Around Baseball 2021

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Jeff Wilson

@JeffWilson_FWST

 

Source: #Rangers are sending $13.5 million to Oakland in Elvis Andrus-Khris Davis deal.

[Laika]

Haha, that trade is disgusting. But also awesome.

 

That's what a Randal Grichuk trade would look like - my slop for your schlopp, with some money and prospects thrown around to grease the disgusting wheels of sadness.

[Dr. Dinger]

I don’t think the Jays should trade Grichuk, or any OF. We have no OF depth if Grich is traded and there’s an injury, and I don’t trust Rowdy Tellez and Teoscar to not suck.

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[Ray]

Jays legend Elvis Andrus. Could not have won Game 5 without him.

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Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

Free-agent right-hander Mike Fiers in agreement with A’s on a one-year, $3.5M contract, sources tell me and @AlexCoffey.

[Spanky__99]

Fiers reunites in Oakland...

 

[rydermike]

[G-Snarls]

[saskjayfan]

 

Met's fans are going to lose it. They couldn't even pony up for Jackie Bradley Jr? Looks like Boras asked for something ridiculous. His gamble didn't pay off....where does JBJ go now?

[G-Snarls]

Met's fans are going to lose it. They couldn't even pony up for Jackie Bradley Jr? Looks like Boras asked for something ridiculous. His gamble didn't pay off....where does JBJ go now?

 

Yeah now they're picking up the Cubs scraps

[BTS]

Met's fans are going to lose it. They couldn't even pony up for Jackie Bradley Jr? Looks like Boras asked for something ridiculous. His gamble didn't pay off....where does JBJ go now?

 

There was a report last week that JBJ was looking for a 4-5 year deal lol

[G-Snarls]

There was a report last week that JBJ was looking for a 4-5 year deal lol

 

Maybe in Japan LOL

[dineke]

JBJ is like barely above Kevin Pillar tier, why would anyone give him money.

[G-Snarls]

JBJ is like barely above Kevin Pillar tier, why would anyone give him money.

 

He'd be fantastic as a 4-5 million dollar 4th OF

 

Problem is he and his agent think he's an all star starting center fielder

[Deadpool]

[Spanky__99]

There was a report last week that JBJ was looking for a 4-5 year deal lol

 

[G-Snarls]

AA on MLB Network

 

Funny... he says when the Braves singed Freeman to a long term deal at age 24 he thought that was unnecessarily risky for a young pre arb position player.

 

Now he's done it himself twice with Acuna and Albies and now it's on him to try and retain Freeman again. He says both the team and Freeman want him to finish his career there

[connorp]

Yeah no fault at all on Mets passing on JBJ. More than a few here had their eye on him pre-Springer. Thank god him and Wong went elsewhere

..off-season kind of sucked for Mets but they gave an aggressive go at it. The myth of the Covid discount this year proved untrue in pretty much all the cases to-date. Also the myth of Cohen going all Monopoly money this off-season proved untrue as well but they were a legit major player, so that’s something to be pleased with going forward if you’re a Met fan. It’s good they’re not spending to spend and keeping options open for next year

[G-Snarls]

Gut feeling says a few other teams would be willing to pay Freeman more than the Braves will after this season. f*** he's been good.

[Jays24]

Feel like JBJ might want close to the contract that Azuna got on a 4 year term. I can't begin to say how ridiculous that is for someone who is a 3rd/4th OFer. When I heard him and Wong could be our potential additions, I wanted to puke lol.

[THANOS]

Feel like JBJ might want close to the contract that Azuna got on a 4 year term. I can't begin to say how ridiculous that is for someone who is a 3rd/4th OFer. When I heard him and Wong could be our potential additions, I wanted to puke lol.

 

Same. Mediocre stop gap players who wanted term. Either of them is fine in a 1Y plug while hoping Groshans and Martin supplant them in 2022, but banking on that is risky.

 

I'm glad we opted for upside plays in Semien and Springer (don't mind the contract at all). This way you're banking on just 1 of Martin or Groshans to push their way onto the team by 2022, instead of both.

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Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

MLB in process of finalizing revised Grapefruit League schedule, placing teams in separate “pods” on east and west coasts of Florida, sources tell me and @MattGelb. West-coast teams in FL will play 28 games and east-coast teams 24, making up rest with intrasquad-type matchups.

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Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

MLB making changes to the baseball, deadening it - but by how much? With @EnoSarris:

https://t.co/z1tV98R40V?amp=1

[THANOS]

 

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

MLB making changes to the baseball, deadening it - but by how much? With @EnoSarris:

https://t.co/z1tV98R40V?amp=1

 

Uh oh. That's not good. A lot of players going to see their power numbers tank this season.

[Krylian]

 

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

MLB making changes to the baseball, deadening it - but by how much? With @EnoSarris:

https://t.co/z1tV98R40V?amp=1

 

Back to Small Ball to generate runs?

[Brownie19]

Back to Small Ball to generate runs?

 

Good thing we kept Charlie. Charlie was just preparing his team for this shift in philosophy so they are ahead of the curve during their competitive window. 4D chess s*** from Shatkins and Charlie.

[Brownie19]

Back to Small Ball to generate runs?

 

This lines up well with our focus on solidifying our defense this offseason.

[P2F]

Good thing we kept Charlie. Charlie was just preparing his team for this shift in philosophy so they are ahead of the curve during their competitive window. 4D chess s*** from Shatkins and Charlie.

 

Charlie and the Shatkins Factory.

[Orgfiller]

Good thing everyone in our lineup hits f***ing tanks.

 

Yeah if anything this is a huge win for us. None of our hitters are hitting wall scrapers aside from Biggio and he has other positive qualities. On the other hand shitbags like Tanner Roark and whatever the rest of our rotation currently is would benefit greatly from the meatballs that they're serving not travelling as far.