Around Baseball 2020

[Laika]

Darwin Barney - AAA Management

Domingo German - AAAnger Management

[Ryu In My House]

He'd have to be in the top 2% to earn $50M in his first 6...but zero reason to dick around with his service time now and no need to deal in arbitration. I think Chicago comes out a little behind in the first 6 on this one...but it's pretty small in the end. It will all depend on his value in those two options

 

And he, and his agent, are happy campers. I think contracts like this are great ideas, if the timing is right.

[saskjayfan]

And he, and his agent, are happy campers. I think contracts like this are great ideas, if the timing is right.

 

somewhere Ozzie Albies is cursing his agent.

[Laika]

hmmmmmm

 

Rob Silver

@RobSilver

 

A complete list of players Steamer projects for a 25%+ K% and a <5% BB%...

 

Jacob Nottingham

Adolis García

Nick Williams

Jose Siri (Siri, who is José Siri?)

Luke Raley

Jeff Bandy

Peter Bourjos

Jorge Alfaro

Josh Fuentes

Andy Young

Dustin Fowler

Dairon Blanco

 

And..

 

Luis Robert

[Jimcanuck]

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/01/02/josh-donaldson-has-multiple-four-year-offers-on-the-table/

 

Braves, Twins, Nats have apparently extended 4 yr offers to JD. Hard to see him going to Minny.

[TheHurl]

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/01/02/josh-donaldson-has-multiple-four-year-offers-on-the-table/

 

Braves, Twins, Nats have apparently extended 4 yr offers to JD. Hard to see him going to Minny.

 

Braves must be a lot less for him to have not signed from what he's been saying at least

[Orgfiller]

Nats add Will Harris.

 

[Orgfiller]

It's a lot of money and years for a 35 year old reliever but Harris has been very good for years.

[Spanky__99]

It's a lot of money and years for a 35 year old reliever but Harris has been very good for years.

 

Yeah man, risky af, but he's awesome!

[Spanky__99]

German gefistet to the tune of 81 games total, 18 already served.

 

 

 

At least he can pitch in the Post-season, after sitting last year's out.

 

Edited January 3, 2020 by Spanky99

[Bobthe4th]

Solid signing:

 

[Grant77]

The Mets want to trade Lowrie and Dominic Smith in a package deal. There's an obvious fit on our roster for both a good bat and a backup shortstop. Smith can split time at 1B/DH while Shaw gets time at other positions and sits vs lefties.

[max silver]

The Mets want to trade Lowrie and Dominic Smith in a package deal. There's an obvious fit on our roster for both a good bat and a backup shortstop. Smith can split time at 1B/DH while Shaw gets time at other positions and sits vs lefties.

 

It looks like the only position Jed Lowrie can play with any level of decency is second base, he likely wouldn't be a very good backup shortstop since he's only played 3 innings there since 2015. I wonder if the Jays front office is interested in taking on dead money for prospects at this point in the rebuild? Smith looks like a nice long term building block for first base.

[jerb]

 

Francys Romero

@FrancysRomero10

 

Sources from Cuba confirm that Oscar Luis Colas, the Cuban Ohtani, left the island in last hours and will pursue an MLB contract. Colas debuted in 2019 on the NPB with HR on their first turn at bat.

[Laika]

The Mets want to trade Lowrie and Dominic Smith in a package deal. There's an obvious fit on our roster for both a good bat and a backup shortstop. Smith can split time at 1B/DH while Shaw gets time at other positions and sits vs lefties.

 

It looks like the only position Jed Lowrie can play with any level of decency is second base, he likely wouldn't be a very good backup shortstop since he's only played 3 innings there since 2015. I wonder if the Jays front office is interested in taking on dead money for prospects at this point in the rebuild? Smith looks like a nice long term building block for first base.

 

The Lowrie + Dom Smith thing is such a no-brainer that if it was that simple Toronto or some other team would have already pulled the trigger on it. The Mets must be asking for a non-trivial prospect to make it happen, or something like that.

 

Lowrie isn't even necessarily dead money. He was worth 8.6 WAR in 2017+2018. It's not like he had a catastrophic injury in 2019 either, IIRC it was a knee sprain then a hamstring strain then a calf strain. It's very much within the realm of possibility for him to put up a couple WARs in 2020. He could just be a part-time 2B/DH.

[max silver]

The Lowrie + Dom Smith thing is such a no-brainer that if it was that simple Toronto or some other team would have already pulled the trigger on it. The Mets must be asking for a non-trivial prospect to make it happen, or something like that.

 

Lowrie isn't even necessarily dead money. He was worth 8.6 WAR in 2017+2018. It's not like he had a catastrophic injury in 2019 either, IIRC it was a knee sprain then a hamstring strain then a calf strain. It's very much within the realm of possibility for him to put up a couple WARs in 2020. He could just be a part-time 2B/DH.

 

Lowrie has had an interesting career to say the least, he's alternated from stud to dud and back to stud seemingly at random. Then you throw in the completely variable health status from season to season and who knows what player you are going to end up with. Only one year left on his current deal though, so even if he busts completely then no big overall impact on team finances.

