Offseason Rumors and Deals Around MLB

[Can_of_corn]

Or. Maybe he just wants to make certain he never has to do back in shame, A eight year MLB career at substantial money.

Moving to a five man rotation doesn't seem to do their arms much good.

[Chavez Ravine]

Or. Maybe he just wants to make certain he never has to do back in shame, A eight year MLB career at substantial money.

Yeah, like most deals with professionals negotiating on both sides it is a win-win. Add in the posting fee and the deal isn't that deep into the bargain bin. The value (for the Dodgers) comes comes mostly from being outside the arbitration structure.

[theobird]

If we can get Alex Wood in trade, that should be explored. I have no idea if Brach would get it done, but the 24 year old Lefty would be a nice get.

[Roll Tide]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Report: Kenta Maeda’s contract is for eight years and $24 million with plenty of*incentives <a href="https://t.co/7EkVpFTKbJ">https://t.co/7EkVpFTKbJ</a></p>— HardballTalk (@HardballTalk) <a href="

">January 2, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Wow ...talk about missing out on a good deal.

[weams]

Devils advocate here. Dodgers have invested 44M in Maeda before he throws a pitch. The contract becomes better the longer he stays healthy.

What if he is Yoon. Or Wada? And not Chen.

[Prayin4Reign]

What if he is Yoon. Or Nada? And not Chen.

Sorry had to correct that Weams!

[Rene88]

What if he is Yoon. Or Wada? And not Chen.

They are the Dodgers, this amount of money is peanuts. No big deal if he is Yoon to them. Frankly, it isn't that much of a gamble period given the price of starting pitching.

[ReclaimTheCrown]

What if he is Yoon. Or Wada? And not Chen.

Of course there are no sure things, but comparing Maeda and Yoon's track records seems to be a bit unfair. With the caveat that I know virtually nothing about the respective quality of these leagues, Maeda hasn't posted north of a 2.60 since 2009 in the Japanese league, while Yoon didn't have nearly the success in KBO. Again, not sure if we're apples to apples here, but Yoon's numbers were far from eye popping.

Seems like pretty manageable risk, especially for a team with deep pockets like LAD.

[weams]

Of course there are no sure things, but comparing Maeda and Yoon's track records seems to be a bit unfair. With the caveat that I know virtually nothing about the respective quality of these leagues, Maeda hasn't posted north of a 2.60 since 2009 in the Japanese league, while Yoon didn't have nearly the success in KBO. Again, not sure if we're apples to apples here, but Yoon's numbers were far from eye popping.

Seems like pretty manageable risk, especially for a team with deep pockets like LAD.

Especially for a team with very deep pockets. It does.

[Tx Oriole]

Devils advocate here. Dodgers have invested 44M in Maeda before he throws a pitch. The contract becomes better the longer he stays healthy.

They also got Kazmir I believe.

[25 Nuggets]

They also got Kazmir I believe.

Yup. Current Projected rotation:

1) Kershaw (L)

2) Maeda ®

3) Kazmir (L)

4) Anderson (L)

5) Wood (L)

...with Ryu and McCarthy coming back from injury at some point. I'd ask about Wood.

[DrungoHazewood]

What if he is Yoon. Or Wada? And not Chen.

Isn't that why they employ scouts?

[xian4]

And we're off ...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source: Doug Fister said to have offers of 1 and 2 years from multiple teams.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

">January 4, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[xian4]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Orioles continue to be engaged with free agents. Looks like they will again do a lot of their offseason work post-holidays.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

">January 4, 2016</a></blockquote>

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But which ones ....

[weams]

Isn't that why they employ scouts?

Evidently the Scouts are not always right on the thing. The Yankees had several failed players from international leagues.