikes screwed up classic classics. I don't understood what the Titans unis are supposed to be representing and the Ravens have a dumb contrived crest kinda logo that doesn't scale well and is unreadable. And it's stupid. The Bengals have a genius big cat striping scheme but don't know how to work it in tastefully so it's all over the place. And more stupid stuff -- the last name fonts -- again, out of a comic book. Although I am warming up to that neon Seahawk color scheme.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 04 2015 07:59 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yeah, I kinda like the Seahawks uni more than I care to admit. (Their being bad ass during this era probably helps, subconsciously.)
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| HahnSolo Dec 04 2015 08:26 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The Seahawk all-blues are good. I dislike their white tops, though.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 05 2015 12:11 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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RHP John Lackey jumps from StL to the Cubs.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 05 2015 01:29 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The Zack Greinke decision, which has been said all week to come to the Dodgers & Giants has been settled in favor of ... the Diamondbacks. Terms not yet disclosed.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 05 2015 01:33 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Funny thing is, Grienke was apparently their second choice, after Johnny Cueto.
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| Lefty Specialist Dec 05 2015 01:56 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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6 years, $206 million.
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| Ashie62 Dec 05 2015 02:05 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Unless it was a Met of course.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 05 2015 03:11 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 05 2015 03:12 AM |
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Largest AAV (average annual value) contract in MLB history. ZG turned 33 y/o in October (six days after being the LOSING pitcher in Game 5 vs NYM) so he'll pitch this contract at his age 33-38 seasons.
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| Centerfield Dec 05 2015 03:11 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Things are finally moving now.
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| Edgy MD Dec 05 2015 03:15 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Don't like how that contract moves the bar, certainly.
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| Edgy MD Dec 05 2015 03:16 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Don't like how that contract moves the bar, certainly.
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| MFS62 Dec 05 2015 03:40 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Our old pal Ollie Perez to the Nats.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 05 2015 12:43 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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A Twins fan on Pelfrey's 2 year contract with the Tigers: Good that he's gone from the Twins and better that he remains in the AL Central. Ouch!
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 05 2015 08:13 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Greinke gets $33M/yr? Jeez, we better cherish this great Mets pitching staff while we got it because it ain't gonna last like Seaver and Koosman did.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 05 2015 08:31 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Not $33/per, $34.33
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| Edgy MD Dec 05 2015 08:55 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Better play, San Francisco.
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| Centerfield Dec 05 2015 08:59 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Really? How so?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 06 2015 03:00 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I mean, the market is what it is. But yeah, coming off the year he did, well, that's borderline shocking.
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| Edgy MD Dec 06 2015 03:07 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I'm just terrified of $34 million dead wood. That said, yeah, five years on Samadsfuivzja (or however it's spelled) isn't exactly a safe long-term investment. I withdraw the Giant complement.
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| Centerfield Dec 06 2015 03:17 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Agreed. I think I'd rather go Bartolo Colon than Jeff Samardzja
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 06 2015 03:41 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Or, say, Iwakuma. #Latethirtiescontrolpitchersarethenewmarketinefficiency
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| Edgy MD Dec 06 2015 03:49 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Or Niese.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 06 2015 04:21 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Obviously a smaller risk with the Samardzija deal even if it does come with a considerably smaller upside.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 06 2015 04:30 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I like your thinking, but I suspect that most contenders aren't thinking of this sort of cost-control while making improvements of this kind, and that other teams wouldn't part with young talent for it. Certainly burnishes Batman's trade value, though, don't it?
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| Frayed Knot Dec 06 2015 07:27 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Two of the big relievers available this off-season have signed.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 06 2015 11:47 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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$7M-plus per AND three-plus years? For MADSON, too? Jaysis.
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| Edgy MD Dec 07 2015 03:04 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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To make room for David Price, the Red Sox DFA Garin Cecchini. We're gettin' the family back together.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 07 2015 01:17 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Despite being the lower draft pick (4th round 2010) Garin had been considered the better prospect coming through the minors. But he's also the older one and hasn't done well recently in either his (very) brief ML time or in his latest minor league season [.213/.286/.299 over 422 ABs at AAA Pawtucket] so the perceived futures market in Ga_in Cecchini prospects could well be in the process of reversing itself.
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| Lefty Specialist Dec 07 2015 04:03 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Dodjas trade for Aroldis Chapman. Kenley Jansen liable to not be happy, but that's a fearsome 8th and 9th inning combo.
