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The Yankees are in agreement on a deal with free-agent first baseman Anthony Rizzo

 

Well that takes them out of Freeman you would think.

 

Definitely

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10:14pm: It’s a two-year deal in the $30MM – $35MM range, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (on Twitter).

 

10:06pm: The Yankees are in agreement on a deal with free agent first baseman Anthony Rizzo, reports Jesse Rogers of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal is pending a physical.

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Great deal for Yankees jeez

 

$32m for two but he only put up 1.7 WAR - seems like a lot of money for an average bat at first.

 

I sort of think you can find that output somewhere else for less.

 

At least they didn't land Freeman or Correa

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10:14pm: It’s a two-year deal in the $30MM – $35MM range, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (on Twitter).

 

10:06pm: The Yankees are in agreement on a deal with free agent first baseman Anthony Rizzo, reports Jesse Rogers of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal is pending a physical.

 

This makes me happy. Rizzo hasn't been an especially good hitter or fielder for 2 years now and he'll be 33 this year. The Yankees paying 15 million to get someone who isn't really an upgrade on Luke Voit is good for us.

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$32m for two but he only put up 1.7 WAR - seems like a lot of money for an average bat at first.

 

I sort of think you can find that output somewhere else for less.

 

At least they didn't land Freeman or Correa

 

He had a down year

 

I'd bet he puts up better numbers next 2 years, no?

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He had a down year

 

I'd bet he puts up better numbers next 2 years, no?

 

He kinda had 2 down years in a row though… not sure he returns to the 130wRC+ hitter he used to be. Although he did look good for the Yankees down the stretch last year

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He had a down year

 

I'd bet he puts up better numbers next 2 years, no?

 

Nah

Grant77 Toronto Blue Jays

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He had a down year

 

I'd bet he puts up better numbers next 2 years, no?

 

I think that's unlikely at his age and with underlying metrics mostly supporting his decline at the plate and in the field.

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He kinda had 2 down years in a row though… not sure he returns to the 130wRC+ hitter he used to be. Although he did look good for the Yankees down the stretch last year

 

He was worse with the Yankees than he was with the Cubs, believe it or not. I think they would have been better off keeping Luke Voit and spending the money elsewhere.

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He had a down year

 

I'd bet he puts up better numbers next 2 years, no?

 

He had a down year in 2020 and 2021. And he's not getting younger. If the 2019 version shows up it's a good deal. Perhaps adjusting to the AL is all that is needed.

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Why wouldn’t they just roll with Voit instead of signing another aging immobile slugger?
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Why wouldn’t they just roll with Voit instead of signing another aging immobile slugger?

 

I think they believe Voit's knee is toast. No other reason to spend 32M or whatever on Rizzo with Stanton clogging up the DH spot.

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Why wouldn’t they just roll with Voit instead of signing another aging immobile slugger?

 

Voit getting traded?

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Down to Dodgers, Rays, and I guess us for Freeman? Red Sox and Padres apparently in the mix too, but I don’t see the fit there.

 

My guess is he still ends up with the Dodgers and Freeman’s agent is just using the rest of the teams as leverage. Just makes far too much sense at this point, but I hope I’m wrong and we’re still in the running.

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Down to Dodgers, Rays, and I guess us for Freeman? Red Sox and Padres apparently in the mix too, but I don’t see the fit there.

 

My guess is he still ends up with the Dodgers and Freeman’s agent is just using the rest of the teams as leverage. Just makes far too much sense at this point, but I hope I’m wrong and we’re still in the running.

 

If FF signs with the Rays…someone should run around somewhere naked..I don’t know where or who

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If FF signs with the Rays…someone should run around somewhere naked..I don’t know where or who

 

Bendix and Neander should race naked on the Trop's catwalks if they sign FF.

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Voit getting traded?

 

Early on I figured he’d be a piece of an Olson trade to Oakland but it’s entirely possible he’s an injury waiting to happen like BTS said. Either way I think they have to move on from him now, too many guys not enough AB’s. Roster resource has DJL on the bench (that contract looks bad rn)

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Meh, I don't think it's a bad signing, if he hits near his projections that contract's fine, his Babip was very low his last 190+ game's. Deadcat bounceback incoming. Edited by Spanky99
I'm dumn... meant games, not Ab's???
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Rizzo is fine but you’d expect the Yankees to be able to do better than him. They needed a big move and instead they are plugging a hole with a mid tier FA.
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Chris Sale has a stress fracture in his right rib cage.

 

Chris Cotillo

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Sale will not be ready for Opening Day. Bloom thinks it happened during an FGCU workout. “He’s not throwing,” Bloom said. It’ll be weeks before he gets a baseball back in his hand.

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They talked for year about "when will Sale break". If it was going to happen eventually, at least it was is falling apart for the Sox. In a vacuum it sucks to see him diminished tho
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Chris Cotillo

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Chris Sale has a stress fracture in his right rib cage.

 

Chris Cotillo

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Sale will not be ready for Opening Day. Bloom thinks it happened during an FGCU workout. “He’s not throwing,” Bloom said. It’ll be weeks before he gets a baseball back in his hand.

 

Damn, sucks for Sale. Good for the Jays though.

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Schwarber gets 'just under' 4/80 according to Jayson Stark. That's a definite no for me, I'm glad we passed.
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