MLB Offseason Moves/Rumor Thread

[ThisIsBirdland]

With the Winter Meetings wrapped up, a few posters have mentioned starting a new overall MLB Offseason thread.

[ThisIsBirdland]

This seems newsy...

[RZNJ]

Blue Jays being used to get LA’s offer up as high as possible.

[Sports Guy]

 

[clapdiddy]

Wow...with the AL East adding Soto and now possibly Ohtani...it's going to be tough to repeat without making some improvements. 

[CaptainRedbeard]

5 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Wow...with the AL East adding Soto and now possibly Ohtani...it's going to be tough to repeat without making some improvements. 

Don’t worry, we are going to get the best starting pitcher that a 1 yr 13 million deal can buy. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, CaptainRedbeard said:

Don’t worry, we are going to get the best starting pitcher that a 1 yr 13 million deal can buy. 

Hey now, they might go into the playbook for the trade the fourth best middle infield prospect move.

[btdart20]

8 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Wow...with the AL East adding Soto and now possibly Ohtani...it's going to be tough to repeat without making some improvements. 

AL East is scared of us!

[RZNJ]

11 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Wow...with the AL East adding Soto and now possibly Ohtani...it's going to be tough to repeat without making some improvements. 

Assuming Ohtani becomes a Jay.  DH only and still recovering from TJ surgery.  It took Harper awhile to get back 100%.  They lost Chapman and Kiermaer.    Ohtani certainly helps but it hardly makes them a lock.  

[Sports Guy]

12 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Wow...with the AL East adding Soto and now possibly Ohtani...it's going to be tough to repeat without making some improvements. 

Nah..everything is perfect. Didn’t you know that?  We won’t 100 games last year, so obviously we will do it again!

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, RZNJ said:

Assuming Ohtani becomes a Jay.  DH only and still recovering from TJ surgery.  It took Harper awhile to get back 100%.  They lost Chapman and Kiermaer.    Ohtani certainly helps but it hardly makes them a lock.  

Of course they aren't a lock, the Yankees added Soto and are in big on Yamamoto!

[RZNJ]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Of course they aren't a lock, the Yankees added Soto and are in big on Yamamoto!

It’s more fun being the underdog anyway. Lol

[CaptainRedbeard]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Hey now, they might go into the playbook for the trade the fourth best middle infield prospect move.

Don’t worry, we’re going to get the best starting pitcher that Connor Norby and (maybe) Kyle Stowers can buy. 

[interloper]

I refuse to believe that Ohtani actually chooses the Jays. It's one of the hardest paths to postseason in the sport. Just hop across the aisle from Anaheim to LA, and you're instantly in the playoffs, like there's a near-100% chance. Seems like a no brainer decision to me, but I guess we'll see. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by interloper

[interloper]

39 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

 

My question is why would Ohtani even be in Anaheim? Does he actually live there? Didn't Cohen visit him in Japan?