Around Baseball 2024

[Stangstag]

This would be an asinine use of resources from the Astros if true. Rather pay Tucker 10/400 than Santander 5/100. Tucker is incredibly good.

 

Tucker has to be looking at closer to 500+ though no?

 

Tucker is easily better than Vlad

[Pendleton]

This would be an asinine use of resources from the Astros if true. Rather pay Tucker 10/400 than Santander 5/100. Tucker is incredibly good.

 

Tucker missed half a season this past year, but there wasn't a huge difference between Soto/Tucker from 2021-2023

[Orgfiller]

Tucker has to be looking at closer to 500+ though no?

 

Tucker is easily better than Vlad

 

Yeah definitely possible. Although while he's almost certainly better than Vlad, he'll be 2 years older entering free agency.

[Brownie19]

Tucker has to be looking at closer to 500+ though no?

 

Tucker is easily better than Vlad

 

Tucker feels like a player who won't get paid anywhere near what Soto or even Vlad will get, yet he will likely outperform Vlad most years - making him better value. As noted, his age will play a factor in why he wont get paid as much.

[Dick_Pole]

We also traded him and indirectly blamed him/Gurriel for the lack of a serious clubhouse as to why we weren't doing better. Then the Jays didn't want to give him a better deal last year after a down season when they of all teams should know what he's capable of.

 

I want Teo more than most here as I was mentioning all last off-season to go get him. I truly think he will make the Jays severely overpay for him to choose us over the Dodgers. This time he's the one with leverage and I'm sure he'll use all of it.

 

If Atkins signs Hernandez after all that (accurately described btw), that would seal his beta male status forever. This is a guy people here were mixed on because he was such a s*** defender and kind of a goof, now we desperately need him back with the way the team is constructed. Hernandez should have a clause in the contract that he can bang Atkins' wife in front of him upon request. If Atkins played this even just a little bit less clownish, we would be looking at Hernandez's second year of a three year $60 million contract.

[wilko]

Tucker has to be looking at closer to 500+ though no?

 

Tucker is easily better than Vlad

 

Tucker is light years better, plus he plays RF pretty good and has speed. You got a multi-tool guy vs a 1 tool guy.

[BatFlip]

If Atkins signs Hernandez after all that (accurately described btw), that would seal his beta male status forever. This is a guy people here were mixed on because he was such a s*** defender and kind of a goof, now we desperately need him back with the way the team is constructed. Hernandez should have a clause in the contract that he can bang Atkins' wife in front of him upon request. If Atkins played this even just a little bit less clownish, we would be looking at Hernandez's second year of a three year $60 million contract.

 

Not sure about the banging the wife clause, but agree that Atkins dropped the ball on Hernandez multiple times.

[Terminator]

Yankees are kind of shuffling around deck chairs and paying a premium to do so.

 

They upgraded a SP3 (Cortes) to an SP2 (Fried) and added one year of an elite, but non-workhorse closer. They paid 218 mil to do that.

 

Could have kept Cortes and simply signed Tanner Scott instead. They'd be about 1 WAR worse but would have saved about 160 mil or so.

[wilko]

Santander wants 5 years: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/anthony-santander-rumors-five-year-deal-yankees-interested.html

[Terminator]

Santander wants 5 years: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/anthony-santander-rumors-five-year-deal-yankees-interested.html

 

Alright, fine. Give him 5 years, 12 mil a year.

[BTS]

 

Just need this to happen and Burnes to sign in SF and Atkins will be prevented from crippling the next regime for half a decade

[Jays24]

Yankees are kind of shuffling around deck chairs and paying a premium to do so.

 

They upgraded a SP3 (Cortes) to an SP2 (Fried) and added one year of an elite, but non-workhorse closer. They paid 218 mil to do that.

 

Could have kept Cortes and simply signed Tanner Scott instead. They'd be about 1 WAR worse but would have saved about 160 mil or so.

 

Like I was saying, they're on Tilt after losing Soto the way they did. If we aren't re-signing Vlad/Bo, it was the perfect time to trade with them lol.

[Spanky__99]

 

That return feels light.

[max silver]

Tucker feels like a player who won't get paid anywhere near what Soto or even Vlad will get, yet he will likely outperform Vlad most years - making him better value. As noted, his age will play a factor in why he wont get paid as much.

 

If he comes anywhere close to replicating the 180 wRC+ he produced in half a season of play in 2024 he'll likely earn a similar amount to Vlad as he's a solid outfield defender on top of the bat. He doesn't have the bad body concerns hanging over him either.

