2024 MLB Thread + Hot Stove Off Season
I am not a fan of it happening but that type of contract structure probably does bring the Dodgers into the mix, potentially validating recent rumors of interest.
I think it would open a lot of teams to acquire him........Red Sox.
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Anyone who even just plays fantasy baseball learns pretty quickly that nothing is more volatile and unpredictable than starting pitching.
I think I posted the top 10 highest paid pitchers somewhere earlier in the thread and something like 3 of them were 'worth it'...and now Cole is injured.
Have a draft tonight... pitching is basically flipping a coin.
It's brutal. Stryder and Wheeler feel the safest to me of the big names, but it's always a crap shoot with pitchers. Waiting on Eury Perez news for my other 2 teams already.
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Sixto hitting high numbers on the gun.
Hasnt allowed a run in 6 innings pitched.
Pitches looked solid, with good movement.
This feels like a setup.
Hasnt allowed a run in 6 innings pitched.
Pitches looked solid, with good movement.
This feels like a setup.
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I assume they just mean horrendous pitching.
It is time for the AL East. I am deviating from the regular format because this division is a mess thanks to a crazy number of key injuries and other departures (NY is missing their ace and their #2 SP is a real question mark; Baltimore is missing 60% of their rotation; Gaussman has a balky shoulder; Tampa loses their presumptive cornerstone to diddling young girls; Boston lost its No 1 starter). If everyone was healthy I liked the Yankees overall quality to put them atop the division. Plus, I look for regression from Baltimore this year...I just don't see everything going perfectly for them again like it did last year. With health questions being so prominent virtually anything can happen...well, other than the Red Sox winning it. So I will go with this:
1. Tampa - they are used to relying on depth and plugging and playing various people. Maybe this positions them better than everyone else to handle the mayhem that is this division.
2 / 3. NY and Baltimore. Follow the injury reports. Whoever is healthiest takes 2nd place.
4. Toronto. I like their SP, Closer and core players but the role players look weaker than ever.
5. Boston. They are starting to accumulate some nice/interesting pieces but the rotation is a train wreck.
1. Tampa - they are used to relying on depth and plugging and playing various people. Maybe this positions them better than everyone else to handle the mayhem that is this division.
2 / 3. NY and Baltimore. Follow the injury reports. Whoever is healthiest takes 2nd place.
4. Toronto. I like their SP, Closer and core players but the role players look weaker than ever.
5. Boston. They are starting to accumulate some nice/interesting pieces but the rotation is a train wreck.
This division will be entertaining.
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Hard pass.
Rooting for anything Los Angeles is rooting for high taxes, crime and icky things
Snell to the Giants. 2 years $62M with an opt out
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So ultimately 3 of Boras’s guys ended up taking what are really 1 year contracts.
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Been saying it for weeks. Now we wait on Monty.
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Snell receives a $15MM salary for the upcoming season and has a $17MM signing bonus that will not be paid until 2026, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (on X). That indicates he’ll be deciding on whether to opt out of a $30MM salary next winter, although the delayed date on the payment of the bonus reduces the team’s short-term commitment.
Good signing for the Giants. This makes them better and they don’t have the burden of a 9 year deal.
Interesting as to what the market for these players ultimately ended up.