G-Snarls

If the GM is Mike Chernoff, he can have them both for Shane Bieber

I mean more likely Payamps ends up being designated again and goes elsewhere before the season even starts

But yeah he'll never end up playing a game for the Jays

Meh But good value

So they traded Marisnick and Almora essentially without actually making a trade. Got it.

Cubs handsomeness level +2

He promised this would happen. Phew

These remaining starting pitchers have to start signing SOON

Yeah. And they're even paying money to help move him. Seems odd to me. I mean even just giving him a half season chance to increase his trade value wouldn't have been crazy.

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Baseball America: Jays system #3 overall What gives with Fangraphs. (not that I really care)

Austin Martin was such a steal Fck yes

Angels Sign Shohei Ohtani To Two-Year Extension, Avoid Arbitration By Mark Polishuk | February 8, 2021 at 2:44pm CDT The Angels have announced a two-year, $8.5MM contract extension with pitcher/designated hitter Shohei Ohtani. The deal will keep the two sides from an arbitration hearing, after they failed to reach an agreement on Ohtani’s 2021 salary prior to the arb deadline. Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register (Twitter link) reports that Ohtani will earn $3MM in 2021 and $5.5MM in 2022.

That's also true At least they have one bona fide reliable stud And their biggest gambles (Taillon and Kluber) have bigger upsides then ours Will take some offense and some luck to beat the Yanks this year

Yeah their rotation could be anywhere from amazing to just OK It's the very definition of high risk high reward

At least we won't have to face Snell...

One of my favorite sports jokes they posted 7 months before the Rams were to play their first game in L. A. : https://sports.theonion.com/traffic-already-lining-up-to-be-late-to-l-a-rams-open-1819592456

Oh I see We'll it's LA and you have to beat the traffic Is New York any better?? 1000s show up late there even for playoff games

Yeah WTF https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2019 Dodgers draw about 18,500 more per game than the Mets

And all the compensation picks. Most of those worked out better than his first rounders.

The Score: As far as the New York Mets are concerned, Trevor Bauer left them at the altar. The Mets believe they had a contract fully agreed to with the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner in the final 24 hours of his free agency, sources told Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Bauer signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers instead. The Mets worked closely on Thursday with Jon Fetterolf, one of Bauer's agents, and felt they were finalizing details of a contract. However, Bauer never signed a "term sheet" document with the Mets that would have essentially formalized the agreed-to terms on paper, according to Sherman. For Mets president Sandy Alderson, who's spent almost four decades in baseball operations, this appears to be uncharted territory. Alderson said he's never failed to close a deal after progressing as far as he did in negotiations with Bauer, a source told Sherman. The Mets reportedly offered Bauer a three-year, $105-million contract - some $3-million more than what he ultimately took from the Dodgers

That's why Jose Altuve upgraded to a buzzer taped to his chest in 2019...