2021/2022 Free Agency Thread

[connorp]

A big lefty bat somewhere between Springer/Bichette/Vladdy sure sounds good no matter who it is

 

Freeman or bust now that Carlos B dropped that s***.

[Eat My Shatkins]

If Vladdy can be passable at 3B I would love to see both Freeman and Schwarber signed.

 

Added bonus is that the Jays wouldn't be dumping futures to try to add Ramirez via trade.

 

Talk about being asset rich.

[Terminator]

Wrong. It means he has integrity.

 

 

Lol wow we've been thinking about this wrong all this time. Ugly wives are the new market inefficiency.

[Stangstag]

Kris Bryant has an ugly wife. He lacks confidence. Pass.

 

I personally wouldn’t say she’s ugly, but he could definitely do way better lol

[Terminator]

She's a ham-beast

[BTS]

I just looked at the Steamer projection leaderboards to rosterbate over Freeman and Vladdy hitting B2B (they're 2nd and 12th by projected wRC+ btw), and I noticed that Seiya Suzuki is projected for a 140 wRC+. That has to be a mistake, right?

[Brownie19]

Do we think teams might target players who get 'hurt' by the shift now in anticipation that they'll be 'worth more' if/when the shift restrictions are implemented? Could Schwarber be one of those players?

[Ehjays]

[G-Snarls]

He could have got himself traded to a good team years ago and he didn't want to be traded

[John_Havok]

He could have got himself traded to a good team years ago and he didn't want to be traded

 

Sounds like he saying he’s never asked and will never ask to have his no trade waived, but wouldn’t necessarily say no if they asked him to waive it again?

[jerb]

 

Robert Murray

@ByRobertMurray

 

Source: Free-agent pitcher Connor Greene is signing with the Baltimore Orioles. Non-roster invite. Greene, 26, spent time with the Orioles and Dodgers last season.

[connorp]

I personally wouldn’t say she’s ugly, but he could definitely do way better lol

 

She may have Shrek’s body but not his face? I guess you can give her that

[G-Snarls]

Sounds like he saying he’s never asked and will never ask to have his no trade waived, but wouldn’t necessarily say no if they asked him to waive it again?

 

It's just that if they never even tried to trade him that's pretty dumn

[jerb]

 

RobBiertempfel

@RobBiertempfel

 

Per source, Pirates signed Daniel Vogelbach for $1M plus second-year option for $1.5 M and $400K incentives. The $1M this year breaks down as $800K plus $200K buyout of his option.

[Terminator]

That's not a bad signing for a cash-strapped NL team in search of a DH.

[Sammy225]

I hate how quiet it is with all the big money still left out there.

[John_Havok]

I hate how quiet it is with all the big money still left out there.

 

Yeah, those players still unsigned are missing out on ST reps, but I guess when your decision is hinging on multiple hundreds of millions of dollars, missing the early part of ST isnt really on their mind.

[TwistedLogic]

Wow the Jays should have been all over that Colin McHugh signing.

 

The Braves got him for the same price the Jays signed Yimi Garcia for...

 

*Correction: McHugh came $1M cheaper than Garcia, lol.

[BTS]

Yeah, McHugh is a great signing. Less AAV than Brad Hand!

[Eat My Shatkins]

f***. McHugh would have been a nice addition. Maybe they reached out and he wasn't interested or maybe he's unvaxxed or something.

[jerb]

 

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

Source confirms: Anthony Rizzo in agreement with Yankees on two-year, $32M contract. First with agreement:

@JesseRogersESPN

 

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

Deal includes opt out after first year.

[Krylian]

Does that close the door on Freeman for the Yanks?

[max silver]

Does that close the door on Freeman for the Yanks?

 

I would certainly tend to think so, there's no way they would be paying this kind of coin to Rizzo only to have one of him or Freeman DH'ing a good chunk of the time. Stanton will likely be receiving the bulk of those at bats already.

[TwistedLogic]

 

There are certain things we don't appreciate in life or that we take for granted.

 

Like the Blue Jays having a clear need at 3B but letting Eugenio Suarez go to the Mariners to spare us from having to hear Buck pronounce "ay-you-hen-yo" 12,000 times in 2022.

[Krylian]

[Krylian]

[jerb]

 

Jim Salisbury

@JSalisburyNBCS

 

Phillies have an agreement with Kyle Schwarber, pending all the usual stuff

[jerb]

 

Jayson Stark

@jaysonst

 

#Phillies deal with Kyle Schwarber, pending physical, is a 4-year agreement with an AAV just under $20 million per year, sources tell The Athletic.

 

@JSalisburyNBCS was on this

[Spanky99]

Dude got paid!

[glory]

I don't think 4/80 for Schwarber would have made sense for the Jays. His bat would have been great in this lineup, but that's a big price for a DH.

 

I'm curious if the Jays pivot to Conforto now or try to find a non-QO'd option.