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Re: FA signing

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:25 am
by Bil522
Sure another dumpster diving treasure in November that turns to crap when baseball actually starts

Re: FA signing

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:10 am
by Hy Feiber
D-train wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:49 pm
Hy Feiber wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:42 pm
D-train wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:12 pm


:lol: I knew you would love that Marty! btw I hear we are replacing the Moose as our mascot this season. Here is the new one.


https://www.google.com/search?q=tommy+j ... kTVWG6JSiM:
Haha, good one DT, Graveman’s numbers with the A’s were decent.

Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! You should join us for a few days in Peoria in March!! Baseball freakin Mecca!
Much obliged!

Re: FA signing

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:17 pm
by D-train
Marinerjim11 wrote:
Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:18 am
I don't mind the signing and if he has a decent year we could be flipped for yet more prospects.
Ha. Freudian slip.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:48 pm
by bpj
Mike Moustakas new contract with the Reds doesn't make Seagers contract seem terrible.

I think he could help a contender. Seattle shouldn't waste his career if they don't intend to win in the next two years that he's likely to perform well enough to help a team win.

Having said that, looks like Moustakas got paid to be a 2B.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:14 pm
by bpj
Wheeler and Hamels sign early, nice to see the entire market not stall for 2 months because the top guys havent signed.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:33 pm
by D-train
bpj wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:14 pm
Wheeler and Hamels sign early, nice to see the entire market not stall for 2 months because the top guys havent signed.
I think our signing of Wisdom is what really broke the ice.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:24 am
by D-train
Ya never know what is going to motivate these guys. White Sox are supposed be going for it. I think the desire to win is way overestimated by fans. In this case "happy wife happy life" ranked just as high.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
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16m
Zack Wheeler doesn’t have a no-trade clause. He actually also turned down a bigger offer elsewhere (reportedly the White Sox) as wanted to be on the East Coast because his wife's family lives in NJ. Still, $118M over 5 years is quite a good deal. #phils

and looks like Cole's love affair of his hometown is over blown.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
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27m
Gerrit Cole assured the Yankees he has “no West Coast bias” at yesterday’s meeting which lasted 4 plus hours. Yankees believe he’s built for NYC but have been worried he preferred LA. No word yet on today’s meeting with Stephen Strasburg.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:43 am
by Donn Beach
not sure if i am reading that correctly but i think its changed with increasing value of franchises which has driven out the single owner model for more of a corporate one

Re: FA signing

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:34 am
by bpj
D-train wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:24 am
Ya never know what is going to motivate these guys. White Sox are supposed be going for it. I think the desire to win is way overestimated by fans. In this case "happy wife happy life" ranked just as high.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
·
16m
Zack Wheeler doesn’t have a no-trade clause. He actually also turned down a bigger offer elsewhere (reportedly the White Sox) as wanted to be on the East Coast because his wife's family lives in NJ. Still, $118M over 5 years is quite a good deal. #phils

and looks like Cole's love affair of his hometown is over blown.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
·
27m
Gerrit Cole assured the Yankees he has “no West Coast bias” at yesterday’s meeting which lasted 4 plus hours. Yankees believe he’s built for NYC but have been worried he preferred LA. No word yet on today’s meeting with Stephen Strasburg.
Interesting stuff, that's one thing that's probably more important in every case than where the player himself is from.

These women are alone 1/3 of the year, being by their family miiiight be kind of a big deal.

Re: FA signing

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:43 am
by Donn Beach
D-train wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:24 am
Ya never know what is going to motivate these guys. White Sox are supposed be going for it. I think the desire to win is way overestimated by fans. In this case "happy wife happy life" ranked just as high.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
·
16m
Zack Wheeler doesn’t have a no-trade clause. He actually also turned down a bigger offer elsewhere (reportedly the White Sox) as wanted to be on the East Coast because his wife's family lives in NJ. Still, $118M over 5 years is quite a good deal. #phils

and looks like Cole's love affair of his hometown is over blown.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
·
27m
Gerrit Cole assured the Yankees he has “no West Coast bias” at yesterday’s meeting which lasted 4 plus hours. Yankees believe he’s built for NYC but have been worried he preferred LA. No word yet on today’s meeting with Stephen Strasburg.

oh, you added the quotes, thought you were talking about owners desire to win...tend to agree, its a job, and its based a lot on personal stats. There are various things that could go into making a FA decision, but once you are on a team, go about your business, put up your numbers