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jaysblue

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Still some interesting FA names available:

- Lance Lynn

- Kyle Gibson

- JD Martinez

- David Robertson

- Joe Kelly

- Brooks Raley

- Alex Verdugo

- Spencer Turnbull

- Yasmini Grandal

- Anthony Rizzo

 

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I probably missed the board discussion on this yesterday, but I wanted to take a second to give a heartfelt RIP to Ryne Sandberg.  Gone too soon. As a young kid who grew up on a farm in rural Ont

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In the past 10 seasons the Colorado Rockies have more playoff wins than the Baltimore Orioles

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This is pretty funny.

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Grayson Rodriguez will start the year on the IL with an elbow injury and Andrew Kittredge will be out multiple months. Orioles hater crew is eating well tonight. 

Baltimore's rotation to open the season will be Eflin, Morton, Kremer, Sugano, and Albert Suarez, which is f***ing hilarious. 

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13 minutes ago, BTS said:

Grayson Rodriguez will start the year on the IL with an elbow injury and Andrew Kittredge will be out multiple months. Orioles hater crew is eating well tonight. 

Baltimore's rotation to open the season will be Eflin, Morton, Kremer, Sugano, and Albert Suarez, which is f***ing hilarious. 

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jaysblue Buffalo Bisons

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16 hours ago, Spanky99 said:
  • Lawrence Butler signs a 7 year 65.5M dollar extension. You go Athletics.

Athletics will be a fun team to watch this year. They're definitely a sleeper. 

glory Vancouver Canadians

glory

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The entire Cole contract ordeal was a huge red flag. After 2024 he had the opportunity to opt out of the last 4 years on his deal, and he did. The Yankees had the option of voiding the opt out by adding a guaranteed 5th year, and they chose not to. Then Cole agreed to stay with the Yankees for the exact same amount that he opted out of. When a Boras client operates that way, that’s a very telling sign.

Will Warren might be a breakout candidate this season and the Yankees do pretty well with pitching development (mostly on the RP side) so they might be able to get by, but without Cole and Gil will be tough.

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Brownie19

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35 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Dumbass Yankees had a gift fall right into their lap when Cole opted out this offseason. But they were too stupid to realize it.

To be fair. Cole has been a stud for these guys. I know why they wanted to keep him.  But this is devastating.

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14 hours ago, Laika said:

Cole TJS recommendation 

Does this kill his HOF chances? 

Depends on his recovery. He could have a Verlander esque bounceback post TJS to have enough to get in, not that JV wasn't already a shoo-in by that point. It's getting tougher and tougher for SPs to meet the traditional HOF standards, and Cole is among the top of the post 2010s crop, if you ignore pre-2010 debutees like Scherzer, Verlander, Kershaw, Greinke, etc.

Him and Chris Sale I think will raise the question of the modern HOF standard for SPs. Workhorses in their relative eras, no doubt aces, 1 CYA each. Sale is currently ahead by a significant margin so he should have an easier path. If Cole rebounds to put up one 4+ win year and a couple of 2-3 to close out his career he might still have enough of a shot. Otherwise he'll fall into the Felix Hernandez bucket of just not enough longevity.

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