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| Centerfield Dec 07 2015 06:07 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Joakim Soria to the Royals to aid a clearly needy bullpen. 3 year deal.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 07 2015 06:55 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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This not only gives LA two closers but two closers entering the walk year of their contracts where one or both will have their save totals reduced and/or negated which will in turn reduce and/or negate their bargaining power next winter. And, yeah, just save totals alone shouldn't do that to a potential FA but you know it will. Nice dilemma to toss in the lap of a rookie manager. At least it's not like end-of-game closers are known for being volatile hot-heads or anything.
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| Edgy MD Dec 08 2015 03:59 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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This trade is on hold as reports leak out of some very unsportsmanlike alleged conduct.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 08 2015 03:03 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The Bosox become the latest team to jump on the trend of building a multiple bullpen attack by dealing away starter Wade Miley just one year after trading for him and signing him to a three-year extension.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 08 2015 04:25 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Straight-up swap:
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| HahnSolo Dec 08 2015 04:38 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Gyorko always struck me as a likely future Cardinal.
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| Edgy MD Dec 08 2015 04:53 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Reds may end up totally hung out to dry trying to move Chapman while a scandal hangs over his head.
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| Fman99 Dec 08 2015 05:09 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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That guy has held a TON of bags, I bet.
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| Lefty Specialist Dec 08 2015 07:01 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Wow. Supreme Court humor.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 09 2015 03:30 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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D'Backs deal away the 2015 1/1 draft pick, Dansby Swanson, PLUS OF Ender Inciarte & prospect Aaron Blair to the Braves for RHP Shelby Miller
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| TransMonk Dec 09 2015 02:13 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Zona's pitching staff is now oodles better than it was a few weeks ago.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 09 2015 03:45 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Miller's good, but not THAT good-- less swing-and-miss; more pitch-to-contact. Swanson and Blair AND Inciarte? Hell, if you believe in the validity of defensive metrics, Inciarte alone might feasibly be worth more than Miller next season.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 09 2015 03:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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#Yup
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 09 2015 06:42 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Tim Belcher (drafted by Twins) Josh Hamilton (drafted by Devil Rays)
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| Edgy MD Dec 09 2015 07:18 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Hamilton wasn't even dealt away, but Rule 5-ed away.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 09 2015 07:39 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I don't even remember where I saw this particular 'stat' or how exactly it was phrased. It may have been on an ESPN screen-bottom crawl so it was just a passing thing but I thought it specified being traded away by the drafting team.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 10 2015 01:37 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Luis Cessa, the other prospect we sent to the Tiggers along with the more heralded Michael Fulmer in the Cespedes deal, has been sent along to the Yanx (along with another prospect) for LHR Justin Wilson
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| Frayed Knot Dec 10 2015 02:30 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Phils decide that in their current condition they have no use for a flame-throwing closer type dealt away Ken Giles to the Astros in exchange for Four young players/prospects:
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| HahnSolo Dec 10 2015 02:36 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Shawn Abner?
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| Frayed Knot Dec 11 2015 01:53 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Ah yes! Two and a half years after being the #1/1 pick in the '84 draft, Abner was dealt away (on this date 29 years ago!) in the Kevin McReynolds deal and then made his ML debut the following September. I didn't realize he stuck around for portions of six seasons (I would have guessed his career more brief than that) although totaled only 902 PA with the Pads & ChiSox.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 11 2015 02:06 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Couple of in-division swaps of note yesterday
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| MFS62 Dec 11 2015 02:07 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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That is oh, so wrong. Brett Oberholtzer should be playing for St Louis or San Francisco. (A flashback to the old Baseball Digest rookie reports) Later
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| Edgy MD Dec 11 2015 02:08 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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What's the word on the Chapman deal?
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| MFS62 Dec 11 2015 02:21 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Haven't seen any resolution yet. Later
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| Farmer Ted Dec 11 2015 07:30 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Oliver Perez to the Nats. Oliver. Perez. Ladies and gentlemen.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2015 07:37 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Say what ya want, that guy is having a career. 2016 will be his 14th year in O.B.
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| TransMonk Dec 14 2015 09:41 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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[fimg=400:1d1r2d35]http://i.imgur.com/WCTisgw.png[/fimg:1d1r2d35]
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 15 2015 05:43 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Six-year-deal for $130M or so, reportedly, with player opt-out-- ALL the cool kidz get opt-outz-- after two.
