2018-2019 MLB Offseason Thread

[Beau Vine 53964]

Call your shots now...

1.  Where does Harper go?

2.  Where does Machado go?

3.  Where does AJ Pollack go?

4.  Where does Dallas Keuchel go?

5.  Where does Patrick Corbin go?

6.  What does Adrian Beltre do?

Does he get traded because he's a free agent in 2020?

7.  Arenado

8.  Goldschmidt

9.  Bumgarner

10.  Khris Davis

[Beau Vine 53964]

1.  Yankees

2.  Philly

3.  Mets

4.  Mariners

5.  Yankees

6.  1-year contract with Texas

7.  Traded at the end of July

8.  (I literally have no idea if AZ is trying to resign him.)  If he gets traded, I think it's in the offseason to Houston.  I don't think AZ will go into March with him not extended.

9.  SF extends him.

10.  99.9% chance they trade him in the offseason.  Guessing Seattle?

 

Forgot about Donaldson, but fuck him.

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

1-6, 8,and 9 Rangers. 

7 rangers next year after beltre retires. 

10 AL west non rangers

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

I doubt Oakland trades Davis to any AL West team, but stranger things have happened.

Weren't the Cubs listed as one of the top potential destinations for Harper?

[TheFlagship 432]

Harper to Philly, Machado and Corbin to Yankees, Keuchel to Reds, Pollock to Astros

Bumgarner traded to Milwaukee. 

Beltre retires.

Arenado gets extended

 

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

1. Harper to Cubs

2. Machado to Philly

3. Pollack to Indians

4. Keuchel to Angels

5. Corbin to NYY

6. Beltre to TEX/ 1-year

7. Arenado - not traded/COL contends

8. Goldschmidt - traded

9. Bumgarner - not traded (but should be)

10. Davis - not traded/OAK contends

[TheFlagship 432]

 

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

Oh, and beltre will be player/manager for Texas in 2019 before retiring from playing. 

[TheFlagship 432]

Put this in the Louvre

 

[Helobious 9477]

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/those-disastrous-world-series-tv-ratings/

This year’s abysmal World Series ratings even caught Manfred’s attention. 

[Pig Bellmont 8679]

Nats finalizing deal with Trevor Rosenthal. 

[TheFlagship 432]

 

[spystud13 2371]

I’m still trying to figure out who in the flying fuck AJ Pollack is? 

Edited October 31, 2018 by spystud13

[Beau Vine 53964]

58 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

I’m still trying to figure out who in the flying fuck AJ Pollack is? 

It's pronounced PO-lak.

[spystud13 2371]

Quote

The club initially declined Gardner’s $12.5M option, which they had up until midnight to decide upon. They then signed the journeyman to $7.5M for 2019.

Guy has played 11 years for one organization... Journeyman? 

https://www.mlbdailydish.com/platform/amp/2018/10/31/18049916/yankees-brett-gardner-one-year-deal-free-agency

 

[Scraps 13531]

On 10/30/2018 at 9:14 PM, Beau Vine said:

Call your shots now...

1.  Where does Harper go?

2.  Where does Machado go?

3.  Where does AJ Pollack go?

4.  Where does Dallas Keuchel go?

 

 

Flinging shit at the wall 

1. LA Dodgers

2. Cardinals

3. Houston

4. Brewers 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Rangers declined Chirinos’ $2.375M option, that is crazy. That is stupid cheap. 

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

Getting the money right to make  a run at machado and Harper, obviously. 

[BigOrange1 6416]

kershaw back to the dodgers, 3 years/$93 million.

[txhorns 2407]

12 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

kershaw back to the dodgers, 3 years/$93 million.

Him playing anywhere else just wouldn't feel right.

[Captain Obvious 516]

21 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

kershaw back to the dodgers, 3 years/$93 million.

So he basically agreed to a 1-year extension on his current deal?

[BigOrange1 6416]

correct.  i think he's taking a little less over the next couple of years in return for the 3rd year.

[spystud13 2371]

Yep, $28M. 

[spystud13 2371]

Apparently Chirinos’ option would have been $4.5M after incentive escalators kicked in. Still cheap. 

[Sbbruin 21697]

Glad it was only one additional.  Not sure there'll be much in the tank when that expires.  

[spystud13 2371]

 

 

[TheFlagship 432]

35 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

Apparently Chirinos’ option would have been $4.5M after incentive escalators kicked in. Still cheap. 

Gotta save money for Choo..fml

[shnsajax 3589]

It would have been fun to see Kershaw on the open market.

