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Post by acuraman on Dec 2, 2022 23:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 2, 2022 23:53:19 GMT -5
Pitching market has been crazy so far. Rondon and his agent have to be smiling like a butcher's dog right now. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 3, 2022 7:54:05 GMT -5
Texas lands deGrom but that's a whole lot of money for a guy that spends a whole lot of time on the injured list. They get 600 innings stretched out over five years. They remain the same old Rangers for a long, long time. DeGrom gets to continue to be a .500 pitcher no matter how well he pitches. He’ll be a great trivia answer some day… DeGrom has averaged 75 IP per year the last three years. Granted one of them was the short-season. He's constantly injured and has received criminally poor run support throughout his career. Still, you can make a plausible case that on an inning by inning basis, he's as good as any major league starting pitcher who ever pitched. For adjusted ERA+ among starting pitchers, only Clayton Kershaw nudges him out for first place at 157 to 155. His career WHIP of 0.998 is also second all-time, behind only deadball era pitcher Addie Joss, who had an insane 0.968. More needs to be written on that guy, who also had a shortened career. For sure, even though he is breath-takingly good to watch, he can't be ranked at the Walter Johnson -- Lefty Grove --Tom Seaver -- Greg Maddux -- Pedro Martinez or even Justin Verlander level because he just hasn't pitched enough and never will. I still think he's HOF even based on his short body of work because his numbers are just stratospheric. I guess Texas is hoping they can squeeze one or two almost complete seasons out of him. They seem to have that Angels knack for throwing around lots of dough for big names and still coming up short. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 3, 2022 10:00:02 GMT -5
They get 600 innings stretched out over five years. They remain the same old Rangers for a long, long time. DeGrom gets to continue to be a .500 pitcher no matter how well he pitches. He’ll be a great trivia answer some day… DeGrom has averaged 75 IP per year the last three years. Granted one of them was the short-season. He's constantly injured and has received criminally poor run support throughout his career. Still, you can make a plausible case that on an inning by inning basis, he's as good as any major league starting pitcher who ever pitched. For adjusted ERA+ among starting pitchers, only Clayton Kershaw nudges him out for first place at 157 to 155. His career WHIP of 0.998 is also second all-time, behind only deadball era pitcher Addie Joss, who had an insane 0.968. More needs to be written on that guy, who also had a shortened career. For sure, even though he is breath-takingly good to watch, he can't be ranked at the Walter Johnson -- Lefty Grove --Tom Seaver -- Greg Maddux -- Pedro Martinez or even Justin Verlander level because he just hasn't pitched enough and never will. I still think he's HOF even based on his short body of work because his numbers are just stratospheric. I guess Texas is hoping they can squeeze one or two almost complete seasons out of him. They seem to have that Angels knack for throwing around lots of dough for big names and still coming up short. Spot on, Pipps. No one else is as consistently dominant when healthy. DeGrom's just never consistently healthy. Big dice roll by the Rangers. |
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Post by kaybli on Dec 3, 2022 10:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Dec 3, 2022 13:41:52 GMT -5
DeGrom has averaged 75 IP per year the last three years. Granted one of them was the short-season. He's constantly injured and has received criminally poor run support throughout his career. Still, you can make a plausible case that on an inning by inning basis, he's as good as any major league starting pitcher who ever pitched. For adjusted ERA+ among starting pitchers, only Clayton Kershaw nudges him out for first place at 157 to 155. His career WHIP of 0.998 is also second all-time, behind only deadball era pitcher Addie Joss, who had an insane 0.968. More needs to be written on that guy, who also had a shortened career. For sure, even though he is breath-takingly good to watch, he can't be ranked at the Walter Johnson -- Lefty Grove --Tom Seaver -- Greg Maddux -- Pedro Martinez or even Justin Verlander level because he just hasn't pitched enough and never will. I still think he's HOF even based on his short body of work because his numbers are just stratospheric. I guess Texas is hoping they can squeeze one or two almost complete seasons out of him. They seem to have that Angels knack for throwing around lots of dough for big names and still coming up short. Spot on, Pipps. No one else is as consistently dominant when healthy. DeGrom's just never consistently healthy. Big dice roll by the Rangers. Giving a guy like that too money for 5 years seems so foolhardy… |
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Post by domeplease on Dec 3, 2022 13:52:50 GMT -5
Spot on, Pipps. No one else is as consistently dominant when healthy. DeGrom's just never consistently healthy. Big dice roll by the Rangers. Giving a guy like that too money for 5 years seems so foolhardy… AGREED = Like giving JUDGE a 7-10 Contract???!!! Go figure...