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| Edgy MD Dec 15 2015 01:20 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Prediction: He serves the six-year sentence, with the Giants carrying him a good stretch of the way.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 15 2015 01:36 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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'Opt-Outs' are the new 'No-Trade' clause.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 16 2015 06:39 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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ChiSox send 3 prospects to the Dodgers
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| Frayed Knot Dec 17 2015 09:22 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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So not only is the Dodgers' trade for Aroldis Chapman on seemingly perpetual hold, but now so is their FA deal for Hisashi Iwakuma
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| bmfc1 Dec 18 2015 04:16 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Brandon Phillips to WSH. He'll have more opportunities to extend his Citi Field hitting streak.
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| Ceetar Dec 18 2015 04:47 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I like this move....for the Mets.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 18 2015 05:13 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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He makes the Nats better
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| Edgy MD Dec 18 2015 01:11 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Man, Reds hitters have always seemed to gravitate toward Washington since the Nationals came into existence.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 18 2015 01:14 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Certainly helps the Nats in the short run - although not as much as he would have even 2-3 years ago.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 18 2015 01:40 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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And Iwakuma returns to the Mariners; one year deal with several options.
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| Centerfield Dec 19 2015 04:32 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Why do you say that?
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| Edgy MD Dec 20 2015 04:48 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Well, it doesn't matter, as the deal is reportedly off. Nats supposedly looking at Howie Kendrick now.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 20 2015 01:11 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Sounds like maybe Phillips wanted compensation -- probably in the form of an extension beyond the two years he has remaining on his deal -- for waiving his N-T rights.
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| seawolf17 Dec 28 2015 09:22 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Aroldis Chapman to the MFYs, allegedly.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 28 2015 10:04 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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For four prospects - no word yet on which four although the fact that Chapman is both damaged goods (from a pr viewpoint anyway) and can be a FA after the 2016 season implies that it's probably not for their top level guys. This will basically give them a three-headed closer situation [Miller, Chapman, & Betances] which seems to be all the rage these days. It's hard to imagine that they'd trade for Chapman NOT to use him as the titular closer (assuming he's not arrested, indicted, or suspended of course) and there have been rumors all winter about Miller being traded to fix up things elsewhere so you figure it'll be Betances setting up for Chapman. oe: "The team later announced that those minor leaguers will be RHP Caleb Cotham, RHP Rookie Davis, INF Eric Jagielo, and INF Tony Renda." FK: Jagielo appears to be the only appealing prospect and even he's a bit of the way down the list for them.
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| Ashie62 Dec 28 2015 10:59 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yes, for four minor leaguers, none close to the show, Chase Colton Rookie Davis etc.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 29 2015 01:08 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Classy or not... it's pretty smart. Cynical, mebbe, yeah, but smart.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 29 2015 01:33 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Battle of the AL East Bullpens:
Those are the 2015 stats for the back-end of the bullpens for the Yanx and BoSox. The only non-marquee name in there is Carson Smith, a second-year man the Sox got from Seattle last month in exchange for starter Wade Miley So as if Yanx/Sawx games weren't long enough to begin with, next year's contests could feature the managers mixing and matching six different closers.
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| Centerfield Dec 29 2015 01:51 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Clearly not classy. But I guess it's smart. They're up there with KC now. But does anyone know how long the suspension will be for the domestic violence? This one seems like a pretty severe case. I'd go 162 at him if I were Manfred.
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 29 2015 04:07 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Maybe MLB'll let Chapman buy his way out like they let Jeff Wilpon last year.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 29 2015 04:10 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I don't believe there's a set number written down anywhere since 'domestic violence' can run the gamut from somewhat scary to serious felony and anywhere in between, so the commissioner has a lot of leeway on how he chooses to act although I suppose there's always a grievous process for the player if he and the union thinks the punishment is too extreme.
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| Edgy MD Dec 29 2015 04:11 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It's a big challenge for Marc Anthony.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 29 2015 04:11 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Worked out real great when 09 Mets had Krod and Putz.
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 29 2015 04:15 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The thing to do is to get the reliever after he terrorizes his girlfriend, not before. That's where the Mets fucked up with K-Rod. But not Milwaukee. And Putz, well he's no wife-beater as far as I know so the Mets screwed that one up as well.
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 29 2015 04:21 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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No surprise here as everyone involved first hand seems to have done everything possible to keep the incident from ever getting out. It's funny how MLB decided to do nothing while the legal process played out in Jeff Wilpon's case, probably knowing all along that there was a high probability that the matter would settle before the courts got involved. Heck, I'd bet anything that privately, the commish told Jeff that he better settle that case so that nothing would escalate and the commish's hand wouldn't be forced. Of course the the legal process never played out because Jeff essentially paid for the legal system to go away. He may be as guilty as sin. Or as liable as sin. I know ... one's a crime and the other's a civil matter. But I don't think those differences are meaningful in determining the proper approach baseball should take.
