The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[mmc]

24 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Can he play RF?

He played RF predominantly in 2020, though he's gotten more starts at other OF positions in previous seasons.

 

[Inside Pitch]

40 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I've always been intrigued with Puig. Since Minasian is all about run prevention, how is his defense @Inside Pitch?

The numbers likely are all over the place.  Cannon arm, can run shit down, but he makes mistakes being over aggressive ...   He's a world better than anyone we had out there defensively last year.

Worth mentioning that Puig had signed with Atlanta last year then caught covid.   So, might be a guy Minasian likes.

[BTH]

Puig and Bauer have the same agent. Worth noting.

But their are some off the field question marks with Puig, as mmc said.

[nando714]

I really don’t care who we get 

I just wanna go to a game. Eat peanuts and take down some beers 

went to the cardinals / dolphins game. It was worth the Covid football prices and experience. 

[totdprods]

Push does sort of fit the type of deal that Atlanta struck gold on with Donaldson and Ozuna. Sign an unquestionably talented player to a one-year deal when they have a slow developing market and see if it pays dividends. 

[mmc]

 

[totdprods]

I’ve always seen Ureña as a good target. He’s seemed like a guy who could take another step with a different team, much like Bundy or own own Ervin Santana did.

[mmc]

 

[jsnpritchett]

13 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

I'm shocked that a solid pitcher with a team-friendly contract would be appealing!

[eligrba]

2 hours ago, mmc said:

Will anyone touch Puig with the sexual assault allegations?

Not sure, but evidently Puig will touch anyone.

[mmc]

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

3 hours ago, mmc said:

 

I picked him as a good option if we deal any of the backend guys to acquire other pieces.

He did well outside of Colorado finally.

[mmc]

 

[angelsnationtalk]

15 hours ago, mmc said:

 

Angels had a Zoom meeting with Bauer and Gray at the same time and they said "how do we get you two boneheads to the Angels?" haha

[Dtwncbad]

Hey I am baffled by the profile pictures of people like Jon Heyman wearing a mask.
Why on earth would someone put up a photo with a mask on?  Do they think they can sneeze through my iPhone screen and infect me?

Or is it as simple as people being interested in branding themselves as “look at me, I care”. . .

So then are we to assume Ken Rosenthal (no mask in his profile photo) doesn’t care and is reckless?

What a stupid, stupid game.

Fuck these are weird times.

Maybe Heyman should wear a gag in his photo instead of a mask to more accurately brand himself as someone who shouldn’t be talking at all since he has a record of blathering inaccurate nonsense.

[eligrba]

52 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Hey I am baffled by the profile pictures of people like Jon Heyman wearing a mask.
Why on earth would someone put up a photo with a mask on?  Do they think they can sneeze through my iPhone screen and infect me?

Or is it as simple as people being interested in branding themselves as “look at me, I care”. . .

So then are we to assume Ken Rosenthal (no mask in his profile photo) doesn’t care and is reckless?

What a stupid, stupid game.

Fuck these are weird times.

Maybe Heyman should wear a gag in his photo instead of a mask to more accurately brand himself as someone who shouldn’t be talking at all since he has a record of blathering inaccurate nonsense.

Is everything ok?

[CanadianHalo]

If the Mets do choose McCann, who goes after Realmuto?

Jays? 

Does Realmuto become this years Rendon for the Angels? 
 

With limited number of teams willing to spend, Realmuto may have to come down on his asking price. 

[Stradling]

Unless they can trade for two starters like Gray or Marquez, I don’t want them anywhere near Realmuto.  

[Stradling]

What would you all be willing to give up to get any combination of Darvish, Hendricks and Contreras?

[CanadianHalo]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Unless they can trade for two starters like Gray or Marquez, I don’t want them anywhere near Realmuto.  

I don’t either. I didn’t want Grandal last season. I just can’t get behind handing 30 year old catcher a big contract.

We’re in a pretty strict lockdown where I’m at so other than working out in my garage I got nothing to do but speculate... 

[totdprods]

19 minutes ago, Stradling said:

What would you all be willing to give up to get any combination of Darvish, Hendricks and Contreras?

No matter how bad the Cubs need to shed payroll, I can't imagine they'd deal both Darvish and Hendricks. That would take a hell of a haul. Adell, Canning, one of Sandoval/Barria, probably a boatload of other prospects.  We'd thin out the MLB depth a little too close to comfort. 

Now, for one of those pitchers? Much more realistic. I think they'd want to move Darvish first. More expensive, not "homegrown" like Hendricks, older, more likely to have his contract go south before conclusion, probably at apex of his value now following his 2020 performance. 

In a weird way, I'd sort of be interested in seeing what they'd do involving Heyward. It would take significant money being eaten by Chicago in any deal, or Arte really opening up, but Heyward could be an interesting stopgap in RF. The bat isn't much, though he had a good year last year, but he's still strong defensively and walks a lot. He could cover RF next two years - presuming Adell is dealt for pitching - and then move to LF when Upton walks. It's not that I necessarily want Heyward, but his taking on that contract could really open the doors to a deal with Darvish or Hendricks getting done in a way that works for the Halos.

[T.G.]

25 minutes ago, Stradling said:

What would you all be willing to give up to get any combination of Darvish, Hendricks and Contreras?

I'd give up coffee.

[mmc]

 

[Chuck]

18 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Darn, he was one of my RF targets. 

[BTH]

1 hour ago, CanadianHalo said:

Does Realmuto become this years Rendon for the Angels? 

I've wondered about this as well.

That would be such a typical Arte Moreno move- spend money on a position player instead of a pitcher. Yes, he is a good hitter, but it's obvious that the Angels need pitching first and foremost.