Around Baseball 2024

[Brownie19]

Yeah - I'm curious now too. I mean, don't teams typically have most of their 40 man rosters full? Constantly grabbing players and then dropping them again when better players become available?

 

I'll assume this situation is somewhat unusual? Is it one of the reasons why the FA season has been so slow this year?

[Jimcanuck]

Can you explain the "2020 led roster crunch" part?

 

I'm gonna guess it relates to the loss of a prospect development year, creating a bit of a prospect backlog.

[John_Havok]

I'm gonna guess it relates to the loss of a prospect development year, creating a bit of a prospect backlog.

 

Might also be related to the minor league contraction that took place. Granted those teams were all rookie level or lower but that could have started a ripple effect.

[Laika]

I'm gonna guess it relates to the loss of a prospect development year, creating a bit of a prospect backlog.

 

But 2020 was also a tiny draft

[Jimcanuck]

But 2020 was also a tiny draft

 

Quite a few 2019 prep guys still hanging around in MiLB that would be cut or graduated if not for the loss of 2020.

[wamco]

Despite being “full” I’m sure all teams have a few players at the end of the roster that they will not cry over losing.

 

Or is it time to expand? Join the bandwagon and get a team in Vegas.

[Carlos Danger]

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/bellinger-snell-best-landing-spots-for-11-mlb-free-agents

 

This one?

 

No, it was just one image with the players pics and projected destinations. No commentary or anything.

[G-Snarls]

Jeter Downs didn't get claimed by anyone

 

Looks like he's likely a career minor leaguer now

[Carlos Danger]

Well.. If Joc goes to the Diamondbacks as it appears, that is one less landing spot for a couple of other guys like JD Martinez to name one.

[glory]

 

If the Soler market was down to the Jays and D-Backs like rumored, then this clears things up a bit.

[Laika]

 

If the Soler market was down to the Jays and D-Backs like rumored, then this clears things up a bit.

 

lol he looks so fat in this picture

[Carlos Danger]

 

If the Soler market was down to the Jays and D-Backs like rumored, then this clears things up a bit.

 

JD Martinez was also predicted to land in Arizona.. So double our chances between him a Soler...

[Laika]

f*** you joc pederson i didn't want you anyway

[Laika]

"Orioles Have Shown Interest In Michael Lorenzen"

 

 

lmao this will be their big addition

[wilko]

 

If the Soler market was down to the Jays and D-Backs like rumored, then this clears things up a bit.

 

It will be interesting to see what he gets if this is true.. Also that would mean Soler to the Jays is more realistic.

[BTS]

"Orioles Have Shown Interest In Michael Lorenzen"

 

 

lmao this will be their big addition

 

The most Orioles signing ever. He'll give them 150 innings of 4.8 ERA ball then get nuked in an elimination game in the playoffs.

[z3r0s]

I haven't really paid attention to Joc recently, but is that pic really his new physique? Oof.

[glory]

It will be interesting to see what he gets if this is true.. Also that would mean Soler to the Jays is more realistic.

 

I also wonder what this does to Soler's asking price. There is more supply than demand in the DH market, and now one of Soler's biggest suitors (allegedly) has moved on. My guess is that Soler was holding out for an extra guaranteed year from what was being offered to him. Not sure he has that leverage anymore, but who knows.

[connorp]

"Orioles Have Shown Interest In Michael Lorenzen"

 

 

lmao this will be their big addition

 

I was thinking that might be Holliday, or some of the other potential high impact talent coming.

[Laika]

I was thinking that might be Holliday, or some of the other potential high impact talent coming.

 

stfu

[Terminator]

I haven't really paid attention to Joc recently, but is that pic really his new physique? Oof.

 

It's crazy. The other day I posted a clip of him in high school. He and Davante Adams were both WRs on the same team and Joc Pederson was actually WR1. These guys specialize and their training changes their bodies. In baseball, this is partially due to neglect as well.

[Carlos Danger]

"Orioles Have Shown Interest In Michael Lorenzen"

 

 

lmao this will be their big addition

 

Yet so far we are going to improve with what we had last year "performing better", and internal talent (not in the same league as the O's internal options). When we win the division we can LOL the Orioles.

[Laika]

Yet so far we are going to improve with what we had last year "performing better", and internal talent (not in the same league as the O's internal options). When we win the division we can LOL the Orioles.

 

Nah

 

They've been a dumpster fire for decades. We can laugh until they win the WS before us then we have to stop

[connorp]

Yet so far we are going to improve with what we had last year "performing better", and internal talent (not in the same league as the O's internal options). When we win the division we can LOL the Orioles.

 

Or we can hear Laila tell us again how lucky we are to have a FO that got us a WC again. And that another first round loss is simply bad luck.

[connorp]

Even Gibby said tell your FO to get you some players. Our manager is probably just happy to have his job and not be in the minors.

[Laika]

Or we can hear Laila tell us again how lucky we are to have a FO that got us a WC again. And that another first round loss is simply bad luck.

 

I have basically been begging the Orioles to spend money for two seasons now

 

You could almost consider me a frustrated Os fan

[Pendleton]

Someone slap together a lineup and rotation of remaining FA's. Is it a contending club? Pitcher and catcher workouts start in less than three weeks, it's weird how many players still don't know where they are living in April.

[Terminator]

 

I wouldn't say this is a 100% done deal just yet but this guy is somewhat credible and lots of other reports are that it was close.

 

Takes a DH off the board but also takes probably our main competitor out of the DH market so overall this is a good thing I would think. It would have been bad if some team that was unexpected to sign a DH jumped in and got him.

[Jimcanuck]

Shatkins is basically playing the supply glut market.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Someone slap together a lineup and rotation of remaining FA's. Is it a contending club? Pitcher and catcher workouts start in less than three weeks, it's weird how many players still don't know where they are living in April.

 

SP Snell

SP Montgomery

SP Bauer

SP Urias

SP German

SP Ryu

 

RP Brasier

RP Neris

RP Robertson

RP Fujinama

RP Stanek

RP Fulmer

RP Loup

 

C Sanchez

1B Urshela

2B Rosario

3B Chapman

SS Anderson

LF Pham

CF Bellinger

RF Taylor

DH Soler

 

Bench - Meadows, Grandal, Hicks, Kemp