MLB off-season news & notes thread
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Winter meetings winners and losers.
Winners
Cubs- The World Champion Cubs had very little to fill and get an elite closer for over stock.
White Sox- revamp their farm system trying to replicate their World Champion North Side brothers. They got some good little players along the way.
Red Sox- Chris Sale.
Losers
Cardinals- with players running far away from St. Louis, the worry should set in.
Blue Jays- losing or in the process of losing their two big bats while filling their spots with mediocre talent.
Pirates- had players to offer nobody wanted.
Winners
Cubs- The World Champion Cubs had very little to fill and get an elite closer for over stock.
White Sox- revamp their farm system trying to replicate their World Champion North Side brothers. They got some good little players along the way.
Red Sox- Chris Sale.
Losers
Cardinals- with players running far away from St. Louis, the worry should set in.
Blue Jays- losing or in the process of losing their two big bats while filling their spots with mediocre talent.
Pirates- had players to offer nobody wanted.
bluesfan94
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What player ran away from St. Louis?
Shocking the Cubs were winners and the Cardinals were losers. I can't imagine how you came to that conclusion.
Shocking the Cubs were winners and the Cardinals were losers. I can't imagine how you came to that conclusion.
Winger for Hire
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I wouldn't say the Pirates had players nobody wanted.
Nobody wanted to pay Huntington's prices.
Nobody wanted to pay Huntington's prices.
MMC
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Makes too much sense. Jansen back to LA, White Sox continue to fleece the Nats, Chapman went back to New York, etc.
Pwnasaurus
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Wrong on all 3 accounts.
Cardinals let guys that don't really hurt them go. (Holliday for example)
The Jays still haven't officially lost those two bats so it's not a loss until they do.
Plenty of people wanted Cutch, Pittsburgh just felt it wasn't fair value.
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Dodgers are basically out on Jansen. They already said they won't come close to nats/Marlins offers
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What can really be classified as absurd considering how high the market was for Sale and Adam Eaton?
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This is really cool. Would love to see these put together for every team (but get your own public trans system to mock!)
Its still amazing to me, with most big deals likely done the NL looks about as cut and dried as it can be. The same teams who contended last year likely contend again with virtually no surprises likely outside of maybe the Braves or DBacks possibly hanging in for awhile before falling off. The Dodgers potentially could be the one contender who is in trouble if Jansen leaves.
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hockeykicker
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Fwiw and who knows since its Jim Bowden, he says on mlb radio that nats and Marlins two teams left in Jansen sweepstakes with nats leading.
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Pwnasaurus
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Yeah I didn't go that far
Coors will certainly be a place you don't really want to visit though this season and not just because of the beer. They could theoretically have an AS at any position on the diamond and I wouldn't be surprised.
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The disastrous bullpen minus Otto is a pretty good reason to sleep on them
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