Finally! Official Hot Stove League Thread

[bpj]

Crawford put up 2.8 WAR, that's a waste of $10 mil?

According to fangraphs, among qualified shortstops the only guy that was paid more, but produced less was Javier Baez.

And that's at Crawfords $6M salary. Next year it jumps to $11M.

Aside from Baez, the only three guys that had lower production were each making $5M or less.

It's pretty hard to do worse than JP Crawford did in 2022. Paying him 8.5% of payroll (or about 1/12th of the overall budget) to do it is a little bit of a waste when his 2.0 fWAR is only 17th out of 21 qualified shortstops.

Shortstops get handed WAR for breathing.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... 2022-12-31

[D-train]

He was also bad defensively...

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... &sort=21,d

[D-train]

Flexen?

[Donn Beach]

Am I missing something? Feldman hasn't pitched since 2017

[D-train]

Am I missing something? Feldman hasn't pitched since 2017

Very odd phrasing but he is saying that the Astros were about ready to go for it so they signed a mid range pitcher on a multi year deal.

[Donn Beach]

Oh I did miss it...I do in fact remember that signing now

[D-train]

There have to be better example. Feldman really didn't do much for them and was gone before they won it all.....

[Donn Beach]

Ironically they beat the Orioles in signing him

The Orioles might have seemed like favorites to re-sign starting pitcher Scott Feldman, but they've been priced out of even that market. Feldman has signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the Houston Astros.

[Donn Beach]

There have to be better example. Feldman really didn't do much for them and was gone before they won it all.....

It wasn't a "go for it" signing. Believe it was perceived as an add leadership signing to a very young pitching staff. I remember comments from that pitching staff reflecting on how they appreciated Feldman.

.KISSIMMEE, Fla. - On most clubs, Scott Feldman probably wouldn't be thrust into this role. He would be regarded as another guy, not the guy.

Feldman, 31, is the highest-paid player on the Astros, set to make $12 million in 2014. The team signed the 6-7 righthander this offseason to a three-year, $30 million deal, and he's expected to instill stability on a young team that has only known losing lately

I don't know if it applies to the Orioles, they are not the losers the Astros were at the time, might not be a good example

[Big_Maple]

The Correa saga continues. He’s apparently not interested in restructuring the deal, and there’s a good chance it will fall through. My guess is he’s going to wind up with a deal like the one the Twins gave him - 3 or 4 years instead of 12-13.

Three teams have checked in with him in the past few days. I used to be excited about the possibility of landing Correa, but not so much now. Kind of doesn’t matter - I’m 99% sure the M’s are not one if the 3 teams showing interest.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb-rumors ... 04316.html

https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-correa- ... n-for-mets