1.  Where does Harper go? Cubs - New tv deal gets even sweeter with him in the fold. 

2.  Where does Machado go? Phillies, then they get Trout 2020

3.  Where does AJ Pollack go? Braves

4.  Where does Dallas Keuchel go? Mariners

5.  Where does Patrick Corbin go? Yankees

6.  What does Adrian Beltre do? Don't really care

Does he get traded because he's a free agent in 2020?

7.  Arenado - No

8.  Goldschmidt - Yes (Twins, Mariners, or Rays)

9.  Bumgarner - Yes and he should be

10.  Khris Davis - No

[TheFlagship 432]

The Harper prediction is bananas

[Beau Vine 53964]

5 hours ago, spystud13 said:

Apparently Chirinos’ option would have been $4.5M after incentive escalators kicked in. Still cheap. 

Any explanation out of the Rangers?  

[spystud13 2371]

Guess they just finally got tired of his defense. 

[UTexasFight 9369]

I’m going to go with PEDs

[shnsajax 3589]

Two years ago tonight my ass was getting drunk as fuck watching the Cubs win the WS.

[DanRydell 799]

It's hard to understand why Kershaw would take that deal, at least from a purely financial standpoint. $28m might be about right for his age 33 season but it's going to be even tougher for him to get a longer-term deal going into his age 34 season. 

[shnsajax 3589]

It's hard to understand why Kershaw would take that deal, at least from a purely financial standpoint. $28m might be about right for his age 33 season but it's going to be even tougher for him to get a longer-term deal going into his age 34 season. 

I thought he could get at least 5 years guaranteed on the FA market and I agree with you. I don’t trust Kershaw or Bum 3 years from now with the amount of mileage they have.

[Zepol87 9163]

Any explanation out of the Rangers?  

JD being JD. Yayy

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

18 hours ago, DanRydell said:

It's hard to understand why Kershaw would take that deal, at least from a purely financial standpoint. $28m might be about right for his age 33 season but it's going to be even tougher for him to get a longer-term deal going into his age 34 season. 

Maybe maximizing his career earnings isn’t his top priority.  

[UTexasFight 9369]

Apparently neither is getting a ring

[DanRydell 799]

5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Maybe maximizing his career earnings isn’t his top priority.  

Hence why I said, "at least from a purely financial standpoint."

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

Yeah I could see Kershaw as a retire-early kind of guy. He broke in at a young age, he is clearly in decline and has had a lot of injury issues (including back stuff). 

[pops 6972]

On 11/2/2018 at 11:39 PM, DanRydell said:

It's hard to understand why Kershaw would take that deal, at least from a purely financial standpoint. $28m might be about right for his age 33 season but it's going to be even tougher for him to get a longer-term deal going into his age 34 season. 

He'll be 33 going on 40.  I think it puts the dodgers financially in a better chance to win a title and that's all he's got left to check off on his list. 

I think he knows he's going to be done by 34 or 35 anyway and I don't think he likes the limelight. Seems to fly way under the radar. 

[shnsajax 3589]

Yeah I could see Kershaw as a retire-early kind of guy. He broke in at a young age, he is clearly in decline and has had a lot of injury issues (including back stuff). 

Yeah, he feels a lot like Felix Hernandez. And Bum is another on that boat.

[spystud13 2371]

 

 

Discuss. 

[spystud13 2371]

This is fucking comical how poorly it’s written. 

 

 

[Mo Horn 8795]

Are you kidding me? How the hell is JD Martinez not a finalist for AL mvp? Absolutely ridiculous. 

[Sbbruin 21697]

On 11/3/2018 at 10:12 PM, UTexasFight said:

Apparently neither is getting a ring

Why you gotta be like dat?

[spystud13 2371]

Shohei, Gleyber, Andujar AL ROY finalists. 

Acuna, Soto, Buehler in the NL. 

 

Edited November 6, 2018 by spystud13

[Beau Vine 53964]

3 hours ago, spystud13 said:

 

 

Discuss. 

Davey Johnson probably deserves in.  They do let in too many managers/execs, so Pinella might get in to.

They'll vote Lee Smith in.  

There are worse players than Will Clark in.  

I think Joe Carter is literally the most overrated player of my lifetime.  

But my greatest fear is a HoF with Kuhn, Selig, and Steinbrenner, but without Marvin Mitchell.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Beau Vine 53964]

The MLBPA  has literally not talked to the owners/commish (by choice) since before the start of the 2018 season.  But the teams and Manfred keep leaking stuff like this to the media for some reason.  

Edited November 6, 2018 by Beau Vine