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  1. glory
    I don't mind the Jays going with what they have until the trade deadline. It's risky without expanded playoffs to do that, but there will likely be a lot of sellers by June/July, so if the Jays can get by until then and remain in playoff contention, then there will be real trade opportunities for starters possibly better than (or similar to) Odorizzi and Walker. The issue is can they get by for a few months with a bottom of the rotation including Diesel, Matz, Ray, Stripling, etc? Not having to face just AL/NL East teams will probably help.
  2. glory
    Rosenthal has signed with the A's for 1/11.
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  4. glory
    Yeah I think he could have waited four years and gotten a bigger deal than $340m after 2024, while getting around ~$60-65 mil in arb before that. Something like 4/65 in 2021-24 (one more pre arb year + 3 arb years) and then free agency starting at age 26. Of course, four years is a long ass time, and if someone is handing you $340m guaranteed at age 22, it would be damn hard to say no. Either way, he's going to end up making close to $400 mil in his playing career by the time he's done, plus he's one of the few baseball players I'm actually seeing in commercials, so that endorsement money is probably decent. Life is good for Tatis Jr. Curious to see what happens with Soto. The Nats are known to pay big money to free agents so I'm sure they'd give him a huge contract to stay a Nat forever.
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    Agreed that Grichuk as a 4th outfielder is his best role. If they could get out of his contract in a trade then obviously do it and don’t look back, but that’s not happening in this market, so might as well use him in the most logical role for him.
  6. glory
    Fisher has some intriguing offensive tools, but the only way he will have any value as a player with no options left is on a team willing to give him PA's to see if his bat can take the next step. That's on a rebuilding team, not a team looking to contend. From the Jays perspective, they couldn't send him down, he was a 5th OF at best on the current roster, and he doesn't provide plus defensive value. Davis makes way more sense for this team, both because of options, and because his skillset fits the 5th OF role a lot better.
  7. glory
    That's the key for me between this one and 2012/2014. This winter legit feels like the beginning of a long, sustained run. The Jays are adding elite talent via free agency, kept their farm system in tact, and are prioritizing depth simultaneously. With AA, he was taking huge risks, but depth was never a priority, and it was always robbing Peter (farm system) to pay Paul (big league team). Exciting, but not sustainable even in a best case scenario (which 2015-16 probably was).
  8. glory
    https://fansided.com/2021/02/12/brewers-justin-turner-dodgers-marcell-ozuna/
  9. glory
    Safe to pencil in that $1.85m into the team's payroll. He's definitely making it.
  10. glory
    If the Jays want to maintain flexibility to get in on next year's FA market, then Price even at half his salary ($16m) doesn't make sense in 2022 (it's fine in 2021). The Dodgers don't need him, and I'm sure they'd love to have $16m freed up in 2022 when they need to re-sign Seager.
  11. glory
    I kind of admire Nightengale for being so bad at his job but yet confident enough to keep chugging along like people still take him seriously.
  12. glory
    Probably Mets fans. It will take DJ LeMahieu five and a half years to reach the amount of money Bauer will get in 2. It will take Springer over 3 years, and that's with a front loaded contract + signing bonus. I know most MLB players want the long term security at a lower AAV, but Bauer's contract is great. It's NBA money.
  13. glory
    I also have no issues with what Bauer did this winter. I've mentioned before, check out his stuff on YouTube plus the Momentum channel. Lots of informative stuff and he is giving other MLB players the platform they otherwise would not have. He's helping the sport. I also like that he didn't go the LeBron route (as Heyman thought he would) and just did a simple video because he's not on that level of celebrity. Overall he did a pretty good job. It will be interesting to see if other FA's in the future follow this format. I can understand why people find it annoying though. This is the social media age. It's only going to get more social media driven as the Gen Z's start to get older.
  14. glory
    Wow. Great job by Luba/Bauer. 2/85 is game changing numbers.
  15. glory
    Buehler, Bauer, Kershaw, Urias, May, Gonsolin, Price....damn.
  16. glory
    I can appreciate Bauer trying to market himself and improve his “brand”, but yeah, he doesn’t have the star power for this approach to work as he expects it to. He also could have waited a week and not done this on Super Bowl weekend.
  17. glory
    I like the fact that Bauer is looking at AAV instead of years. Too many MLB free agents just want the most total dollars, even it's spread out over 12 years or deferred. That's not a bad thing, but they don't seem to care as much about AAV. Bauer is not only betting on himself, with some cushion in the form of opt outs, but if that Mets offer is true, then in 2021-23 he'll be making about the same total dollars as Trout (who will get $111.35 million over that span). The risk obviously is injury and decline, and there's no guarantee he's getting another big contract after 2023 if either of those two things happen, but at least he'd be paid really well for whatever is left of his prime. Interesting way to go about free agency. I wonder if he would have went this route in a normal market where more teams would have been in on him and would have been willing to go longer. I guess we'll know next year if he gets that contract and opts out.
  18. glory
    Rooting for the Mets to get him. Dodgers don't need him.
  19. glory
    Bauer and Stroman need to be in the same clubhouse. Make it happen.
  20. glory
    My guess is they will end up taking whoever bites on a one year deal. Odorizzi probably wants multi years. Paxton will likely take one year, but would he take a pillow contract in the AL East pitching home games in Dunedin? Walker might be the most realistic in that case.
  21. glory
    After Hazel, none of them are ever going to try to break a story. Being cryptic will get views/engagement too, so probably safer for them to go that route.
  22. glory
    Archer back with the Rays. One year, $6.5m. Poor Pirates.
  23. glory
    If the roster stays as is, then how they use the DH spot will depend on how much they like Tellez because right now that's his only spot with Vlad at 1B. Against a LHP we will probably see Hernandez at DH and Grichuk in RF to get the better defensive lineup in there, but against righties I would imagine Tellez will get the bulk there unless they are not sold on his 2020 and will use him more situationally. Either way, I expect a lot of different lineups to be used in 2021.
  24. glory
    The MLBPA was going to reject any offer MLB gave them, but that doesn't mean they don't believe what they are spewing. Expanded playoffs disproportionately helps owners over players. If they feel owners would lose motivation to spend if it became a lot easier to contend for a playoff spot, then they may not be wrong. Just to clarify, I personally don't care about either side. Both are unlikable and bad for the sport.
  25. glory
    I don't necessarily disagree with that, it's part of the reason I was in favor of expanded playoffs, but it really comes down to how teams value those extra post season spots. If owners realize that they could be around .500 and contend for one of those spots, and it drives down their motivation to spend (because they don't have to), then it may not have the impact on fan engagement that it should have in theory. Maybe fans will be engaged to watch a 78-82 win team contend for a WC spot the first time, but if it happens consistently, then eventually it's going to be old hat and diminishing returns. I guess we will need to see a few years of sample size to determine whether expanded playoffs 1) increases regular season attendance due to more teams in contention, 2) increases regular season TV numbers, 3) gives more owners an incentive to try to improve their teams.
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