Slow Offseason around MLB

[Larry18]

27 minutes ago, esmd said:

I knew it was only a matter of time before the C word came up...

Clark? 

[Il BuonO]

Duensing signs again with Cubbies for an affordable $7m over two years. Are the Orioles even looking for a LHR or is Hart the default option?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/01/cubs-to-re-sign-brian-duensing.html

[Il BuonO]

Mods, can we merge this thread with the one in MLB?

[backwardsk]

15 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

Pretty interesting.

This article is a good read.  It makes me rethink what Harper and Manny may get next year.

[Number5]

7 hours ago, Larry18 said:

I thought it was Martinez when I read the story. However, Jake fits the bill as well.

Rafael Palmeiro. 

[Can_of_corn]

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/1/17/16900966/baseball-free-agency-mlb-slow-offseason

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This isn’t where it ends, though. Rich teams can also worship at the church of the young player. The Yankees can afford Giancarlo Stanton and stay under the competitive-balance tax threshold because of their young players. The Dodgers can squeak under the threshold this year because of their young players, even though they spent $194 million to keep their own free agents last year. Cody Bellinger is basically paying rent to Justin Turner, who keeps raising it.

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Why would they spend on Jake Arrieta now when they don’t know what they’ll need in 2019 or 2020, when their top-ranked farm system is spitting out talent? Better to trade for Arrieta in two years if he’s still good.

 

[Can_of_corn]

You know the answer to this problem is simple.

Just go back to letting the players use Steroids, HGH and Greenies.  All of those free agents will still be productive at 35.

[Il BuonO]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

You know the answer to this problem is simple.

Just go back to letting the players use Steroids, HGH and Greenies.  All of those free agents will still be productive at 35.

If everyone is doing it, it’s not cheating?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Il BuonO said:

If everyone is doing it, it’s not cheating?

It's not cheating if they allow it.

[Frobby]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22136083/do-best-free-agent-deals-come-teams-wait

[El Gordo]

My bet it's a Boras client and most likely Jake.

[backwardsk]

Detroit and SF finished in last place.  Flip a coin and disband one (Detroit).  Your 30th team is now this

1B Hosmer 

2B N. Walker

SS Escobar

3B Frazier

RF Gonzalez

CF Cain

LF M Cabrera

DH Martinez

C Lucroy

Bench: Avila, Reyes, Moustakas, Jay

Rotation: Arietta, Darvish, Cobb, Lynn, Cashner

Pen: Holland, Liriano, Albers, Watson, Clippard, Cahill, Hernandez 

How many games does that team win?

[davearm]

3 hours ago, backwardsk said:

Detroit and SF finished in last place.  Flip a coin and disband one (Detroit).  Your 30th team is now this

1B Hosmer 

2B N. Walker

SS Escobar

3B Frazier

RF Gonzalez

CF Cain

LF M Cabrera

DH Martinez

C Lucroy

Bench: Avila, Reyes, Moustakas, Jay

Rotation: Arietta, Darvish, Cobb, Lynn, Cashner

Pen: Holland, Liriano, Albers, Watson, Clippard, Cahill, Hernandez 

How many games does that team win?

You don't even need to disband Detroit.  Fangraphs already has the All-FA team as the best team in baseball.

Fangraphs WAR by Team

[backwardsk]

7 hours ago, davearm said:

You don't even need to disband Detroit.  Fangraphs already has the All-FA team as the best team in baseball.

Fangraphs WAR by Team

You need to get rid of a team for the FA team to fit in the schedule.  You can't have 31 teams.

[Redskins Rick]

I love this quote by Buck on 105.7 yesterday and Roch put it out on MASN:

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Showalter said he isn’t worried about the pace of the offseason. He’s gotten used to it.

“I think a lot of people are having short memories,” he said. “It doesn’t always proceed at the pace that you want it to be. We all want to know about something before it happens. ‘I want to know exactly who our team is. Who’s going to play here? Who’s going to pitch here?’ The game doesn’t always cooperate or work that way.

“You can do a lot of things in November, December that you’re going to regret. There’s a lot of things going on and we’re prepared for it. I think the final product is something we’re going to be proud of.”

People have short memories. AMEN to that Buck!!!!