Texas gets better and we still have Donaldson, Hicks, Torres...I am now searching for Yanks don't make and/or win 2023 WS with my friends = just waiting a bit until I can get better odds = will happen soon.
Mets reportedly one of 'many' teams in on Yankees free agent after losing deGrom
So, New York has reportedly gotten to work on potential replacements, targeting high-end free agents like Justin Verlander and Carlos Rodon, but they also reportedly have interest in a former Yankee.
Bryan Reynolds Requests Trade From Pirates.
MLB rumors: Mets, Yankees eyeing top free agent starting pitchers; Brewers plan to keep aces.
Yankees potential trade target: David Bednar
...Andres Chaparro, NYY (23): The Yankees infield depth likely led them to leave Chaparro unprotected. He’s coming off an impressive performance at Double-A including a .289/.369/.594 line with 19 home runs in 271 plate appearances. The main knock against him is a lack of durability. He’s a corner infielder by trade.
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Post by acuraman on Dec 3, 2022 14:16:30 GMT -5
Yankees should be involved and have interest.
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Post by inger on Dec 3, 2022 16:54:50 GMT -5
Yankees should be involved and have interest. I was all horny for us to get him last year… He’d be a nice LF upgrade… |
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Post by kaybli on Dec 3, 2022 17:07:01 GMT -5
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, third baseman Josh Donaldson and outfielder Aaron Hicks are both on the trading block. Furthermore, the Yankees are ready to move both so much that they’d be willing to include money in a potential deal and maybe even take on another “inflated” contract.
For context, Hicks has three years and less than $30 million left on his contract and Donaldson has one year and $21 million on his, plus a $6 million option. Both players combined for a paltry 3.1 fWAR in 2022.
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 3, 2022 17:14:53 GMT -5
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, third baseman Josh Donaldson and outfielder Aaron Hicks are both on the trading block. Furthermore, the Yankees are ready to move both so much that they’d be willing to include money in a potential deal and maybe even take on another “inflated” contract. For context, Hicks has three years and less than $30 million left on his contract and Donaldson has one year and $21 million on his, plus a $6 million option. Both players combined for a paltry 3.1 fWAR in 2022. So Cashman is trying to trade away financial mistakes made by Cashman. This organization has become a sad mess. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 3, 2022 17:23:29 GMT -5
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, third baseman Josh Donaldson and outfielder Aaron Hicks are both on the trading block. Furthermore, the Yankees are ready to move both so much that they’d be willing to include money in a potential deal and maybe even take on another “inflated” contract. For context, Hicks has three years and less than $30 million left on his contract and Donaldson has one year and $21 million on his, plus a $6 million option. Both players combined for a paltry 3.1 fWAR in 2022. Though I am all for getting rid of them both, I hope eating over 50 million for two players not to play will not influence their off-season decisions regarding Judge et al. |
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Post by domeplease on Dec 4, 2022 18:13:50 GMT -5
WE should re-sign Benintendi for 4-years $54m--he is a lefty; under 30-years old; can play both LF & CF. He is much better than Hicks.
Astros Interested In Andrew Benintendi
By Mark Polishuk | December 4, 2022 at 3:54pm CDT
Left field is something of a question mark for the Astros, but the team might be looking to fill the position with a former Gold Glover. Houston has had some discussions with free agent Andrew Benintendi, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports.
