BTS

So Stroman expected a personal phone call from management? What a dumb s***.

Diaz might not even be good, but he'll make the minimum for the next two years, was acquired for basically nothing, and has a good chance to be a pretty good utility player. Replacing Goins with him is fantastic.

So apparently he's not even arb eligible until 2020. This is solid.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/blue-jays-acquire-aledmys-diaz.html

Yeah. We watched him flail away for 1400 plate appearances over the last 5 years. The fact that it's finally over feels great.

parts of 5 seasons 449 games 1,397 plate appearances a 228/275/335 line a 63 wRC+ 0.0 fWAR -4.43 WPA

He's gone, man. He can't hurt us anymore.

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ari-Gold-Get-The-Fuck-Out.gif

About to pour it.

f*** yes. He's gone.

I thought that too. It will be interesting to see how him and Rosenthal play things - two year deal, or pull a Holland and rehab without a contract.

Terrence Gore, JJ Hoover, and Bruce Rondon non tendered. Nothing really interesting yet.

I’m not planning on drinking tonight, but if he’s non-tendered I’m having celebratory scotch.

Guys, this could be Ryan Goins’ last two hours with this team.

Aww thanks buddy. I just want to give you a big hug and melt all the anger away.

OK, I'll play now that it's December. I haven't been in many fights outside the OT, and I like all those guys, so I have a lot less anger filling this out than I used to. 2017 Awards Best Overall Poster: Dr. Dinger Funniest Poster: jays4life19 (sorry Boxy, I would have loved to vote for you again, but you're always angry now) Nicest Poster: Gsnarls Best Foreign Poster: Terminator Dumbest Poster: Statman Most out of touch poster: connorp Best Female Poster: Vdub Best New Poster/Rookie Of The Year: Ray (I have no idea if he's new, but he's new to me) Comeback poster of the year: LetTheBallFly Most Annoying Poster: connorp Best Troll: N/A Best Mod: TheHurl Best infrequent poster: intentional wok Thread of the year: Politics Thread Best new board meme: N/A Biggest disappointment (decent poster that slipped): Orgfiller Worst Overall Poster: ClevelandSteamer Worst Troll: ClevelandSteamer Best BJMB fantasy poster: P2F Best thread destroyer: connorp Most improved poster: Jimcanuck Poster you would most want to meet in person:Spanky99 Most dramatic/triggered poster: Jimcanuck Best Board contest: N/A Most SABR poster: we all SABR now Most dinosaur poster: N/A

White Sox will be graduating Giolito, Lopez, Kopech, and Hansen over the next 2 years. Better saddle them with Welington Castillo.

Angels feel like a darkhorse here. West coast team in a major market that hasn't experienced much success. Ohtani could vault them to instant contention, and playing with Mike Trout has to have some appeal. Maybe Eppler knew he had a legit chance when he made yesterday's trade.

I think Ken Huckaby would do a good job.

Yup. Google Docs has been blocked at every job I've had in the last 5 years.

I can’t think of a single potential offseason move better than this.