2018 Hot Stove League

[Homebrewer]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Harper

That's probably about it

[Stradling]

Why would you come into a thread just to let us know you don’t care.  Go to a different thread, one that you care about the topic.  The “who cares” is probably the shittiest contribution to a thread there is.  

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

That's probably about it

Boras 

[Docwaukee]

44 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Who gives a shit?

normally I wouldn't but in this case I want baseball to go back to being about more than a couple guys.  Or if it is about one guy, I want that one guy to be Mike Trout.  

[Homebrewer]

2 minutes ago, Kody Mac said:

I do. If Harper signs with the Phillies it takes up a lot of money they could have potentially tried to throw at Trout. Hopefully the "Trout will go to Philly" narrative will die down a bit.

If Trout hits the market there will suddenly be no shortage of money available to sign him 

[Taylor]

23 hours ago, m0nkey said:

In today's probably not meaningless tweets news:

 

 

Gross.

[Taylor]

Dangit, tdawg.

[Homebrewer]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Why would you come into a thread just to let us know you don’t care.  Go to a different thread, one that you care about the topic.  The “who cares” is probably the shittiest contribution to a thread there is.  

Don't get your lacy intimates all bunched up strad. I'm kidding around about how f'n long it's taken for him to sign for what he was offered 5 months ago. It's a bunch of crap that it's stretched out this long. For what?

[Taylor]

On 2/16/2019 at 11:08 AM, Stradling said:

 

 

15 hours ago, greginpsca said:

Angels resign Daniel Bard to a minor league deal.

The Angels really had a bard-on yesterday.

Edited February 17, 2019 by Taylor

[ettin]

I'm really curious what Bard's walk up song is?

[beatlesrule]

Moose resigns with Brewers one-year deal.

[Sully151]

20 minutes ago, ettin said:

I'm really curious what Bard's walk up song is?

Greensleeves.

 

 

oh, I thought you said The Bard. Never mind 

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

Moose resigns with Brewers one-year deal.

I wonder what happened to all those three and four year deals he had on the table.  

[UndertheHalo]

RIP

[beatlesrule]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/brewers-to-re-sign-mike-moustakas.html

10 million and a mutual option.

[eligrba]

22 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I wonder what happened to all those three and four year deals he had on the table.  

Oh, what could have been....

https://www.12up.com/posts/5999147-report-mike-moustakas-turned-down-bigger-offer-from-angels-earlier-this-offseason

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Oh, what could have been....

https://www.12up.com/posts/5999147-report-mike-moustakas-turned-down-bigger-offer-from-angels-earlier-this-offseason

I am sure you know this, but that is from last year.  Oh and we never offered him the contract that has been rumored publicly.

[Angel Oracle]

Meanwhile, the latest on Machado, Keuchel, and Kimbrel:

snorrreee, tic toc, tic toc, snorreee

[beatlesrule]

28 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Meanwhile, the latest on Machado, Keuchel, and Kimbrel:

snorrreee, tic toc, tic toc, snorreee

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/padres-reportedly-offering-250mm-or-more-to-manny-machado-bryce-harper.html

[Chuck]

Shittiest Offseason Ever. 

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, RBM said:

Yep, but for us much, much better than 2011 when we were so fortunate to “steal” Vernon Wells from the Blue Jays

nobody, and I mean nobody, thought we stole Wells from Toronto 

[Lou]

47 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Shittiest Offseason Ever. 

we've won enough offseasons in the past. 

 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, RBM said:

Sadly, Tony Reagins did...

I disagree

[Docwaukee]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Shittiest Offseason Ever. 

while it's been painful from a pure baseball standpoint, Eppler did the right thing this year.  He made the team better for 2019 while preserving the farm system.  He also didn't make multi-year commitments to players just because they were available.  Avoiding the 3-4 year deal on mid tier players over 30 is as important to keeping the farm intact.  At least for now.  You're going to hit on 1-2 in ten of McCutchen, Eovaldi, Pollock, Britton, Lynn, Hosmer, Darvish, JD Martinez, Cain, Arrieta, Carlos Santana, Cozart, Jay Bruce, Mike Minor, Cespedes, Fowler, Desmond, Reddick, Encarnacion, Trumbo and so on and so forth.  

This free agent class was way overrated.  Two marquis position players, one good pitcher who got paid more than I would have expected and a bunch of risk.  We didn't match up well in this class at all.  We needed pitching and that available was ok.  Eppler did it right by not settling for the next best player when that player wasn't someone he was overly excited about.  He went 1yr deals instead.  More risk for 2019 when it's easier to absorb.  

I was hopeful for a few different scenarios that didn't happen, but I am very happy a few other scenarios didn't happen as well.  

[Lou]

^^^ great post, doc