With Jose Abreu already acquired and Rafael Montero re-signed, adding Benintendi would be the Astros’ latest step towards fortifying their roster for another World Series bid. The team was already known to be looking for a left-handed hitting corner outfielder, to add both a bit more balance to a mostly right-handed lineup, and to provide more assurance in left field. Should an everyday player like Benintendi be signed, Jake Meyers would likely split time with Chas McCormick in center field, while Yordan Alvarez might see the occasional game in left field but would continue to primarily work as the designated hitter.
Benintendi wouldn’t come cheap, as MLBTR projects the 28-year-old to land a four-year, $54MM deal. This price point factors in Benintendi’s relatively young age as he enters the free agent market, as well as a skillset that makes him a pretty safe bet to be a productive (if not necessarily a star) player going forward.
Being “only” a productive player seems like a respectable middle ground for Benintendi, who looked like a potential superstar early in his career with the Red Sox but then almost like a lost cause in the wake of a brutal 2020 season. Benintendi rebounded with solid showings with the Royals and Yankees the last two seasons, moving to New York at the trade deadline before his season was ended by hamate bone surgery in early September.
This isn’t to say that Bentenindi might not yet have another breakout ahead of him, especially if he can turn around his drastic power dropoff in 2022. Even without much pop, Benintendi still had a 122 wRC+ and a .304/.373/.399 slash line over 521 plate appearances last season. A .352 BABIP aided that production, but Benintendi did an excellent job of taking walks, avoiding strikeouts, and putting the ball in play. Combining that offensive profile with above-average defense and solid baserunning made for a 2.8 fWAR season for Benintendi in 2022, the second-highest fWAR total of his seven MLB seasons.
The Astros have just under $198MM in luxury tax commitments for 2023, so if Benintendi was signed to something in the range of that projected $13.5MM average annual value, Houston would still have plenty of room under the $233MM tax threshold to make further moves. Owner Jim Crane recently said that the Astros “certainly have the ability to go at or over” the threshold, and spending on multiple players (Abreu, and perhaps at least one of Benintendi or Willson Contreras) might be more of a preferable strategy than splurging on a short-term, high-AAV deal on Justin Verlander.
The Philadelphia Phillies are openly after one of the four star shortstops on the market, but they may have some tough competition with the Padres.
The Philadelphia Phillies are pushing hard to land one of the four star shortstops on the market, reportedly meeting with each one of them and being most heavily linked to Trea Turner and Xander Bogaerts. There are, unsurprisingly, many eyes on each. However, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the San Diego Padres may be the Phillies' biggest threat in signing Turner.
The Padres are interesting contenders for landing Turner because they already have two high-paid shortstops, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ha-Seong Kim.
Tatis himself may be considered just as big of a star as some of the free agents on the market, and Kim filled in extremely well over the 2022 season when Tatis was out due to injury and suspension, so not many would think the Padres would focus on signing another shortstop. There's no dire need.
However, they do need to improve overall to be competitive with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and what better way than signing over a player from the Dodgers?
Despite having two shortstops, the Padres could benefit from Trea Turner
If the Padres sign Turner, the roster is bound to look completely different. The most likely moves that would result seem to be Turner to shortstop, Kim to second base, and Tatis to the outfield. The outfield certainly needs improvement as Jurickson Profar opted out of his contract and is now on the free agency market, so his return doesn't seem promising.
That leaves Juan Soto and Trent Grisham as the two regular outfield starters left, and Tatis would certainly be a good fill for the remaining spot. Signing Turner would fill the hole that would've been left in moving Tatis, and San Diego will increase their overall defense in the process.
They're starting to load the roster with stars, similar to what the Dodgers have been doing over the past few years. If they land Turner and utilize him correctly, they could be a serious threat in the NL West.
However, it was almost unpredictable that the Phillies would be fighting the Padres for the star.
Athletics Moving Closer To Sean Murphy Trade; Braves “Considered The Frontrunners”.
Red Sox Haven’t Made “A Competitive Offer” To Xander Bogaerts.
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Post by acuraman on Dec 4, 2022 18:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by acuraman on Dec 4, 2022 18:46:58 GMT -5
BREAKING: According to sources in San Diego at the MLB Winter Meetings. Brian Cashman has locked himself in a bathroom and won't come out until Aaron Judge re-signs with the Yankees.
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