There are way better offers out there when it comes to Manny Machado. Your gonna have none contending teams wanting him for next yr offering the farm for him.
No way the Yankees get him unless they really over pay with there top 5 prospects.not all of them but 2 for sure
I think the sox will survive without his glove and we do watch games and we watch an automatic rally killing out sorry his .160 does not trump the glove u need some offensive value
He doesn't have the job now, except on paper and in front of the media. Brady Anderson was the point on Cobb and Cashner this offseason. He's the one who has the ear of the Angelos family. Duquette lost his pull in the front office when he tried to jump to Toronto shortly after the Orioles rescued him from baseball obscurity. The only reason that Duquette still has a job is because the team plans on Showalter moving up to the front office next year and so there's no need to fire Duquette right now.
Bad outfielder often rack up assists because they misplay balls and runners try to take extra bases against them. That’s been true throughout history. People don’t run on outfielders with good arms.
Bird is the second coming of Nick Johnson. He actually has done nothing, it’s all hype! He should remain at Triple A Scranton and Austin should remain at 1st!
Gonna be very hard to find space in that city Jimmer. Plus infrastructure to accommodate. It was a nice little roadie up to Montreal with a stop for smoked meat sandwiches.
Can't excuse the fans for not at least breaking a million per year. They had a better transit system to the park than Toronto. For people pointing out how bad Tampa's attendance is seem to forget how bad it was in Montreal.
Nope. A second Canadian team would be great to watch on TV. More baseball and more exposure for all fans across the country.
However...
Montreal couldn't break a million fans over 81 games the last bunch of years (except 1, thanks to Puerto Rico games), and they have a stadium with a subway running beneath the field. Albeit, stadium is awful and unsafe. They averaged under 8,000 fans one season. Embarrassing.
City of Montreal does not have much room for a brand new stadium. They are also extremely fiscally irresponsible as a city and a province.
The spring games Toronto played were filled with fans from Ontario taking a road trip to Montreal. Less people attended the spring games when they were scheduled during the week. No coincidence. It would be a mistake to move a team to a city drawing less than Tampa Bay.
They will wind up taking Andujar, Chance Adams and another prospect for Machado from the Yankees. That’s the best they will get as everyone knows that’s where he is going to sign come Winter.
Pearce hasn't played 2B in a few years. He's had open chances to play there in Toronto and hasn't because:
A) He can't play 2B
B) He can't field period
C) He has no range
It's more likely to see Anthony Rizzo play 2B in Chicago than Pearce playing 2B for anyone. Not sure why people seem to think Pearce has hidden skill at 2B. Devon Travis' injury couldn't get Pearce to play that position. Ever.
Bird has options, right? The Yankees would be wise to use them, just like they did with Drury. Sending down Austin would be a crime. He's been too good. He's even doing well with the glove.
Oh man, vesting an option like that, for some fairly mediocre DH/1B at bats out of Hanley.... they need to fill the DH spot, and with JBJ stinking on ice, their only decent option is Hanley right now, sure. But it's not a good option. It wouldn't be a great option even without the massive money being activated.
As far as I can see, they have two ways to go:
1. keeps starting him, and then cut him before the trade deadline, and replace him with a similar guy who isn't sitting on a $22M vesting option. It's not like there's a shortage of bat first veterans on the market these days. They don't even need to look past this article...they could just get LoMo.
2. Platoon him, against lefties and some easier righties. Take their chances with JBJ in the outfield, for anyone else....until the deadline, when they can bring in a decent corner outfielder, and get rid of Jackie Bradley.
But one thing is not an option: paying $22M for an extra 50-100 PAs out of Hanley. Not even Red Sox management is stupid enough to do that.
There's at least a 50/50 chance on Oh, Morrison and Ramirez. If you're playing the odds you took a very bad position saying none of them will. Though, if I were Boston I'd be trying very hard not to let Han-Ram's option vest. Especially when Moreland has been tearing it up.
Sure, this hot streak hasn't gotten his seasons numbers out of the toilet yet. Hopefully he keeps it up, I was a fan of LoMO but his ISO numbers are back down in his career range at the moment. Hopefully he was just finding his way with his new team.
