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  1. John_Havok
    Also a plus. What a really big plus would be from him is having an actual decent year so he might be worth something in trade, but it really looks like he's a sunk cost at this point. Clearly, the team's core for the foreseeable future is Berrios, Springer, Vlad and Bo. Berrios and Springer are known costs, Vlad and Bo not so much yet, but they are certainly trending in the expensive direction. Short of some team friendly extensions for both of them, something will have to give in order to keep the dollars manageable. It would be nice to see Moreno step in as a core piece soon as he's still cheap for along time (possible CBA changes notwithstanding). Biggio has a chance to be a core guy also, but he's not trending in that same expensive direction as Bo and Vlad so far.
  2. John_Havok
    Yeah, but at some point, there will be some trades made. No way to keep that kind of core together over the extended long term. LIke, Teoscar is likely looking at either being dealt in the next 1 or 2 offseasons without an extension. 10M for next year, Arb 3 for 2023. Depending on his season this year I would view him as a prime trade candidate to free up the dollars needed to keep up with Vlad and Bo's increasing monetary needs. Ditto Gurriel. On the plus side, Ryu's 20 million is off the books after 2023 as well.
  3. John_Havok
    Yeah, wouldn't be getting legit front end starter and another great pen piece for under 20 million though
  4. John_Havok
    And just confirmed officially, everyone except Belt rejected.
  5. John_Havok
    Likely. Freeman, Ray and Verlander have not technically rejected yet, but ... no way those guys accept.
  6. John_Havok
    No kidding. Such a poorly run franchise. Should be a lot of updates in the next while about QO rejections. deadline to accept/reject is in 40 minutes.
  7. John_Havok
    Raisel Iglesias officially rejected the Angels QO. Expected for sure. Fantastic numbers, but he will be expensive. Estimates are 4years/56m
  8. John_Havok
    There is no chance any team is giving Verlander 2/80. That would just be stupid.
  9. John_Havok
    Jeter is very very very overrated defensively yes. Offensively.. no. Arguably the best hitting SS of all time - depending on whether you consider A-Rod a career SS.
  10. John_Havok
    It's just a terrible article: Headline: Montoyo robbed of award! Frist 2 sentences of article: The most difficult baseball post-season award to vote for is manager of the year. There’s just no good way to figure out who truly deserves it. But he was robbed....no good way to figure out who deserves it... but, yup, robbed. What an idiot.
  11. John_Havok
    No s*** Sherlock. That’s why its called the asking price. If you were Cleveland you’d start at the top too. And, as we just saw with Berrios, that’s 2 years of exclusive extension negotiation
  12. John_Havok
    This is a the first step to a 7 year erection. I like this.
  13. John_Havok
    I doubt the Tigers/Correa rumour, nobody legit is even posting the usual updates you would hear after the obligatory "Tigers are reportedly in on Correa" which came out days ago.
  14. John_Havok
    It's a nice problem to have that's for sure. I really do wonder what Cleveland's asking price is for Ramirez. At this point it has to start with Moreno without a doubt. Maybe Moreno, Gurriel + something?
  15. John_Havok
    Maybe but an avg of 14M per in the 1st 2 years is a pretty good bargain for a nearly 4 WAR SP. If anything, Eduardo left some money on the table here in order to have that opt-out clause. Hell, Ray was a 4 WAR pitcher last year, and I guarantee he's not signing for 14 Million per season.
  16. John_Havok
    Just saying I don't expect him to break camp as the starting 3rd baseman or the starting catcher. As a catcher he would still need quite a few reps at AAA and as a 3B he has what... a few innings out there? Love the expectations and the hype but the kid still has to get some upper level minors experience at both positions before you throw him in a pennant chasing season.
  17. John_Havok
    Kinda sets the expectations for Matz as well. If Eduardo is getting 14-16m per season over 5 (assuming no opt-out), Matz is probably looking at 12-ish per season. Maybe not so long though given he's a 2 years older.
  18. John_Havok
    damn. that's a nice payday for Eduardo.
  19. John_Havok
    I say late June or early July, depending on potential CBA changes.
  20. John_Havok
    Shite, replied to the wrong guy lol
  21. John_Havok
    That’s the gamble. Trading for him the teams will want to see if he can regain his prior injury form, or at least get closer to that. Heck, he was still a 3+ fWAR player last year thanks to his Defense, HR and walks. With even a minor bounce back in K rate to something like 27% he probably a 4 WAR player assuming his D doesn’t slide.
  22. John_Havok
    You’re missing the point. It’s not the commercial break times that slow the game down and that’s when the majority of warmup pitches are thrown between half innings. It’s everything else
  23. John_Havok
    Forgive me if it seems like I’m throwing cold water on all your Moreno induced erections, but let’s keep in mind he has all of 145 PA at AA, and 10 at AAA. His arrival is likely not imminent, barring some drastic change with the CBA regarding players initial years of control. Yes, I think we will see Moreno next season, but I highly doubt it will be early in the season.
  24. John_Havok
    Yeah the pitch clock, batters box time outs and pitchers stepping off kinda all go hand in hand with speeding up games. Might take gradual changes over time but eventually all those things will need limits. If a batter can call time over and over, and a pitcher can step off over and over, or throw to a base over and over with someone on…those things all need to be addressed along with the pitch clock.
  25. John_Havok
    Ah yes, forgot about Universal DH, gimme that too. If for no other reason than to watch every single baseball fan over the age of 50 have their head explode instantly.
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