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southpaw2153
Yankees are going hard after Strasburg with the contracts of Tex, Chapman and Beltran coming off the books at the end of the season. No way he is signing without hitting the open market.
chri
And lemme guess, you guys get Harper and Harvey too by the end of 2018? lol.
But yes I definitely think the Yankees are going to pursue Strasburg big time. It’s no secret that team needs pitching and with all that money coming off the books too.
I think the Dodgers are another obvious fit too. Strasburg is a California native and the Dodgers also need pitching and may look to him as a ‘Greinke replacement’ I’d imagine other clubs like the Cubs, Boston and maybe a dark house club like Philadelphia bids aggressively for Strasburg’s services as well.
southpaw2153
I think Harper is a Yankee after 2018. Harvey, no. I’d take Matz over any starter the Mets currently have. He has a very high ceiling. Lefties with his stuff don’t grow on trees.
Acuña Matata
Of course Freeman is the “rock” of the organization. Until he’s traded. I get the game the organization has to play from a PR standpoint but if the right offer comes there will be considerations made. Its business. Assuming his wrist doesn’t blow up and he continues production his contract is very good for the right amount of years.
Who knows, the Olivera experiment could finally find itself at first.
jackblue411
Im very curious to see what strasberg will get, with all those injuries and inconsistent production he’s kind of a mystery
bigkempin
Since 2010…..ERA 3.16, 3.00, 3.14,. 3.46….FIP 2.83, 3.21, 2.94, 2.81……..K/9 11.1, 9.4, 10.1, 11.0…….That’s inconsistent?
Ray Ray
I am not saying that I believe Jenrry Mejia for a second, but let’s pretend he is correct. Just imagine the fallout if what he was saying were true. MLB might never be able to suspend anyone ever again over drugs just because of the lost credibility. You also would have to wonder about the reception for Mejia from his teammates and the fans. Would his teammates welcome him back with open arms or would he just be a pariah in the clubhouse? It isn’t an exact parallel, but Curt Flood was HATED by fans for challenging the baseball hierarchy. A lot has changed since 1970, but I can imagine Mejia being booed heavily at the very least. Of course this is probably a moot point since he has almost no chance of winning this argument. Either way, it is fun to imagine sometimes.
start_wearing_purple
Personally I think there’s a major difference between Curt Flood fighting the reserve clause and Jenrry Mejia declaring MLB is out to get him. Mejia is saying an institution is out to get him, Flood said part of an institution was wrong. There’s a huge difference and frankly more than a little insulting to Curt Flood’s memory to compare them.
sigurd 2
Cui bono? Why would MLB frame a relative nobody for something like this? It makes no sense.
whtstr314
All I know is if Mejia pulls some more Ryan Braun b.s. and drag someone’s life through the mud to save their own skin and the league lets him do it, I will not be happy.
gomerhodge71
Mejia is really doing the only thing he can do right now. He got bagged 3 times. He has let his team, the fans and MLB down tremendously and is now just making himself look like a complete fool instead of taking it like a man and admitting that he tried to cheat without getting caught.
chri
If he performs this season, I’m expecting that Strasburg gets a 7-8 year deal this offseason worth roughly 180M (and maybe more).
A. He will only be 28 in July. That’s two years younger than Price and four for Greinke.
B. He has a career 3.09 ERA, if anything he is underrated because of how overhyped he was as a amatuer and in the minors. You want to know who else has a career 3.09 ERA? David Price. Greinke has a career 3.35 ERA.
C. While he did have a somewhat lengthy DL stint this year, he has been mostly injury free since his TJS in 2010.
There are some flaws to his game, some feel he is timid on the mound and is easily frustrated when a ball/strike call doesn’t go his way/ his defense lets him down. But if he does his part this summer, there will be plenty of teams this winter willing to pay him big money.
stymeedone
Isn’t the expected life of TJS 5 years? If it is, that might affect the length of contract a team is willing to give.
Lance
you would think. but competition for good starting pitchers is so stiff that SOMEONE is going to give him a 6-7 year deal, with at least one, may two opt out years after his 2nd and 4th years. yeah….it’s goofy….but…it’s baseball mentality right now.
KoRKDoLLaRs
Mejia is innocent. It already has been proven by recent drug testing. Plus there is a bombshell of a scandal by the MLB…stay tuned should break soon
sigurd 2
Mejia…is that you?
stymeedone
Wouldn’t recent drug testing only show what he has used recently? It doesn’t disprove prior tests. Only shows that he got his act together since.
bbgods
The Mejia situation has seemed odd since his second positive test. My question is: did he have a clean test before the second positive? Michael Morse years ago claimed to have been suspended twice fir the same usage, and it seems possible that this happened to Mejia.
As far as Mejia’s claim that MLB wanted him to reveal his source of PDAs, it sounds like the ARod Biogenesis fiasco. MLB is more than capable of strong arm investigative tactics.
I would like to know the whole story here.
Niekro
Not saying he deserves a pass but originally when the story broke it sounded like Mejia had problems understanding english and the exact consequences no excuse, but it is obvious lawyers are taking him a ride for every penny he has now.
Backatitagain
That Jayson Stark article recommended is regurgitated dribble and a waste of time to read. The Braves may never trade Freeman, but if they do not it is a terrible mistake. If at any point he gets his performance back to expectations he needs to go. His salary increases 70% next year and he becomes un-affordable. He would have to generate 5.5 to 6.5 WAR to justify the cost on a team that averages under $3 Million per WAR. Braves need to get what they can and Houston or Boston are the places to start.
AJ Reed, Bregman, and outfielder or Devers, Travis, and Bradley Jr, or Moncada.
bigkempin
He would also have to generate 5.5-6.5 to justify those trade packages you proposed. He’s a 1B with average power and average D.
RunDMC
There was nothing average about his career-high HR pace in 2015 that was halted by the wrist. He’s putting altogether if he can get past the wrist ailment – a big “if”.
Gogerty
Ask most outside of Braves fan base and they would stay say Freeman is a Top 5 1B in the league. He is still you and power is growing, hits great average and has better range.
Not that I generally agree with Trademeister, but if he can get past this wrist ailment, his stock will be back up. Astros, Pirates, and anyone with a solid 1B prospect could be a good match. Also Yankees for future or Cards for present need are obvious partners.
doctorstrangeglove
Who did Ryan Braun “drag through the mud?” The sample collector who mishandled the sample to begin with?
ka_teague
Don’t even pretend to defend that scum. Come on now. Do you defend arod too? What next, chapman and Reyes?
doctorstrangeglove
There is an ENORMOUS difference between “defending that scum” and pointing out the FACT the man who was supposedly “dragged through the mud” was only put in that position to begin with because HE FAILED to fully comply with the procedures of handling a sample. This was his job. He failed at his job. He was fired for failing at his job. His failure was THE reason Braun was able to win his appeal to begin with.
I am subject to random drug tests at my job, along with having to take them if I were to have an accident at work, and also when I want to renew my forklift operator liscence. You damn well better believe if I ever found out a sample collector mishandled my sample (whether or not I test positive or negative), I would be all over it.
I am not, nor will I ever defend someone who broke the rules his employer has in place. He was punished, which his employer had every right to do.
But, to say or even imply someone’s reputation or job was harmed by Braun is absolutely 100% false.
iamhector24
He got the dude fired who collected or delivered the sample. (I don’t remember which one)