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| MFS62 Dec 29 2015 04:25 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I can just hear Suzyn now:
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| Edgy MD Dec 29 2015 04:33 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Is the difference between employment discrimination and aggravated assault meaningful?
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| batmagadanleadoff Dec 29 2015 05:26 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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You can find differences anywhere. But I don't think that one act (Chapman's. Allegedly.) merits MLB involvement whether or not there's legal intervention while in the other (the Jeff Affair) MLB does nothing under the premise (bullshit story) that MLB shouldn't interfere with the legal process. Knowing all along that Jeff was likely gonna essentially pay so that the courts wouldn't involve themselves. I guess MLB has different standards depending on whether the alleged wrongdoer is a player (labor) or an owner (management). Or whether the owner's a Wilpon or a McCourt. Look, I'm just ranting a little. Baseball's still an old boys club run like a college fraternity. It protects its own and applies the rules inconsistently whenever it sees fit. What I was getting at is that MLB should've investigated the Castergine matter. Not that I'm surprised that it looked the other way and whitewashed whatever was made public.
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| Edgy MD Dec 30 2015 04:43 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Stephen Drew to the Nats. One year. Three mills.
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| Centerfield Dec 30 2015 05:06 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yankee fans are downright giddy over this move. Nice to see how much "pride" and "class" and the "Yankee Way" matters when a guy can bring it at 100 MPH. Reports are that he threatened his girlfriend with a loaded gun and fired shots. To me, this is much closer to "serious felony". Good news is that if he gets charged with a serious felony before ever throwing a pitch, I think this immediately qualifies him for "True Yankee".
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| Nymr83 Dec 30 2015 09:39 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I actually like this deal. dirt cheap for anyone past arbitration age. what if he somehow finds even part of the skills he had 3-4 years ago? he isn't that old yet. they can still cut him in a heartbeat if he sucks
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| Edgy MD Dec 30 2015 09:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yeah, well, I can still hope.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 30 2015 09:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Plus look at his likely role(s): back-up/insurance policy for Trea Turner at SS and a sub for Murph at late-inning defense.
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| MFS62 Dec 30 2015 09:54 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Scott Kasmir to the Los Angeles NL team.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 31 2015 01:22 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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That Kazmir deal contains the currently popular opt-out -- although this one is after just one season so he could be a FA all over again next winter.
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| Nymr83 Dec 31 2015 03:06 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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where are you getting those numbers (other than thinking of teams that had lots of lefties and looking them up one at a time)
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| Frayed Knot Dec 31 2015 03:44 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Made em up!! ... same as I do with all my "facts" around here. Actually they were in a short article on MLB.com about the Kazmir signing. The only thing I looked up on my own were who the LHPs were who made all those starts for the '83 Yanx. I obviously knew Righetti & Guidry but wouldn't have come up with the others no matter how much time I was given.
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| Edgy MD Dec 31 2015 03:58 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Wonder if that lefty party in LA is going to lead to the Giants dialing 1-800-CESPEDES.
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| Centerfield Dec 31 2015 05:12 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Doesn't Cespedes have reverse splits? Or did I make that up?
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| Edgy MD Dec 31 2015 05:19 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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He does. Or, at least he did last season. It has been more like even over the course of his career.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 31 2015 05:26 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Or 1-800-CESPEDE. (Leave off the last S for savings.)
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 31 2015 09:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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What's the extra E for?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 01 2016 06:46 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I'm pretty damn certain savings won't be anywhere near anyone opening the billfold for Yo.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 02 2016 06:01 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It appears that that all-LHP Dodger rotation quirk may be on hold as reports have them signing RHP Kenta Maeda -- the latest Japanese hurler to go all Int'l FA on the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) -- to an 8-year deal.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 08 2016 01:39 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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And now the Dodger deal with the Japanese pitcher ^^^ is on hold. Seems like most of the deals the Dodgers have made this winter go on hold for one reason or another: Chapman, Iwakuma, Maeda
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| Centerfield Jan 08 2016 01:52 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The Giants have a great track record, but this and the Samardzija deal are just head scratchers to me.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2016 06:07 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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3/31M guaranteed, so... just a hair above Cabrera, AAV-wise. Yay.
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| batmagadanleadoff Jan 08 2016 03:19 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Washington's newest #20:
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 08 2016 03:41 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I'm like Muffy's weakest supporter ever and this still fills me with regret and dread.
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| Nymr83 Jan 08 2016 03:55 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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3 years for Span at 31 mil? not the worst deal IF your doctors say he is ok.
