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Post by The Kevstaaa on Nov 25, 2015 19:43:14 GMT -5
If Bryce Harper signs with the Yankees, I will cry.
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Post by bad guy™ on Nov 27, 2015 22:22:58 GMT -5
Happ to the Blue Birds.
Pirates #1 Priority 2015 Offseason: Sign Pitchers
Pirates 1st Move 2015 Offseason: Let second best pitcher on team leave
Yay!
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Post by IRS on Nov 28, 2015 11:42:00 GMT -5
That J.A. Happ contract is laughable.
Watch him come crashing back to earth in Toronto.
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Post by IRS on Nov 28, 2015 11:42:21 GMT -5
If Bryce Harper signs with the Yankees, I will cry. I will laugh.
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Post by Mark Martin on Nov 29, 2015 0:31:48 GMT -5
I guess the Tigers and Jordan Zimmerman are in "serious" talks.
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Post by Mark Martin on Nov 29, 2015 12:50:36 GMT -5
Tigers signed Zimmerman to a 5year, 110 million dollar deal. Seems like a bit much to me but it is the MLB after all.
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Post by LA Times on Nov 29, 2015 14:14:56 GMT -5
Tigers signed Zimmerman to a 5year, 110 million dollar deal. Seems like a bit much to me but it is the MLB after all. $21 million/yr for a guy with a 3.66 ERA last year? Greinke and Price will be getting $30 million/yr at least.
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Post by Mark Martin on Nov 29, 2015 18:06:09 GMT -5
Tigers signed Zimmerman to a 5year, 110 million dollar deal. Seems like a bit much to me but it is the MLB after all. $21 million/yr for a guy with a 3.66 ERA last year? Greinke and Price will be getting $30 million/yr at least. Probably. Just seemed like a lot at first glance, perhaps I'm underestimating Zimmerman.
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Post by LA Times on Nov 29, 2015 18:23:54 GMT -5
$21 million/yr for a guy with a 3.66 ERA last year? Greinke and Price will be getting $30 million/yr at least. Probably. Just seemed like a lot at first glance, perhaps I'm underestimating Zimmerman. Hes a good pitcher, just not worth that much money and we don't know how he will do moving from the NL to the AL.
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Post by IRS on Nov 29, 2015 21:19:49 GMT -5
With how insane the contracts are today, I'm surprised he didn't get more, tbh.
I could see Greinke easily eclipsing $200M. At the very least, $170M.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Nov 30, 2015 12:19:07 GMT -5
When J.A. Happ gets 3 years $36 million, you know the market is absurd. This is like last year when the Dodgers gave Brandon McCarthy 4 years after he made like 6 good starts with the Yankees.
You gotta pay over $12 million to get somebody who you can say is not awful....not GOOD, just not awful. It's crazy.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 1, 2015 20:58:54 GMT -5
Red Sox sign David Price for 7 yrs/$217 million
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Post by ICW on Dec 1, 2015 21:01:38 GMT -5
Quick hits/#HOTTAKES on the David Price signing:
-Baseball is super duper profitable. Look at these contracts. Insanity. -Price should be really good the next two to three seasons but the decline will likely begin in year 4. Ton of dough for a SP that will age quickly -Yanks should've been at least interested but I'm not heartbroken over their decision to pass. They've been burned too much by these contracts
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Dec 1, 2015 22:54:06 GMT -5
David Price has an opt out after 3 years, wish it coulda been 4-5 but 3....okay. I'll take it.
I woulda loved Grienke here, and unless Im a dummy, looks like he was gonna come if they backed off on Price. Unless I misread it, I dunno Im confused.
Sox do not give up the #12th pick, thats huge.
When you finish last 3 of the last 4 years, you have no other choice but to spend out of their ass and get the best player out there.
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Post by ICW on Dec 2, 2015 0:16:49 GMT -5
Totally agree, although that's a bad contract. Really bad.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 2, 2015 8:55:18 GMT -5
You would think teams would learn by now based on what the Yankees have been struggling to get out of the last few years, that these big contracts don't work out. Hopefully in 4 years it's going to be other teams stuck with useless guys on the tail end of huge deals and the Yankees will be free of all that nonsense.
The Yankees need to develop their own crop of young core players, not over spend for guys who already peaked and are just going to make the most money of their careers while they decline.
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Post by ICW on Dec 2, 2015 9:26:26 GMT -5
2017 Yankees could be relatively young:
C Brian McCann/Gary Sanchez 1B Greg Bird 2B Rob Refsnyder/Dustin Ackley (?) 3B: Chase Headley (meh) SS: Didi Gregorious LF: Brett Gardner (?) CF: Jacoby Ellsbury RF: Aaaron Judge
I'm ready for Bird/Judge/Sanchez
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Post by Quanthor on Dec 2, 2015 15:54:56 GMT -5
You would think teams would learn by now based on what the Yankees have been struggling to get out of the last few years, that these big contracts don't work out. Hopefully in 4 years it's going to be other teams stuck with useless guys on the tail end of huge deals and the Yankees will be free of all that nonsense. The Yankees need to develop their own crop of young core players, not over spend for guys who already peaked and are just going to make the most money of their careers while they decline. It's rare that the big offseason signings workout. I said as much last year when the Sox picked up Ramirez and Sandoval. I say this knowing very well the Giants are probably going to make a splash which they haven't really done since acquiring Zito like 10 years ago. Almost all their success can be attributed to the farm and it's what's sustained them.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 2, 2015 17:48:56 GMT -5
Minnesota Twins sign Byung Ho Park for 4 yrs/$12 million. Low risk/High reward signing, so even if he hits .216 with 1 HR and 17 RBIs, he wont be crippling the team financially.
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Post by Mark Martin on Dec 3, 2015 22:30:58 GMT -5
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