MLB Hot Stove 2019
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic hears that Manny Machado's agent, Dan Lozano, "is barely engaging clubs at the moment, seemingly taking his time and waiting for a team to jump."
Rosenthal: The slow market for Harper and Machado is another...
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Market is slow. Kimbrel also, essentially, has no current market and is going to get WAY under the $100 million over 6 years he was hoping for. War is coming for 2021 CBA, and that luxury tax and players not getting paid in their prime years will be the main targets (arbitration years), aka front offices have become too risk averse/efficient.
Nats still a possibility? Think the idea of a really high 5-6 year offer is more plausible than ever for both guys. Then again, who walks away from a $350+ million offer with early opt outs?
Rosenthal: The slow market for Harper and Machado is another...
Tl;dr (and subscription needed)
Market is slow. Kimbrel also, essentially, has no current market and is going to get WAY under the $100 million over 6 years he was hoping for. War is coming for 2021 CBA, and that luxury tax and players not getting paid in their prime years will be the main targets (arbitration years), aka front offices have become too risk averse/efficient.
Nats still a possibility? Think the idea of a really high 5-6 year offer is more plausible than ever for both guys. Then again, who walks away from a $350+ million offer with early opt outs?
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Phillies meet with Bryce Harper in Las Vegas
As of right now, it sounds as if the White Sox are the favorite for Machado, and the Phillies for Harper. Apparently the White Sox are only offering "about $200 million" to Machado. Phillies trumpeting the Harper horn could be to put pressure on to Machado to make a decision. If the Phillies still land Machado, it's very possible Harper sees a short-term deal for really high AAV ($40 million). Wouldn't be surprised if that brings some of the big franchises in; Cubs, Dodgers, Yankees etc. Still shocked those three teams aren't really in on Harper anyways.... Then again, they may be awaiting "final bid" time.
HURRY THE FUCK UP OFFSEASON, Jesus...
As of right now, it sounds as if the White Sox are the favorite for Machado, and the Phillies for Harper. Apparently the White Sox are only offering "about $200 million" to Machado. Phillies trumpeting the Harper horn could be to put pressure on to Machado to make a decision. If the Phillies still land Machado, it's very possible Harper sees a short-term deal for really high AAV ($40 million). Wouldn't be surprised if that brings some of the big franchises in; Cubs, Dodgers, Yankees etc. Still shocked those three teams aren't really in on Harper anyways.... Then again, they may be awaiting "final bid" time.
HURRY THE FUCK UP OFFSEASON, Jesus...
That certainly won't be to the Astros who couldn't even manage 6 runs in a game in the 7 times they played NY.
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WOW.
Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt getting fucked over. Damn shame.
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Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt getting fucked over. Damn shame.
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I'm gonna go for Larry Walker for most fucked over guy on that list. He won 3 batting titles, was home run king once, led the national league in assists 3 times, has a lifetime .313 average and hit almost 400 home runs. I'll admit to a bit of bias being Canadian myself too, but the guy should be in.
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I think his time with the Rockies before they started humidifying the balls is a huge knock against him. I think he still has a chance but his home/away splits those seasons are pretty crazy.
Got a link to a site I could see the home/away stats on? I checked a couple but it wasn't obvious and I would be interested to see those numbers. Thin air or not he hit .379 one year and the year he was home run king he also hit .366, man knew how to swing a bat. Tony Gwynn was also
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He hit .381 at Coors. 1.170 OPS. That's wild. I'll see if I can find the actual splits again later.
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Larry Walker Career Batting Splits | Baseball-Reference.com
Total career he was a 1.068 OPS hitter at Home & a .865 hitter on the road. That's a massive split. Dude was a stud though.
Walker was also a really good all-around player as well, above-average defender, good baserunner etc. Hopefully he'll start trending up.
But the Coors Field thing is definitely hurting him. Which is a shame.
Total career he was a 1.068 OPS hitter at Home & a .865 hitter on the road. That's a massive split. Dude was a stud though.
Walker was also a really good all-around player as well, above-average defender, good baserunner etc. Hopefully he'll start trending up.
But the Coors Field thing is definitely hurting him. Which is a shame.
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Took a look myself, he has 56% of his home runs at home, which isn´t that crazy but as you mentioned his OPS is a pretty big difference. He also hit .348 at home and .278 on the road, also a pretty big difference.
In his defence though, he had teammates and none of them managed to hit .350ish at Coors during the same time period so he was doing something right. I can understand the case against him a bit better now, but I still think he should be in.
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