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| seawolf17 Jan 08 2016 04:27 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Daniel Murphy is now dead to me, as Jose Reyes once was.
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| Fman99 Jan 08 2016 05:18 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Because he's in the division, I'd say the same. Nineteen games per year gives him plenty of chances to park balls over the Whatever-To-Be Porch.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 08 2016 05:21 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 08 2016 05:25 PM |
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My guess is we're gonna get Muffied some, at least this season.
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| Ceetar Jan 08 2016 05:23 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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yeah, and Murphy is a better player than some of the other guys they almost signed, so that's bad.
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| Farmer Ted Jan 08 2016 05:58 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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He's wearing an $8 tie, no belt, and a $2,500 TAG Heur watch. A fucking mess.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2016 06:08 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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[giggling a little]
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| d'Kong76 Jan 08 2016 06:17 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The watch does kinda scream out, or maybe it's the somewhat feminine way
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 08 2016 06:27 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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If you had told me it was a cheap watch and an expensive tie, I wouldn't have had any reason to disbelieve you.
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| Centerfield Jan 08 2016 07:54 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It looks like Qbert snakes on his tie.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2016 10:34 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It's actually a patternless tie; he's just that excited to be in Washington.
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| bmfc1 Jan 09 2016 12:34 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/n ... story.html
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| Frayed Knot Jan 09 2016 05:22 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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In an effort to replace Denard Span, the Nats deal off reliever Drew Storen for the closest thing they could find to Denard Span: Ben Revere
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| Centerfield Jan 10 2016 12:32 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I think this is good news. Storen is a pretty good reliever and if he straightened himself out, could have made Washington very strong at the end of games. Revere is good, but is a downgrade from a healthy Span. Also, hopefully this takes them out of the running for Cespedes/Fowler, etc.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 11 2016 07:57 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Stone Buddha to the Cards, for a one year deal worth up to $5M. Or, about the same money we have endowed for the guy-who-broke-his-pitching-arm-twice-last-year seat in the Citi pen.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 11 2016 08:07 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Reading between the lines looks like the Cardinals signed this guy for his nickname and whatever future value they derive from signing Asian guys.
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| Ceetar Jan 11 2016 08:07 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Stone Buddha? I thought he was "The Final Boss"
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 11 2016 08:25 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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He said today he preferred "The Final Boss."
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 11 2016 08:33 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Final Boss is nastier-sounding, to be sure.
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| Centerfield Jan 11 2016 08:40 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Introduce him to Grant Roberts. He can be Stoned Buddha.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 12 2016 08:40 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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LHP Wei-Yin Chen inks a five year deal with the Marlins - although the deal contains an opt-out after season two and then an option for a sixth season if he's still around at that point.
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| Lefty Specialist Jan 12 2016 08:43 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Gerardo Parra to Rockies 3 years, $26 million.
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| Edgy MD Jan 19 2016 12:14 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Dee Gordon gets five years and $50 million from the Marlins, which is a pretty handsome price even if he regresses, which he likely will. It's a bloody bargain if he doesn't.
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| Nymr83 Jan 19 2016 03:48 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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if Gordon regresses to his 2014 form this is a so-so deal. if he regresses to his 2011-2013 form, this is a horrible deal. if 2015 was the "real" Gordon its a good deal. overall, i'd say this is the right amount of risk/reward for the marlins
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| TransMonk Jan 20 2016 05:50 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Jonathan Lucroy wants to win, hopes Brewers trade him
This next season could be a rough one in Milwaukee.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 28 2016 09:10 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Doug Fister signs a one year deal with the Astros.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 28 2016 09:53 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Seems like a good, old-fashioned strength-for-strength trade to fill pressing need areas for both sides.
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| Lefty Specialist Jan 29 2016 07:12 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The new fashion in baseball is trading everyone away and really sucking while you wait for the kids to develop. The Astros did it, and the Braves are doing it right now. Teams that are kind of caught in the middle can suck a little less thoroughly but do it for a longer time (see: Mets 2009-14, Phillies 2012-?). Brew Crew needs to own the remake and start from scratch.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2016 12:19 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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For some reason, I conflated McGee the reliever with Odorizzi/Matt Moore the starters, and thought the Rockies were getting more. I just looked a little closer at this one: 2 years of McGee the reliever at ~5M/yr and a nice pitching prospect (Marquez) for 4 years of Dickerson the imperfect starting OF at league minimum (arb eligible next year) and an even better infield prospect (Padlo) It's weird, Rockie-wise. Keeping in mind that this is the team that traded Tulo for "salary relief," it's even weirder. And then when you take into account that they just added Parra to take Dickerson's spot, for ~9M... it REALLY looks weird. It is nice that a few teams are trying to rebuild in, um, creative ways, though. Helps keep things bright and fresh-tasting. Congratulations, Rockies-- you're the weird-as lemon zest!
