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Post by aardvark on Jan 4, 2024 17:52:30 GMT -8
Bader to the Mets on a 1-year, $10.5 million deal (unconfirmed, per "sources").
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 4, 2024 20:20:56 GMT -8
Bader to the Mets on a 1-year, $10.5 million deal (unconfirmed, per "sources"). Way too much with his injury flags imo.
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Post by aardvark on Jan 7, 2024 21:48:51 GMT -8
Teoscar Hernandez allegedly signed by the Dodgers--1 year/$23.5 million contract, with $8.5 mil deferred until the next decade. The LA Defferals.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 8, 2024 17:32:25 GMT -8
How many of these players will end up on the team's opening day roster? Eguy Rosario Jackson Merrill Jakob Marsee Graham Pauley Homer Bush Jr.
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 8, 2024 17:33:07 GMT -8
How many of these players will end up on the team's opening day roster? Eguy Rosario Jackson Merrill Jakob Marsee Graham Pauley Homer Bush Jr. Rosario is the only one who should have any realistic shot.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 9, 2024 12:21:22 GMT -8
How many of these players will end up on the team's opening day roster? Eguy Rosario Jackson Merrill Jakob Marsee Graham Pauley Homer Bush Jr. Rosario is the only one who should have any realistic shot. Merrill, Marsee and Pauley are all left handed bats though, and we need lefty bats...
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 9, 2024 12:38:08 GMT -8
Rosario is the only one who should have any realistic shot. Merrill, Marsee and Pauley are all left handed bats though, and we need lefty bats... Doesn't matter.
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 10, 2024 10:42:41 GMT -8
Trading Grisham was a mistake. Pretty hard to argue that point any further, given the payroll constraints being as serious as they are.
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Post by junior on Jan 10, 2024 11:38:46 GMT -8
Maybe they’d put another one of their shortstops in the OF and sign a cheap utility guy to play the IF … except that they probably have to cover 3rd with one of them until Manny is back on defense.. Preller has a real lineup mess in front of him - and little magic or money to throw at it.
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 10, 2024 11:42:20 GMT -8
Maybe they’d put another one of their shortstops in the OF and sign a cheap utility guy to play the IF … except that they probably have to cover 3rd with one of them until Manny is back on defense.. Preller has a real lineup mess in front of him - and little magic or money to throw at it. The problem isn't the money, it's the options available.
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Post by aardvark on Jan 10, 2024 22:18:09 GMT -8
Maybe they’d put another one of their shortstops in the OF and sign a cheap utility guy to play the IF … except that they probably have to cover 3rd with one of them until Manny is back on defense.. Preller has a real lineup mess in front of him - and little magic or money to throw at it. The problem isn't the money, it's the options available. But isn't the lack of money (or actually, the reduction in spending) limiting the available options?
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 10, 2024 22:31:38 GMT -8
The problem isn't the money, it's the options available. But isn't the lack of money (or actually, the reduction in spending) limiting the available options? Not really. The available free agent center fielders are mostly gone and the market continues to overpay for non-premium assets. Smart money doesn't equal no money, if that makes sense.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 10, 2024 22:33:41 GMT -8
Maybe they’d put another one of their shortstops in the OF and sign a cheap utility guy to play the IF … except that they probably have to cover 3rd with one of them until Manny is back on defense.. Preller has a real lineup mess in front of him - and little magic or money to throw at it. It wouldn't surprise me if he waits to see how the prospects are hitting in spring training before making a decision.
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Post by aardvark on Jan 10, 2024 23:03:17 GMT -8
But isn't the lack of money (or actually, the reduction in spending) limiting the available options? Not really. The available free agent center fielders are mostly gone and the market continues to overpay for non-premium assets. Smart money doesn't equal no money, if that makes sense. It does. But they are still limited as to what they can spend.
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Post by aztecmusician on Jan 11, 2024 0:26:00 GMT -8
Trading Grisham was a mistake. Pretty hard to argue that point any further, given the payroll constraints being as serious as they are. Agreed. Especially with nobody in the farm system being MLB ready. I’m kind of wishing the Padres had hung on to Hassell.
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Post by junior on Jan 11, 2024 10:15:03 GMT -8
Not really. The available free agent center fielders are mostly gone and the market continues to overpay for non-premium assets. Smart money doesn't equal no money, if that makes sense. It does. But they are still limited as to what they can spend. …in part because of their “smart money” spending in the past? AJ dealings don’t exactly characterize a ‘smart money’ mentality, but some of that may have come from ownership (Hosmer, Cronenworth and Machado extensions)
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Post by aztecryan on Jan 11, 2024 10:42:14 GMT -8
It does. But they are still limited as to what they can spend. …in part because of their “smart money” spending in the past? AJ dealings don’t exactly characterize a ‘smart money’ mentality, but some of that may have come from ownership (Hosmer, Cronenworth and Machado extensions) Payroll was always going to revert back to sub-luxury tax levels in the wake of the TV deal going away and other organizational factors.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 11, 2024 10:43:59 GMT -8
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Post by aardvark on Jan 19, 2024 12:36:58 GMT -8
Hader to the Astros--5 years/$95 million.
Of course--nothing is official.
Yet.
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Post by sdsuball on Jan 29, 2024 19:04:27 GMT -8
Snell turned down 6 years/$150M from the Yankees - the only team to offer him a contract- him and Boras are asking for 9 years/$270M. Got to wonder if he will eventually sign with the Yankees for a deal close to what they offered. Alternatively, perhaps he will sign a shorter contract, something along the lines of 3 Years/105M. Then maybe he can get that higher yearly value and re-enter FA in a few years.
I can't imagine any team going over 150M total, unless the Yankees maybe throw him a bone and do 7 Years/170M.
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