Finally! Official Hot Stove League thread!

[huskyduck]

I’ve always been curious about this. If you know the answer, please share.

Does Rick Rizzs wear a toupee??

Happy Birthday Rick!

[Coeurd’Alene J]

I’ve always been curious about this. If you know the answer, please share.

Does Rick Rizzs wear a toupee??

Happy Birthday Rick!

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[tehmc]

Mariners to acquire Luis Urias from Boston

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... d-sox.html

[Donn Beach]

David Samson

Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
@LeBatardShow
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"He's done. (Yankees GM Brian Cashman) is done. You don't survive that...this is the beginning of the end." – @DavidPSamson says Cashman's recent critical comments of Giancarlo Stanton will eventually get him fired this year if the Yankees don't perform well

Stanton and Yoshinobu Yamamoto share an agent

"I read the context of the entire interview. I think it's a good reminder for all free agents thinking of signing in New York both foreign and domestic that to play for that team you've got to be made of Teflon, both mentally and physically because you can never let your guard down even in the offseason," Wolfe said.

[Pharmabro]

Mariners to acquire Luis Urias from Boston

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... d-sox.html

Great 1st step. We are now a worse team than we were this morning.

How many fking utilities does one team need?

Haggerty, Moore, Rojas, and Urias should not be on the same team.
https://theathletic.com/5069648/2023/11 ... on-tender/

Dumb Fks.
Player career OPS+ //salary in 2024/// OPS+ in 2023
Moore 98 OPS+ career, 3.133M ////104 OPS+
Urias 97 OPS+ career arb.= 4.7M? ///76 OPS+
Haggerty 95 OPS+ career, 800K/// 102 OPS+
Rojas 92 OPS+ career, 3.5M/// 78 OPS+ in 2023 but a 103 in Seattle
Jose C 90 OPS+ Pre Arb MLB min

[D-train]

This guy suggest trading G. Gonzalez for McNeil .711 OPS or Maikel Gracia .681 OPS giving us 6 second basemen and 3 shortstops.

https://sodomojo.com/posts/3-mariners-p ... hdpsyeg0w8

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Mariners to acquire Luis Urias from Boston

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... d-sox.html

Great 1st step. We are now a worse team than we were this morning.

How many fking utilities does one team need?

Haggerty, Moore, Rojas, and Urias should not be on the same team.
https://theathletic.com/5069648/2023/11 ... on-tender/

Dumb Fks.
Player career OPS+ //salary in 2024/// OPS+ in 2023
Moore 98 OPS+ career, 3.133M ////104 OPS+
Urias 97 OPS+ career arb.= 4.7M? ///76 OPS+
Haggerty 95 OPS+ career, 800K/// 102 OPS+
Rojas 92 OPS+ career, 3.5M/// 78 OPS+ in 2023 but a 103 in Seattle
Jose C 90 OPS+ Pre Arb MLB min

Jerry is throwing as much shit against the wall looking for a cheap fix at 2nd and 3rd in the hopes that one of these guys will be slightly above average. He intends to prove his plan will work with a payroll that’s 46% below the big teams.

JERRYBALL

[D-train]

Mariners to acquire Luis Urias from Boston

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... d-sox.html

Great 1st step. We are now a worse team than we were this morning.

How many fking utilities does one team need?

Haggerty, Moore, Rojas, and Urias should not be on the same team.
https://theathletic.com/5069648/2023/11 ... on-tender/

Dumb Fks.
Player career OPS+ //salary in 2024/// OPS+ in 2023
Moore 98 OPS+ career, 3.133M ////104 OPS+
Urias 97 OPS+ career arb.= 4.7M? ///76 OPS+
Haggerty 95 OPS+ career, 800K/// 102 OPS+
Rojas 92 OPS+ career, 3.5M/// 78 OPS+ in 2023 but a 103 in Seattle
Jose C 90 OPS+ Pre Arb MLB min

Jerry is throwing as much shit against the wall looking for a cheap fix at 2nd and 3rd in the hopes that one of these guys will be slightly above average. He intends to prove his plan will work with a payroll that’s 46% below the big teams.

JERRYBALL

Exactly. Quantity over quality......

[Sexymarinersfan]

Great 1st step. We are now a worse team than we were this morning.

How many fking utilities does one team need?

Haggerty, Moore, Rojas, and Urias should not be on the same team.
https://theathletic.com/5069648/2023/11 ... on-tender/

Dumb Fks.
Player career OPS+ //salary in 2024/// OPS+ in 2023
Moore 98 OPS+ career, 3.133M ////104 OPS+
Urias 97 OPS+ career arb.= 4.7M? ///76 OPS+
Haggerty 95 OPS+ career, 800K/// 102 OPS+
Rojas 92 OPS+ career, 3.5M/// 78 OPS+ in 2023 but a 103 in Seattle
Jose C 90 OPS+ Pre Arb MLB min

Jerry is throwing as much shit against the wall looking for a cheap fix at 2nd and 3rd in the hopes that one of these guys will be slightly above average. He intends to prove his plan will work with a payroll that’s 46% below the big teams.

JERRYBALL

Exactly. Quantity over quality......

Can we live in this world?!

[Vogelbomb]

The number that really stood out for me and was 55 million for luxury suites and 8 million on free agency.

The rich people have to be comfy while they watch their team lose.

Except the team isn't losing. It won 88 games this year, 4 more than the D-Backs who lost 4 straight to end the season and still won the 3rd wild card in the NL.
Sometimes the game doesn't work in your favor. The M's are in the toughest division in baseball. In a couple seasons TEX and HOU will be realigned out of the west.