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[Spanky__99]

It's a bit surprising to see that kind of language in the middle of an offseason that has a good chance to set the all-time record for FA spending.

 

Yeah, it's as Abom said doesn't fit his narrative.

[Terminator]

[Deadpool]

 

I'm pretty surprised that he got an MLB deal, good for him though!

[Terminator]

Cherington must like something about him.

[Spanky__99]

Cherington must like something about him.

 

Framing, period.

[Jimcanuck]

It's a wonderful irony that all of the left wing baseball twitter pinkos basically hate the poor teams.

 

BTS really likes the Rays.

[Orgfiller]

 

Good for Maile for getting himself a guaranteed deal.

[glory]

[P2F]

I'd way prefer Miley over Roark at their respective deals.

[G-Snarls]

I'd way prefer Miley over Roark at their respective deals.

 

Same

 

Jays had to overpay to get someone to sign

[Laika]

[BTS]

Something like 30, 20 15, 15 is palatable for Ryu

[Grant77]

2/15 for Miley makes the Roark deal look better. I don't think we overpaid at all.

[Ray]

It’s surprising to hear so little mentioned about Ken Giles this offseason. I bet you could get something really good for him in this market.

[Orgfiller]

I'd way prefer Miley over Roark at their respective deals.

 

Meh, Miley is worse and a lot less reliable for innings and performance. I don't think this deal at all changes how we should feel about Roark.

[BTS]

Apparently Betances is hoping to get 1/10. Toronto should be aggressively pursuing him at that price range. A healthy Betances returns more than 10M in prospect capital at the deadline.

[KevinGregg]

Apparently Betances is hoping to get 1/10. Toronto should be aggressively pursuing him at that price range. A healthy Betances returns more than 10M in prospect capital at the deadline.

 

Or makes a devastating 1-2 punch with Giles for our world series run

[Laika]

Apparently Betances is hoping to get 1/10. Toronto should be aggressively pursuing him at that price range. A healthy Betances returns more than 10M in prospect capital at the deadline.

 

Yeah it's a good risk. They have the payroll space to take the risk.

 

If he's good and healthy they could trade him at the deadline and elite relievers tend to get good returns. If he likes Toronto and he's good and healthy maybe he sticks around. I wonder if he would sign a deal that guaranteed him 1/$10M if it comes with a team option for year two.

[Terminator]

I'd way prefer Miley over Roark at their respective deals.

 

Agreed. Similar talents but the Miley deal is way more team friendly. That said TO is a tough sell right now, especially for pitchers and in order to get him here we would have had to beat that offer which pushes it closer to Roarl territory anyway.

[Spanky__99]

Apparently Betances is hoping to get 1/10. Toronto should be aggressively pursuing him at that price range. A healthy Betances returns more than 10M in prospect capital at the deadline.

 

Yeah, that's a great idea, love it.

 

 

The only team linked to Betances lately are Phillies, Mets are out. Anyone here anything else?

[Pendleton]

Might even be able to get Betances for a bit less after a lost year. Definitely a worthy gamble in that range and one of the better upside buys remaining.

[G-Snarls]

The Cardinals have struck a deal with Korean pitcher Kwang-hyun Kim, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[Spanky__99]

Dodgers in on Betances...

 

[Spanky__99]

[jays4life19]

Brewers sign former face of the Franchise.

 

 

The Brewers have struck a deal with veteran infielder Eric Sogard, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). It’s said to be a one-year arrangement with an option for another.

[Laika]

Brewers sign former face of the Franchise.

 

 

The Brewers have struck a deal with veteran infielder Eric Sogard, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). It’s said to be a one-year arrangement with an option for another.

 

* Face of MLB

[Laika]

Chance Adams DFA'd by the Yanks. He was a really interesting sleeper arm a couple of years ago but it hasn't worked in MLB or in AAA the last two years. Kind of reminds me of SRF. Pretty sure he has an option. Has never really been given the chance to just be a reliever other than the 20 innings in the MLB in 2019. I'd take him in the pen over some of the current dudes with options.

[Laika]

Look at this Fangraphs article title:

 

The Phillies Have Been Putting Together an Infield With a Bunch of Pieces

 

lol, okay?

[BTS]

Look at this Fangraphs article title:

 

The Phillies Have Been Putting Together an Infield With a Bunch of Pieces

 

lol, okay?

 

Read this earlier and had no idea what the point was.

[Laika]

The Blue Jays Have Been Employing People To Fill The Positions On Their Major League Baseball Team