MLB off-season News & Notes thread (Phils sign Kingery to 6 year deal)

[Voight]

I read before that Jim Bowden is reporting that Angelos may block any potential Machado trade. Sure, let’s keep him and lose him for a lousy comp pick at the end of the year. Idiot...

Instead of manning up and paying him (or at least trying to, I'd understand if Machado wanted to test free agency with the way players get paid these days - you should still offer tho) he's got two options

1) Keep him to keep your fans happy, but basically lose him for nothing next fall, or trade him at the deadline and get half of what you'd get today

2) Suck it up and trade him now. Your smart fans will be understandings and you can sell the prospects you get to the dumb ones who don't understand the concept of getting value for a pending UFA.

Anyhow, so apparently last night at the Marlins season ticket holders meeting, Marlins Man and Jeter were talking and Marlins Man hit him with "do YOU know who I am?" all due respect to MM but hes just a guy who wears a Marlins jersey & sits front row at sporting events, Jeter is one of the most recognizable athletes of his time.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Looks like Rays are blowing it up

Smart move as they cant contend with Yanks/Red Sox at this point

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

If I'm the Cardinals I'd try to get Archer with Colome.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Del Preston]

Edit: I'll put this in the Marlins' thread instead.

 

[TLEH]

LeBatard just ripping Manfred for this ownership debacle in Miami

 

[Filthy Dangles]

If I'm the Cardinals I'd try to get Archer with Colome.

You would literally have to give the whole farm and/or really good young MLB ready players like Alex Reyes

Archer is controlled at a ridiculous 7.5 AAV for 4 years and Colome is arb-controllable for 3 years.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I am disappointed

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I am disappointed

I'm sure Yelich is too

 

[Voight]

I understand Machado is a top 10 player in the league but he is also a pending UFA who is going to cost you hundreds of millions of dollars next year and that's IF he even wants to re-sign. You are not getting a kings ransom for him.

 

[tony d]

Archer would be a good pickup for a lot of teams. If he's available you can bet there's going to be interest.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Blue Jays: Tony Fernandez asks for prayers after being hospitalized

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Cassano]

He denied the allegations.

 

[BigMac1212]

This Hot Stove season seems to be lukewarm at best. When will teams add some logs onto the fire?

 

[hockeykicker]

This Hot Stove season seems to be lukewarm at best. When will teams add some logs onto the fire?

The new draft pick/international money thing is going to leave a whole lot of free agents with no homes

 

[BigMac1212]

The new draft pick/international money thing is going to leave a whole lot of free agents with no homes

I did not know that. Thanks for explaining.

 

[hockeykicker]

I did not know that. Thanks for explaining.

If your team received revenue sharing last year and the departing player signed a contract worth more than $50 million guaranteed, the former team will receive a compensatory draft pick from the sandwich round between Rounds 1 and 2. If the player signs a deal for less than $50 million, however, that pick will come after Competitive Balance Round B, which comes after Round 2.
But there's more! If the former team was over the luxury tax last year, then it will receive a compensatory draft pick after the fourth round. If the team was neither a luxury tax payee nor a revenue sharing recipient, then it will receive a pick after Competitive Balance Round B.

Then there's some international money thing

 

[robert terwilliger]

teams are also using the luxury tax as a hard cap.

this is what salary cap baseball looks like, everyone!

 

[justafan22]

Can't remember an offseason where so many big names were this unsigned going into January. We're about 7 weeks or so away from camp starting.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

teams are also using the luxury tax as a hard cap.

this is what salary cap baseball looks like, everyone!

This is why a floor is equally necessary.

 

[Terry Yake]

the padres signed tyson ross and chris young (pitcher) to minor league deals