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19 Mar 2016 20:54:12
Padres trade: Norris and Ross
Rangers trade: Gallo, Jario Beras, Michael Matuella, Travis Demeritte
Rangers get an ace and starting catcher (Hamels, Darvish, and Ross might be the best 1,2,3)
Padres get a huge power hitter that could play 3B OF 1B a very good all around OF in Beras, potential ace in Matuella, and a good 2B with power.
1.) 20 Mar 2016 00:13:10
Rangers add A LOT more. I doubt they accept Ross for Gallo straight up.
2.) 09 Apr 2016 04:24:24
Significantly more from the Rangers.
02 Mar 2016 22:55:55
Marlins are calling around for reliever help so what about
Brewers trade: Will Smith
Marlins trade: Jarlin Garcia, Jake Esch, K. J. Woods, Chris Paddack
Jarlin and Jake could turn into mid to back of the rotation guys, KJ could be a 20 homer 1B with average defense and Chris is a guy who could be a stud starter imo.
1.) 03 Mar 2016 00:44:51
Marlins have Carter Capps who is a very decieving pitcher with an odd motion which will bring up his value. They need a set up though.
2.) 03 Mar 2016 05:25:49
max, Capps elbow is injured, and is going for a second opinion. TJ surgery is looking likely.
3.) 05 Mar 2016 15:23:20
TJ is a little extreme for what Mattingly is saying
Donnie duckbill says he should be back by May.
4.) 06 Mar 2016 16:39:51
Usually when someone visits Dr. James Andrews, TJ surgery usually follows.
5.) 08 Mar 2016 04:05:31
i know.
6.) 08 Mar 2016 19:16:24
if you know, which now its confirmed he's having TJ surgery, why did you argue this?
12 Feb 2016 15:42:16
O's trade: David Hess and trey Mancini
Reds trade: Bruce.
1.) 12 Feb 2016 16:09:05
The Reds refused to trade Jay Bruce for Zack Wheeler last year. I can't imagine this gets it done.
2.) 12 Feb 2016 18:44:34
And the Reds made a big mistake with Wheeler
They will not get close to Wheelers value now
He's comming off surgery and won't pitch in majors till July
That surely won't hurt the Reds.
3.) 12 Feb 2016 20:49:32
Honestly I wasn't sure what would be fair, since Bruce while he can be good has struggled and the Reds recent trades haven't netted top prospects so it leads me to believe why start now.
4.) 13 Feb 2016 01:16:52
The Reds don't have a clue as to what they are doing.
01 Feb 2016 15:30:54
Padres trade: Cashner
O's trade: Christian Walker, Tyler Wilson
O's get a guy who I really really like a lot he can be a good 2 or 3 for them
Padres get a back of the rotation starter and 1B of the future.
1.) 02 Feb 2016 00:52:55
Not bad.
2.) 02 Feb 2016 14:58:03
I like this trade, could be a good one!
3.) 04 Feb 2016 21:37:52
Well, besides the fact that Myers is playing 1B for the foreseeable future.
31 Jan 2016 02:47:26
What about
Brewers trade: Lucroy
Rays trade: Odorizzi, Honeywell, Taylor Guerrieri, Justin O'Conner, maybe Enny Romeo
Brewers get 3 potential starters a catcher with an elite arm and great defensive and possible a power arm out of the pen
Rays get a great catcher that imo could push them into World Series contention as I already see them as playoff threats.
1.) 31 Jan 2016 05:22:13
Wow that's awful. waaay too much. I mean Odorizzi alone is a stretch.
2.) 31 Jan 2016 12:16:55
Lucroy is the player they should be after. Too many players are in this deal going to the Brewers. They need a quality catcher like Lucroy who will come back this year statistically.
3.) 02 Feb 2016 17:41:31
Why would Miluakee, who's is rebuilding, try to pick up GOOD MLB ready, possible MLB stars for a above average veteran catcher.
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02 Apr 2016 18:06:09
Why not talk about the fact that the guy the Red Sox gave 95Million to over 5 years will be on the bench? I think that's hilarious, just goes to show that the Red Sox don't know what to do with money in 5 years they will be like the Mets/ how the Dodgers were before new ownership in debt. (Bad contracts they already have Castillo, Price, Porcello, Ramirez, Sandoval, Craig) that's just to name a few and Peddy is declining so add him to that list. Most of those guys they just signed so it's not like they're coming off the books anytime soon. Plus DD is insane and will think oh look we have all these high payed players they must be good let's trade all the good prospects we have for overpaid players.
1.) 03 Apr 2016 05:22:30
It is interesting that the Red Sox seem to keep giving out terrible contracts, yet all anyone ever wants to do is criticise the Yankees for the signing players to large contracts.
