The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[Pancake Bear]

Geez, bullet dodged.

[angelsnationtalk]

44 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Yes, it's sickening and he should be fired. I'm glad this story came out, but geeze from 2016? Come one. 

[angelsnationtalk]

46 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

On a second note, I wonder what this does for Free Agents specifically Springer. 

Even though he's full of Sh**, maybe Springer will avoid the Mets and will now be a favorite for the Blue Jays. 

Brings the Bauer sweepstakes down to Angels and White Sox.

 

[Revad]

7 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

Geez, bullet dodged.

Dude back off your sounding funny or something

[Pancake Bear]

5 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Yes, it's sickening and he should be fired. I'm glad this story came out, but geeze from 2016? Come one. 

Why do these people always show up when the perv has just gotten a new job? I mean, did they only just decide to care now that the dude has hit a high enough level of importance to be taken down? Sucks for the Mets that they will likely have to find someone else for their GM job now. Could've been us. 

[Docwaukee]

52 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

yeah.  he's gonna get fired.  

[Pancake Bear]

3 minutes ago, Revad said:

Dude back off your sounding funny or something

Okay. 

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Pancake Bear said:

Why do these people always show up when the perv has just gotten a new job? I mean, did they only just decide to care now that the dude has hit a high enough level of importance to be taken down? Sucks for the Mets that they will likely have to find someone else for their GM job now. Could've been us. 

maybe it's been going on for awhile behind the scenes in some form for awhile.  who knows.  who cares.  

she was sexually harassed (allegedly).  

[Pancake Bear]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

maybe it's been going on for awhile behind the scenes in some form for awhile.  who knows.  who cares.  

she was sexually harassed (allegedly).  

Could be. Her right to come forward whenever she wants, just weird the timing. Either way, F him, and it still sucks for the Mets.

[Docwaukee]

4 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

Could be. Her right to come forward whenever she wants, just weird the timing. Either way, F him, and it still sucks for the Mets.

maybe its that she's been trying to let it go and then she sees this douche achieving success.  That he's now one of the main guys with major responsibility in a large corporation and it's dawned on her that she doesn't want to see him abuse his power and cause others to suffer the same fate.  

[Pancake Bear]

5 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

maybe its that she's been trying to let it go and then she sees this douche achieving success.  That he's now one of the main guys with major responsibility in a large corporation and it's dawned on her that she doesn't want to see him abuse his power and cause others to suffer the same fate.  

Yeah, dunno. I've never been in that position (either way, so far as that goes), so I wouldn't know the thinking there. 

[Second Base]

5 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

Yeah, dunno. I've never been in that position (either way, so far as that goes), so I wouldn't know the thinking there. 

I think it's very unfair to judge him at this point. There is a lot we simply don't know.

1. How hot is the reporter?

2. How impressive is his piece? I mean is this something that should be shared with all women? 

[Second Base]

Smart move by MLBTR to close the comments on their link. Probably for the best.

[Second Base]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Stop.

Woke. 

[Inside Pitch]

32 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

yeah.  he's gonna get fired.  

I thought the headline was funny because of his sheer stupidity.  After reading all the details, the dude is pretty freaking over the top deranged.

I'm not pulling my previous comments because that's not my style, but I feel bad laughing at the situation and assuming it was Brett Favre redux.  This dude is nuts.

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Smart move by MLBTR to close the comments on their link. Probably for the best.

Guys are gonna joke because guys... But the dude seems pretty mental.

[Second Base]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

Guys are gonna joke because guys... But the dude seems pretty mental.

But yes, I do believe you're right. As more details come out, it's only getting weirder.

[angelsnationtalk]

So what do we all think this means for their market now? 
Steve Cohen doesn't have much time to "follow up and review the facts".
He's likely got (2) $100M+ offers to Bauer (maybe) and Springer. Their decisions might change based on this baggage. Especially if rumors are true that Springer might sign this week.  

If they don't want Springer going to the Blue Jays then Porter needs to be fired immediately. 

If not, then I'd expect the Blue Jays to sign Springer and Bauer be between the Angels and White Sox.

Keep in mind that the White Sox have a much deeper rotation and their payroll has never exceeded $130M. Signing Bauer would put them around $145M-$150M.

hmmmmmmm..... Angels.......

[tdawg87]

30 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Woke. 

Remember when you used to actually add something to this forum?

[Second Base]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Remember when you used to actually add something to this forum?

Who died and made you Zuckerberg?

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If they don't want Springer going to the Blue Jays then Porter needs to be fired immediately. 

OR...

Just offer him more money.

[Bronson]

Just lol that this happened to the Mets. And I thought we had bad luck. Geez...

[BTH]

3 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

So what do we all think this means for their market now? 

I think that the result of Springer impacts Bauer.

If the Jays miss out on Springer, they likely make Bauer their #1 priority and they have the money to make it happen. If the Jays get Springer, I think they're out on Bauer. If the Jays are out on Bauer, that significantly hurts Bauer's market, which will likely prompt other teams to jump in and see if they can get Bauer at a lower cost. I'd imagine it would be teams like the Angels, Dodgers, Giants, and White Sox and whoever decides to meet Bauer's asking price gets him.

[Second Base]

I doubt this impacts the Mets FA signings. He was the GM, but Sandy Anderson is their president of baseball ops. He makes the GM decisions, just with a cooler title.

[Second Base]

10 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Remember when you used to actually add something to this forum?

Also, didn't you just use gay as a derogatory word like three days ago? Hypocrite.