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GalacticAcid posted:I am surprised hand cleared waivers, as this report indicates
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Sucks for Carlos Santana, he’s been legit good but his option was something crazy like $19 mil that Cleveland just had no chance of picking up. Pretty sure the all-waived/option declined team could win 60 or 70 games at this point.
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Bregor posted:Sucks for Carlos Santana, he’s been legit good but his option was something crazy like $19 mil that Cleveland just had no chance of picking up. He's a switch hitter who has always had well-above-average OBPs and 2020 was his first time with a sub-100 wRC+ and even though he's 34 I'd normally think he'll be fine but this year who the gently caress knows.
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Is the league going to give every player the same lowball offer on the same day or did they fix their collusion algorithm and stagger them over a period of weeks?
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https://twitter.com/JSalisburyNBCS/status/1322248170752167938 Wait so how is Nerris still elligable for arb if the Phillies declined his option? If you sign an extension that has an option that overlaps with your final year of arb, declining that option puts you into arb instead of just making you an FA? If so that's loving bullshit.
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Sydin posted:Hand clearing waivers is a *really* bad sign for FA's this offseason.
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Sydin posted:https://twitter.com/JSalisburyNBCS/status/1322248170752167938 If you sign a multi-year contract that only covers arb years, it is by definition not an extension as it doesn't extend your time with the team. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Oct 31, 2020 |
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https://twitter.com/MLBBruceLevine/status/1322316240036220928?s=20 in case anyone is interested this pitcher does not throw to first, not a lot of people know that, joe thanks for the world series though
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R.D. Mangles posted:https://twitter.com/MLBBruceLevine/status/1322316240036220928?s=20 There was no way they were picking up that option, not with Lester's decline; he's a #3 starter at best at this point. They're going to offer him a $10 million "we tried" one-year deal and then watch him walk to, like, Atlanta or Miami while they trot out a rotation of Hendricks / Darvish / Mills / Adzolay / and, I don't know, Gio Gonzalez or some poo poo FA pickup. Timby fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Oct 31, 2020 |
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Florida's a good place for old guys I hear. So is arizona. Really he helped bring a ring to the cubs so he's cool. That walk off bunt was his greatest accomplishment as a cub.
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Mustached Demon posted:Florida's a good place for old guys I hear. So is arizona. Lester lives in Atlanta and has made it clear he'd like to be closer to home. The Cubs aren't going to spend poo poo this year and Epstein has made it clear he's walking and transitioning the team over to Hoyer so they'll happily trot out a poo poo rotation and let Lester go back to the southeast.
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To keep Cubsposting, they were talking about trading Willson to save some money. He really improved his framing this year, and with his bat and arm I think he might be one of the more valuable Cubs.
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R.D. Mangles posted:To keep Cubsposting, they were talking about trading Willson to save some money. He really improved his framing this year, and with his bat and arm I think he might be one of the more valuable Cubs. Contreras was known to be on the trading block last offseason (and Bryant was very nearly shipped to the Phillies at the same time), but I imagine the Cubs are going to hold onto him because there's a non-zero chance that Bryant is traded, Rizzo walks and they need Bote and Caratini to take over third and first base full-time. Contreras has also, as you said, really improved as a receiver; a few years ago, Lester and I think Darvish absolutely refused to have him catch them and they were perfectly comfortable with him this year.
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Timby posted:Contreras was known to be on the trading block last offseason (and Bryant was very nearly shipped to the Phillies at the same time), but I imagine the Cubs are going to hold onto him because there's a non-zero chance that Bryant is traded, Rizzo walks and they need Bote and Caratini to take over third and first base full-time. Contreras has also, as you said, really improved as a receiver; a few years ago, Lester and I think Darvish absolutely refused to have him catch them and they were perfectly comfortable with him this year. i'm pretty sure Caratini caught all of Yu's starts. e: full-time first baseman Victor Caratini is so insane that even I can't fathom it.
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Timby posted:Lester lives in Atlanta and has made it clear he'd like to be closer to home. The Cubs aren't going to spend poo poo this year and Epstein has made it clear he's walking and transitioning the team over to Hoyer so they'll happily trot out a poo poo rotation and let Lester go back to the southeast. That's a he could retire comment. Could call it here and not dissolve into garbage.
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I missed Sogard becoming a free agent https://twitter.com/mlbpa_news/status/1322340690014179329?s=21
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R.D. Mangles posted:e: full-time first baseman Victor Caratini is so insane that even I can't fathom it. Ross loving loves Caratini. It's not outside the realm of possibility. I still think Rizzo stays because he's the Cubs' biggest PR personality, but I really think it's possible that he goes and we get Caratini booting routine grounders all year.
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GalacticAcid posted:Rizzo will be reunited with Maddon in Anaheim mlbtraderumors has the Cubs picking up Rizzo's option, which would be great for us fans.
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bawfuls posted:There were some pretty strong signals that he was clubhouse cancer in Cleveland, based on what people said when he left. He literally announced he was restoring all team personnel salaries to the pre Wilpons covid cuts levels and starting a fund for seasonal ballpark staff.
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bees x1000 posted:I don't know GMs, I don't know who's good and/or available. What's the best the Angels could do here? If they want candidates with GM experience, Dombrowski or Huntington would fit the bill. Personally I’d love to see what Huntington could do with the Angels’ resources though I would be surprised if they hired him. There’s also Luhnow of course. My guess is it’ll be somebody currently in a low profile role in player development or an assistant GM. https://twitter.com/byrobertmurray/status/1321984353690361857?s=21
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davecrazy posted:He literally announced he was restoring all team personnel salaries to the pre Wilpons covid cuts levels and starting a fund for seasonal ballpark staff. The difference was like 7 million total, which is pennies compared to the free PR they could spin it for
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Just got around to reading Passan's article about the TLR hire. I had no idea he actually hired his veterinarian to be the director of the analytics dept in Arizona, lmao.
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Sydin posted:pick up Rizzo's. 
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davecrazy posted:He literally announced he was restoring all team personnel salaries to the pre Wilpons covid cuts levels and starting a fund for seasonal ballpark staff. Lmfao look how easy it was for them to get you wow
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