Apparently the Yanks won't offer Sheffield or Frasier in a deal for Machado - so we can all safely remove the Frasier for Happ pipe dream from our thoughts.
It appears the days of selling rentals for top prospects is officially over.
I wonder if the Indians could be potential trade partners for the Jays. With Kipnis and Alonso sucking, they could use JD and their OF is a mess, so Pillar and Grandy could be options.
Seems like an easy sell
Ross - "JA, we'd love to have you back in the offseason. You're a great fit for our team. In the meantime, we're going to trade you to a contender so you can go chase a world series title. We'll be in touch. All the best man"
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1515625
Article on what catchers think about the 6 mound visits rules. Sounds exactly like the take out slide rule. Initially they all hate it, but now most realize it's not a big deal at all. Mound visits are down 50% this year (yet no catcher said they've been unable to make a mound visit when they really felt it was needed) and game length is down 6 minutes. Seems like a win-win.
The metrics seem odd though. Defensively in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001 he was -10 to -12 defensively (and a 0.4 to 1.4 WAR player). in 1999 he was -40 defensively - which lead to the -2.3 WAR season (his bat was pretty consistent for all 5 years).
I think wRC+ was created because of Dante Bichette. Maybe it was just Coors field in general, but it's about the time the baseball world started to realize that not all counting stats are alike - and that counting stats should not be used in a vacuum to define a good hitter and a bad hitter.