Cinci hasn't been able to fill that no-hit-run-like-hell slot since they lost Billy HamiltonThe Prellers start early trading OF Travis Jankowski to the Reds for international slot money.
He replaces Don Mattingly as the active manager with the best playing career.Carlos Beltran is the NYM manager.
I heard someone say he was analytical in a way that most great players aren't, and compared him to Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn.
Can't wait for those to be a cool throwback option in 2039Good riddance to the Diamondbacks' terrible dark gray uniforms.
I'm with you. I feel like it's one of those things that will bother me for 6 weeks and then I'll never notice it again.Eephus said:I'll get used to 'em but I don't like the SwooshTM on the 2020 jerseys.
"The way everybody is looking at it is that we can turn the page on those tough times," Hosmer said. "We're trying to start a new wave now, a new culture. The brown really represents the beginning of all that."
The FFA can't get enough of it.The story coming out of Houston regarding sign-stealing seems like it is something that is going to become really big.
I guess that is it for Zach Collins. The Sox drafted him at #10 just a few years ago.Grandal to the White Sox 4/$73M. The signing has near term positives both offensively and defensively but he's a 31 year catcher with 6000 innings behind the plate. He's a risk to fall off a cliff sometime during the contract term.
Small sample size but his defense behind the plate looked pretty shaky. If the bat doesn't play at 1B/DH, he's the latest version of Jeff Clement.I guess that is it for Zach Collins. The Sox drafted him at #10 just a few years ago.
There always are lots of interesting guys. Keeping them on a MLB roster all year is another matter.Any interesting rule 5 guys available?
Serious Biz ownership BiasThe Mariners signed 1B Evan White to a deal worth 6/$24M plus club options. That's a lot of money for a kid who spent 2018 in AA but not a huge commitment for the club.
ETA: Apples and oranges but I like it better than the White Sox spending $50M for Abreu's 33-35 seasons.
4/$64M. I'm glad he finally got his long-term deal but making him an everyday second baseman at age 31 seems ambitious. The Reds needed a bat though.Moustakas to the Reds. Sounds like he will play 2B there.
Profar get over the yips? Preller was destined to snag Profar at some point, and I like this move if he can throw. His BABIP suggests he was unlucky last year.Padres trade for their short-term 2B in Jurickson Profar. Profar was likely to be non-tendered by the Oaklands because of a ~$6M arbitration number.
Backup catcher Austin Allen heads the other way.
The Marlins also claimed Jesus Aguilar. It's part of their master plan to reconstruct the 2017 Brewers.Orioles trade Jonathan Villar to the Marlins in exchange for the title of MLB's most obvious tankers.