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Also Larry Walker who left late (only played two more years)

Yes They added quite a few potentials already. Some for sure relived some on mIlb contracts with a chance to make the MLB bullpen Archie Bradley Matt Moore Ivan Nova Jose Alvarado Sam Coonrod

The Mets always find a way to make things interesting...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemahdj01.shtml

There's also the fact they were after Semien (and probably Turner) so it may have just been a timing thing Quite possible the Jays were working on multiple possible deals and were able to get Semien to sign before they could reach a possible deal with the Rockies for Arenado Also possible they just preferred a shorter term contract

OK so the Cardinals are probably the best team in the NL Central now? Does that motivate the Cubs to add? Or to throw in the towel for real and start dealing more of their trade chips?

Yeah. It always felt like they wanted to get rid of his contract almost immediately after signing it.

Hot snot

Tha Yankees are aquiring high risk / gamble SPs too but they (Taillon and Kluber) have higher upside

Yeah Depth we have What we lack is top of the rotation punch

That division isn't very good so it could actually work Though they'd stand little chance against the Dodgers Padres Braves and Mets

Now what about Yadi Molina?

Alex Avila signs with the Nationals

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Agreed. And there will be guys like that available as Spring Training starts.

Has this already been discussed? What a slutty move by the Orioles. - The Athletic: In a highly unusual and potentially alarming example of slashing expenses this winter, the Orioles asked two arbitration-eligible players to accept deferrals of a portion of their one-year salaries so the full amounts wouldn’t be on the 2021 ledger, according to multiple industry sources. As part of arbitration negotiations earlier this month, sources said, the Orioles hoped to shift roughly 25 percent of the 2021 salaries for two of their best players, infielder/outfielder Trey Mancini and outfielder Anthony Santander, to 2022 and/or 2023 as a way to keep the club’s payroll down as the Orioles struggle with cashflow after a pandemic-marred season without gate receipts. If the offers had been accepted, the Orioles could have removed roughly $1.5 million (of the approximate $7 million earmarked for the two players) from their expenditures in 2021. Both players rejected the proposal, however, with Mancini eventually settling for $4.75 million and...

I think you're right

Do it, Atkins/Shapiro F'n do it

Angels Not Expected To Pursue Trevor Bauer January 27th, 2021 at 11:04pm CST • By Jeff Todd Though they’ve been linked in the past, at least speculatively, the Angels are evidently foregoing pursuit of top free agent starter Trevor Bauer. Maria Torres of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Los Angeles organization just doesn’t see itself as a match. The report doesn’t formally stamp out the possibility of a deal with Bauer, but it comes just shy of doing so. Torres pegs the odds of the sides lining up at “practically zero.” This development makes for a bit of a surprise given the Halos’ need for a top starter and Bauer’s ties to Southern California. One might’ve expected some effort to land the high-grade hurler, at least to a certain point in the bidding. Interestingly, it doesn’t appear to be a situation where the market has simply moved past the team’s valuation of the player. Money is a factor, to be sure. Torres indicates that the Halos’ budget likely doesn’t have anywhere near the space needed to fit Bauer — at least, barring the authorization of a pocketbook expansion by owner Arte Moreno. Cash is generally king, but it may not be the dispositive factor here. Torres cites the presence of Mickey Callaway as a major roadblock. Callaway’s relationship with Bauer is, she writes, “believed to be eroded beyond repair” from the grating time the pair spent with the Indians organization.

Depends how they manage his innings the first half of the season

Was excited about SRF at one point What happened to him?

Helps us clear roster space too Not the SP trade I had hoped for