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ihatepants posted:I doubt it. There have been so many rumors of the Padres wanting to throw in Grisham and his $5M in the deal with Soto. Why would they want to take Verdugo's larger $9M salary?
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Most reports are that the Padres have to get down to $200 million and are sitting 180-190 with Soto. They'll be able to afford to replace him.
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Sorry football, this Sunday is Ohtani Day https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1732457144018964707?s=46&t=BHs6Pl38GJXGN2Y4xeriNA
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:Fuckin Yankees
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Before the trade becomes official, I'd like to congratulate the Yankees on their first step towards shattering one of baseball's most unbreakable records: If they manage to extend Soto, they'll be wasting the primes of 3 of the game's best players at once, surpassing even the Angels.
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Paracaidas posted:Before the trade becomes official, I'd like to congratulate the Yankees on their first step towards shattering one of baseball's most unbreakable records: cope!
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If the Phils don't sign Yamamoto I'm pretty much out on next season because doing what more or less amounts to nothing only makes them worse
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Listening to Joe Posnanski and Mike Shur talk about baseball from several weeks ago and they brought up the idea of “doing a Smoltz” with deGrom by making him a closer, under the assumption that this would keep him healthy. The more I think about it the more sense that makes. Specifically I think it might be deGrom’s best shot at the Hall of Fame. Smoltz had 43 WAR before he moved to the pen, deGrom is at 42 right now. Of course Smoltz did go back to the rotation for 3 strong years in his late 30’s which did the bulk of the work of getting over 60 WAR for his career. But narratively, if deGrom could put up say 6-8 dominant season as a closer voters might eat it up and put him over the edge. Who knows if that would actually keep him healthy but it’d be interesting to see.
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The Royals did a thing! They dumped one of their only decent relievers (Dylan Coleman) to the Astros for cash to open a 40 man spot before the Rule 5 (well, decent in 2022. He put up a ERA over 8.00 this year) 
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bawfuls posted:Listening to Joe Posnanski and Mike Shur talk about baseball from several weeks ago and they brought up the idea of “doing a Smoltz” with deGrom by making him a closer, under the assumption that this would keep him healthy. My thought is that a closer isn't worth $40m a year so the Rangers would be better off hoping he can start and collecting the insurance when his arm blows up again. But then I remembered that the Rangers didn't insure his contract lol
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https://x.com/billplunkettocr/status/1732462039077904595?s=20 I say this as a Dodgers fan but Yappasaurus Rex Dave Roberts singlehandedly derailing the negotiations of the biggest free-agent signing of the century for the Dodgers would be so loving funny. Even if Shohei had planned on signing with Toronto all along he's going to have to get his camp to release a statement to let Dave off the hook.
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I missed that, what's Dave supposed to have done to tank the deal? Just revealing the meeting?
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zoux posted:I missed that, what's Dave supposed to have done to tank the deal? Just revealing the meeting? he literally had one job and that job was to shut the gently caress up for a few days
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MaoistBanker posted:https://x.com/billplunkettocr/status/1732462039077904595?s=20 It would be very funny if Ohtani doesn't sign with the Dodgers because he's pissed about a Dave Roberts throwaway comment.
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zoux posted:I missed that, what's Dave supposed to have done to tank the deal? Just revealing the meeting? There's been a bit of dumb mania surrounding Shohei meeting with teams and for reasons (cultural/respect/assholery) etc they've indicated that any team that leaks information about Shohei meeting with clubs will be "punished" and I mean who knows exactly what that entails. Dave Roberts simply acknowledged that yes the team and he met with Ohtani last week and he divulged nothing besides the fact that they did and he liked meeting with him and now apparently Dave might be Dodgers Enemy #1.
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zoux posted:I missed that, what's Dave supposed to have done to tank the deal? Just revealing the meeting? Pretty much. The reason actual concrete details around Ohtani's negotiations have been so few and far between is because his camp apparently told teams not to reveal any details whatsoever about what's going on to the media, and that doing so would be held against them in Ohtani making his final determination of where to sign. So everybody has been extremely coy with the media about how things are going and if they met and what they met about, Roberts saying something as simple as "yeah we met with him on [date] and it went well I think" is more than anybody has given yet.