I think the incentive would be there for the Cubs. They'd get half a season of MM which would greatly increase their WS chance this year. Heyward has been a 1 WAR player the last 2 seasons and is on pace to do it again this year. 3 years is definitely a trend. In all honesty you could make a case that MAchado would be worth more WAR this season for the Cubs than they'd get out of Heyward in the next 3. I can see your point on Heyward, he still plays 4-5 times a week for the Cubs and he may not agree to the deal. Like i said though, there's way too many moving parts to make this deal happen but it was a fun exercise.
If britton comes back and pitches decently I could easily see the Stros offering Paulino. He got popped for roids and hasn't been very good since then. His star has dimmed quite a bit.
So does David carr. Fisher pinch ran. Plenty of people are fast that are not good baseball players. I like fisher. He has the told to perform in the big leagues but he has to start showing it soon or time to move on.
How much is Herrera on KC making? Dodgers should try to trade for him and Moustakas and move him to 1B.. they can work another deal with someone else for a SP. they have prospects to get big names, average names , and just anyone not complete trash as fillers.
How can he say the trade offer for machado was bad? Angelos wouldn’t trade him to the Yankees knowing they have the money to keep him and the prospects to deal to the O’s. The Yankees are loaded on pitching prospects with 20 of their top 30 are pitchers.
Because management will sit him down and professionally tell him that they’ve come to an agreement with the Orioles to move him.
And that they think it would be in his (and the team’s) best interest to make a change.
They’ll also politely tell him that if he declines, his playing time will unfortunately diminish to a minimal level, as the team needs to move in a different direction in right field.
This has been done plenty of times before. Players generally don’t want to play where they feel they aren’t wanted.
7.1 WAR last season and on pace to to exceed that this season. 5 of 6 Angels starters have ERA’s below 4.00. I know exactly what Billy Eppler had in mind. Look up his comments on Dudu Gregorius...
Send Bradley down and what options do the Sox have as backups in the outfield? Holt can play LF, but who's there for CF/RF? And do you really want JDM in the field all season?
They’re going to be cellar dwellers for the next few years though. Players don’t care what a baseball tradition a team has when they’re going to be awful. Especially when that team has one of the worst owners in the league.
Does Donaldson command more in talent than moose though? If so, which he might be, I could see the braves wanting to hold on and roll with moose. Their build is ahead of schedule so no need to prematurely go for the big one. Again, I don't know which one would cost more...any opinions?
Actually Rick Renteria stewarded the Cubs through one rebuilding year in 2014 before being replaced by star ego-maniac micro-manager Joe Maddon in 2015. Thankfully, Renteria is not leaving the South Side anytime soon with a loyal front office and an even more loyal owner in Jerry Reinsdorf who couldn't even find a way to fire the inept Robin Ventura.
As a fan of both teams I would welcome Joe Girardi on the North Side to replace the overrated goof there which would also be the ex-Cub and Northwestern grads preference anyway.
Like you state it’s minuscule(I’d say non existent), but quite simply is there absolutely any upside to him waiving it? Guys still want to win, and seems him even being a part time player on a contending team would trump the potential 5-7 times a week putting on an O’s uni. He’s already been paid and he’d have to be willing to head to a potential long term rebuild. A rebuild headed by a terrible owner and extremely dysfunction FO. I’m not sure why he’d give it any thought.
If the Cubs would become so dissatisfied with his performance & willing to eat his contract,then maybe then he might be willing to catch on somewhere else just to continue to his career, but they haven’t and on the hook for a great while. Plus being that he has leverage and only 2 seasons after this to accumulate 10/5, there’s no incentive or real upside.
Exactly.
Rentals are tricky. The only leverage sellers has lies within the interest of the other teams. That being said, in most cases if you aren't going to win, Id rather get a lottery ticket A baller than nothing. Maybe that kid turns out to be something.
I mean, hey, the Diamondbacks got Dawel Lugo (who was in A ball at the time) for Cliff Pennington. Is Lugo an all-star? Probably not, but hes at least looking like a utility guy which is still infinitely better than nothing.
