2018 Hot Stove League

[Homebrewer]

2 minutes ago, Ochocinco! said:

Kid looks like a high schooler 

still living at home with acne

[Chuck]

39 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Hope he's better than your reddit guy.

That wasn't my guy. 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

NO chance in hell we offered him $22 million a season.  

Exactly, not while leading the AL in hits allowed, that's for sure.

And that's with having Doug White there to assist him. 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

OH and I would take Keuchel on a 3 year deal around $45-50 million.  To me that is a decent risk.  

I'm more conservative than that.   At most, 3 years/$35-40 million

[wopphil]

I'd be okay with Keuchel at that price. It isn't ideal, but not terrible and also short term. Keep in mind, it was just a few years ago that mid-rotation arms were getting 5 years and 18 mil per (see, Jeff Samardizja).

[failos]

I wish that “rumor” were true.

[angelsnationtalk]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

NO chance in hell we offered him $22 million a season.  

If we offer a 31 year old $22M a year then why can't you offer a 26 year old $30M a year.....

Must be fake rumor.

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If we offer a 31 year old $22M a year then why can't you offer a 26 year old $30M a year.....

Must be fake rumor.

there's a difference between can't and not wanting to 

[Inside Pitch]

31 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If we offer a 31 year old $22M a year then why can't you offer a 26 year old $30M a year.....

Must be fake rumor.

I believe this is a bogus tweet, but.... 3/66 and the supposed demands for the 26 year olds aren't remotely similar.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

I believe this is a bogus tweet, but.... 3/66 and the supposed demands for the 26 year olds aren't remotely similar.

bogus? the kid is a NASCAR "expert" and has 104 followers 

[NJHalo]

He’ll probably shred his elbow putting the pen down, right after signing the contract. Miss 2 years 

[CanadianHalo]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Some dude tweeted this last night, most likely BS. 

 

 

His timeline is full on non BS stuff but no real inside scoop things. 

Definitely doesn’t come across as one of those random twitter accounts that’s throwing things out there like this in hopes of gaining followers but also doesn’t have any sort of prior tweets to lead anyone to believe he might know something.

If we’re willing to spend 22 mill on a 31 year old Dallas freaking Keuchel, I’d rather just see us go for Harper or Machado

[WeatherWonk]

I found this rather interesting (as well as a future predictor?) of where baseball could be going;  given the disdain for long-term contracts.  From MLBTR.

From a payroll perspective, the Twins have zero issues fitting Polanco — or virtually any player in baseball — onto the long-term ledger. Minnesota is the only organization in MLB that doesn’t have a single guaranteed contract on the books for the 2020 season, with the only dollars they’re technically committed to beyond 2019 coming in the form of a $300K buyout on Nelson Cruz’s one-year contract.

[Fish Oil]

The practice of teams being willing to overpay for a player's declining years in order to have a player for his premium years has certainly gone to the wayside. The Twins current contract obligations may be an extreme example of this trend, or it may not be. Either way, as you pointed out, this situation will be interesting to watch.

 

[Troll Daddy]

Yes, I think he has point 

[arch stanton]

Maybe they’re all just wary of paying $48 million for the 2014-15 version of Justin Verlander 

[NJHalo]

7 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Yes, I think he has point 

I agree with him. How competitive is a league that has more than half it's teams incapable of making the playoffs year after year? 

 

[WeaverFever]

10 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

I agree with him. How competitive is a league that has more than half it's teams incapable of making the playoffs year after year? 

 

Only a quarter of the teams do make the playoffs every year. I’m not disagreeing with you, you guys do have a point. We are just one of the teams “weary” of spending and hiding behind the rebuilding mantra.

[Vlad27Trout27]

with both Servino and nola linking team friendly deals, this could play in our favor for both Skaggs and Heaney. 

[Rico]

1 hour ago, WeaverFever said:

Only a quarter of the teams do make the playoffs every year. I’m not disagreeing with you, you guys do have a point. We are just one of the teams “weary” of spending and hiding behind the rebuilding mantra.

So expand the playoff format?  Cut into spring so we're not playing baseball on Thanksgiving?

[Chuck]

 

 

[floplag]

10 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Yes, I think he has point 

I agree, one can only claim to be "rebuilding" for so long.  Im sure there are teams with legit financial issues, but he league has even called BS on the As after playing that card as long as it has for example. 

[floplag]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

 

Saw this as well.  Wondering what Fletcher will have to say.  I have to admit i found it a bit perplexing, i assumed that ship had sailed after the LaStella signing. 

[Chuck]

Just now, floplag said:

Saw this as well.  Wondering what Fletcher will have to say.  I have to admit i found it a bit perplexing, i assumed that ship had sailed after the LaStella signing. 

Well I don't think La Stella is considered a starter, just a utility guy. 

[floplag]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Well I don't think La Stella is considered a starter, just a utility guy. 

no but with Fletcher and Cozart plus him and Ward... i assumed we were done there