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 31 2016 03:51 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Jonathan Lucroy's dream comes true -- for Jean Segura!
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2016 03:48 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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They traded Segura for an older, more expensive version, and Wagner for the same... and got one decent prospect in the offing.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 21 2016 01:32 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yovani Gallardo to the Orioles for 3 years.
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| Edgy MD Feb 21 2016 06:47 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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He's turned down a lot of money on the road to where he is now.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 23 2016 01:59 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Jimmy Rollins, 37, signs a minor league deal with the ChiSox.
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| Ashie62 Feb 23 2016 03:22 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Nobody wants a gamble on Tim Lincecum?
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 23 2016 01:39 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Wow, had no idea he was still out there. It all fell apart so fast for him.
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| Ashie62 Feb 23 2016 10:23 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Al Jazeera America outs Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard for PEDS.
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| Edgy MD Feb 23 2016 10:31 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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That's actually a story from December. The only news here is the players showing up to camp and facing the media.
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| Ashie62 Feb 23 2016 10:46 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It is the same story that dogged Peyton Manning where the pharamicist source recanted.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 24 2016 02:31 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Well, considering the career arcs of Howard and Zimmerman, I'd say those were pretty crappy PED's.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 24 2016 02:40 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The O's are apparently contemplating the findings in Gallardo's physical before OK'ing the whole thing. So with the free time they had while waiting around for the final decision there, they signed Dexter Fowler to a 3-year deal.
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| Edgy MD Feb 24 2016 02:57 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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It's pretty 'fusing how somebody has to wait until just about everybody else is in camp to sign a contract, but still gets three years.
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| MFS62 Feb 24 2016 03:42 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Respected?
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| Ashie62 Feb 24 2016 05:24 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Consider the source, LA Times.
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| Fman99 Feb 24 2016 05:36 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Sure, right. I'm pretty sure I felt worse about it. And Ruben.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 25 2016 08:19 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Dexter Fowler goes BACK to the Cubs, leaving the Orioles flummoxed.
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| Zvon Feb 25 2016 10:38 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Schwarber's will spend more time behind the plate. IIRC he started as a catcher. They want to get Schwarber's bat in there somehow. Montero and Ross are both ahead of him on the depth chart as far as catcher goes, so no idea how that's going to play out.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 26 2016 02:04 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 26 2016 02:09 PM |
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WOW!! Not only did he spurn the O's, but he did so by giving up a 3/$33 contract for 1 year @ $8 plus a mutual option for 2017 at 9 mil. And the kicker is that Fowler loses nearly $8 million because he turned down the Cubs QO to begin with. Now I suppose one could argue that he's betting on himself by keeping the possibility to be a FA next season (and perhaps w/o the QO restrictions) but that's a helluva bet. The Cubs, meanwhile, made room for Fowler (both in the OF and much of it on the payroll) by dealing Chris Coghlan and his $4.8 mil salary to Oakland for spare 25 y/o pitcher Aaron Brooks. P.S. - Fowler's agent is blasting the media and the Orioles for publicizing the Baltimore deal before it was ever done. Heyman was the original reporter of the news.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 26 2016 02:05 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Schwarber's a terrible defensive catcher, and we know from the NLCS that he's a terrible defensive outfielder. But boy, can he hit. Bit of a dilemma for Maddon. Bet he wishes he still had the DH.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 26 2016 02:22 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Because Casey Close has NEVER used or benefitted from early press leaks, I'm sure. "EMPTY SELF-RIGHTEOUS YELLING TO COVER THE FACT THAT I LOST MY CLIENT $25M GUARANTEED OVER AN OPT-OUT!!"
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 26 2016 03:34 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yeah, if I'm Dexter, I'm firing my agent forthwith.
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| Ceetar Feb 26 2016 05:39 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Fowler now gets to test the waters either of the next two years if he wants. I don't know if it's coincidence, but there seems to be a lot pushing for opt outs in that crazy free agent class in two years.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 26 2016 06:03 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Unlike the NFL or NBA or NHL, there is no "slice of the pie" formula in baseball; no percentage that is designated strictly for the players.
