Offseason Rumors and Deals Around MLB

[DrungoHazewood]

So what happened to him last season? Still ended up with a 4.19 ERA, but mostly bullpen the last handful of appearances. And is that $22 AAV or total? If it's total, I'm all over that.

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His fastball declined to the point where he's not a good pitcher anymore? Fangraphs data says he sits at 86 now. That's like 1984 Scott McGregor velocity.

[weams]

His peripherals were not good last year and he lost some velocity on his fastball. I would rather give that money to Matt Latos.

Wasn't it 6 mph and he was demoted to the bullpen as long relief?

[weams]

His fastball declined to the point where he's not a good pitcher anymore? Fangraphs data says he sits at 86 now. That's like 1984 Scott McGregor velocity.

Yeah. This.

[weams]

Hard to bounce back from 86.

Unless you see a "guru" like Colon and Kazmir did.

Colon made no attempt to disguise how he regenerated.

[xian4]

Nice way to start a relationship

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">chapman filed at 13.1M, yanks at 9M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[Can_of_corn]

Nice way to start a relationship

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">chapman filed at 13.1M, yanks at 9M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Preview for Britton's future hearings.

[Palmoripken]

Preview for Britton's future hearings.

When is he a FA? I love Britton but no way do I want a closer not named Rivera making that kind of money.

[MurphDogg]

Nice way to start a relationship

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">chapman filed at 13.1M, yanks at 9M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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I think this is a record. The largest arbitration filing spread I could find was Justin Masterson at $3.7 million in 2014. Steve Pearce was the largest last year.

[Can_of_corn]

When is he a FA? I love Britton but no way do I want a closer not named Rivera making that kind of money.

Britton is a super 2, so the O's have two more chances for arbitration after this one.

[Palmoripken]

Britton is a super 2, so the O's have two more chances for arbitration after this one.

Gotcha, thanks.

[MurphDogg]

I think this is a record. The largest arbitration filing spread I could find was Justin Masterson at $3.7 million in 2014. Steve Pearce was the largest last year.

So much for that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Jake Arrieta filed at $13M and the Cubs at $7.5M. By far the biggest gap this offseason.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[24fps]

So much for that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Jake Arrieta filed at $13M and the Cubs at $7.5M. By far the biggest gap this offseason.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Extension time.

[Crazysilver03]

So much for that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Jake Arrieta filed at $13M and the Cubs at $7.5M. By far the biggest gap this offseason.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="

">January 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Yeah that's crazy. Almost want to see that go to arbitration.

[weams]

Extension time.

He's a Boras client. And a future Yankee.

[Can_of_corn]

He's a Boras client. And a future Yankee.

Why pitch for the Yankees when you can take the Dodgers' money and stay in the NL?