JBJ has really looked lost at the plate this year. This has happened to him before just not at the beginning of the season and to this level. Trading JBJ at this time would be selling low and probably should not happen.
JBJ has been an extremely streaky hitter in his career and go on tremendous runs when he looks like one of the best hitters in baseball. This year feels different though pitchers just don’t respect him and are getting him out with straight fastballs. He needs to turn it around soon or who knows. The Red Sox have 1/3 if their lineup that are automatic outs but Mookie and JDM have been so good they have been able to win despite the inept bottom of the order. The Red Sox can’t carry two guys that are batting under the Mendoza line all year. They also can’t expect Mookie and JDM to hit like they have all year. Hopefully JBJ goes on one of his patented hot streaks soon.
Seems like Russell is starting to figure it out with the bat. He now has an OBP over .360 and he doesn't strike out much. He's on pace for a 4.5 WAR season as of today.
He only just turned 24 a couple months ago. 20 homer power is right around the corner.
Maile leads all AL catchers in WAR. The defense is legit and his exit velo is among the best in baseball. He's young enough that there may actually be something here.
“Why would Heyward waive his no-trade clause to go to Baltimore?” Because it’s a terrific place to play (ask players), and it has an outstanding baseball tradition.
Robles is hurt now.....pretty badly.....will be lucky to really play again this season, so his usefulness / trade value has plummeted anyway. Too bad....the kid did pretty good in September.
I'd like to see Montreal have another MLB team but ONLY if it is located downtown. For a decade I made a road trip to the Big-O once a year and watched a weekend full of Expos games. Most of the time there were 5-7 k fans there.
I don’t know where all these rumors come from but I hope they’re not true. I want nothing to do with Russell even as a free agent let alone in a trade for Manny. It’s not like their SS is hurt and that’s why they’re looking to upgrade. Their SS is there and he’s underachieving. So that’s a no for me dog.
I like how he presumes Ramos won't be called up till he's 24 cause the Giants always keep their players buried in the minors, then in his next paragraph he talks about Arroyo who was promoted last year at the age of 21.....um
I hope Jose has his best year ever in 2018 and does not get traded. And I hope Robert can play CF some day. Rutherford and Basabe are other possibilities for the future. I'm not reading the same textbook as you however.
Other teams already know everything must go wrt the Orioles. Their only other option is to just let those guys leave for no return (or a draft pick in Machado's case) so all the other teams have to do is be the highest bidder.
The twins will make sure LoMo doesn't get those ABs if he keeps hitting like this. The market correcting in the offseason was good for the game. We can see more talent on the field, without seeing guys like Kendrys Morales and Trumbo playing on oversized contracts. Even though they aren't the mega deals that really crush your team. It's fair to say two similar cases, Alonso and Morrison havent even been worth their modest contracts.
Turns 32 in July and if Col trades for Abreau its cause they're trying to win now. You're not gonna move a 5-tool CF you just signed to an extension for a hit tool only 1b and replace with him unproven youth in that situation. I mean I love Jose and he's a true pro hitter, but that's just not a move anyone is gonna make. I
If they have a surplus of young OF, you move those assets for proven MLB talent that will help the big club win now. It's textbook.
Now Jose for those guys def makes sense if you're set on moving him. Which I'm not that keen on with Cubans Moncada, Eloy & Robert being so young and important.
Maybe. He’d have no pressure playing in Baltimore and he’d for sure be in the lineup every single night. Angelos gets every dollar out of his players. He’d be replacing an albatross contract and wouldn’t come in as the x million dollar drag on the roster,because he’d be replacing that guy. Davis set the bar pretty low for Jhey, if he can be a league average player that'd be a huge upgrade. The odds of that happening are minuscule, but I don’t know that heyward wouldn’t seriously consider
DD is just trying to create mystery for the other clubs. He doesn’t want to announce a fire sale because other teams will think “everything must go which mean I should get a good price.”
