Around Baseball 2023

[Spanky__99]

Mets select the contract of... Gary Sanchez

 

Who's coming off the roster Perez? That's a lot of power at the C position now with Alvarez.

[G-Snarls]

Who's coming off the roster Perez? That's a lot of power at the C position now with Alvarez.

 

Can't find that anywhere yet

 

Just speculation

 

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Mets To Select Gary Sanchez

 

By Anthony Franco | May 18, 2023 at 11:59pm CDT

 

The Mets are selecting the contract of veteran catcher Gary Sánchez, reports Andy Martino of SNY (Twitter link). He’s expected to be formally added to the roster before tomorrow’s game against the Guardians. The Mets will need to create a spot on the 40-man roster before the contest.

 

Sánchez signed a minor league deal with the Mets a little over a week ago. It was his second non-roster pact of the season. He’d initially signed with the Giants shortly after Opening Day but never got a big league look thanks to significant struggles with their top affiliate in Sacramento. He opted out and caught on with New York thereafter.

 

The two-time All-Star’s deal with the Mets allowed him to opt out if he wasn’t added to the MLB roster by tomorrow. He’s fortunately gotten out to a much better start for their Triple-A club in Syracuse than he had with Sacramento. He mashed at a .318/.531/.545 clip with a homer, two doubles, eight walks and nine strikeouts in seven games there. His overall Triple-A batting line for the season is a modest .208/.386/.286 thanks to the tough first month, but he’s clearly acquitted himself nicely in his brief time with his new organization.

 

With the opt-out date looming, reports earlier in the week suggested the Mets were strongly considering calling Sánchez up. Now that they’ve done so, he’ll be guaranteed a prorated $1.5MM salary (roughly $1.1MM through season’s end). Even with the Mets paying a 110% tax on that figure, bringing their total expenditure to around $2.31MM, that’s a reasonable sum for a capable #2 catcher.

 

Sánchez isn’t going to supplant highly-regarded rookie Francisco Álvarez as the starter. He’ll add an experienced depth option to the bench, offering some extra right-handed power for skipper Buck Showalter

Edited May 19, 2023 by G-Snarls

[204Jays]

For the most part, it seems like contracts in the NBA, NFL and MLB have gone up like crazy. NHL is actually pretty low in comparison.

 

I have a few friends that played in the NHL. What most casual fans don't know is that the NHL players have paid into escrow basically since last CBA of about 17-20+%.

 

After taxes and agent fees, players only take home about ~30-35% per year. If the average salary is around $3M in the NHL, its not that much money for a sports career of 5-7 years on average.

[G-Snarls]

Didn't know they were up against a deadline with him

 

Interesting year in Mets land

[Spanky__99]

Didn't know they were up against a deadline with him

 

Interesting year in Mets land

 

Carrasco's starting tonight too, and Altuve's back for the Stros.

[Omar]

This is behind a paywall. In a nutshell, it doesn't look good for Manoah.

 

[John_Havok]

I have a few friends that played in the NHL. What most casual fans don't know is that the NHL players have paid into escrow basically since last CBA of about 17-20+%.

 

After taxes and agent fees, players only take home about ~30-35% per year. If the average salary is around $3M in the NHL, its not that much money for a sports career of 5-7 years on average.

 

Escrow is something they get either all of or a good sized chunk of back at the end of the season once the final annual revenue dollars are known. This is necessary due to the agreed upon 50/50 revenue split between ownership and the players.

[G-Snarls]

Freddie Freeman career HR #300

[John_Havok]

Hopefully Vladdy too........

 

Im so torn right now, I really think for the Jays to be true long term contenders they need both Bo and Vlad, and if they only keep one... i'd probably rather sign Bo

 

But then, if vlad ever figures out a consistent solution to the launch angle problem... he's 45+ HRs annually...

[wilko]

Eric Hosmer got DFA'd by the Cubs.

[G-Snarls]

Eric Hosmer got DFA'd by the Cubs.

 

He's cooked

[wilko]

He's cooked

 

Running on fumes for a while. What a gross contract.

[Laika]

Eric Hosmer got DFA'd by the Cubs.

 

The Cubs wasting 100 PA on Eric Hosmer while both Christopher Morel and Matt Mervis were in AAA was insane.

[Spanky__99]

The Cubs wasting 100 PA on Eric Hosmer while both Christopher Morel and Matt Mervis were in AAA was insane.

 

Stupid f***s, pissed me off in Fantasy Ball.

[Laika]

Stupid f***s, pissed me off in Fantasy Ball.

 

Morel was GOOD in 2022 and then destroyed AAA and is now killing it for Chicago.

 

wasted bullets!

 

maybe they got an additional year of control over him though, I dunno

 

I hope they miss the playoffs by 1 game

[Spanky__99]

Running on fumes for a while. What a gross contract.

 

That's the even stupider thing by the Cubs, they rostered Hosmer while the Padres were footin' the bill. Cubs should've cut ties before the season even started. I too hope they miss by a game, lol.

[jaysblue]

Eric Hosmer got DFA'd by the Cubs.

 

Blue Jays should sign him!

[BTS]

lol @ the Mets rotation

[Jonn]

Blue Jays should sign him!

 

Kind of surprised that thread hasn't been made yet. Pretty sure there was one last year lol.

[Ehjays]

[Terminator]

 

Why the hell do they get all these warnings??

[G-Snarls]

Why the hell do they get all these warnings??

 

Proven cheaters now

 

Enough wkrh warnings just toss them

[Terminator]

This is crazy. There have been 4 sticky stuff violations. Max Scherzer gets one and then the Yankees are responsible for the other three. Yet despite the repeated violations they keep getting warnings? That makes no sense.

[G-Snarls]

lol @ the Mets rotation

 

And what's their SP budget?

[connorp]

Riley Greene has been cutting down on the strikeouts a bit and smacking the ball around. May be legit after all

[Ehjays]

This is crazy. There have been 4 sticky stuff violations. Max Scherzer gets one and then the Yankees are responsible for the other three. Yet despite the repeated violations they keep getting warnings? That makes no sense.

 

I agree 100%, does MLBs rule state if we find a foreign substance we will ask you to go wash your hands. Nope, These guys should be tossed.

[John_Havok]

I agree 100%, does MLBs rule state if we find a foreign substance we will ask you to go wash your hands. Nope, These guys should be tossed.

 

MLB needs to put out some clarifications on what umps should be doing here. I just looked in like 5 different places and nowhere does it say the umps have the discretion to ask them to wash their hands…everywhere says if they detect a foreign substance determined to be too sticky, the pitcher faces ejection

[Stangstag]

 

Sounds about Yankees

[Stangstag]

This is crazy. There have been 4 sticky stuff violations. Max Scherzer gets one and then the Yankees are responsible for the other three. Yet despite the repeated violations they keep getting warnings? That makes no sense.

 

Doesn’t it make sense though? Its the Yankees.

[Stangstag]

Riley Greene has been cutting down on the strikeouts a bit and smacking the ball around. May be legit after all

 

Shut up about Riley Greene