Which team won the Byung-Ho Park bidding?

[Ehjays]

Aw yeah!

 

I think you are bang on.

[ace3113]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/latest-byung-ho-park-winning-bid.html

 

 

List of teams eliminated:

 

Indians

Tigers

Rangers

Padres

Orioles

Red Sox

Cardinals

Blue Jays

Mets

Yankees

Dodgers

Angels

Nationals

 

Teams not yet confirmed to be out of it:

 

Mariners

Diamondbacks

Pirates

Rays

Royals

White Sox

Astros

Phillies

Marlins

Cubs

Rockies

Giants

Reds

Twins

Athletics

Braves

Brewers

 

I'll go with ehjays and Spanky and says Pirates for obvious reasons. If not them then maybe the Athletics or Mariners.

[CJ-Freeway]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/latest-byung-ho-park-winning-bid.html

 

 

List of teams eliminated:

 

Indians

Tigers

Rangers

Padres

Orioles

Red Sox

Cardinals

Blue Jays

Mets

Yankees

Dodgers

Angels

Nationals

 

Teams not yet confirmed to be out of it:

 

Mariners

Diamondbacks

Pirates

Rays

Royals

White Sox

Astros

Phillies

Marlins

Cubs

Rockies

Giants

Reds

Twins

Athletics

Braves

Brewers

 

I'll go with ehjays and Spanky and says Pirates for obvious reasons. If not them then maybe the Athletics or Mariners.

 

Most AL East teams are out of it, so that's good for us, at least.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

TP for my Byung ho(le) !!! Lol

[FrozenRopes]

Sounds like Mariners or Pirates, at least on the radio.

[L54]

Mariners do make some sense. Moving Lomo may signal that they were confident in their bid. A large Asian population and a need at first base both exist.

[King]

Mariners do make some sense. Moving Lomo may signal that they were confident in their bid. A large Asian population and a need at first base both exist.

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 41s42 seconds ago

Mariners didn't bid on byung-ho park as they have trumbo for 1B. They see marte/taylor manning SS, seek C, CF, SP, RP help

[L54]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 41s42 seconds ago

Mariners didn't bid on byung-ho park as they have trumbo for 1B. They see marte/taylor manning SS, seek C, CF, SP, RP help

 

There goes my theory.

 

M's fans must be excited they don't have to watch first basemen play right field daily anymore.

[TBJ12]

Glad the Jays didn't win the bidding. Unless the numbers I looked at were wrong, Eric Thames had a better season than this guy. I'm happy to watch some other team conduct a $40M experiment.

[King]

 

I think it will be Pittsburgh.

[GD]

I'm thinking Colorado

[Laika]

As a baseball fan, fingers crossed for Byung-Ho Coors.

 

CarGo-Arenado-Dickerson-Park --> fireworks

 

Reyes and Blackmon could steal 30 each, all four of those ^ dudes could hit 30+ each, and the Rockies would probably still lose 90 games.

[Sorrow]

I'm thinking Pittsburgh and we will see Alvarez let go.

[KingKat]

Byung Ho Park / Adam Lind platoon?

[Grant77]

 

I think it will be Pittsburgh.

 

 

Rockies might be out.

[Nafro]

He's a Pirate....arrrr!

[King]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 22m22 minutes ago

Though the a's did bid on byung-ho park, they did not have the winning bid. Marlins and dbacks also did not have top bid.

[Spanky99]

As a baseball fan, fingers crossed for Byung-Ho Coors.

 

CarGo-Arenado-Dickerson-Park --> fireworks

 

Reyes and Blackmon could steal 30 each, all four of those ^ dudes could hit 30+ each, and the Rockies would probably still lose 90 games.

 

If they get Park, maybe then I'll understand not picking up Morneau's option.

[TheHurl]

Marlins announce Byung and AA on the same day

[King]

Phillies, Brewers, Reds, Pirates, Cubs, White Sox, Twins and Astros.

 

Teams left

[burlingtonbandit]

Alvarez would be a nice buy low option, power left handed bat between Bautista and Encarnacion....

 

Do not want. He's horrid defensively at 1st base. Smoak is the better option IMO

[Grant77]

Phillies, Brewers, Reds, Pirates, Cubs, White Sox, Twins and Astros.

 

Teams left

 

I can't possibly imagine the Reds or Cubs being in on him.

[admin]

I can't possibly imagine the Reds or Cubs being in on him.

 

Reds won the bid. They already have a deal set up with the Jays and Votto.

[FrozenRopes]

Reds won the bid. They already have a deal set up with the Jays and Votto.

Haha, no thanks. We don't need more bats, we need someone to win 16 to 23 games each year for the next 6 years.

[nextyear]

From 1994 to 2014, we were 8th out of 30 teams in pitching WAR and 22nd out of 30 teams in position player WAR. Unsurprisingly, we were basically a .500 team that entire time.

 

If anything, the past 20 years has shown that we didn't have enough hitting.

 

I think I get your idea but what you stated is too general and does not correspond to the fact that the teams that win the AL and NL leagues are almost invariably one of the best 5 teams each year in limiting Runs Allowed; in fact during the years 1995 - 2015, the worst in the AL was the Boston Red Sox in 2013 who were 6th best in limiting RA.

 

I went through the records of Blue Jays teams of the past 23 years and what is needed is a good balanced attack. The current Blue Jays, unlike some past teams, have more than enough offense to go with a good team defensively.

 

Here is a compilation of runs scored (RS), runs allowed (RA) and team records for the past 23 seasons (excluding the strike-shortened 1994 season for which there was no World Series) - taken from this link http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp#20151004

 

Year RS RA Wins Losses

1992 780 682 96 66

1993 847 742 95 67

1994 strike-shortened season

1995 642 777 56 88

1996 766 809 74 88

1997 654 694 76 86

1998 816 768 88 74

1999 883 862 84 78

2000 861 908 83 79

2001 767 753 80 82

2002 813 828 78 84

2003 894 826 86 76

2004 719 823 67 94

2005 775 705 80 82

2006 809 754 87 75

2007 753 699 83 79

2008 714 610 86 76

2009 798 771 75 87

2010 755 728 85 77

2011 743 761 81 81

2012 716 784 73 89

2013 712 756 74 88

2014 723 686 83 79

2015 891 670 93 69

[Angrioter]

Haha, no thanks. We don't need more bats, we need someone to win 16 to 23 games each year for the next 6 years.

 

What?

Heyward + Jo Jo Reyes >> Johnny Cueto or Zimm.

 

 

 

You could improve a baseball team with more offensive player or more pitching.

[Brownie19]

Alvarez would be a nice buy low option, power left handed bat between Bautista and Encarnacion....

 

Said nobody. Ever. Dumb

[Atothe]

Said nobody. Ever. Dumb

 

Actually that would amazing if he comes cheap to rebuild value

[Laika]

Alvarez would be a nice buy low option, power left handed bat between Bautista and Encarnacion....

 

He might be better than Smoak as a platoon option with Colabello, but I certainly wouldn't hit him in the middle of the order. Maybe 6th

[Nafro]

Alvarez would be a nice buy low option, power left handed bat between Bautista and Encarnacion....

 

I'd prefer Justin Mourneau as a buy low option. Catching the ball is a relatively important part of first base. You have the wrong Alvarez as the buy low option. Hopefully Marlins Non-Tender Henderson.