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braves are getting chris sale from the red sox for vaughn grissom

wowzers

red sox get lucas giolito for 2/39

can't kirk just play DH while jensen catches? or is kirk a better defender now

i feel like santiago espinal or cavan biggio can probably fill in just fine. although i suppose neither can play SS for bo for a day off.

IKF is definitely not good tho

blue jays bring back kevin kerimeier or however its spelled

also signed kiner-falefa for 2/15

supposedly the dominican version of the fbi raided two homes looking for wander franco and he was in neither. if true he is probably done.

can't believe it. dude was gonna be a hall of famer. such a beast and he threw it all away to hit up middle schoolers. cmon bro you signed a 200m deal or whatever. you can get any legal woman you want. ffs. so disappointing.

aaaand mariners do get mitch garver at 2/24

https://twitter.com/SavageDipoto/status/1738282576916419029

@chaos_knight lol

CrimsonGear80 posted...

I follow the main account on twitter because I like baseball. and occasionally they make posts that don't beat-off the dodgers or yankees

during the offseason they just do engagement bait tbh you should unfollow until opening day

Touch posted...

It was last off-season when Judge hit free agency and Padres tried getting him before they landed Bogaerts. But Judge wanted to stay in NY so he stayed.

i thought you were talking about some kind of trade. i'm not seeing how the MLB can veto a free agent signing lmfao. furthermore the finalists for judge were the giants and yankees.

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yoshi is a very young free agent since he is coming over from japan's NPB. he's not handcuffed to the 750k min salary + arbitration like latino teenagers or draftees are. although MLB teams *could* give out those monster deals, they have no incentive to since they automatically have 6 years of control over players and can develop or find a cheaper replacement in that time.

on top of that yoshi is generally considered by talent evaluators to be a top 20 SP in the world and could become even better with a MLB pitching program.

Touch posted...

What's stupid is that there were reports that if the Aaron Judge to the Padres deal went through, the league would've vetoed it. But Dodgers get to pull this shit and it's just lolpovertyfranchisesjusrgetricher

what aaron judge to the padres deal are you talking about

why would you follow MLB's social media accounts....

CrimsonGear80 posted...

are the op outs based on if an executive leaves, like Ohtani's? or after a certain number of years?

as far as i know theyre just normal opt outs that happen after x and y number of years.

i'm sure all the details of when they are will drop tmrw

yoshi's deal has 2 opt outs. also the dodgers have to pay an additional 50m to the orix buffaloes.

salary cap is bad so hopefully nothing is done

plus there's already the luxury tax (with multiple thresholds including lower draft picks) to disincentivize spending

CADE_FOSTER posted...

urias is a free agent and done in the mlb

oh is he a FA? did not know

and i do kinda assume he won't be around mlb again anyway yeah but you never know....

it'll be interesting to see if they trade some excess SPs next season for more talent

they'll have ohtani, yoshi, glasnow, buehler, miller, julio urias if he ever comes back, gonsolin, may, stone, knack, sheehan... lots of arms

pretty wild actually

Touch posted...

12yrs/$325mil

Watch that shit get deferred so that he only gets paid $5mil a year lmfao (yes I'm aware why Ohtani is able to do it)

mookie and freeman also have deferments tbf

edit: rosenthal reporting none of it is deferred lol

rosenthal reporting yamamoto to the dodgers. over 300m total.

JasonSehorn posted...

I thought Dodgers but he wont want to be overshadowed by Ohtani

i don't think that is really a thing.

i think its more the dodgers need bats worse than pitching. unless they REALLY want to rely on heyward, lux, margot, and taylor to carry the outfield corners. which would be unwise imo. i'm also not convinced they actually want mookie to play 2B.

they just shelled out tons of cash for glasnow. buehler is still there. i imagine kershaw will come back. plus miller, stone, maybe urias, knack, sheehan, etc. the dodgers should really have no issue churning out some pitching.

