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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I have to imagine Cubs are gonna slap a QO on Bellinger. And by QO you mean sign him to a 10 year deal? Cause that would be a quality offer in my book.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I have to imagine Cubs are gonna slap a QO on Bellinger. Yeah and then somebody (I hope the Cubs!) is going to massively overpay him. The FA market for hitters is hilariously anemic this offseason, after Ohtani and Bellinger things kinda fall off a cliff. Realistically I'm guessing he goes to the Giants since they've been chomping at the bit to hand out an albatross contract for a couple years now and can probably outbid the Yankees.
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Red posted:Presumably. I think people generally accepted the Royals would be good, and once Bo Jackson became a thing, everyone felt like they'd probably be good for a while. Turns out it was the Willenium, we just had the wrong guy e: he's 34??? I thought he was like 55.
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Traxis posted:I hope Ohtani doesn't sign until like mid February. Just drag it out as long as possible. Reported for targeted violence
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Tony Phillips posted:the HOMER HANKY. I guess we still do these, and actually have for many postseasons, but the originals were still the best. Someone posted em all on FB and all I could think was "drat we sure didn't win in most of those years."
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Sydin posted:Yeah and then somebody (I hope the Cubs!) is going to massively overpay him. The FA market for hitters is hilariously anemic this offseason, after Ohtani and Bellinger things kinda fall off a cliff. Realistically I'm guessing he goes to the Giants since they've been chomping at the bit to hand out an albatross contract for a couple years now and can probably outbid the Yankees.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:The World Champion Texas Rangers will sign Shohei Ohtani Hell yeah, get on over here Shohei
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bawfuls posted:please put down the lathe of heaven Continuing to hold onto it as I think that it would also be extremely funny to have yet another year where the Giants are bending over backwards clearly trying to bring in a star and all of them sign elsewhere.  Also like, I really liked Cody and want him back, but I'm also aware that he's kind of a land mine. He needs to be at or near 100% healthy to play well and otherwise falls off a cliff, which is fine when a player is in their prime but kinda becomes a huge issue once they're in their 30's, see one Bryant, Kris. CF defense is also something that rapidly falls off once a player enters their 30's and while some freaks like Kiermaier can stick it, realistically you're probably only looking at 2-3 years of Cody in CF before he gets moved off to a corner or 1B. His underlying stats this year were also really weird, and yes some of that is that is he did genuinely overhaul his plate approach to prioritize contact in the zone with two strikes, but it doesn't fully explain him hugely overperforming his xwOBA and xSLG despite legit terrible exit velo and barrels. All of which is to say I think in a normal FA year he'd be looking at something similar to Nimmo's deal, but in a thin market will probably get a nine-figure deal starting with a 2 that could get pretty painful down the line.
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rickiep00h posted:I guess we still do these, and actually have for many postseasons, but the originals were still the best. Someone posted em all on FB and all I could think was "drat we sure didn't win in most of those years." MLB won't let them be white anymore so as far as I'm concerned the Homer Hanky is dead
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Sydin posted:Continuing to hold onto it as I think that it would also be extremely funny to have yet another year where the Giants are bending over backwards clearly trying to bring in a star and all of them sign elsewhere.
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General Dog posted:Seems like he’d just stick with the Angels; they’re probably willing to pay as much as anybody Don't say it out loud
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Shinjobi posted:Hell yeah, get on over here Shohei You can't have him either
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Pobrecito posted:I hope the Texas Rangers sign Ohtani and Battleship Yamamato and win the next 10 world series in a row. I WILL NOT BROOK THIS CHICANERY
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The funniest part about being a fan of a team who has absolutely 0% shot to sign shohei ohtani is that I can just watch mdemone's deteriorating mental state all offseason
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Monathin posted:The funniest part about being a fan of a team who has absolutely 0% shot to sign shohei ohtani is that I can just watch mdemone's deteriorating mental state all offseason You can't have him either, whoever you are
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I did have someone point out to me that it sounded like I was seriously threatening the life of Anthony Rendon so I pumped the brakes a bit on that
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lmfao mdem i'm a guards fan, if you're getting poached by the loving cleveland goddamn guardians you got bigger problems
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Monathin posted:lmfao mdem i'm a guards fan, if you're getting poached by the loving cleveland goddamn guardians you got bigger problems Unironically one of the few teams I would actually accept him going to
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mdemone posted:I did have someone point out to me that it sounded like I was seriously threatening the life of Anthony Rendon so I pumped the brakes a bit on that Isn’t he already dead?
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euphronius posted:Isn’t he already dead? You don't know that
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Starting Andrew Heaney in the world series and winning really is something else. Congrats to Not the Astros i guess
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mcmagic posted:Starting Andrew Heaney in the world series and winning really is something else. Congrats to Not the Astros i guess They won because they used Will Smith in the world series.
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Dameius posted:I don't think the Astros are even considering him but that is the funniest option so it should happen. Astros are like $8 miillion below the tax and despite Crane's past posturing I doubt he goes over it
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bawfuls posted:This is no longer the case. The minors are unionized now under the MLBPA. They have separate CBA’s but they’re all in the same union and thus have a duty and reason to protect one another. This is a very basic reduction of how unions like this coexist in practice.
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mdemone posted:Unironically one of the few teams I would actually accept him going to Would you accept Your Minnesota Twins? Canned Sunshine posted:Yeah, even Phoenix and the surrounding suburbs aren't that bad*, and we sell everything that has any value to corporate sponsors and developers. Phoenix is getting at least one suburb that sounds really cool, actually. Why? Because it's actually built to be a suburb where people can live in a loving desert, rather than drive cars around in a loving desert. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/oct/11/culdesac-car-free-neighborhood-tempe-arizona?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
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Sydin posted:Continuing to hold onto it as I think that it would also be extremely funny to have yet another year where the Giants are bending over backwards clearly trying to bring in a star and all of them sign elsewhere. something i've found helpful when analyzing cool and good players like our friend cody bellinger is that super advanced analytics are for dweebs who don't like to lift weights, wear sick oakleys and hit homers. based on this analysis, he should be signed to a 10 year deal
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Redeye Flight posted:Would you accept Your Minnesota Twins? Yes but that's in the Cleveland Bin of Never
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:This is a very basic reduction of how unions like this coexist in practice. N: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1720194073313624150 V: get it done Andrew
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mcmagic posted:Starting Andrew Heaney in the world series and winning really is something else. Congrats to Not the Astros i guess Any of the AL playoff teams would have beaten the Dbacks
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bawfuls posted:ok but the idea that the MLBPA does not and can not give a poo poo about how potential new policies impact minor league players is incorrect It invalidates the 'can not' but not the 'does not'
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bawfuls posted:ok but the idea that the MLBPA does not and can not give a poo poo about how potential new policies impact minor league players is incorrect Yes that's right. Sign a guy who can pitch next year. Go on.
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mdemone posted:I did have someone point out to me that it sounded like I was seriously threatening the life of Anthony Rendon so I pumped the brakes a bit on that Are you a staph infection?
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