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| Centerfield Feb 26 2016 06:12 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Kinda sucks if you're Baltimore. Swing and miss on Cespedes, you have to outbid yourself like 3 times to bring back Davis, and Dexter Fowler spurns you.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 26 2016 06:31 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Plus you come to an agreement with Gallardo only to find out he may be damaged goods when he takes his physical.
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| Ceetar Feb 26 2016 06:40 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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there's no formula, but I'm sure the players are aware they're getting less and less of the pie. Even if nothing actually happens, I suspect the issue will get raised meaning it might be in the owner's best interest if that number starts heading in the order direction for the NEXT negotiation.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 26 2016 06:54 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Really?
I think the LAST thing the players want is to introduce is the concept of a percentage of revenue as a basis for their pay.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 28 2016 07:34 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Ian Desmond to Texas on a one-year deal.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 29 2016 06:31 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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And now it turns out that Desmond has signed with the Rangers to be their full-time LF. So Ian, other than your rejection of the long-term offer (7/$115 ?) two years ago, then the $15.8 mil QO this winter, and now losing your position, how's it going?
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| Ceetar Feb 29 2016 06:45 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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You don't think the players union is aware that league revenue is increasing at a greater rate than player salaries? That's gotta be up there near the top of their concern list.
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| Edgy MD Feb 29 2016 07:08 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Every year, there's somebody totally and utterly scrod by rejecting that QO. Desmond doing it on top of having rejected that long-term deal suggests he's got nobody to blame but the man in the mirror. But memories of the long-term offer are probably what led to his faith that that a bigger deal would be out there for him.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 29 2016 08:38 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I have no idea if that's even accurate. But even if so, players' salaries are limited now only by their ability to negotiate, I have no idea why they'd also want to tie it to a percentage of something they can't control.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 29 2016 08:45 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I think that, like the pre-bust housing market, there has been a perception among players that salaries were destined to always move in only one direction to the point where every contract offered now should be turned down because it's almost certainly to be trumped by a new one if you just wait until next week/month/year, so guarantees be damned and betting on yourself was a virtual no-lose move.
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| Ceetar Feb 29 2016 08:54 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I'm not suggesting they want to tie it to a percentage, merely that they want more. It's greater than one player's ability to negotiate. We're seeing record contracts, but just barely.  A lot of this has to do with how more and more of the revenue is of the fixed, television contract, variety and less performance based, coupled with luxury taxes and revenue sharing makes going really crazy with salaries not really financially sound. But it's pretty clear that owners are pocketing more and more money and that the players aren't getting quite as big a proportion. I don't know what the obvious answer is, salary cap/floors? remove revenue sharing? cut a year off pre-FA service time? but I'd be shocked if it's not one of the points they plan to bring up next year.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 29 2016 10:23 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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So if they are making proportionally less the solution for them would be fewer rules not more.
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| Ceetar Feb 29 2016 10:36 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I wasn't talking QOs, more about Fowler and say Heyward. It seems weird to specifically have an opt-out only in the most competitive free agent class. It feels like something is up. The Salary cap/floor would have to be negotiated in a way to raise the numbers overall obviously. $3,762,899,113 was the overall 2015 payroll. That works out to 125,000,000 on average. If you set that as the floor, with increases tied to revenue or simply increases every year, you'd guarantee the players more money overall, barring 3-4 teams going Dodger crazy and jumping up to 300, which is an extreme case and unlikely. But you'd need a rolling increase anyway, and by increasing the floor say 20 million every year you'd force competition, you'd force teams to actually have to sign players (and you'd avoid constant embarrassment by the Marlins and others actively cheating the game out of money) You could set the cap ridiculously high, 200k, or even have it a soft cap and increase the revenue sharing numbers above it to help the smaller teams reach the floor. I dunno, I think it'd be interesting and wouldn't really harm the game or competitiveness in any way. I don't know if you could convince the cheaper teams to agree to it, but maybe the rolling increase helps that.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2016 12:40 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Opt-outs are found among the top FAs contracts because they're the ones who can swing them in negotiations and they tend to see them as a win-win. If they continue to perform at an upper level then they get to go FA again, and if not they still have the original guaranteed money from the original deal. It's like no-trade clauses; EVERY player would like one but only the best positioned in negotiations get one. As far as the floor/ceiling stuff goes, the clubs are never going to agree to a floor (and certainly not one which start at the current average) and will point to recent history like Houston's where a floor wouldn't have allowed them to break down in order to (successfully) build up again (or it would certainly make such a route much tougher and longer). The NFL works with a floor/hard-ceiling system but they need to there because so few meaningful players ever get to the FA stage. Also, the players are currently pursuing a lawsuit because they claim **SURPRISE** that the owners are underreporting revenue and therefore the cheating the players out of their share.