2.) 03 Apr 2016 10:18:20
I don't and mainly because most of their big signings work out with the exception of Ellsbury and CC A-Rods deal is working out kinda, Tex when he's healthy is a good deal. The difference is the Yankees realize they have young talent and aren't blocking them with huge contract guys, Red Sox keep doing it.
3.) 03 Apr 2016 13:39:00
Exactly, most people just hate the Yankees and criticise them for everything. yet they are hypocrites when it comes to other teams, like the Dodgers and Red Sox do the same thing and their contracts aren't working out.
4.) 04 Apr 2016 23:36:37
Especially fans on this site! They'll be all offseason predictions and have their team sign 3 of the top guys in FA then talk crap about the Yankees. I'm not a Yankees fan but they have a brighter future than 2/ 3 of the other teams in baseball good up and coming talent plus the ability to spend they will be great for awhile. And I think you can add the royals to the big contract teams like the Red Sox not as big of contracts but they'd be fine without Gordon and Kennedy.
5.) 05 Apr 2016 00:27:52
There were 5-6 teams that tried to sign Sandoval. We'd be saying the same thing about them, which says more about Sandoval than it does the Red Sox. Heck, other teams probably would have trotted him out there and put up with his terrible season.
As far as "bad contracts" go, can we at least let David Price pitch for a season or so before we call it bad? He hasn't even pitched a game yet.
6.) 05 Apr 2016 04:37:46
It's an overpay the only pitcher that deserves 200M plus is Kershaw. Price is great but not Kershaw money.
7.) 05 Apr 2016 17:36:03
Kershaw's contract is already too small. If he signed that present day, you'd see him closer to $40m AAV.
Price is about the same caliber as Scherzer and Greinke, both of whom signed similar deals in the past 2 seasons.
Comparing Kershaw money to Price money is like comparing Hamels money to James Shields money. They signed at different times.
20 Mar 2016 15:14:32
My offseason grades obviously teams could make me look dumb as anything can happen but let's get started
NL West
Giants B+
Dodgers B
Padres C
Diamondbacks C
Rockies C-
NL Central
Cubs A
Pirates B+
Cards B-
Brewers C
Reds F
NL East
Phillies A+
Braves A+
Mets B
Marlins B-
Nationals C+
AL West
Rangers B+
A's B
Mariners B
Astros B-
Angels F
AL Central
Royals B+
Tigers B
White Sox C+
Indians C+
Twins C
AL East
Red Sox B
Yankees B
Rays B
Blue jays C
O's C-.
1.) 21 Mar 2016 04:46:53
How do the Diamondbacks get a C? They really upgraded their rotation with Grienke and Miller.
2.) 21 Mar 2016 15:47:23
Sure they did, but I looked at what they gave up for those 2 and a first round pick for Grienke no biggie but 200+ million for a smallish market team dumb move. Miller they gave up way too much bad move. They did nothing to upgrade that lineup I hate there's no one besides Goldy and Pollock you need offense to win some games and they don't have it.
3.) 22 Mar 2016 11:53:37
They also traded for Jean Segura, who yes has had a couple bad years, could just need a change of scenery.
4.) 22 Mar 2016 22:48:30
I really like that move for them I like Segura he was really good before his son died. I feel he will do well.
5.) 26 Mar 2016 14:41:13
Clark, you did a real good job at contradicting yourself.
6.) 28 Mar 2016 06:51:06
Angels and F?!?! Have you seen them this spring, they're a hitting machine, Nava and Escobar are both hitting over 400, this offseason brought the Angels back to small ball baseball.
7.) 29 Mar 2016 23:36:02
^^^You realize he said offseason grades, right?
Sitting around letting Todd Cunningham be a candidate for starting OF is a failure.
Also, if you think spring hitting means anything, Matt Hague would like a word with you.
15 Mar 2016 03:58:11
Baez to the Rockies makes some sense to me, they could use him in a super utility guy, with his "power" he could hit a lot of homers in Colorado and by a lot I mean maybe 15-20 homers a year.
27 Feb 2016 16:13:32
Soler to the White Sox makes too much sense to me and here's why White Sox need a OF and the Cubs have too many OFs. I would be perfectly fine with Schwarber being the LF there's no where for him to play so he's going to need to learn the position anyway. I just saw the Cubs top 30 prospects on MLB. com and they NEED pitching prospects, white sox have 3-4 very good pitching prospects.
14 Feb 2016 04:21:04
Just read an article where Bryce Harper said a 400 million dollar contract would be selling him short. What the heck. Who needs that much money?
1.) 14 Feb 2016 05:33:37
These guys have a short window to make as much money as possible, I don't blame them for trying to maximize on their value.
