2018 Hot Stove League

[ukyah]

8 hours ago, nate said:

Yea, don't pay him more just to be somewhere he doesn't want to be.

Anyway, am I the only one that wants Maldonado back?  I know he doesn't have the bat but defensively he was so great, and he handled the staff really well too.

i wouldn't mind a cervelli/maldonado pairing, but i don't like a maldonado/briceno pairing.

[Hubs]

On 12/17/2018 at 4:22 PM, Inside Pitch said:

They are replacing Marwin Gonzalez and their CFer wasn't anything special....  Dropping Jake Marisnick to 4th OFer opens it up for Tucker... Plus Tucker is still only 22....  This likely hurts Derek Fisher and Tony Kemp more than Tucker.

Springer is their CF. Brantley will play Left and Reddick plays RF. They’ll also rotate these guys through DH.

Tucker takes over for Reddick or Brantley soon, after 2019. Both are signed through 2020. Or he’s trade bait. He also didn’t do well last year in limited Ab’s. 

 

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Springer is their CF. Brantley will play Left and Reddick plays RF. They’ll also rotate these guys through DH.

Tucker takes over for Reddick or Brantley soon, after 2019. Both are signed through 2020. Or he’s trade bait. He also didn’t do well last year in limited Ab’s. 

Marisnik actually had more games in CF than Springer..  they did a lot of shuffling.   Springer is a natural RFer who moved to CF when they got Reddick.   I always forget they have Reddick...

[Hubs]

15 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Marisnik actually had more games in CF than Springer..  they did a lot of shuffling.   Springer is a natural RFer who moved to CF when they got Reddick.   I always forget they have Reddick...

In 2018, I saw that, but in 2017 when Springer wasn’t injured, he played more CF.

[Angelsfan1984]

On 12/13/2018 at 3:23 PM, Inside Pitch said:

Matt Harvey made 5.5 mil -- no way he should cost 10 mil and if that's his asking price you walk away. 

I agree

[Lou]

I've never, ever seen a bus in Vegas 

 

[krAbs]

23 minutes ago, Lou said:

I've never, ever seen a bus in Vegas 

 

They have them - they are just covered in advertisement. I actually saw a police standoff with a dude in one a couple years back.

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

I agree

You could have knocked me over with a feather -- but they got your guy, so you should be happy!

Edited December 19, 2018 by Inside Pitch

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Hubs said:

In 2018, I saw that, but in 2017 when Springer wasn’t injured, he played more CF.

Springer played in the identical number of games in 2017 and 2018...   140 games.    They just did a lot of shuffling last year -- Springer is not a good defensive CFer, Marisnik is.

[popo85]

Quote

 

The New York Yankees have interest in trading Miguel Andujar, according to multiple rival executives.

Andujar finished second in American League Rookie of the Year voting.

Andujar had an .855 OPS and 27 homers, but struggled defensively.

The San Diego Padres are believed to be a team interested in Andujar. 

https://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/49661/Yankees-Could-Trade-Miguel-Andujar

 

Playing in Petco could be a disaster from him, a pull hitter in a non hitter friendly park plus bad defense. Teams like Rangers/WSox should try to make a move as he can DH as well 

[Lou]

58 minutes ago, krAbs said:

They have them - they are just covered in advertisement. I actually saw a police standoff with a dude in one a couple years back.

could you bet on the outcome? 

[ukyah]

26 minutes ago, Lou said:

could you bet on the outcome? 

 

upped your comedy game on that one. golf clap.

[Docwaukee]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

could you bet on the outcome? 

[Docwaukee]

3 hours ago, popo85 said:

Playing in Petco could be a disaster from him, a pull hitter in a non hitter friendly park plus bad defense. Teams like Rangers/WSox should try to make a move as he can DH as well 

I guess their meeting with Machado went well.  

[Lou]

4 hours ago, Dochalo said:

@ukyah sag reed 

FACE!

[T.G.]

Anibal Sanchez to the Nats...

2 yrs, $19 million.

[rafibomb]

1 minute ago, True Grich said:

Anibal Sanchez to the Nats...

2 yrs, $19 million.

Not sure about anyone else here but I would easily choose Cahill (age 30) for 9 million and Harvey (age 29) for 11 million at one year each than a 34 year old Anibal Sanchez at 2 years, 19 million.

[totdprods]

3 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Anibal Sanchez to the Nats...

2 yrs, $19 million.

Wow. Harvey and Cahill deals suddenly don’t look like much of an overpay anymore.

[DMVol]

2 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Wow. Harvey and Cahill deals suddenly don’t look like much of an overpay anymore.

Unless Sanchez pitches like he did last year....

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

Unless Sanchez pitches like he did last year....

Still - he’s 35 and had a 5.67 ERA combined across three nearly full seasons beforehand.

I wouldn’t have minded him at 1/$9m, but two years is a gamble. I’m sure that’s why Eppler agreed to the terms he did with Harvey and Cahill. We could’ve had them cheaper on multi-year but not worth the risk not commitment.

[HaloNArizona]

25 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Wow. Harvey and Cahill deals suddenly don’t look like much of an overpay anymore.

Considering GRich is getting two years at 15.5 million, he is not pitching for at least one of those years....Cahill and Harvey are to bad of deals.

[totdprods]

There’s actually a 3rd year option for $12m, so it could be 3/$33m maxed out.

Man, Washington loves throwing money at pitchers. 

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

There’s actually a 3rd year option for $12m, so it could be 3/$33m maxed out.

Man, Washington loves throwing money at pitchers. 

And bad post-season managers

[beatlesrule]

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/angels-have-been-active-this-offseason-but-theyre-still-in-jeopardy-of-squandering-another-year-of-mike-trouts-prime/

[T.G.]