[Jimcanuck]

 

Francys Romero

@FrancysRomero10

 

Sources from Cuba confirm that Oscar Luis Colas, the Cuban Ohtani, left the island in last hours and will pursue an MLB contract. Colas debuted in 2019 on the NPB with HR on their first turn at bat.

 

Don't the Jays still have an appreciable amount of international money avail for this period? Couple of million?

[Pendleton]

Does not look 18, would have figured he was well into his 20s from that photo.

 

Edit - He's 21, I'm dumb.

 

The MLBTR article suggests he may wait until J2 to sign, when there is more money available.

Edited January 3, 2020 by Pendleton

[L54]

LGJ connection doesn’t hurt the Jays chances.

[Pendleton]

I can't seem to find anywhere that tracks remaining IFA pool money.

[P2F]

I can't seem to find anywhere that tracks remaining IFA pool money.

 

I attempted to do this, but it's next to impossible because figures are not made public more often than not.

[Pendleton]

I attempted to do this, but it's next to impossible because figures are not made public more often than not.

 

Yeah that makes sense, likely would be a near impossible undertaking. Dozens of signings per team and not all figures are available.

 

Would be nice to even have estimates in order to see who hypothetically may still be able to make an offer with this year's money.

 

IIRC didn't we spend most of our remaining pool on the Dutch kid?

[P2F]

Yeah that makes sense, likely would be a near impossible undertaking. Dozens of signings per team and not all figures are available.

 

Would be nice to even have estimates in order to see who hypothetically may still be able to make an offer with this year's money.

 

IIRC didn't we spend most of our remaining pool on the Dutch kid?

 

The Dutch kids, Sem Robberse and Jiorgeny Casimiri, were from 2018's allotment. They were signed in June 2019.

[Amok]

Blue Jays $5,398,0000

Rikelvin de Castro, SS, DR, 1.2 million

Estiven Machado, SS, Venezuela -- $775,000

Robert Robertis, OF, Venezuela -- $750,000

Peniel Brito, OF, Dominican Republic -- $600,000

Cesar Ayala, RHP, Venezuela -- $450,000

Endri Garcia, SS, Venezuela -- $350,000

Christian Feliz, OF, Venezuela -- $325,000

Victor Mesia, C, Venezuela -- $300,000

 

Unknown signing bonus

Estarling Beltre, of, Dominican Republic

Leafar Yege, ss, Dominican Republic

Nathanael Perez, rhp, Dominican Republic

WIlder Perez, ss, Venezuela

Luis Bullon, c, Venezuela

Kelvin Perez, rhp, Venezuela

Yeiret Mordan, of, Dominican Republic

Carlos Perez, lhp, Venezuela

Guillermo Villasmil, rhp, Venezuela

George Gomez, rhp, Venezuela

Sergio Caruci, rhp, Venezuela

 

So the the Jays have about 648,000 after the known signing bonuses. The other guys will not be much but I don't think the Jays have much money left this year.

[Ray]

I'm more interested in Seiya Suzuki. He's putting up gaudy numbers in Japan. Should be posted after this season.

[Laika]

I'm more interested in Seiya Suzuki. He's putting up gaudy numbers in Japan. Should be posted after this season.

 

Wow, this guy looks like the Japanese Juan Soto.

[Spanky__99]

I'm more interested in Seiya Suzuki. He's putting up gaudy numbers in Japan. Should be posted after this season.

 

He's got a lot of pop for a guy his size, as listed.

[Jimcanuck]

Blue Jays $5,398,0000

Rikelvin de Castro, SS, DR, 1.2 million

Estiven Machado, SS, Venezuela -- $775,000

Robert Robertis, OF, Venezuela -- $750,000

Peniel Brito, OF, Dominican Republic -- $600,000

Cesar Ayala, RHP, Venezuela -- $450,000

Endri Garcia, SS, Venezuela -- $350,000

Christian Feliz, OF, Venezuela -- $325,000

Victor Mesia, C, Venezuela -- $300,000

 

Unknown signing bonus

Estarling Beltre, of, Dominican Republic

Leafar Yege, ss, Dominican Republic

Nathanael Perez, rhp, Dominican Republic

WIlder Perez, ss, Venezuela

Luis Bullon, c, Venezuela

Kelvin Perez, rhp, Venezuela

Yeiret Mordan, of, Dominican Republic

Carlos Perez, lhp, Venezuela

Guillermo Villasmil, rhp, Venezuela

George Gomez, rhp, Venezuela

Sergio Caruci, rhp, Venezuela

 

So the the Jays have about 648,000 after the known signing bonuses. The other guys will not be much but I don't think the Jays have much money left this year.

 

They got money from trades.... something like $1.25 million total or something.

[Spanky__99]

Wow, this guy looks like the Japanese Juan Soto.

 

Right, holy s***?!

 

For those that want a gander...

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=suzuki001sei

[Laika]

They got money from trades.... something like $1.25 million total or something.

 

I guess if they have even roughly $1.5M it's enough to make a legit overture.

 

Remember Ohtani's signing bonus was only like $2.3M...