Reds ownership needs to quit going cheap and spend money on players and a respected manager to get fans back in the ballpark! Fans will not spend a lot of money to see a losing team! Attendance is way down compared to last year!
Russell Martin best days are behind him. Might as well use him to maximized development of kids. He still has elite catching skills and has good hands and an elite arm in the infield. He changed his workout regimen and diet in the offseason to bulk up and it has slowed his bat. He needs to focus on OBP and hit the other way from this point on.
His replacement Maile is not a hitter. He didn't just figure it out. His career stats don't lie. He is either on a run which will end quickly or he had PED help in the offseason which will fade. Either way he'll be back to a sub .200 hitter in due time.
The Jays are winning nothing this year. Might as well promote the kids to see what the minor leagues actually can provide.
Blackmon is 31 the same as Abreu. He is as very good hitter in any ball park, and he runs well with good defense. Dahl and Tapia also run well and could play CF. Just hypothesizing anyway, and it's likely the Rox will keep their young outfielders.
It would be nuts to trade Folty, He's given up 2 or fewer earned runs in 8 of the 9 starts he's made this season. Only 3 starters have a higher fastball velocity. Folty is exactly the kind of guy you want if you're trying to win a world series.
Perhaps if the fellows who run this site would lose the the dislike icon we could rid these comment boards of those trolling "faeries" you speak of. That or they would actually have to write what's on their mind which could be even more entertaining for the rest of us. Win-win!
Don’t have a dog in this fight but admit two years of Pearce was a little puzzling albeit not all that expensive.
Your best shot getting any relief there may depend on convincing DiPoto that Pearce can play 5-6 innings of passable 2B a few times per week between now and Xano’s return.
Tulo’s contract will obviously be much more difficult to unload.
Both of those examples are multiple time gold glove winners, widely considered to be the best defenders in the league at their respective positions. Bradley is excellent defensively, but is he in a class with those two? I think you’re both ultimately a little right - it’s certainly *possible* to be an impact player on a playoff caliber team as a glove-only guy, but you pretty much have to be the best of the best or else you’re destined to be a defensive sub/bench guy.
If i'm the orioles id take paulino for Britton at this point. Idk if Paulino can stick as a starter but at the least he should be a decent relief arm. He's better than a draft pick.
He'd play everyday. He's already won a WS in chicago and he'd be replacing a guy who doesn't have a lot of fans around here in Davis. In all honesty if that deal was on the table I believe the orioles would be the first to decline.
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There are way better offers out there when it comes to Manny Machado. Your gonna have none contending teams wanting him for next yr offering the farm for him.
No way the Yankees get him unless they really over pay with there top 5 prospects.not all of them but 2 for sure
I think the sox will survive without his glove and we do watch games and we watch an automatic rally killing out sorry his .160 does not trump the glove u need some offensive value
Clayton Kershaw says your wrong
He doesn't have the job now, except on paper and in front of the media. Brady Anderson was the point on Cobb and Cashner this offseason. He's the one who has the ear of the Angelos family. Duquette lost his pull in the front office when he tried to jump to Toronto shortly after the Orioles rescued him from baseball obscurity. The only reason that Duquette still has a job is because the team plans on Showalter moving up to the front office next year and so there's no need to fire Duquette right now.
Lol not a wing and miss just a good guess
Bad outfielder often rack up assists because they misplay balls and runners try to take extra bases against them. That’s been true throughout history. People don’t run on outfielders with good arms.
Bird is the second coming of Nick Johnson. He actually has done nothing, it’s all hype! He should remain at Triple A Scranton and Austin should remain at 1st!
Gonna be very hard to find space in that city Jimmer. Plus infrastructure to accommodate. It was a nice little roadie up to Montreal with a stop for smoked meat sandwiches.
Can't excuse the fans for not at least breaking a million per year. They had a better transit system to the park than Toronto. For people pointing out how bad Tampa's attendance is seem to forget how bad it was in Montreal.
If they need OF help, go trade for Bourjos who is killing it at AAA Gwinnett.
Nope. A second Canadian team would be great to watch on TV. More baseball and more exposure for all fans across the country.
