G-Snarls

Mets are going to pitch Syndergaard for *1 inning* tomorrow WTF??

It also just makes me think the Jays could have been right in there so easily

The 78-74 Twins are in the WC 2 spot, 1.5 games up Just..... What a season in the AL

I want a Houston vs Cleveland ALCS so badly

Red Sox shut out the Orioles in that game and The Angels lost, and the Red Sox clinch a playoff spot

Sale strikes out 300 in a season for the first time since 1999 http://m.mlb.com/news/article/255273560/red-soxs-chris-sale-reaches-300-k-plateau/

Yeah you probably have to guarantee 5 years However no front office is going to pull a Seattle and give Donaldson the same length of contract that Cano got Front offices are smarter now for the most part And Machado and Harper are many years younger. They're the only ones who might get 8+ years

2018 - 25M 2019 - 25M 2020 - 27.5M 2021 - 27.5M 2022 - 30M with a 4-5M buyout

Agree on all counts If he wants a 5 year deal (and he should), I want next year to be year 1, to reduce the risk of a bad year at the back end He seemed to appreciate the 2 year deal they gave him last year when they didn't have to

So yeah They're not trading Donaldson and they will try to extend him

Shapiro: "It's hard to imagine a scenario where we're a better team without Josh Donaldson" "It's hard to imagine a scenario where Josh isn't a part of a a championship team here" "It's an almost certainty that he will be back here next year"

Shapiro on exactly this - preparing for 2018: http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/jeff-blair-show/mark-shapiro-2018-presents-similar-situation-2017/

s***, especially if he has options left. And I gather he does??

Yes It's very different than what Darvish had to deal with

I'd be OK with him as a swing guy/ SP6 I want to aim higher to fill one more solid starting rotation spot though if possible

I hear you guys on Sanchez But I'm hopeful I'm not signing two SPs in addition to Estrada I'd like one legit SP 2 caliber guy that I want anyway then also sign a swing man type like Anderson or Chavez as well If Sanchez is no good in spring training the swing man gets a starting spot. If Sanchez is good to go that swing guy starts the year in the bullpen

It's not just the top 10 home run numbers that are up either even though Stanton is going crazy The reason seems to be way more guys hitting 10-20 than ever before

Available free agent starting pitchers. Not likely any of these guys with opt-out clauses are going to opt out. Some of the club option buyouts could happen though. Brett Anderson (30) Jake Arrieta (32) Clay Buchholz (33) Madison Bumgarner (28) — $12MM club option with a $1.5M buyout Trevor Cahill (30) Matt Cain (33) — $21MM club option with a $7.5MM buyout Andrew Cashner (31) Jhoulys Chacin (30) Tyler Chatwood (28) Jesse Chavez (34) Wei-Yin Chen (32) — Can opt out of the remaining three years, $52MM on his contract Alex Cobb (30) Bartolo Colon (45) Johnny Cueto (32) — Can opt out of the remaining four years, $84MM on his contract Yu Darvish (31) John Danks (33) Jorge De La Rosa (37) R.A. Dickey (43) — $8MM club option with $500K buyout Nathan Eovaldi (28) — $2MM club option Marco Estrada (34) Scott Feldman (35) Doug Fister (34) Yovani Gallardo (32) — $13MM club option with a $2MM buyout Jaime Garcia (31) Matt Garza (34) — $13MM vesting option/$5MM club option (can become $1MM club option based on DL time) Dillon Gee (32) Miguel Gonzalez (34) Jeremy Hellickson (31) Derek Holland (31) Ubaldo Jimenez (34) Ian Kennedy (33) — Can opt out of the remaining three years, $43MM on his contract John Lackey (39) Francisco Liriano (34) Jordan Lyles (27) Lance Lynn (31) Wade Miley (31) — $12MM club option with a $500K buyout Mike Minor (30) — $10MM mutual option with a $1.25MM buyout Matt Moore (29) — $9MM club option with a $1MM buyout Jon Niese (31) Ricky Nolasco (35) — $13MM club option with a $1MM buyout Martin Perez (27) — $6MM club option with a $2.45MM buyout Michael Pineda (29) Clayton Richard (34) Tyson Ross (31) CC Sabathia (37) Anibal Sanchez (34) — $16MM club option with a $5MM buyout Hector Santiago (30) Chris Sale (29) — $12.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout Masahiro Tanaka (29) — Can opt out of the remaining three years, $67MM on his contract Chris Tillman (30) Josh Tomlin (33) — $3MM club option with a $750K buyout Jason Vargas (35) Jered Weaver (35) Chris Young (39) — $8MM mutual option with a $1.5MM buyout

Sanchez Stroman Happ Estrada Not bad at all as long as at least 3/4 have decent helthy seasons How high do they aim for the 5th guy?? How much money will be spent on the SP vs corner OF and is there enough for both?? Another #2 caliber SP would look awfully good in that rotation

Last night a new single season home run record was set Most home runs collectively hit in one season in the history of MLB, with most teams having 11-12 games left to play

Harvey has zero trade value now