MLB off-season news & notes thread - Part 2

[Say Hey Kid]

Carry on my wayward son.

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[Say Hey Kid]

BA WAR
C- Yasmani Grandal .228 2.8
1B- Chris Davis .221 3.0
2B- Ryan Schimpf .217 1.8
SS- Danny Espinosa .209 1.7
3B- Todd Frazier .225 3.4
LF- Colby Rasmus .206 2.2
CF- Byron Buxton .225 1.9
RF- Trayce Thompson .225 0.9
UT- Adam Rosales .229 1.7

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/...anny-espinosa-all-star-and-who-makes-the-team

Decent players/team with bad batting averages.

 

[PG Canuck]

Not sure where to post this or if it's thread worthy but a bill was proposed to have concealed weapons permitted at Safeco Field. Are they ****ing nuts? So all the metal detectors I have to go through are good for what then?

Good on the MLB for standing their ground. What a ridiculous bill.

 

[PG Canuck]

While it's not a great idea and one I wouldn't support, but it's not a ridiculous bill. There are legitimate arguments to be made on each side. No need to get into that here though.

On the baseball side of it, MLB would have the power to enforce their own restrictions on that, they are a private business, so even if a government deems it legal, they can just restrict it and it wouldn't matter.

[MOD]

Would be unfortunate if if gets passed because it would end my annual summer trips to Safeco.

 

[PG Canuck]

I don't like it either, but the reason why there are reasonable points on the other side is that I hope the discussion leads to an end of sports venue funds coming from the public. If an owner of a sports team wants a new stadium, then they should fund it themselves, not by using the tax payers. It is a massive rip of the tax payers and the benefits of the team does not come closing to balancing it. It is an emotional motivation that causes the public to lose the battle. This is an area where I would wish both political sides would come together because they should agree on it.

Should the bill pass? Of course not. Should that bill lead to a bigger conversation, yes, unfortunately, it won't.

This makes absolutely no sense to me. These two things relate in no way. I don't get it.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

If you want to discuss this issue, I have started a thread for it in the Politics Forum there > http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=125665615#post125665615 . Posts about gun control are political and any further ones in the baseball forum will be deleted.

 

[Halladay]

The Phillies had one of their worst offensive seasons, and havent really upgraded their lineup. Going to be another stellar season at the plate for them.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

What do you mean? The re-signed Andres Blanco.

 

[MMC]

5 more years of Odubel Herrera

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Halladay]

Excellent news. Probably means MK will trade him now for a big haul now in a few years as he is signed through age 31 for very cheap.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Or keep him because he's their only real CF right now. Unless you believe in Roman Quinn's pre-2016 profile.

 

[hockeykicker]

Orioles sign Tomo ohka to a minor league deal. He hasant pitched in mlb since 2009

 

[Halladay]

Or keep him because he's their only real CF right now. Unless you believe in Roman Quinn's pre-2016 profile.

He needs to stay on the field. If Quinn can do that they'll have to fugure what to do with their outfield. There was rumblings that they wanted to trade Odubel, which would have been dumb given Quinn's being unknown.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

And I'm Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I could see them moving Herrera based on what he'd return in this market. If the market is still hot, he could get more than Eaton. Now some of the bidders would be out now, but Herrera would get a haul.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

He should get more than Eaton. He's better than Eaton with this deal.

 

[bleedblue1223]

He should get more than Eaton. He's better than Eaton with this deal.

Agreed, just not sure other teams would go crazy like the Nats on trade offers.

 

[MMC]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[rangerssharks414]

Orioles sign Tomo ohka to a minor league deal. He hasant pitched in mlb since 2009

Apparently, he's a knuckleballer now.

 

[Voight]

With all the money tied up in the starters they have, De Leon wouldn't get a shot until at least 2018. Makes sense given their surplus of pitching, especially prospect wise.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Deleon looks great but Dozier is a stud in his prime signed to a cheap ass contract. Turner - Seager -Dozier - Gonzalez - Grandal is a pretty dope IF even if Adrian did take a step back last year.

 

[darko]

Yeah if i was Twins I'd want DeLeon +

 

[hockeykicker]

There’s “rampant†speculation across the industry that free agent catcher Matt Wieters will sign with the Nationals, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney (Insider required and recommended). The Nationals traded for ex-Padres starting catcher Derek Norris earlier this month, but Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com then noted that they could sign Wieters and flip Norris elsewhere. Of course, it’s worth pointing out that Wieters’ agent, Scott Boras, is close with Nats owner Ted Lerner and president/general manager Mike Rizzo. The 30-year-old Wieters has spent his entire career in nearby Baltimore, but it may have replaced him Friday with the signing of Welington Castillo.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/tradefa-rumblings-wieters-nats-mets-rays-braun-ee-tribe.html


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