However...
Montreal couldn't break a million fans over 81 games the last bunch of years (except 1, thanks to Puerto Rico games), and they have a stadium with a subway running beneath the field. Albeit, stadium is awful and unsafe. They averaged under 8,000 fans one season. Embarrassing.
City of Montreal does not have much room for a brand new stadium. They are also extremely fiscally irresponsible as a city and a province.
The spring games Toronto played were filled with fans from Ontario taking a road trip to Montreal. Less people attended the spring games when they were scheduled during the week. No coincidence. It would be a mistake to move a team to a city drawing less than Tampa Bay.
They will wind up taking Andujar, Chance Adams and another prospect for Machado from the Yankees. That’s the best they will get as everyone knows that’s where he is going to sign come Winter.
That proposal would make less sense for Toronto.
Pearce hasn't played 2B in a few years. He's had open chances to play there in Toronto and hasn't because:
A) He can't play 2B
B) He can't field period
C) He has no range
It's more likely to see Anthony Rizzo play 2B in Chicago than Pearce playing 2B for anyone. Not sure why people seem to think Pearce has hidden skill at 2B. Devon Travis' injury couldn't get Pearce to play that position. Ever.
Bird has options, right? The Yankees would be wise to use them, just like they did with Drury. Sending down Austin would be a crime. He's been too good. He's even doing well with the glove.
Maile's bat won't sustain. Don't mind him as a backup. I wanted Jansen up with the big club to be mentored by Martin while he's still here.
Oh man, vesting an option like that, for some fairly mediocre DH/1B at bats out of Hanley.... they need to fill the DH spot, and with JBJ stinking on ice, their only decent option is Hanley right now, sure. But it's not a good option. It wouldn't be a great option even without the massive money being activated.
As far as I can see, they have two ways to go:
1. keeps starting him, and then cut him before the trade deadline, and replace him with a similar guy who isn't sitting on a $22M vesting option. It's not like there's a shortage of bat first veterans on the market these days. They don't even need to look past this article...they could just get LoMo.
2. Platoon him, against lefties and some easier righties. Take their chances with JBJ in the outfield, for anyone else....until the deadline, when they can bring in a decent corner outfielder, and get rid of Jackie Bradley.
But one thing is not an option: paying $22M for an extra 50-100 PAs out of Hanley. Not even Red Sox management is stupid enough to do that.
Liriano kinda flopped out of the pen last year. I'd be very cautious about acquiring him and expecting him to be a good reliever.
There's at least a 50/50 chance on Oh, Morrison and Ramirez. If you're playing the odds you took a very bad position saying none of them will. Though, if I were Boston I'd be trying very hard not to let Han-Ram's option vest. Especially when Moreland has been tearing it up.
Sure, this hot streak hasn't gotten his seasons numbers out of the toilet yet. Hopefully he keeps it up, I was a fan of LoMO but his ISO numbers are back down in his career range at the moment. Hopefully he was just finding his way with his new team.
I think the incentive would be there for the Cubs. They'd get half a season of MM which would greatly increase their WS chance this year. Heyward has been a 1 WAR player the last 2 seasons and is on pace to do it again this year. 3 years is definitely a trend. In all honesty you could make a case that MAchado would be worth more WAR this season for the Cubs than they'd get out of Heyward in the next 3. I can see your point on Heyward, he still plays 4-5 times a week for the Cubs and he may not agree to the deal. Like i said though, there's way too many moving parts to make this deal happen but it was a fun exercise.
Astros>red sox>Yankees>blue Jays
If britton comes back and pitches decently I could easily see the Stros offering Paulino. He got popped for roids and hasn't been very good since then. His star has dimmed quite a bit.
So does David carr. Fisher pinch ran. Plenty of people are fast that are not good baseball players. I like fisher. He has the told to perform in the big leagues but he has to start showing it soon or time to move on.
I really admire that Bautista has not been charged or convicted of a violent felony in the last 5 years.
How much is Herrera on KC making? Dodgers should try to trade for him and Moustakas and move him to 1B.. they can work another deal with someone else for a SP. they have prospects to get big names, average names , and just anyone not complete trash as fillers.
