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3 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Well with Hernaiz that’s always the question with the service clock game, will it even matter?  For a poor team like the A’s the clock game is worth it. 

Do they have to pay JD Davis anything over the minimum since he was released?  If so, is this a MLB situation telling them to spend some money?  

It wasn't a guaranteed contract so I think he just pockets the fraction and goes on his way.

I do think the league leans on teams with very low payroll to spend money on these types of contracts.

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The Marlins are starting to look like the Rays with pitching injuries they had last year.  They have 4 or 5 starters who will not be ready by opening day and maybe lot longer for some.  The amount of injures to pitchers in general is becoming a bit concerning around the league.  You have to wonder what the cause of this is and what ramifications might arise from so many starters injured when they are already trying to limit innings on guys.  Are there more injuries or did guys just pitch through them in the past.  Now it seems to be better to just say your injured and sit out time then pitch slightly injured and hurt your performance.  

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On 3/16/2024 at 8:27 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

Astros are in “strong pursuit” of Snell according to MLBTR  

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/astros-in-serious-pursuit-of-blake-snell.html

This is great that he’s not going to the Yankees, but not so great considering that the betting favorite on Draftkinfs for the ALCS is HOU over BAL. 

The market should be heating up for the last few guys.  Well at least that is what the sources have been saying for 2-3 months now.  The MLB free agency is the biggest joke in any sport yet the players seem to have no interest in trying to fix it.  
i am not sure how i would feel as a player about a guy that holds out all off season then comes in late in spring training or maybe even early in season to play for us.  I guess if he pitches well great but you better come in pitching well and not hurting team because you are not fully ready to go.   If Snell comes in giving you 3-4 innings mid April he is hurting the entire team and bullpen.  

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30 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

The Marlins are starting to look like the Rays with pitching injuries they had last year.  They have 4 or 5 starters who will not be ready by opening day and maybe lot longer for some.  The amount of injures to pitchers in general is becoming a bit concerning around the league.  You have to wonder what the cause of this is and what ramifications might arise from so many starters injured when they are already trying to limit innings on guys.  Are there more injuries or did guys just pitch through them in the past.  Now it seems to be better to just say your injured and sit out time then pitch slightly injured and hurt your performance.  

I wonder if limiting injuries is inadvertently causing it. Guys know they only have to throw five innings so they throw harder and don't pace themselves 

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1 minute ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

I wonder if limiting injuries is inadvertently causing it. Guys know they only have to throw five innings so they throw harder and don't pace themselves 

Also saw a study that implied the pitch clock might be causing some injuries. We shall see.

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8 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

It just dawned on me that those high profile names the Pardres acquired in 2022 are all gone off the team right now. Plus Snell. 

Just goes to show that real life isn’t fantasy baseball.

Please Bob Melvin write a tell all memoir of the 2023 Padres.

I would pay like tens of dollars to sit down for a nice dinner with Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Joe Musgrove, Manny Machado, Yu Darvish, Blake Snell and Fernando Tatis and just watch the interpersonal dynamics.

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7 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

Please Bob Melvin write a tell all memoir of the 2023 Padres.

I would pay like tens of dollars to sit down for a nice dinner with Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Joe Musgrove, Manny Machado, Yu Darvish, Blake Snell and Fernando Tatis and just watch the interpersonal dynamics.

The Untold Story of Free Agent Frenzy. It takes a village to win a championship. The team that plays together - - - -

I like our guys!

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Just now, DirtyBird said:

We coulda done that

Agreed.

I do wonder if even if he had a higher budget, would Elias be opposed to the opt-out model that’s currently popular? Or would he try to bring such a player in on a 1-year deal with a higher AAV. Pretty high risk/capped reward to do these opt out deals IMO. 

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13 minutes ago, ThisIsBirdland said:

Snell to Giants. 2/$62m with an opt out.

Boras takes one on the chin.   62M guaranteed is pretty good if he blows is arm out but it's not 150M+ good.

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