Around Baseball 2018

[Abomination]

Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday that the team will open the season with a four-man rotation and stick with that setup into May before adding a fifth starter to the mix, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Cash's revelation means that Honeywell will likely report to Triple-A Durham to begin the campaign.

 

Honeywell has gotta be good and pissed by now...

[Pendleton]

Honeywell has gotta be good and pissed by now...

 

Archer, Snell, Faria, Andriese? Then they'll get by on spot starts or depth options in the five slot until they're ready to start Honeywell's clock?

[intentional wok]

Is there some relevant Wire quote out there about never being able to escape Baltimore? O's bring back Tillman.

[BTS]

Is there some relevant Wire quote out there about never being able to escape Baltimore? O's bring back Tillman.

 

Their rotation is shaping up nicely:

 

Gausman

Bundy

Cashner

Tillman

Ynoa

[AledmysDiaz]

Their rotation is shaping up nicely:

 

Gausman

Bundy

Cashner

Tillman

Ynoa

 

Lol

[Bobthe4th]

Archer, Snell, Faria, Andriese? Then they'll get by on spot starts or depth options in the five slot until they're ready to start Honeywell's clock?

 

Eovaldi is back from Tommy John now so he's in the mix too.

[P2F]

Is there some relevant Wire quote out there about never being able to escape Baltimore? O's bring back Tillman.

 

Not exactly, but this quote does speak to the current state of their rotation:

 

[Boxcar]

Their rotation is shaping up nicely:

 

Gausman

Bundy

Cashner

Tillman

Ynoa

 

My god, lol

[BTS]

Surprised Benoit got a guaranteed 1M major league deal. He looked cooked last year.

[G-Snarls]

[Abomination]

New pace of play stuff and related rules:

 

Pitch clock - deferred until they see how other things work / don't work

 

Video review rooms - new equipment (which will be monitored) was installed to prevent teams from using video review to steal or relay signs

 

Mount visits - 6 per team per 9 innings, additional 1 per inning for extra inning games. Any manager, coach, or player visit counts, but pitching changes, cleaning cleats if rainy, or injury checks do not. Ump can grant additional visits if he believes a cross-up has occurred.

 

Between innings and Pitching changes - 2:05 for local games, 2:25 for national games, 2:55 for postseason games. Pitcher must throw their final warmup pitch no later than 20 seconds before this, and must start throwing first pitch when clock hits 0.

 

Additional Warmup - No limit to warmup pitches or minimum guarantee, but final pitch must occur in time frame above.

 

Umpire can grant time extensions if he believes there is a danger to the player not to do so, or if there's an equipment issue, etc.

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-pace-of-play-initiatives/c-266718664

[Boxcar]

New pace of play stuff and related rules:

 

Pitch clock - deferred until they see how other things work / don't work

 

Video review rooms - new equipment (which will be monitored) was installed to prevent teams from using video review to steal or relay signs

 

Mount visits - 6 per team per 9 innings, additional 1 per inning for extra inning games. Any manager, coach, or player visit counts, but pitching changes, cleaning cleats if rainy, or injury checks do not. Ump can grant additional visits if he believes a cross-up has occurred.

 

Between innings and Pitching changes - 2:05 for local games, 2:25 for national games, 2:55 for postseason games. Pitcher must throw their final warmup pitch no later than 20 seconds before this, and must start throwing first pitch when clock hits 0.

 

Additional Warmup - No limit to warmup pitches or minimum guarantee, but final pitch must occur in time frame above.

 

Umpire can grant time extensions if he believes there is a danger to the player not to do so, or if there's an equipment issue, etc.

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-pace-of-play-initiatives/c-266718664

 

Ok, I'm a big fan of all of these changes.

[Abomination]

Ok, I'm a big fan of all of these changes.

 

I think I forgot to mention something about teams now having real time slow motion capability in the video review rooms too.

[glory]

Red Sox have signed JD Martinez.

 

Hopefully Dumbrowski bid against himself and gave him a s*** ton of years.

[Terminator]

Red Sox have signed JD Martinez.

 

Hopefully Dumbrowski bid against himself and gave him a s*** ton of years.

 

5 for 110 is what I'm seeing.

[Krylian]

Red Sox have signed JD Martinez.

 

Hopefully Dumbrowski bid against himself and gave him a s*** ton of years.

 

5/110 for Martinez. Has an opt out clause after year 2.

[Ray]

5 for 110 is what I'm seeing.

 

With an opt out after 2 years. Not bad at all.

 

Hopefully the Yankees and Red Sox take away some wins from each other. Otherwise I don't see us doing too well.

[Abomination]

5 for 110 is what I'm seeing.

 

I think I would have been fine with us giving him that, especially with it being front loaded while he's still likely to be really good.

 

I wonder what they'll do with Hanley Ramirez?

[BTS]

Deal seems fair for both sides, though it would be more fair without the opt-out IMO

[G-Snarls]

Guaranteed that's the same offer Martinez has been sitting on for 3 months now

[Spanky__99]

That's a good deal, lol. Nowhere near what they wanted.

[BTS]

DBacks get Jarrod Dyson on a 2-year deal.

[jaysfan2014]

DBacks get Jarrod Dyson on a 2-year deal.

 

Which is bad news for the Orioles, who were eyeing Dyson.. but they're too busy trying to add mediocre pitchers to fill a weak rotation.

[jaysfan2014]

This JD Martinez deal should've been done 3 months ago, not right at training camp..

 

With the deal, Sox payroll now stands at $230M on a CBT basis IIRC.. Sox are going to pay a fair amount of tax, but they don't have a choice, as they face serious problems in 2 years, when Sale, Bogaerts, Porcello hit free agency, plus this offseason, HanRam, Pomeranz and Kimbrel also hit free agency and it's not certain Boston will keep raising payroll after this season, considering the luxury tax..

[Terminator]

DBacks get Jarrod Dyson on a 2-year deal.

 

Damn, 2 years and 7.5M total. Looks like some low value incentives too but nothing major. That's a steal.

[Horses Fart]

How many will Martinez hit with the monster?

[jaysfan2014]

How many will Martinez hit with the monster?

 

The bigger question--will he stay healthy a full season? He's only had one healthy season (2015).

[Jonn]

Damn what a steal of a contract for the Red Sox. I was hoping they would have to reluctantly overpay him. At least they went balls deep into the luxury tax with this move.

[jaysfan2014]

Damn what a steal of a contract for the Red Sox. I was hoping they would have to reluctantly overpay him. At least they went balls deep into the luxury tax with this move.

 

Yes, because their window closes after 2019, as they stand to lose most of their rotation as Sale, Pomeranz and Porcello will be gone unless Boston wants to overpay and pay ridiculous luxury taxes by then. In addition, they'll also lose Bogaerts to free agency along with HanRam, Nunez.. and Betts will be making Mike Trout money, leaving Boston with little flexibility.

[jaysfan2014]

Mauricio Cabrera and his triple-digit fastball DFA'ed for Moylan.. someone's gonna take a flier on him. Should the Jays take a shot if he's available?