Dodgers should try and trade for Moustakas and flip him from 3B to 1B . Low contract and a good bat.
I mean, Jason Hursh was the pick right before him and Piazza was a 50th round pick. The MLB draft is a crapshoot
Wasn't Judge also picked with a comp pick at end of first round?
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How can he say the trade offer for machado was bad? Angelos wouldn’t trade him to the Yankees knowing they have the money to keep him and the prospects to deal to the O’s. The Yankees are loaded on pitching prospects with 20 of their top 30 are pitchers.
And plenty have still balked. Either way he gets paid.
Because management will sit him down and professionally tell him that they’ve come to an agreement with the Orioles to move him.
And that they think it would be in his (and the team’s) best interest to make a change.
They’ll also politely tell him that if he declines, his playing time will unfortunately diminish to a minimal level, as the team needs to move in a different direction in right field.
This has been done plenty of times before. Players generally don’t want to play where they feel they aren’t wanted.
*Didi lol
7.1 WAR last season and on pace to to exceed that this season. 5 of 6 Angels starters have ERA’s below 4.00. I know exactly what Billy Eppler had in mind. Look up his comments on Dudu Gregorius...
What about Joey Votto?
Han Ram...
Send Bradley down and what options do the Sox have as backups in the outfield? Holt can play LF, but who's there for CF/RF? And do you really want JDM in the field all season?
That’s gold
They’re going to be cellar dwellers for the next few years though. Players don’t care what a baseball tradition a team has when they’re going to be awful. Especially when that team has one of the worst owners in the league.
Comparing Mesa to Robles? What a joke! Mesa is twice the Victor of Robles.
Stale enough vtadave?
What's the vector, Victor Victor?
Does Donaldson command more in talent than moose though? If so, which he might be, I could see the braves wanting to hold on and roll with moose. Their build is ahead of schedule so no need to prematurely go for the big one. Again, I don't know which one would cost more...any opinions?
Where would Segura play if we got Machado?
Also, Lewis/Povse wouldn't even sniff Machado.
Actually Rick Renteria stewarded the Cubs through one rebuilding year in 2014 before being replaced by star ego-maniac micro-manager Joe Maddon in 2015. Thankfully, Renteria is not leaving the South Side anytime soon with a loyal front office and an even more loyal owner in Jerry Reinsdorf who couldn't even find a way to fire the inept Robin Ventura.
As a fan of both teams I would welcome Joe Girardi on the North Side to replace the overrated goof there which would also be the ex-Cub and Northwestern grads preference anyway.
G4u
Arroyo,was no big loss, but Longoria hasn’t been an All-Star since 2010, and he’s just not very good anymore..
The AL east is rather weak.
Like you state it’s minuscule(I’d say non existent), but quite simply is there absolutely any upside to him waiving it? Guys still want to win, and seems him even being a part time player on a contending team would trump the potential 5-7 times a week putting on an O’s uni. He’s already been paid and he’d have to be willing to head to a potential long term rebuild. A rebuild headed by a terrible owner and extremely dysfunction FO. I’m not sure why he’d give it any thought.
If the Cubs would become so dissatisfied with his performance & willing to eat his contract,then maybe then he might be willing to catch on somewhere else just to continue to his career, but they haven’t and on the hook for a great while. Plus being that he has leverage and only 2 seasons after this to accumulate 10/5, there’s no incentive or real upside.
I’m just here for the stale Victor Victor jokes.
BRAVES should trade for Moustakas and Herrera,Staumont Soler before deadline by sending Pederson,Fried,Weigel,B.Wilson and Demeritte.
Exactly.
Rentals are tricky. The only leverage sellers has lies within the interest of the other teams. That being said, in most cases if you aren't going to win, Id rather get a lottery ticket A baller than nothing. Maybe that kid turns out to be something.
I mean, hey, the Diamondbacks got Dawel Lugo (who was in A ball at the time) for Cliff Pennington. Is Lugo an all-star? Probably not, but hes at least looking like a utility guy which is still infinitely better than nothing.
