It's going to be telling to see what teams are in on Murakami. Apparently Ohtani had bad numbers against higher velo fastballs too before coming over. I read that there's so little velo over there that a lot of players struggle with 93-95 because they just don't see it very often, but then adjust when they get here and see that kind of velo all the time.
I could see his market being anything between Pittsburgh getting him for like 60M or teams like LA and Boston in a 200M bidding war, depending on whether their respective nerds think they get him to make enough contact for the power to play.
I think Tucker is going to be a better player than Bo in the coming years by a meaningful amount, so I don't really care how different the contract terms look
I'm guessing it's Bruihl DFA'd to make room? I've never seen a pitching staff this deep in Toronto. It's insane:
Hoffman
Varland
Rogers
Garcia (if healthy)
Nance (no options)
Lauer
Berrios
Are probably locks if healthy. Then you have Miles who was picked in the Rule V. Bruihl is out of options. Then in AAA you have:
Fluharty, Little, Fisher, Tiedemann etc...
Like, the AAA crew is better than some teams' MLB pen.
They can flip an arm or two for actual prospects if they want, because they don't actually have room for all of the pitching.
How does a major league GM just not a address a glaring hole on a team built to win? They've received 3 fWAR combined from the shortstop position since the start of 2023, and 1.9 of that was Arcia in 2023. The solution this year seems to be Mauricio Dubon? Like, what are they even doing?
They really could have used a Cease or Valdez. A 3-4 WAR horse to anchor their rotation. I like all 5 of their projected opening day starters in isolation, but all of them have questions heading into the season. As you say, they need a shortstop. And most of a bench, with the exception of a second catcher.
Hoerner probably wouldn't be that expensive trade-value wise, as he's glove-first and a year from free agency. The team would definitely have the resources to acquire him, and then could recoup a comp pick after the season.
Hoping for Tyler Rogers now that Suarez is off the board. I could also get on board with a 1-year Kenley Jansen deal. I guess Fairbanks kind of rounds out the top tier of available remaining arms?
This signing seems kind of stupid. They already have Profar/Harris II/Acuna Jr. every day in the OF. Murphy/Baldwin eating most DH days. 20M for a 4th OF who can't really play CF is just an odd use of resources.
Yeah. The Mets have to add a big bat here, because they look like massive losers right now. And the only ones available are the ones we're sniffing around: Bo, Tucker, Marte.
Throwing away Santander for free is definitely smart business. He'd get like a 1/8 + an option deal if he hit FA right now. Obviously the team sheds that commitment if they could. Moot point though because they'd have to eat almost the entire thing and there's no reason to do that.
Not really sure what the Mets are doing. As things currently stand, McNeil, Vientos, Baty, and Tyrone Taylor are all in line for every day ABs, and that's not going to end well. They need to add like 3 bats.
I still can't wrap my head around having a talent like Skubal and not wanting to pay him. At least when Halladay left here, it was because he was fed up with a decade of mediocrity. He didn't want to stay here. But I think Skubal would stay in Detroit for market value. They just don't want to pay him.