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Post by domeplease on Feb 9, 2022 13:56:54 GMT -5
Rangers Expected To Explore Matt Olson Deal Post-Lockout...
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Post by kaybli on Feb 9, 2022 14:06:34 GMT -5
Rangers Expected To Explore Matt Olson Deal Post-Lockout...
The Rangers are being annoying this offseason. First, taking Corey Seager and now looking to get Olson.
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Post by inger on Feb 9, 2022 14:31:43 GMT -5
Rangers Expected To Explore Matt Olson Deal Post-Lockout...
The Rangers are being annoying this offseason. First, taking Corey Seager and now looking to get Olson. It’s amazing that these writers keep the rumor mill churning when there is no churner… Headline: THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR… OR EVER!
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 9, 2022 17:25:11 GMT -5
The Rangers are being annoying this offseason. First, taking Corey Seager and now looking to get Olson. It’s amazing that these writers keep the rumor mill churning when there is no churner… Headline: THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR… OR EVER! As Mr. G might say, “Doom and Gloomer!” Actually, with the lockout, I appreciate the writers who love baseball like real fans churning out their thoughts and speculation. It’s really the only attempt to keep MLB relevant day to day, when normally we would be cheering as catchers and pitchers report to Spring Training. Kudos to them all. It would be even more depressing without them.
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Post by domeplease on Feb 9, 2022 20:02:44 GMT -5
Trevor Story Reportedly Not Interested In Position Change
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 9, 2022 20:08:04 GMT -5
Trevor Story Reportedly Not Interested In Position Change
Defensive Runs Saved had Story at +9 last season and +15 in 2020. I do not know enough about Outs Above Average or have seen enough of Story to know if his defense is waning at shortstop or not.
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Post by inger on Feb 9, 2022 20:33:24 GMT -5
Trevor Story Reportedly Not Interested In Position Change
Defensive Runs Saved had Story at +9 last season and +15 in 2020. I do not know enough about Outs Above Average or have seen enough of Story to know if his defense is waning at shortstop or not. That’s Trevor’s story. And he’s sticking to it…
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Post by domeplease on Feb 11, 2022 15:00:26 GMT -5
Post-Lockout Trade Candidates: Impact Players With A Chance To Move
WE like a Tyler Glasnow / SP / Rays TRADE
Glasnow is the most talented name on this list and, when healthy, looked the part of a legitimate ace with Tampa Bay. From 2019-21, Glasnow tallied 206 innings with a 2.80 ERA and fielding-independent marks to match. He punched out a ridiculous 36% of his opponents, walked just 7.8 percent of them and kept the ball on the ground at a 45% clip.
Among the 114 starting pitchers who totaled at least 200 innings in that time, Glasnow ranks tenth in swinging-strike rate and second to only Shane Bieber in his combined percentage of called and swinging strikes. Only Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole had higher strikeout rates.
With that type of profile, two years of team control remaining and a projected $5.8MM salary for the 2022 season, a healthy Glasnow would be a no-brainer for the Rays to keep. Of course, Glasnow is not healthy. He’s likely to miss most, if not all of the upcoming season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last August.
Arb-eligible players who miss an entire season due to injury typically sign on for a repeat of their prior year’s salary, meaning that in 2023 Glasnow will likely pitch on the same salary as 2022. Using that same $5.8MM projection, the Rays would be looking at about $11.6MM for one season of Glasnow, when his workload would need to be monitored coming back from major surgery.
Glasnow’s career-high innings total in the Majors is 2018’s 111 2/3, and his career-high for any professional season is when he reached 155 innings between Triple-A and Pittsburgh combined back in 2017. Realistically, the Rays would probably be thrilled to get 100-120 innings from Glasnow in 2023 — and an $11-12MM price tag on that modest total is rather steep for a team with Tampa Bay’s general payroll concerns.
Other clubs would welcome the opportunity to take that chance, however. We’ve seen two-year pacts for Tommy John rehabbers like Drew Smyly ($10MM with the Cubs), Michael Pineda ($10MM with the Twins) and Garrett Richards ($15.5MM with the Padres)
Glasnow’s price tag is toward the lower end of that spectrum in terms of dollars, but the cost of trading prospects also has to enter into the equation. For an arm of this caliber, however, there are plenty of teams that would take the plunge.
Glasnow, for his part, recently told Chris Rose that he strongly hopes to remain with the Rays (YouTube link). Perhaps there’s a contract to be worked out that could benefit both parties, but Glasnow himself acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding his status and that president of baseball operations Erik Neander will have to listen to some offers if and when other teams come calling.
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 11, 2022 21:46:02 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 11, 2022 21:56:14 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on Feb 11, 2022 23:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by domeplease on Feb 12, 2022 11:51:32 GMT -5
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Someone is LISTENING???
Our near future infield = Initially all three at a total of only $3m a year--Years under control--Better Attitudes & More Excitement--More Production (hard not to given current production #'s)???
GOD: PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. If you do I promise I will agree with Inger more often (well, well, well; maybe...).
...It might not feel like it, but it would be a dream if one of Anthony Volpe, Oswald Peraza and 2021 first-round pick Trey Sweeney turns out to be a future Yankees star.
The Yankees know this too, we think. So it can’t be true that they’re actively planning to field a future infield of Volpe at second, Peraza at short, and Sweeney at third, right?
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Post by inger on Feb 12, 2022 12:22:07 GMT -5
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Someone is LISTENING???
Our near future infield = Initially all three at a total of only $3m a year--Years under control--Better Attitudes & More Excitement--More Production (hard not to given current production #'s)???
GOD: PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. If you do I promise I will agree with Inger more often (well, well, well; maybe...).
...It might not feel like it, but it would be a dream if one of Anthony Volpe, Oswald Peraza and 2021 first-round pick Trey Sweeney turns out to be a future Yankees star.
The Yankees know this too, we think. So it can’t be true that they’re actively planning to field a future infield of Volpe at second, Peraza at short, and Sweeney at third, right?
I think it could be true that this is the PLAN. But we know plans fall through. You think they planned on the the big four? Of course they did. I’m sure it was a bit of a surprise when it happened… maybe we’re due for another one? …
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 12, 2022 13:51:10 GMT -5
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Someone is LISTENING???
Our near future infield = Initially all three at a total of only $3m a year--Years under control--Better Attitudes & More Excitement--More Production (hard not to given current production #'s)???
GOD: PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. If you do I promise I will agree with Inger more often (well, well, well; maybe...).
...It might not feel like it, but it would be a dream if one of Anthony Volpe, Oswald Peraza and 2021 first-round pick Trey Sweeney turns out to be a future Yankees star.
The Yankees know this too, we think. So it can’t be true that they’re actively planning to field a future infield of Volpe at second, Peraza at short, and Sweeney at third, right?
I think it could be true that this is the PLAN. But we know plans fall through. You think they planned on the the big four? Of course they did. I’m sure it was a bit of a surprise when it happened… maybe we’re due for another one? … When Derek Jeter struggled in Spring Training of 1996, some in the Yankees’ brain trust considered trading him for Felix Fermin. Wouldn’t that have been another No No Nannette decision in reverse…
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Post by domeplease on Feb 13, 2022 14:48:22 GMT -5
MLB rumors: Rays open to trading Austin Meadows; Mariners haven't approached Mitch Haniger about an extension.
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