JBJ has really looked lost at the plate this year. This has happened to him before just not at the beginning of the season and to this level. Trading JBJ at this time would be selling low and probably should not happen.
JBJ has been an extremely streaky hitter in his career and go on tremendous runs when he looks like one of the best hitters in baseball. This year feels different though pitchers just don’t respect him and are getting him out with straight fastballs. He needs to turn it around soon or who knows. The Red Sox have 1/3 if their lineup that are automatic outs but Mookie and JDM have been so good they have been able to win despite the inept bottom of the order. The Red Sox can’t carry two guys that are batting under the Mendoza line all year. They also can’t expect Mookie and JDM to hit like they have all year. Hopefully JBJ goes on one of his patented hot streaks soon.
Seems like Russell is starting to figure it out with the bat. He now has an OBP over .360 and he doesn't strike out much. He's on pace for a 4.5 WAR season as of today.
He only just turned 24 a couple months ago. 20 homer power is right around the corner.
Yes, and how Arroyo was “inexplicably traded”. They got an all star third baseman and arroyo has hit .200 in AAA so far. Longoria is frikkin good
Lol the Astros are NOT offering Paulino at this point.
Maile leads all AL catchers in WAR. The defense is legit and his exit velo is among the best in baseball. He's young enough that there may actually be something here.
(And of course so does Chi-town North/Cubs).
if chisenhall could come back and duplicate what he did last season, that would be great
“Why would Heyward waive his no-trade clause to go to Baltimore?” Because it’s a terrific place to play (ask players), and it has an outstanding baseball tradition.
Robles is hurt now.....pretty badly.....will be lucky to really play again this season, so his usefulness / trade value has plummeted anyway. Too bad....the kid did pretty good in September.
I'd like to see Montreal have another MLB team but ONLY if it is located downtown. For a decade I made a road trip to the Big-O once a year and watched a weekend full of Expos games. Most of the time there were 5-7 k fans there.
Stadium was an albatross in a poor location.
They would be successful in a downtown location.
The cardinals best hitter is a DH playing first.....they're not going for Abreu
JBJ to the Giants for Sam Dyson.....make it happen
I don’t know where all these rumors come from but I hope they’re not true. I want nothing to do with Russell even as a free agent let alone in a trade for Manny. It’s not like their SS is hurt and that’s why they’re looking to upgrade. Their SS is there and he’s underachieving. So that’s a no for me dog.
How about to,the Giants? The y desperately need some defense in CF......don't care if he cannot hit
Yeah he's really bad isn't he?
I like how he presumes Ramos won't be called up till he's 24 cause the Giants always keep their players buried in the minors, then in his next paragraph he talks about Arroyo who was promoted last year at the age of 21.....um
I hope Jose has his best year ever in 2018 and does not get traded. And I hope Robert can play CF some day. Rutherford and Basabe are other possibilities for the future. I'm not reading the same textbook as you however.
would be pretty tough to squeeze any more lefties in our bullpen tho
Other teams already know everything must go wrt the Orioles. Their only other option is to just let those guys leave for no return (or a draft pick in Machado's case) so all the other teams have to do is be the highest bidder.
None of these 6 will vest
Why would they trade folty?
.952 OPS in May, as referenced above. The Twins would certainly be ok with the option vesting if his numbers stay even close to that level
The twins will make sure LoMo doesn't get those ABs if he keeps hitting like this. The market correcting in the offseason was good for the game. We can see more talent on the field, without seeing guys like Kendrys Morales and Trumbo playing on oversized contracts. Even though they aren't the mega deals that really crush your team. It's fair to say two similar cases, Alonso and Morrison havent even been worth their modest contracts.
Turns 32 in July and if Col trades for Abreau its cause they're trying to win now. You're not gonna move a 5-tool CF you just signed to an extension for a hit tool only 1b and replace with him unproven youth in that situation. I mean I love Jose and he's a true pro hitter, but that's just not a move anyone is gonna make. I
If they have a surplus of young OF, you move those assets for proven MLB talent that will help the big club win now. It's textbook.
