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Post by facts on Mar 12, 2018 10:19:37 GMT -6
Neil Walker to Yankees for $5m
That's wild
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Post by Pale Hose on Mar 12, 2018 10:37:08 GMT -6
I'm glad he was at least able to land a guaranteed major league deal. Reports a couple weeks ago suggested he had only received minor league offers to this point.
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Post by dij22 on Mar 12, 2018 10:47:05 GMT -6
lots of bad takes in this thread today. pale hose loving that "scott boras" aka the players got their asses kicked this offseason? scoots thinking the baseball writers are unfairly reporting exaggerations (i guess?) to benefit owners? yeesh. glad jake got a good contract, he deserves as much as he can get. Again, I'm all for the players getting all they can, Boras clients included. I think Boras sucks and did a shitty job for his clients, that is all.He got an 8 year contract for Eric Hosmer and got JD Martinez a 110 mil, a 30 year old DH who has played more than 125 games in a season one time, a 5/110 deal. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Mar 12, 2018 10:51:08 GMT -6
Again, I'm all for the players getting all they can, Boras clients included. I think Boras sucks and did a shitty job for his clients, that is all.He got an 8 year contract for Eric Hosmer and got JD Martinez a 110 mil, a 30 year old DH who has played more than 125 games in a season one time, a 5/110 deal. Those were both great deals for the respective clients, but they represent the exception. He left money on the table for the vast majority of his clients this off-season. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 11:01:56 GMT -6
Neil Walker to Yankees for $5m That's wild Damn. Good deal for them. He's good for 2.5 WAR at least, and he was getting a non-roster invite from the Royals. Bonkers. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:47:12 GMT -6
We are all Jose Altuve.  |
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Post by facts on Mar 12, 2018 13:23:28 GMT -6
Neil Walker to Yankees for $5m That's wild Damn. Good deal for them. He's good for 2.5 WAR at least, and he was getting a non-roster invite from the Royals. Bonkers. I remember thinking that the Todd Frazier Mets deal was bargain basement - and this is just a fraction of that. Great swing for that stadium too. |
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Post by Xamnam on Mar 14, 2018 11:37:04 GMT -6
Goddamnit
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 11:38:19 GMT -6
That's stupid.
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Post by andrewvb on Mar 14, 2018 11:39:03 GMT -6
that's unbelievably dumb
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Post by Tweet on Mar 14, 2018 11:40:27 GMT -6
That is stupid and dumb!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 11:59:01 GMT -6
I am starting to run out of sports I care enough about to watch. |
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Post by venom on Mar 14, 2018 12:00:21 GMT -6
did they not do focus groups on this? i know MiLB likes to test out new rules before they're implemented in MLB, but nobody likes this.
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Post by andrewvb on Mar 14, 2018 12:02:27 GMT -6
lol
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Post by Xamnam on Mar 14, 2018 12:07:23 GMT -6
Like, I can just barely see the argument of preventing unnecessary injury to systems meant to promote talent, and minor league players already making little enough before adding in unpaid overtime wear and tire, but they have to know how awful this comes across.
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Post by fancypants on Mar 14, 2018 12:18:05 GMT -6
I am starting to run out of sports I care enough about to watch. You cared about watching MiLB? |
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Post by Tweet on Mar 14, 2018 12:19:39 GMT -6
They're just making shit up at this point |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 13:45:01 GMT -6
I am starting to run out of sports I care enough about to watch. You cared about watching MiLB? (a) yes, I like to follow prospects and (b) this is just a test run to determine if they want to ruin the majors too. |
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Post by cardi bqtrain on Mar 14, 2018 13:54:02 GMT -6
Given baseball's glacial pace of change, I feel like you have a good 50 years before you realistically have to worry about something like that being implemented in the majors
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Post by facts on Mar 14, 2018 14:53:57 GMT -6
I don't have any issue with them testing this out. It would be dumb in playoff games, but think of how many pointless regular season extra inning games there are.
I only draw the line at the pitch clock or any clock. This rule though - eh
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Post by venom on Mar 14, 2018 15:06:23 GMT -6
I don't have any issue with them testing this out. It would be dumb in playoff games, but think of how many pointless regular season extra inning games there are. I only draw the line at the pitch clock or any clock. This rule though - eh they've been doing the pitch clock in the minors for a few years now. that's definitely getting into MLB one way or another. |
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Post by facts on Mar 14, 2018 15:44:02 GMT -6
They did the pitch clock in the Arizona Fall League and it's super distracting. I really hated watching it. I get the logic on why it would make sense I'm just not convinced that they'll actually go through with it.
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Post by Pale Hose on Mar 16, 2018 17:22:18 GMT -6
Astros and Jose Altuve are close on a 5/151 extension.
Obviously this is a very generous (and deserved) contract. But it's interesting to note this represents a major shift in philosophy for Scott Boras, who almost always encourages his guys to get to free agency (I know there are exceptions like Strasburg). I can't help but think this off-season may have played a role in the decision to get a deal done now rather than wait.
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Post by facts on Mar 16, 2018 17:58:20 GMT -6
I think there are vultures probably swarming the Boras clients so there also might have been incentive to take a W now rather than risk Altuve getting different representation in 2 years.
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Post by Pale Hose on Mar 20, 2018 15:53:27 GMT -6
Orioles are close with Alex Cobb, they have supposedly been discussing at 3 year deal in the $50M range.
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Post by Xamnam on Mar 20, 2018 16:33:51 GMT -6
Finally. I was hoping he'd go to the Twins though.
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Post by Pale Hose on Mar 20, 2018 17:12:56 GMT -6
Oh wow, Jon Heyman is reporting it's actually a 4 year deal worth close to $60M. I wonder if there was a last minute bidding war? Good for him.
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Post by dij22 on Mar 20, 2018 17:25:56 GMT -6
Oh wow, Jon Heyman is reporting it's actually a 4 year deal worth close to $60M. I wonder if there was a last minute bidding war? Good for him. I'm confused by a move like this unless they are all-in on keeping Machado |
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Post by Tweet on Mar 20, 2018 20:51:44 GMT -6
Oh wow, Jon Heyman is reporting it's actually a 4 year deal worth close to $60M. I wonder if there was a last minute bidding war? Good for him. I'm confused by a move like this unless they are all-in on keeping Machado I mean they kinda have to be no? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 7:05:57 GMT -6
Same team bid against themselves for Chris Davis last season so I'm going to chalk it up to the Orioles just being the Orioles.
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