[Stangstag]

Tucker feels like a player who won't get paid anywhere near what Soto or even Vlad will get, yet he will likely outperform Vlad most years - making him better value. As noted, his age will play a factor in why he wont get paid as much.

 

It will be great to finish 2nd on Tucker next year.

[Carlos Danger]

Yankees are kind of shuffling around deck chairs and paying a premium to do so.

 

They upgraded a SP3 (Cortes) to an SP2 (Fried) and added one year of an elite, but non-workhorse closer. They paid 218 mil to do that.

 

Could have kept Cortes and simply signed Tanner Scott instead. They'd be about 1 WAR worse but would have saved about 160 mil or so.

 

Cortes was probably in the pen with their rotation pre-trade.... They had/have too many SPs... Dealt from a position of strength...

[Spanky__99]

Awww... he's Kirk's height but not fat... how cute lol

 

Just figured out who Paredes is... ^^^^

[Dick_Pole]

Like I've said for a while now, without the benefit of being "America's team", Cashman is too much of a dumbass to build a winner. Aimlessly throwing money around while spinning their wheels. The Yankees are on the brink of a collapse and watching them go down the toilet in such a spectacular fashion with a s*** ton of expensive contracts will be hilarious. At least with the Jays we have a bunch of warning signs that it could happen, so it won't be as painful if it does. And with a ton of payroll flexibility should the two "stars" leave. Yankees are second behind the Dodgers at +700 to win the 2025 World Series LMAO. I was wrong about them last year because they got Soto and Judge was still good. But all we need is Judge to channel some of his inner playoffs into regular season play for the first domino to fall. If Judge is not good enough to carry the lineup, the Yankees are basically the Jays with a better bullpen.

[Spanky__99]

Baerga's batting like .120 with rumors, but hopefully this is one of the few times he knocks one out of the park.

 

lol... Gold, Jerry... Gold!!!

[Spanky__99]

Cortes was probably in the pen with their rotation pre-trade.... They had/have too many SPs... Dealt from a position of strength...

 

Wat? You huffing glue, mate?

[Terminator]

Cortes was probably in the pen with their rotation pre-trade.... They had/have too many SPs... Dealt from a position of strength...

 

Ok but that proves my point. They paid 218 million to a #2 SP to push a #3 SP out of the rotation.

[Jays24]

Just figured out who Paredes is... ^^^^

 

I was talking about the prospect you douche lol

[Spanky__99]

I was talking about the prospect you douche lol

 

Your post is douchey, deal wit it!

[Angrioter]

The Astros have a new 3B in Paredes.. Bregman new team between Yankees, Jays and Tigers

[Spanky__99]

The Astros have a new 3B in Paredes.. Bregman new team between Yankees, Jays and Tigers

 

Tigers?

[Jays24]

Your post is douchey, deal wit it!

 

Says the board drunk... Guy's just always trying to fight people on a message board lol

[Spanky__99]

Says the board drunk... Guy's just always trying to fight people on a message board lol

 

Your take, douche. Stick to cricket, dubber. Comeback when you have a baseball acumen worth discussion. It's far better than being the village idiot.

[saskjayfan]

Like I've said for a while now, without the benefit of being "America's team", Cashman is too much of a dumbass to build a winner. Aimlessly throwing money around while spinning their wheels. The Yankees are on the brink of a collapse and watching them go down the toilet in such a spectacular fashion with a s*** ton of expensive contracts will be hilarious. At least with the Jays we have a bunch of warning signs that it could happen, so it won't be as painful if it does. And with a ton of payroll flexibility should the two "stars" leave. Yankees are second behind the Dodgers at +700 to win the 2025 World Series LMAO. I was wrong about them last year because they got Soto and Judge was still good. But all we need is Judge to channel some of his inner playoffs into regular season play for the first domino to fall. If Judge is not good enough to carry the lineup, the Yankees are basically the Jays with a better bullpen.

 

Bullpen's matter dude, and if anyone can carry a team on his own it's Judge. He put up 11.2 wins last year. They will add a couple bats. Will we do so to keep up is the question.

[Carlos Danger]

Wat? You huffing glue, mate?

 

The Yankees demoted Nestor to the pen in early September. He was not in the rotation anymore.

[Jays24]

Your take, douche. Stick to cricket, dubber. Comeback when you have a baseball acumen worth discussion. It's far better than being the village idiot.

 

Says the guy who was onboard with all the moves made by Shatkins and decided to jump ship a few months ago lol.