The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[CanadianHalo]

I think these were the last leaks in hopes of Arte coming in and making his final offer

[Pancake Bear]

30 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He tried with Cole. And Corbin. And Wheeler. And Greinke. 

You could say he needs to "try harder" but there's only so much he can control. He could offer Bauer 5/180 which is just idiotic and someone else could swoop in and offer him 6/225 and it's like what the fuck do you do? 

At some point, he'll have to overpay. He's done that with position players he really wants. He holds back on pitchers. He'll offer a lot of money, but not necessarily as much as it will take. Until he's willing to spend more than he's comfortable with for a TOR pitcher, nothing will change.

And I'm putting it on Arte because he's the one who has to approve a deal that big. That we haven't gotten one yet either means he's not making it a priority and insisting on it to the FO, or he's meddling like with the Dodgers trade. 

[floplag]

i cant even imagine the shitshow around here if the Dogs swoop in and grab Bauer... 

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If the Angels don't get Bauer can we have a Capitol Hill moment with the front office at the stadium?

Considering who a lot of the fans are on this site, this shouldn't be a problem. 

[tdawg87]

Oh sorry, did that upset you?

[mmc]

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

8 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

This guy ....  Captain Obvious.

[rafibomb]

7 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

I think these were the last leaks in hopes of Arte coming in and making his final offer

That's what I think too. Most of the dominoes have fallen and now it looks like they want the Giants and Angels to come in with their final offer.

 

 That last part is really telling. This tweet added absolutely nothing new but just wanted to call out the Giants and Angels.

Edited January 20, 2021 by rafibomb

[floplag]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

Now this i like.

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

If this is how we finish off the offseason, I will be throughly pleased.

[Pancake Bear]

Just now, mmc said:

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

Doesn't sound like they're all in on Bauer. I just don't see them spending that much. Doesn't mean they're out on him - could be a contingency plan. 

Signing Hand and trading for Sonny Gray wouldn't be a bad way to end the offseason, tbh. 

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

Angels signing another former Indians closer. Hope it works out better than last time

[mmc]

Looks like this might be where we’ve shifted our focus to after Quintana

[Blarg]

10 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If the Angels don't get Bauer can we have a Capitol Hill moment with the front office at the stadium?

No.

[floplag]

1 minute ago, Bronson said:

If this is how we finish off the offseason, I will be throughly pleased.

give me a side of Pederson/Puig/etc... to open in RF and i would be very happy

[angelsnationtalk]

6 minutes ago, mmc said:

Him and Bauer lets get it done

 

 

 

This makes me think they don't want Bauer...... great

[Bronson]

Just now, angelsnationtalk said:

This makes me think they don't want Bauer...... great

If that’s the case, trade for Gray. Either one. Sonny or Jon. 

[mmc]

 

[beatlesrule]

Brantley back with Astros. 2/32 million.

[rafibomb]

Interesting the news that we are looking at Hand came right after Heyman's tweet calling out the Angels and Giants for the Bauer sweepstakes lol

[Bronson]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Lmao what happened Blue Jays??

[rafibomb]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Another suitor with more money now for Bauer

[angelsnationtalk]

Just now, Bronson said:

If that’s the case, trade for Gray. Either one. Sonny or Jon. 

I think we'd have to overpay for Gray based on what the Padres gave away for Musgrove. 

To me, the only option is for Arte to spend more money and not prospects. 

Give it 1 year or breaking bank, then let the roughly $50M come off the books

[angelsnationtalk]

5 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

hahahahahahha Jon Heyman needs to fire himself 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Aaahh yes the dodgers...

There also looking at re-signing Turner

wait, last night it's reported that their looking at semien

today there looking at Bauer! 

 

i call bs, and this is just used to raise values for certain players.

 

 There already close to the 200 mil, and still with the hole at 3rd. 

Kershaw and Seager are free agents after this season, that's easily 50-60 mil that could be added to the payroll for next year.

Buehler and Bellinger are getting expensive and are looking at big contracts in a year or two.