JasonSehorn posted...

this offseason is slow

passan says yamamoto bidding is expected to begin today. he and his agent just wanted to meet with teams first.

still think he'll go to a nyc team tho

to be fair the free agent hitter market was always going to be on hold until ohtani signed.

and now we're waiting to see what yamamoto does

signings should explode after that

braves traded for matt carpenter for some reason. ray kerr also sent over from the padres.

forget who the braves sent.... drew campbell maybe was his name?

original trade of glasnow/margot for do luca/pepiot went through. glasnow extends with dodgers for 5/135.

royals sign hunter renfroe and michael wacha.

max scherzer had back surgery and will miss half the season. will start pitching again in june or july.

i can't even imagine what the rays haul would be. glasnow is an ace who is fairly affordable. randy is an all star OF with 3 years of control. they are going to ransack LA's farm.

https://twitter.com/Bnicklaus7/status/1734788194863038596

dodgers super team

rowdy tellez to the pirates

exciting

giants sign jung hoo-lee for 6/113. opt out after 4 years.

KBO's best player! can play center and has some wheels on em. definitely more a groundball/contact guy tho. will be cool to see if he adjusts to high velo like ha seong-kim has

royals are signing seth lugo. mets were also in the running.

dodgers are targeting yamamoto and hader.

julio urias' investigation is apparently over and the DA is now deciding on whether or not to charge him

https://twitter.com/jonbecker_/status/1734361526276939784

yeah i hope the dodgers have to "settle" for kershaw, glasnow, cease, or burnes...

let yoshi go somewhere else plz

it still counts as ~45m against the CBT even if he is only being paid 2m fwiw. also there is no limit on deferred money. it is completely within the rules.

seeing a lot of people say this sets a bad precedent but i seriously doubt many players would be willing to go for something like this.

ohtani is apparently only being paid 20m over the next 10 years.

he will be paid 680m in increments after the contract is over

that is fucking *insane*

guardians signed austin hedges

they also claimed christian bethancourt off waivers but then traded him to the marlins

big day for catchers

royals signed will smith, who has won the last three world series.... sign of things to come?

tigers also signed andrew chafin.

big day for veteran relief pitchers.

also roki sasaki apparently asked the chiba lotte marines to post him but they won't. he will however be posted next season.

Zithers posted...

angels trade david fletcher and max stassi to the braves for evan white and some dude... imagine stassi is being flipped

stassi was flipped to the white sox for ptbnl

fwar leaders last year

1st ohtani - dodgers
2nd acuna - braves
3rd mookie - dodgers
4th freeman - dodgers
5th olson - braves
6th semien - rangers
7th seager - rangers

then the yankees have judge (14th) and soto (12th). this isn't even getting into pitching either where we can talk about cole, fried, strider, degrom (even tho not pitching next year), and maybe yoshi for the yankees as well all being aces. lots of consolidation happening up top.

maybe owners of teams with not huge payrolls should spend more....

largest amount of guaranteed money in any contract ever

also has a lot of deferred money according to passan

cards trade tyler o'neill to the red sox

angels trade david fletcher and max stassi to the braves for evan white and some dude... imagine stassi is being flipped

giants sign yoshi tsutsugo

b_nolan posted...

Yankees still not contenders

verdugo and soto are pretty huge improvements to jake bauers or franchy cordero or whoever.

losing michael king sucks but there's a lot of pitching out there. if their plan isn't to extend soto they can still go out and get a big pitcher. they're reportedly still in on yamamoto. who is reportedly getting something like 10/300 offers which is insane

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1732521351297019963

yankees are winning the offseason so far i guess

i know a red sox fan who thinks the mookie trade was a good idea

can you fucking imagine believing that

yankees trade for alex verdugo lmaoooooooooo

this offseason rules

also white sox signed korean baller erick fedde for 2/15. mets were also finalists

the mariners also sent cash to atlanta lol.

they really do need to fire dipoto if they aren't going to lift the budget constraints on him. just doesn't seem like he's good enough to succeed with these parameters.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1731521414056820940

lmao

yankees/padres soto trade is being held up. padres want michael king, two of the yankees top ten prosects, jhonny brito, cash, and then an unspecified prospect or two. the yankees would also get trent grisham. blue jays are also talking to san diego about soto.

passan also reporting that the guardians are shopping emmanuel clase who is a top 5 reliever.

mets claimed cooper hummel off waivers for some reason. have no idea why they are adding wendle and hummel to their 40. literally what the fuck

also i dont think we ever mentioned that the tigers gave kenta maeda a 2 year deal

jackson chourio's contract extension is supposedly going to be 8/80 with some options tacked on

would be largest ever contract for someone who has never played pro ball

i feel like the yankees could trade for juan soto. which would be a sensical trade.

mets also signed joey wendle

no idea why when they have lindor, mcneil, baty, vientos, mauricio clogging up in the infield