I don't know if I believe the narrative that Harper would be a value at 500M, but if someone wants to pay him that, that's their prerogative.
2.) 14 Feb 2016 05:50:19
I'm not saying him or anyone else that wants the most money possible are bad people. I agree with you I was just stating that it's crazy that a Trout or Harper could get a 500M dollar contract. I'd be cool with 500,000 rn.
3.) 14 Feb 2016 07:21:57
A lot of these guys realize that more money = more generosity.
I grew up in a neighborhood where a NFL fullback (recently retired) lived. The guy fought for more money on his contract because it allowed him to give back to the causes he supported.
4.) 14 Feb 2016 16:22:24
I'm sure they do, but there's still the others that do it for themselves. If I had that much I'd give it to what I believe in for sure.
5.) 14 Feb 2016 23:50:40
The average contract is getting larger and larger money wise every year. Signing guys like Harper and Correra to long extensions in the 10 - 15-year range could be a bargain if they perform every year they way they have performed this year. So 15 years 450 million dollars for Harper would be worth it as long as Harper continues being the best hitter in the MLB.
6.) 15 Feb 2016 03:26:56
I'm sorry but you can't really say Harper is the best hitter in mlb, from the top of my head trout, Donaldson, goldy. IMO Harper is the forth best hitter one great season doesn't put you above those.
7.) 15 Feb 2016 06:51:44
Harper was by far the best hitter in baseball last year, and it wasn't even remotely close.
197 wRC+, next was Trout and Votto at 172.
.461 wOBA, next was Votto at .427
And if you want to use traditional numbers, his OPS was 104 points higher than 2nd place. His slugging pct was 59 points higher than 2nd place.
There wasn't a player in baseball who was remotely close to putting up the numbers Harper put up last year.
8.) 15 Feb 2016 20:17:04
I'm not saying he wasn't the best hitter last year, I'm saying his one great year doesn't make him a better hitter than trout who's had 4 consecutive great years. Goldy and Votto have had great years for awhile may not have the power numbers or the rbis Harper did but they consistently have high OPS and avg.
05 Apr 2016 23:02:57
Polanco to me is below average I don't like him at all he's not very good.
22 Mar 2016 22:45:31
No Moncada no Sale. Can we drop this? It's going to take 4-5 elite prospects to get him. No one is on a team friendlier deal than him no team will give up that. Barely any have that many.
22 Mar 2016 06:38:42
In all honest a deal for sale would probably look like this
White sox trade: Sale
Red Sox trade: Eduardo Rodriguez, Christian Vazquez, Moncada, Benintendi, Anderson Espinoza PTBNL.
12 Mar 2016 18:01:53
This is bad. I know it's comparing apples to oranges but if I'm the Padres I want something similar to what the Phillies got for Giles if I trade Ross meaning 2 elite prospects plus more prospects he's young just 28 and has 3 more years of control. Why do people on here seem to think Cubs prospects have value? Yeah sure they might be good but if a club continues to block them it's basically saying you don't think they're good enough to start at that position so why would another team?
06 Mar 2016 16:22:48
Could you imagine Cargo in Camden yards? Him, Davis, Machado, Jones would crush it, would be a dangerous 4 for sure. Is it enough? Heck no Rockies better get at least 1 Elite prospect for Cargo and do it before he gets hurt again.
05 Apr 2016 04:37:46
It's an overpay the only pitcher that deserves 200M plus is Kershaw. Price is great but not Kershaw money.
04 Apr 2016 23:36:37
Especially fans on this site! They'll be all offseason predictions and have their team sign 3 of the top guys in FA then talk crap about the Yankees. I'm not a Yankees fan but they have a brighter future than 2/ 3 of the other teams in baseball good up and coming talent plus the ability to spend they will be great for awhile. And I think you can add the royals to the big contract teams like the Red Sox not as big of contracts but they'd be fine without Gordon and Kennedy.
03 Apr 2016 10:18:20
I don't and mainly because most of their big signings work out with the exception of Ellsbury and CC A-Rods deal is working out kinda, Tex when he's healthy is a good deal. The difference is the Yankees realize they have young talent and aren't blocking them with huge contract guys, Red Sox keep doing it.
22 Mar 2016 22:48:30
I really like that move for them I like Segura he was really good before his son died. I feel he will do well.
21 Mar 2016 15:47:23
Sure they did, but I looked at what they gave up for those 2 and a first round pick for Grienke no biggie but 200+ million for a smallish market team dumb move. Miller they gave up way too much bad move. They did nothing to upgrade that lineup I hate there's no one besides Goldy and Pollock you need offense to win some games and they don't have it.