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thecoffinnail
If Friedman doesn’t resign Jansen when he hits free agency I would expect Dodgers fans to start calling for his head. He is definitely the best reliever in the NL and can make a solid argument for the best in baseball. It will be interesting to see who lands the bigger contract, Jansen or Chapman. IMO Jansen will resign early in the offseason with the Dodgers and break Papelbon’s record. Chapman will be greedy and hold out for top dollar and will be let down when he signs late. It seems like the relief pitchers that sign early in free agency wind up with the most money. I have no proof to back this up and its pure speculation but Chapman comes off as a me me me type of player. If I had the talent of either one I would bet on myself and accept the QO year after year. $16mm would seem to be the ceiling for a closer.
BlueSkyLA
You might want to hone up that blade, Friedman does not seem to believe in extensions. Most likely Jansen will go, and so will Turner.
petfoodfella
Also, I think there might be a few RP’s in line ahead of Jansen as well. Not sure I’d go out on such a long limb and call him the best in the NL.
aff10
Idk, that seems pretty safe to me. Maybe you could make a case for Melancon, but Jansen IMHO is pretty clearly better
Dock_Elvis
Sad to see the Sky Sox possibly relocate. Some great childhood memories in Colorado Springs watching some of those Cleveland Indians prospects develop before they turned the franchise around. Joey (Albert) Belle, Carlos Baerga, Nagy….even little known players now like Beau Allred and Efrain Valdez hold special places for me.
Stadium is getting old, and at an actual higher elevation than Denver I believe. Rockies even moved out. Still sad to see. Guess we’ll likely see an American Association team move in.
BarrelMan
The Elmore Group which owns the Sky Sox apparently also owns the Helena Brewers, a short season Advanced Rookie team. Speculation has it that team could eventually be moved to Colorado Springs and may be a better overall fit.
m.gazette.com/article/1568950?_ga=1.104292864.1488…
Dock_Elvis
Interesting. I wonder if the Sky Sox can draw interest with a low level rookie ball team. Lots of driving in that league…wow. Sky Sox have struggled with attendance. I’d have to imagine the operating cost would be astronomically higher than Helena. I just figured an independent team was logical. Even AA Texas League puts road games in Tulsa at best. Independent league would put Lincoln, Wichita, Metroplex…
BarrelMan
Yeah the travel in that league is nuts. Helena is struggling with attendance though, and Colorado Springs has an existing stadium and a large market to work with. Might never happen, but it makes some sense considering no MLB franchises seem to want their AAA team at that altitude.
Dock_Elvis
I think they might lose an organized team. The park is on the absolute wrong side of the city to be attractive, and I’m not sure they will draw in the tourist summer traffic. It’s the demands of the modern game catching up. In 1990…Colorado Springs was fine. Hard to compete when even AAA teams are getting solid downtown stadiums
petfoodfella
I’d like to think the Braves bullpen would be fine if FrediG would be fired. He’s butchered the bullpen each year, in one way or another.
coachfred64
What the bullpen needs is for FrediG to be fired….
thechiguy
I could see Jansen being the only major signing of the Cubs next offseason. I have no way to know if Theo is even interested in spending large sums of cash on closers considering the current closer was a Rule V pick and the set up man was a minor part in a larger trade. So, this could be wishful thinking on my part, but I do think if Theo is ever going to ever buy a big named closer, this would be the offseason to do so. With so few other needs that probably won’t be addressed with the crop of upcoming free agent outside of Strasburg, this would seem to be the opportune time to to buy a big named closer if ever.
aff10
I don’t see it personally. I love Jansen, but Rondon is quietly very good, and if he has a good year this year, I don’t see any reason to spend huge money to relegate Rondon to a setup role as he goes through arbitration. Saves pay, and so that could mess up the clubhouse a bit I think (see Storen/Papelbon). Now, if Rondon struggles, then I could see it, but I’m hoping as a fellow Cub fan that that’s not the case lol
jjdunckley
Of course “Fragile” Fredi isn’t worried about pressure… as long as his pay check and participation trophy show up every week, he just worries about “tipping his cap and moving on to the next one” as he always says. He is like the parent that thinks the most important part of youth athletics is the cheese sticks and juice box after the game. “We’re all winners”