Now Jose for those guys def makes sense if you're set on moving him. Which I'm not that keen on with Cubans Moncada, Eloy & Robert being so young and important.
Who do the Reds go after? They have John Farrell in-house but does he want the stress for average pay?
sour jays fan?
not sure this makes sense for the royal to take on contract. as for Duffy I believe he will get shelled pitching in the AL east
Maybe. He’d have no pressure playing in Baltimore and he’d for sure be in the lineup every single night. Angelos gets every dollar out of his players. He’d be replacing an albatross contract and wouldn’t come in as the x million dollar drag on the roster,because he’d be replacing that guy. Davis set the bar pretty low for Jhey, if he can be a league average player that'd be a huge upgrade. The odds of that happening are minuscule, but I don’t know that heyward wouldn’t seriously consider
DD is just trying to create mystery for the other clubs. He doesn’t want to announce a fire sale because other teams will think “everything must go which mean I should get a good price.”
Margot not nearly the outfielder we were lead to believe he was supposed to be.
Reds ownership needs to quit going cheap and spend money on players and a respected manager to get fans back in the ballpark! Fans will not spend a lot of money to see a losing team! Attendance is way down compared to last year!
If that deal was on the table, Heyward would be the first one to say no.
+1 this
Martin's versatility isn't going to matter if he doesn't start hitting above .160.
Russell Martin best days are behind him. Might as well use him to maximized development of kids. He still has elite catching skills and has good hands and an elite arm in the infield. He changed his workout regimen and diet in the offseason to bulk up and it has slowed his bat. He needs to focus on OBP and hit the other way from this point on.
His replacement Maile is not a hitter. He didn't just figure it out. His career stats don't lie. He is either on a run which will end quickly or he had PED help in the offseason which will fade. Either way he'll be back to a sub .200 hitter in due time.
The Jays are winning nothing this year. Might as well promote the kids to see what the minor leagues actually can provide.
Curious why people care about downvotes.
You're a stooge and would kill to have Baez on your team.
That's why Baltimore is Baltimore.
Blackmon is 31 the same as Abreu. He is as very good hitter in any ball park, and he runs well with good defense. Dahl and Tapia also run well and could play CF. Just hypothesizing anyway, and it's likely the Rox will keep their young outfielders.
Baltimore would be lucky to get Russell alone for Machado. Sorry Baltimore fans, this isn't going to be a fantasy trade.
It would be nuts to trade Folty, He's given up 2 or fewer earned runs in 8 of the 9 starts he's made this season. Only 3 starters have a higher fastball velocity. Folty is exactly the kind of guy you want if you're trying to win a world series.
Why shouldn’t they?
Cain is in Milwaukee because they were the only team dumb enough to give him five years.
Perhaps if the fellows who run this site would lose the the dislike icon we could rid these comment boards of those trolling "faeries" you speak of. That or they would actually have to write what's on their mind which could be even more entertaining for the rest of us. Win-win!
Just your standard fantasy overpay.
Don’t have a dog in this fight but admit two years of Pearce was a little puzzling albeit not all that expensive.
Your best shot getting any relief there may depend on convincing DiPoto that Pearce can play 5-6 innings of passable 2B a few times per week between now and Xano’s return.
Tulo’s contract will obviously be much more difficult to unload.
Both of those examples are multiple time gold glove winners, widely considered to be the best defenders in the league at their respective positions. Bradley is excellent defensively, but is he in a class with those two? I think you’re both ultimately a little right - it’s certainly *possible* to be an impact player on a playoff caliber team as a glove-only guy, but you pretty much have to be the best of the best or else you’re destined to be a defensive sub/bench guy.
If i'm the orioles id take paulino for Britton at this point. Idk if Paulino can stick as a starter but at the least he should be a decent relief arm. He's better than a draft pick.
He'd play everyday. He's already won a WS in chicago and he'd be replacing a guy who doesn't have a lot of fans around here in Davis. In all honesty if that deal was on the table I believe the orioles would be the first to decline.
Not that Fowler. The kid who broke his knee.