Official MLB Hot Stove Thread (no Angels rumors or news here)

[CanadianHalo]

Welp...

 

Come on down Wellington

[CanadianHalo]

 

[totdprods]

Rubby De La Rosa and Welington Castillo were non-tendered, and either would be of interest to me.

[Troll Daddy]

Chris Carter on the loose

[Troll Daddy]

Didn't take long for Mathis to get scooped up. 

[DMVol]

9 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Didn't take long for Mathis to get scooped up. 

Pretty amazing.....one dimensional still pays well.....

[bloodbrother]

Woah. The Padres non-tendered Tyson Ross, Alexi Amarista, Jon Edwards, Erik Johnson, Jose Pirela and Hector Sanchez.

— Dennis Lin (@sdutdennislin) December 3, 2016

[Richard]

Wonder what's up with Ross? That one is very surprising.

[bloodbrother]

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-20161013-story.html

 

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

They had enough men on their ship.

That Manship has sailed. 

last 2 years in the AL he's rolled out an 0.90 and 3.12 ERA..... Might be worth a flier? besides BEDROCK who else in our Bully threw out a 3.12 ERA last year?....

Edited December 3, 2016 by SlappyUtilityMIF

[Jig Stew]

1 hour ago, Richard said:

 

the faster Mathis is off the street the easier we all can sleep at night

[marcosantinia12]

I wonder how much Ross gets in the open market.

Not counting the one game he pitched last year, this is how his ERA in the last 2 years (approximately 400 innings) stack up to familiar names...

391IP   3.03 Ross
--------------------------------

437IP   3.32 Kluber
413IP   3.61 Archer
413IP   3.49 Hammels

Of course his ERA+ doesn't match up to those names because of Petco being factored in but I think it does not do him justice being an extreme ground ball pitcher that does not depend as much on park factors as others might. 
 

[totdprods]

Seems a little weird still that the Pads would give up on him. 

Given their recent history with players and injuries, I'd stay far away from Ross. The Preller scandal, Pomeranz looking like garbage in Boston, Rea's immediate TJ after being dealt, not to mention Cashner's repeated health issues.

Let someone else overpay for him. We have paid enough arms to sit on the DL the last four years, and have plenty of other guys who already have health issues.

[Homebrewer]

Mathis will come back to manage the Angels one day. You just know it's going to happen.

Napoli will be hitting coach.

By that time Arte will have sold his interest in the club to the other major partner...Pujols.

[TroutField]

Idk adding Ross to the potential starting pitching mix would be huge. A pitcher with major league experience and has shown flashes of being a #1. 

[totdprods]

Jon Edwards and Jose Pirela were also cut by the Pads and would be worth looking at. Pirela is a former Yankee prospect with some good contact/OBP numbers in the minors, not too old, pretty versatile in the field. Edwards has had some filthy k/9 numbers in the minors and bigs. Other names that caught my eye include Seth Maness, Jeff Manship, Rubby De La Rosa, Welington Castillo, Ben Revere, Chris Withrow, Jeff Locke, and Vance Worley.

Yankees non-tendered Jacob Lindgren, a 23 year old lefty with a 14.3 K/9 in 53.2 minor league innings - he's only allowed 3 HRs in his pro career, but unfortunately they all came during his 7 IP stint with the Yankees this year. Big health concerns too 

Ryan Brett is a switch-hitting 2B from the Rays system who sports a good contact/OBP line in the minors. He missed '16 with Tommy John surgery, but has a career .289/.343/.421/.764 slash in the minors.

Zac Rosscup is an older lefty, 28, from the Cubs system who has a 2.64 ERA in 262 minor league innings and career 11 K/9 across majors and minors.

Connor Mullee is another former Yankee farmhand, 6'4" RHP who's also 28. Has a minor league career ERA of 2.00 over 162 IP, with a 1.03 WHIP and 9.1 K/9.

Ramon Cabrera is a switch-hitting catcher cut loose by the Reds. 27 with a bit of MLB experience, and a nice .287/.352/.381 minor league career slash with good defense.

Keyvius Sampson was non-tendered by the Reds as well, and I'm mentioning him simply because we are hoarding former Reds pitchers.

[Cdaniel]

Carlos Beltran has agreed to terms with the Astros.

[Cdaniel]

1yr 16 mil full no trade clause 

[Troll Daddy]

42 minutes ago, Cdaniel said:

Carlos Beltran has agreed to terms with the Astros.

This is devastating news 

Beltran McCann and Reddick ... oh my

[eligrba]

56 minutes ago, Cdaniel said:

Carlos Beltran has agreed to terms with the Astros.

It seemed like an over pay, then I remembered that the Angels will pay Josh Hamilton more.

[Stradling]

The $14 million a year for McCutchen seems like an absolute bargain. 

[Angel Oracle]

With the Padres, is it overuse of pitchers?    Or poor maintenance/medical staff?  Or simply flukish?

[Blarg]

Maybe someone should ask Bud Black, he was the manager for most of these guys careers.

[Troll Daddy]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

The $14 million a year for McCutchen seems like an absolute bargain. 

It's not the money ... it's something else

[Stradling]

Yes, it's the prospects (we don't have) it would take to acquire him.