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Post by Xamnam on Nov 27, 2018 15:42:48 GMT -6
Benedict. Fire him to Mars.
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Post by Tweet on Nov 27, 2018 15:43:47 GMT -6
For 8 million I’d live with being called a liar too
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 27, 2018 15:44:17 GMT -6
Not a liar. A turncoat.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 27, 2018 15:44:23 GMT -6
A backstabber.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 27, 2018 15:44:35 GMT -6
A betrayal of moral character.
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Post by Pale Hose on Nov 27, 2018 15:50:13 GMT -6
To be clear, I believe 100% he should have taken the money (who knows if the Cubs even made him an offer). I just think it's funny.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 28, 2018 14:41:53 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 15:36:59 GMT -6
The new ballpark in Oakland. At 34,000 it will be the smallest capacity park in baseball. Looks kind of silly to me but I am not the target audience. |
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Post by fiveiron83321 on Nov 28, 2018 21:16:28 GMT -6
The new ballpark in Oakland. At 34,000 it will be the smallest capacity park in baseball. Looks kind of silly to me but I am not the target audience. I kinda dig it. I wonder if they will have outside viewing/area like they do between the Coliseum and Oracle right now. but for as much as I heard them talk about what the hell the A's are gonna do while out there, I am glad they found a spot. I think small is the way to go if they run the team like they have been. sure it'll be hard to get tix for years they are good, but when they are bad, it might not look so sparse . |
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Post by pigs on Nov 29, 2018 15:17:15 GMT -6
The odds of me moving to Portland just doubled. If they end up getting an NL team somehow, I’ll move that day.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 29, 2018 15:20:53 GMT -6
La Stella to the Angels for PTBNL/cash
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Post by Pale Hose on Nov 29, 2018 22:15:01 GMT -6
M's are close to sending Cano and Edwin Diaz to the Mets.
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Post by venom on Nov 29, 2018 22:56:41 GMT -6
M's are close to sending Cano and Edwin Diaz to the Mets. if what i've seen is accurate, i don't get it for the mets giving up their #3 and #4 prospects and taking on cano's full contract. and with a lot of top-tier relievers on the market, why go so strong for diaz? he's only under team control for one more year and then probably makes bank in arbitration. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Nov 30, 2018 7:35:47 GMT -6
M's will supposedly be sending money, and taking back the Bruce & Swarzak contracts, so the Mets won't be absorbing the full Cano deal. As far as Diaz, he's got three more years of team control via arbitration. If he continues to perform well, the Mets will have an elite closer playing for below market value for at least the next couple of years.
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Post by Tweet on Nov 30, 2018 8:01:56 GMT -6
They are also the Mets, so, you know, all bets are off
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Post by dij22 on Nov 30, 2018 8:11:19 GMT -6
It's been weird to see people talk about Robinson Cano's remaining contract like he's an awful player. Still a very good player, although I think Jarred Kelenic is going to be a superstar so probably a bad trade for the Mets.
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Post by Pale Hose on Nov 30, 2018 8:18:40 GMT -6
The problem with Cano's deal isn't that he's bad now, it's that he's 36 and there's 5 years remaining at 24M per. I think everyone assumes those last 2-3 years he will be performing well below the contracts value.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 8:22:53 GMT -6
It's been weird to see people talk about Robinson Cano's remaining contract like he's an awful player. Still a very good player, although I think Jarred Kelenic is going to be a superstar so probably a bad trade for the Mets. Dude is 36 and he has $120 million left on his contract. That's why people view this negatively. |
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Post by Tweet on Nov 30, 2018 8:26:56 GMT -6
Yeah if the Mets pick up the full force of that contract I’m almost positive they’re the losers on this one, even with Diaz coming over
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Post by dij22 on Nov 30, 2018 9:18:06 GMT -6
It's been weird to see people talk about Robinson Cano's remaining contract like he's an awful player. Still a very good player, although I think Jarred Kelenic is going to be a superstar so probably a bad trade for the Mets. Dude is 36 and he has $120 million left on his contract. That's why people view this negatively. I think the current calculation is that 1 WAR is worth $8 mil, so he just has to average 3 WAR a season to be worth it (and that's not even factoring in the money Seattle will send to the Mets). He's still a good hitter, so I was just commenting on how people on Twitter seem to be lumping him in with the true albatross contracts like Pujols, who is worse than replacement level. Ultimately overpaying good players like they're great ones isn't super damaging to a team with money. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 9:23:23 GMT -6
It would not at all be shocking for Cano to have a huge decline next year. He may not be able to duplicate a 3 WAR season.
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Post by Pale Hose on Nov 30, 2018 9:57:50 GMT -6
In Cano's defense, he put up 3 WAR in half a season last year. The Mets should still get 1-2 productive years out of that contract.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 30, 2018 10:00:00 GMT -6
 An effort to bring a Major League Baseball team to Portland passed an early milestone Thursday when backers said they'd settled on a site for a new ballpark: Terminal 2, the expansive marine cargo site in an industrial district northwest of the Fremont Bridge.
The group also released sketches that show a ballpark with a retractable roof and a gondola reminiscent of the Portland Aerial Tram.
But much remains unknown: the terms of the agreement between the Portland of Portland and the Portland Diamond Project for the property, what stadium backers would pay to use Terminal 2 and who's agreed to foot the multibillion-dollar costs of building a stadium and bringing a team to Portland. |
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Post by fiveiron83321 on Nov 30, 2018 10:57:53 GMT -6
i haven't even heard talk of a team that might look to move or expansion talk...
bold move by PDX
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Post by Tweet on Nov 30, 2018 10:59:09 GMT -6
i haven't even heard talk of a team that might look to move or expansion talk... bold move by PDX I've heard it's at least 10 years away if they do it |
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Post by venom on Nov 30, 2018 12:12:35 GMT -6
Ultimately overpaying good players like they're great ones isn't super damaging to a team with money. you know this is the mets, right? |
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 30, 2018 12:13:35 GMT -6
i haven't even heard talk of a team that might look to move or expansion talk... bold move by PDX I've heard it's at least 10 years away if they do it I believe the last comments about expansion were something close to 'Not until the A's and Rays move.' |
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Post by Tweet on Nov 30, 2018 12:14:34 GMT -6
Well the As would've moved 10 years ago if that was gonna happen.
The Rays should go....somewhere else.
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Post by Xamnam on Nov 30, 2018 12:16:53 GMT -6
Hey, they've both got concept renderings of their new ones, so that's like 90% of the work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 12:17:14 GMT -6
I think it's transitioned to an expansion at this point, not that certain teams won't be moved. This is supposed to be multi-city thing.
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