Official Hot Stove League Thread

[Sexymarinersfan]

https://nypost.com/2021/11/08/mlb-free- ... is-bryant/

Looks like the other NY team is already sniffing around a potential solution for Seattle at 3B.

[bpj]

Charlie Morton would be a nice #2 behind Ray or Gausman.

[SeattleSportsRUs]

Charlie Morton would be a nice #2 behind Ray or Gausman.

Morton almost retired two years ago and said if he's going to continue pitching it would be for a team in the South East because he wants to be around his family year round/he's an East Coast guy.

[bpj]

Charlie Morton would be a nice #2 behind Ray or Gausman.

Morton almost retired two years ago and said if he's going to continue pitching it would be for a team in the South East because he wants to be around his family year round/he's an East Coast guy.

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Seiya Suzuki ready to post

This year, that has the potential to coincide with the December 1 expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which could reportedly lead to a transaction freeze. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic addressed this issue, reporting that “MLB and NPB were close to an agreement in which that clock would be stopped in the event of an industry lockout.” The wording is vague there, making it unclear if the agreement is actually in place or not, but that would be another noteworthy detail in this saga. Hypothetically, even if Suzuki were posted tomorrow, just two weeks would transpire before December 1 and the expiring of the CBA. If a transaction freeze were then implemented, Suzuki’s 30-day clock would be paused, leaving him with more than two weeks of negotiating time after a new CBA is implemented and transactions are resumed. Of course, all of that is contingent on that MLB-NPB agreement having been finalized.

[Sexymarinersfan]

Seiya Suzuki ready to post

This year, that has the potential to coincide with the December 1 expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which could reportedly lead to a transaction freeze. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic addressed this issue, reporting that “MLB and NPB were close to an agreement in which that clock would be stopped in the event of an industry lockout.” The wording is vague there, making it unclear if the agreement is actually in place or not, but that would be another noteworthy detail in this saga. Hypothetically, even if Suzuki were posted tomorrow, just two weeks would transpire before December 1 and the expiring of the CBA. If a transaction freeze were then implemented, Suzuki’s 30-day clock would be paused, leaving him with more than two weeks of negotiating time after a new CBA is implemented and transactions are resumed. Of course, all of that is contingent on that MLB-NPB agreement having been finalized.

So once Suzuki is posted, he can negotiate with any team(s) he wants, so long as they pay the required posting fee?

Do they not do silent bidding anymore?

[GL_Storm]

So once Suzuki is posted, he can negotiate with any team(s) he wants, so long as they pay the required posting fee?
Do they not do silent bidding anymore?

That is correct. It's a regular negotiation and the team he signs with pays a fee to his NPB team that is a percentage of the contract value, I think 10% but not sure off the top of my head.

[Sexymarinersfan]

So once Suzuki is posted, he can negotiate with any team(s) he wants, so long as they pay the required posting fee?
Do they not do silent bidding anymore?

That is correct. It's a regular negotiation and the team he signs with pays a fee to his NPB team that is a percentage of the contract value, I think 10% but not sure off the top of my head.

Has anybody heard us being potentially linked to Suzuki? He'd be a great addition.

[D-train]

So once Suzuki is posted, he can negotiate with any team(s) he wants, so long as they pay the required posting fee?
Do they not do silent bidding anymore?

That is correct. It's a regular negotiation and the team he signs with pays a fee to his NPB team that is a percentage of the contract value, I think 10% but not sure off the top of my head.

Has anybody heard us being potentially linked to Suzuki? He'd be a great addition.

If not the 24 year streak will end so the assumption is we will be given Nintendo still has a major stake in the team.

[GL_Storm]

So once Suzuki is posted, he can negotiate with any team(s) he wants, so long as they pay the required posting fee?
Do they not do silent bidding anymore?

That is correct. It's a regular negotiation and the team he signs with pays a fee to his NPB team that is a percentage of the contract value, I think 10% but not sure off the top of my head.

Has anybody heard us being potentially linked to Suzuki? He'd be a great addition.

Yeah, it was in one of the mlbtr blurbs a week or two ago. They listed us as one of the teams that's interested. Not the strongest of links, but that's what was reported.