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| Edgy MD Mar 01 2016 02:28 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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The NFL has a puppet union. Salary caps are awful.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2016 03:42 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Yeah, I didn't phrase myself correctly in that previous answer.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2016 04:47 AM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Salary rules are less awful than teams routinely cheating the league, and therefore the players, out of money. Miami runs dangerously close to taking in more in revenue sharing than they spend on players. You could argue that it's in the best interest of the fans to not have teams that categorically are not trying to compete. There are going to be a lot of awful Braves-Phillies games this year for example. And there would be teams up against the cap that would be willing to move dead weight that tanking teams would be willing to deal with, in exchange for say a pick or a prospect. If the Yankees were up against a cap they'd seemingly be willing to pay to let CC or Texiera play badly for the Braves Of course, you'd run into similar issues about the teams not having the motivation to truly spend because the cost-value ratio wouldn't be great pushing towards the top of a cap. Of course, that's true now anyway and isn't going away.
My point is that the players are NOT reaching market level contracts. What's happening is just shy of collusion. I'm merely suggesting it might be in the best interest of the MLBPA to give up the allusion that they WILL in fact start getting bigger contracts and look for a way to force the issue. Salary caps may be extreme, but I just threw it out there because it's a common thing. There are various other ways they could achieve this, and again my main point is that this IS an issue that's going to be raised.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2016 01:03 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I'll likely live to regret asking this, but how are FA-eligible players being denied market rates for their services, and who is colluding and how?
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| Edgy MD Mar 01 2016 01:21 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I certainly don't argue for revenue sharing. At least, I don't argue for luxury taxes.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2016 02:19 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I've said it a bunch of times, the owners are getting richer and richer and players salaries are not keeping pace. Collectively they make the teams much more money than they cost, hence they're undervalued.
I'm not saying you do. Removing the revenue sharing and the luxury taxes might be better than a salary cap. I'm not necessarily pro-salary cap, but I wouldn't be heartbroken if it went that way. I just think it could be better. I'm very anti-relegation/promotion. Even if we could do the crazy amount of overhauling to implement it, I don't think it'd have any chance of catching on and I can't think of anything it really adds
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| Edgy MD Mar 01 2016 02:33 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Well, then, there we are.
Well, there's the phrase I typed RIGHT BEFORE I INVOKED IT about disincentivizing tanking. Really, now.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2016 02:49 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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That answers neither question that I asked. How are FA players being denied an open market? Who is colluding and how?
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 01 2016 02:51 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I don't like the idea of relegation/promotion either. It might be a fun thing to play around with in OOTP or something like that, but in real life it's not at all practical, at least not as long as AAA teams get their players supplied to them by the big league teams.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2016 02:54 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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yea, too much. banishing a team for having a bad season is fairly harsh, and it also pushes a "just don't be _that_ bad" mentality. And it's still going to relegate teams that aren't tanking, that just happen to be the worst. Sorry Reds, Votto and Frasier got hurt in June and now you don't have a major league team next year.
they're not being denied an open market, they're being denied fair market worth. There seems to be an unwritten cap on both annual value and even length that isn't growing at the same rate as revenue is. I'm not saying it's active collusion, but there's a little bit of 'breaking the seal' to it that everyone's afraid to be the first team to pay someone $45 million because then suddenly it'd become the norm. This might very well come to a head with Bryce Harper.
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| Edgy MD Mar 01 2016 03:01 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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If you disagree, that's fine. But pretending you haven't read what I typed is what's maddening.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2016 03:06 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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no, I didn't pretend I didn't read it, i dismissed it and stated my opinion that I don't see any benefit to it, and then when pressed I explained why I don't think what you said is a benefit.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2016 03:07 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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A free and open market is what determines fair worth. Arbitrary numbers that lay down specific caps & floors, or schemes that fix payrolls to a certain percentage of revenues, are what skew it.
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| Edgy MD Mar 01 2016 03:09 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I don't think we don't use language the same way.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2016 03:26 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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I've suspected as much for years.
so does revenue sharing, luxury taxes, and a portion of revenue coming from TV contracts. I think salary ranges would, at least for the foreseeable future, result in the players as a whole making more money. But there are clearly other options. Like maybe putting minor leaguers in the union and actually paying them.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 08 2016 01:21 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Pedro Alvarez, one year, Baltimore.
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| Edgy MD May 16 2016 08:09 PM Re: Non Mets Off Season News |
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Reportedly close to signing with the Angels.
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