MLB 2017
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Guess it's never too early to start prepping for July 31st. Article from Anthony Castrovince on some trade deadline predictions. 5 very early predictions for the MLB Trade Deadline.
Gerrit Cole to the Yanks - Find it very possible. Yanks have always been enamored with him, and originally drafted him. Some recent injuries probably keep Cole's price from being astronomical as well. Could see a Frazier & Sheffield package along with a bottom Top 10 guy from the farm fetching him.
Cueto to the Astros - Could also see this. The Bumgarner injury blows, and the Giants won't completely blow up by any means. Cueto has an option at the end of the year, so he is essentially a rental.
Darvish to the Cubs - Would be a rental, but sadly the Rangers have been bad so far. Cubs finished 2nd in the original bidding and his stuff could dominate in the NL. Cubs also have two major prospects (Jimenez & Happ) that are blocked on the big league level for quite awhile. Makes sense all the way around.
Cain to Indians - Guess the front runner in the house for Lorenzo Cain has been the Nationals after the Eaton injury. Guess we'll see. Cain would be a major upgrade defensively for the Indians, and I'm not sure how much more the Nats could give up after spending a shit ton of assets on Eaton.
Quintana stays put - Who knows.
Gerrit Cole to the Yanks - Find it very possible. Yanks have always been enamored with him, and originally drafted him. Some recent injuries probably keep Cole's price from being astronomical as well. Could see a Frazier & Sheffield package along with a bottom Top 10 guy from the farm fetching him.
Cueto to the Astros - Could also see this. The Bumgarner injury blows, and the Giants won't completely blow up by any means. Cueto has an option at the end of the year, so he is essentially a rental.
Darvish to the Cubs - Would be a rental, but sadly the Rangers have been bad so far. Cubs finished 2nd in the original bidding and his stuff could dominate in the NL. Cubs also have two major prospects (Jimenez & Happ) that are blocked on the big league level for quite awhile. Makes sense all the way around.
Cain to Indians - Guess the front runner in the house for Lorenzo Cain has been the Nationals after the Eaton injury. Guess we'll see. Cain would be a major upgrade defensively for the Indians, and I'm not sure how much more the Nats could give up after spending a shit ton of assets on Eaton.
Quintana stays put - Who knows.
Alex
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This is a fucking amazing deal. Think a couple friends and I will definitely get in on this. Basically season tickets for $85.
Oakland A’s monthly pass under $20 for all home games
Oakland A’s monthly pass under $20 for all home games
Sterling
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Muurloen
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While that is intriguing, the Astros will stay away from that kind of money, especially if it is a player option, not a club option, with Altuve wanting to renegotiate, Springer coming due to Free Agency, and Correa with 3 to 4 years left of club control.
Johnny Cueto rhp
6 years/$130M (2016-21), plus 2022 option
- 6 years/$130M (2016-21), plus 2022 club option
- signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/17/15
- $5M signing bonus (paid in $1M installments each 1/15, 2017-21)
- 16:$15M, 17-21:$21M/year, 22:$22M club option ($5M buyout)
- assignment bonus: $0.5M for first trade, $1M for subsequent trades
- Cueto may opt out of contract after 2017 season & receive buyout (must exercise within three days of end of 2017 World Series)
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DickTrickle
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Interesting promotion, since it's just guaranteed access to the game, not to a seat. If, for some reason, the game sold out through traditional means, you wouldn't have a seat. Obviously that's not a huge threat, though.
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Alex
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The stadium has only been a third full for even the best promotions this season. Highly doubt anyone who participates is in danger except for maybe Yankees and Red Sox games.
A lot of the local talk points to Cueto getting another contract with the Giants.
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Oh damn, that was hilarious.
Freddie Freeman out 10 weeks, which is a shame. Ever since the all-star last year, dude has turned into a monster.
It cracks me up that Blue Jays' fans wonder why they are so hated. Fuck that team. It's amazing how they managed to build a roster full of nearly complete douchebags. Donaldson, Bautista, Tulo, Pillar all are massive tools.
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Tulo has fallen off hard. Donaldson is an incredible player, but dude is still a tool.
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Scouting Shohei Otani
So, this is the current "Golden Goose" of MLB. Long story short he is a 22 year old, 6'4" Japanese two way player who throws 102 mph (97 at ease) with multiple plus-pitches and a much better "feel" for pitching than say a "Darvish" according to scouts. Scouts think he can legitimately be a worst case No. 3 SP, with a turnout of a likely ace in a couple of years. His bat grades out as a .275 25-30 HR (with a high walk rate) type bat if he played DH on days he didn't pitch (Granderson-esque). Not to mention, he also has above-average speed (60 on the 20-80 scouting scale). Dude is an anomaly.
He'll probably aim for AL teams for the ability to play both ways. It was originally thought he'd get $250-300 million, but he falls under the new CBA rules that limit him. He could do two or three years at the $11 million-ish, and then hit FA. He apparently idolizes and loves Darvish, there is some rumblings around DFW media that he may follow Darvish at first. He will have free roam to choose his team, still remains to see if he gets posted by his Japanese team.
So, this is the current "Golden Goose" of MLB. Long story short he is a 22 year old, 6'4" Japanese two way player who throws 102 mph (97 at ease) with multiple plus-pitches and a much better "feel" for pitching than say a "Darvish" according to scouts. Scouts think he can legitimately be a worst case No. 3 SP, with a turnout of a likely ace in a couple of years. His bat grades out as a .275 25-30 HR (with a high walk rate) type bat if he played DH on days he didn't pitch (Granderson-esque). Not to mention, he also has above-average speed (60 on the 20-80 scouting scale). Dude is an anomaly.
He'll probably aim for AL teams for the ability to play both ways. It was originally thought he'd get $250-300 million, but he falls under the new CBA rules that limit him. He could do two or three years at the $11 million-ish, and then hit FA. He apparently idolizes and loves Darvish, there is some rumblings around DFW media that he may follow Darvish at first. He will have free roam to choose his team, still remains to see if he gets posted by his Japanese team.
Sterling
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He'd have to play a position then if he wanted in the lineup on days he wasn't pitching.
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He'd want to hit more often, so everything I have seen echoes the AL for the DH. Teams are reluctant to do two-way, obviously, but he is going to have huge bargaining power.
Quick clip of him pitching. He also has about 520 innings pitched on his arm. Tanaka & Darvish both had well above 1,000 by the time they came over.