2023 Free Agent Frenzy

[Mrfenn92]

It takes as long as it takes. I get that people want buzz and excitement but as the article below your post explains, they aren’t going to agree to terms that would impose deadlines and affect the deal making ability. This is going to be a pretty unreal offseason in terms of activity because of the number of high value FA on the market. It’s gonna happen soon enough

I get all of that. Just saying it’s brutally long and boring. I understand why the players wouldn’t want to impose a deadline.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I get all of that. Just saying it’s brutally long and boring. I understand why the players wouldn’t want to impose a deadline.

It is what it is. I get that you find it boring until the big dominoes fall and you are more than entitled to that opinion but the deals will happen eventually. And also, there have been *some* sizeable signings and trades already. I think it’s getting blown out of proportion a bit because the mega elite guns haven’t gone yet.

Gray was runner up to the CY and signed a new deal with a new team. Braves, Mariners, Dbacks, Yankees, Red Sox have made interesting decent named trades with each other. It’s not Ohtani and Soto but it’s not nothing.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

It’s not Ohtani and Soto but it’s not nothing.

Speaking of Soto...

 

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

Huh...that is a strange set of finalists for a coveted starting pitcher. But good for them.

 

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

Cody Bellinger about to get several calls from the 905 or 416. Jays pretty much have to get him at this point.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Cody Bellinger about to get several calls from the 905 or 416. Jays pretty much have to get him at this point.

The Dodgers should sign him too just to be spiteful

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Cody Bellinger about to get several calls from the 905 or 416. Jays pretty much have to get him at this point.

If Jays could go ahead and sign Belli, Hoskins, and Turner then us Jays fans will be OK

 

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[TheGreenTBer]

Do the Pirates make him pay for the physical?

 

[Unholy Diver]

Do the Pirates make him pay for the physical?

Thank god they aren't paying him by the pound

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Thank god they aren't paying him by the pound

Would make the Yankees go broke tbh

 

[Unholy Diver]

Would make the Yankees go broke tbh

and to think, they are only paying him 60% more than Ohtani will make this year.

 

[MMC]

The uncertainty of where Arte could pivot to after losing Ohtani is pretty terrifying, if we must waste money on another star I just hope it’s Yamamoto. I’ll be livid if this team signs Snell or Bellinger or trades for Bieber

 

[BMOK33]

The uncertainty of where Arte could pivot to after losing Ohtani is pretty terrifying, if we must waste money on another star I just hope it’s Yamamoto. I’ll be livid if this team signs Snell or Bellinger or trades for Bieber

I am far from sold on Yamamoto. He's not a big guy. I just think he's a disaster waiting to happen with his strikeout numbers and smaller frame. Might be a decent contract for 3-4 years then atrocious thereafter

 

[MMC]

I am far from sold on Yamamoto. He's not a big guy. I just think he's a disaster waiting to happen with his strikeout numbers and smaller frame. Might be a decent contract for 3-4 years then atrocious thereafter

I don’t want to sign him either (the Angels desperately need to rebuild around the emerging Neto, O’Hoppe, Schanuel, Detmers young core), but his age makes him the safest gamble to me if we must throw money at someone

 

[BMOK33]

I don’t want to sign him either (the Angels desperately need to rebuild around the emerging Neto, O’Hoppe, Schanuel, Detmers young core), but his age makes him the safest gamble to me if we must throw money at someone

I still think he goes to NYM or NYY in the end...think the Yankees aura coupled with Senga and Cohen's money one of those 2 is going to win out. I do wonder how the Mets would manage both guys who like an extra day between starts in the same rotation

 

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[GIN ANTONIC]

He ain’t wrong. SF is an absolute shithole of humanity right now. Hs been for years and doesn’t appear to be getting better.