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Phillies sign Josh Harrison. Small move but I like these moves. Low risk, high potential. If he turns out to be done, so be it. But if he can produce like he did a couple of years ago, nice find.
Brewers fan here and don't know too much about who they got. How do you feel about Urias and Lauer for the Brewers? At first glance with my limited knowledge I'm excited about Urias. I think this means Arcia will be moved as well.
White Sox are rumored to be after him hard, but Morosi had them as a dark horse for Strasburg. Hard to know who they will land, but they will be in on one of the higher end guys (probably not named Cole) and perhaps a 2nd tier starter. Still looking at RF as well.
He'll DH probably 2x a week, maybe play 1B once in awhile. They still have McCann and Zach Collins so very crowded, but also means DH will be a rotation with Abreu, and these catchers.
Urias is a younger, cheaper version of Arcia. By virtue of debuting at age 21, Arcia is now in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Urias has split time between 2B and SS in part because he's come up the Padres ladder with Fernando Tatis Jr.
Crazy thing about this was I got an alert saying Pillar was non-tendered from the Giants. Then two minutes later I got an alert saying Villar was sent from the O's to the Marlins. I thought it said Pillar and was like, "Damn! This cat has been on three teams in a matter of 5 minutes." Also, I'm an idiot.
The Yankees met with Corbin, Harper and Machado last year and didn't make a serious offer to any. I do think they have a more obvious need this year though.
I think the fact they didn't make a big move last year and fell short of the WS will make this offseason more important in signing someone big. I think it will be Cole since they like him and he likes the Yankees. Seems like a good match.
BTW, that was a serious question. After I read what I wrote, it almost sounded like I was being a smart ###. But I was not. Not this time, anyway.
Even stranger is that I see ESPN has an article saying they expect Rendon to be the first big name FA to sign this offseason. Could the Winter Meetings actually be eventful this year?
Crane said he was going to try too but I’m not sure I believe it. Judging from his actions following game 7, I don’t feel like he wants to be in Houston.
Other: Whichever teams offers the most money (just like every other big FA in history). All that stuff about which coast they prefer and what teams they liked growing up is just sports-talk fodder.
Since the Minnesota twins did not tender to CJ Cron, that must mean that Sano is moving to first base and I would hope they would talk to Rendon or at least Donaldson
FYP. Honestly, I think they could get some decent return for Dom Smith who is a talent without a position. That doesn’t help the FA spending, but could help fill a hole.
This isn't always true.E-Z Glider said:
examples of a big-time FA, getting their first-crack at FA, going anywhere other than to the highest bidder?
Hopefully they're just doing the exact opposite of last year where everyone knew they wanted Harper thanks to the "stupid money" comments. They need SP way more than offense. I like Cole and Wheeler. I'm afraid Strasburg is too fragile to give a huge contract.
Not the case. They both made offers, but not as much money or years as the Phils.
I think Hader is a goner. I don't think his value will ever be higher. He was just recently granted Super-2 so he's going to get expensive quicker than planned. And his HR rate last year was alarming. Sell high and plug some holes. Remember this post when it happens.
Relievers are volatile and Hader has been worked hard. It makes sense for Stearns to entertain offers while Hader's value is high.
I'm at the point where I think it would be a mistake not to deal him now. The package they'd get is as high as it will ever be going forward. And the more that NL batters get to see his fastball and figure out his delivery, the easier it becomes to time up that fastball. If he's not willing to throw anything else, how can one assume he's not going to regress. I guess there's always that chance of duplicating the success of Mariano Rivera throwing just one pitch. But I'm not taking that chance.
Would've bet the house that he'd be in red pinstripes come Spring Training. Makes me sad to know he's gone to the Braves.I am totally super pissed about Cole Hamels signing with the Braves!
Gotta think the plan is to build a new stadium. It's like the third oldest stadium in the big leagues, I believe.
