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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2016 17:01:18 GMT -5
Agreed. You can get a fireballer for cheap. You shouldn't need to spend 1/10th of $100M on a closer.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 6, 2016 18:46:31 GMT -5
Mitch Moreland has signed a one-year deal with the Red Sox.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Dec 6, 2016 19:23:21 GMT -5
In the end, What's the worse contract? (Obviously the last two are just "educated" guesses) Melancon for 62 Jansen for ~80-85+ Chapman for ~90-100 ? Chapman has been consistently near-dominant, so from a risk standpoint he's pretty solid. But you don't pay a closer 100 mil. Jansen has been almost as good, but he strikes me as a type who will drop off out of nowhere. And Melancon could easily just fall through the cracks without the tutelage of arguably the best pitching coach in baseball. So to answer your question, I have no f***ing clue. As for pitching coach coach, Giants are pretty damn solid with Dave Righetti. Can't say I'm familiar with who he was with in his previous stops, but it's probably close to a wash. I personally like it. Yeah, it's a lot of money, but it absolutely needed to be done. They couldn't continue with Romo or Casilla. And their in-house options bombed last year. I had hopes for Strickland and Osich but that's long gone. Maybe Derek Law, but he isn't ready. No faith in Will Smith. A tweet I saw summed it all up. "Melancon has blown 10 saves over the last three seasons. The Giants blew 9 in September alone"
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 6, 2016 19:32:18 GMT -5
HOF ballots will be made public effective with the 2018 induction
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Post by Renslayer on Dec 6, 2016 20:48:05 GMT -5
Unless your name is Mariano Rivera, I'm not paying a closer 80 to 100 million.
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Post by BRV on Dec 6, 2016 21:25:28 GMT -5
Jesus. I mean, the Sox aren't gonna have a farm system left....but that rotation is gonna be nasty Assuming Porcello doesn't regress to the mean. The dude was 9-15 with a 4.92 ERA in 2015. He had been the definition of a 50-50 pitcher. I don't think anyone's expecting Rick Porcello to maintain his 2016 pace going into 2017 but I don't expect him to fall off a cliff, either. Remember, he's still only 27 years old. I wouldn't be surprised to see his 2017 numbers be a middle ground between the bad of 2015 and the good of 2016, so something in the neighborhood of 15-9 with a 4.03 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 169 Ks in 197 IP. That's not pitching like an ace or a Cy Young winner by any means, but it's more than good enough to be a third starter on a championship contender, which is all he'll really be asked to be with the acquisition of Chris Sale and the expected "year two in Boston" rebound season for David Price.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 6, 2016 21:26:35 GMT -5
Joel Sherman of the New York Post confirms the Rays have signed free agent catcher Wilson Ramos to a two-year contract.
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Post by Mecca on Dec 7, 2016 11:11:56 GMT -5
And the Royals begin to dismantle their world series team...Looks like Wade Davis is on his way to Chicago.
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Post by Annette on Dec 7, 2016 12:24:08 GMT -5
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Post by Duke Cameron on Dec 7, 2016 12:59:13 GMT -5
Ian Desmond reportedly signs with the Rockies for a 5 year, 70 million dollar deal.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 13:13:22 GMT -5
And the Royals begin to dismantle their world series team...Looks like Wade Davis is on his way to Chicago. Good pickup by the Cubs. Wade is a beast wherever you put him: 7th, 8th or 9th.
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Post by Perd on Dec 7, 2016 13:57:51 GMT -5
Cubs sent Jorge Soler to KC for Davis. If Davis is healthy i like the move. I still think there's potential in Soler's bat, but he plays OF like he's in quicksand. So he's better suited for the AL.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 7, 2016 14:58:06 GMT -5
Cubs sent Jorge Soler to KC for Davis. If Davis is healthy i like the move. I still think there's potential in Soler's bat, but he plays OF like he's in quicksand. So he's better suited for the AL. I like this for both teams. The Cubs get the elite closer they wanted without paying $100 million for one and they give up a player who was clearly expendable. The Royals acquire a young player with a ton of upside for a guy with one year remaining until free agency when he'd become unaffordable to retain.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 7, 2016 15:31:18 GMT -5
Yankees signed DH Matt Holliday to a one-year, $13 million contract.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Dec 7, 2016 16:42:53 GMT -5
Nationals working on deal with the White Sox to get Adam Eaton.
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Post by Perd on Dec 7, 2016 17:12:59 GMT -5
Looks like the White Sox are getting Giolito and more for Eaton.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Dec 7, 2016 17:59:51 GMT -5
They couldn't do better then Eaton?
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 7, 2016 18:12:40 GMT -5
Looks like the White Sox are getting Giolito and more for Eaton. Reynaldo Lopez appears to be going to CHW, too.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 7, 2016 18:14:21 GMT -5
Jon Morosi says the Jays and Rockies are talking a Marcus Stroman-for-Charlie Blackmon deal.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 7, 2016 18:29:19 GMT -5
The Nationals got completely dicked
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