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MaoistBanker posted:There's been a bit of dumb mania surrounding Shohei meeting with teams and for reasons (cultural/respect/assholery) etc they've indicated that any team that leaks information about Shohei meeting with clubs will be "punished" and I mean who knows exactly what that entails. good
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The GM of the Blue Jays admitted that he met with Ohtani in Dunedin like the same day that Roberts made those comments
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FlamingLiberal posted:The GM of the Blue Jays admitted that he met with Ohtani in Dunedin like the same day that Roberts made those comments Ross Atkins has never said a directly true thing in his entire life.
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FlamingLiberal posted:The GM of the Blue Jays admitted that he met with Ohtani in Dunedin like the same day that Roberts made those comments That's it, Shohei should sign with nobody. MaoistBanker posted:Dave Roberts simply acknowledged that yes the team and he met with Ohtani last week and he divulged nothing besides the fact that they did and he liked meeting with him and now apparently Dave might be Dodgers Enemy #1. Now?
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General Dog posted:How many titles do they need? The Rangers could let everyone go now and go another 30 years without a title before I start checking my watch again. On the flip side, I could live happily denying Astros the American League pennant a handful more times. As far as runner up prizes go that's still pretty goddamn shiny.
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Roberts didn't read The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.
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Rule 5 draft has started 1 A's (39) -- RHP Mitch Spence (NYY) 2 Royals (39) -- RHP Sauer, Matt (NYY) 3 Rockies (39) -- RHP Molina, Anthony (TB) 4 White Sox (39) -- LHP Drohan, Shane (BOS) What's a Matt Sauer and will he be anything? (He won't be anything)
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MaoistBanker posted:https://x.com/billplunkettocr/status/1732462039077904595?s=20 I refuse to believe Ohtani is torn between the Dodgers and somewhere else but Dave’s comments yesterday put him over the edge, it’s an absurd proposition. Narratively the idea is of course hilarious but cmon now.
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bawfuls posted:Baseball media is for sure desperate but Gomes yesterday and Friedman today both made the hysteria worse by saying they were surprised by Dave’s comments. If you assume it's Dodgers and the field, sure. But if if it's an even playing field, the manager of one team not following one simple instruction is worth taking into consideration.
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bawfuls posted:I refuse to believe Ohtani is torn between the Dodgers and somewhere else but Dave’s comments yesterday put him over the edge, it’s an absurd proposition. Narratively the idea is of course hilarious but cmon now. He will sign with the Jays for more money than the Dodgers offered and the worst fans will pin all the blame on Dave, it's inevitable.
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https://twitter.com/IamTrevorMay/status/1732477399290572961 Trev got the card! The MLB gold card is such a cool idea. I mean from a fan perspective, idk how much ex-ballplayers wanna go sit in the stands at ballpark.
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Exodor posted:Rule 5 draft has started
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Traxis posted:He will sign with the Jays for more money than the Dodgers offered and the worst fans will pin all the blame on Dave, it's inevitable. Sounds like the perfect ending!!!
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Rule 5 MLB portion Seth Beer to the Pirates!
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He's gonna sign with the Cubs and trump will lose next year because they ran out of money to campaign in the Midwest.
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Mustached Demon posted:He's gonna sign with the Cubs and trump will lose next year because they ran out of money to campaign in the Midwest. So everybody wins? Sign me up!
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zoux posted:Seth Beer to the Pirates! I remember when he hit his second (and last, so far) MLB HR it was on National Beer Day and it was a walk-off. Also just only ever play him in one game per season. He gets a HR in every first game of the season that he plays! 
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live with fruit posted:If you assume it's Dodgers and the field, sure. But if if it's an even playing field, the manager of one team not following one simple instruction is worth taking into consideration. Traxis posted:He will sign with the Jays for more money than the Dodgers offered and the worst fans will pin all the blame on Dave, it's inevitable.
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