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Post by ICW on Nov 24, 2016 12:43:30 GMT -5
Hahahaha "garbage". Anyways, I doubt they're in on any of those free agents as much as they're driving up the price for Boston and Toronto. I could see them signing Cespedes if they trade Brett Gardner but, out of all of those names, I think they end up with Beltran or Pearce.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 1, 2016 14:06:33 GMT -5
Eh, what's everyone think of the new CBA.
Highlights:
-No 26th roster spot. -No DH in the NL. -Luxury Tax threshold only went up a little bit each of the 5 years - it'll go from $189 to $210 by 2021. -A player can only get one qualifying offer in their whole career. -Still draft pick compensation for signing another teams FA, unless they were traded during the year. -All Star Game no longer determines home field advantage in the World Series.
I was hoping there would be more drastic changes....but baseball is a game very resistant to change, so I'm not really shocked.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Dec 1, 2016 17:09:12 GMT -5
Pirates on the verge of trading Andrew McCutchen and possibly Josh Harrison. Those three winning seasons were fun while they lasted.
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Post by bad guy™ on Dec 1, 2016 17:13:48 GMT -5
Looks like Cutch to the Nats is all but done. Harrison is also on his way out too.
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Post by bigshab421 on Dec 2, 2016 10:02:27 GMT -5
Looks like Cutch to the Nats is all but done. Harrison is also on his way out too. My problem with all of this is that they want to trade him at his lowest value and for PROSPECTS?!?! I'm sick and ing tired of prospects, especially because the development staff takes FORRRRREEEEVVVVVEEEERRRRRR to push guys through the minors, and they still have glaring flaws when they get here. As for Harrison, if they can get a good pitcher out of it, cool with me. The guy is a massive liability on the basepaths and consistently gets picked off, caught rounding, ignoring the coaches. He's whatever to me, that contract should have never been given to him, but hey what do I know lol. Being a Pirates fan and wanting them to win is like wanting to win the Powerball. You always talk about how good things could be and how it should be, but then the crushing weight of reality sets in and smothers you
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Post by Chip on Dec 2, 2016 14:59:12 GMT -5
Eh, what's everyone think of the new CBA. Highlights: -No 26th roster spot. -No DH in the NL. -Luxury Tax threshold only went up a little bit each of the 5 years - it'll go from $189 to $210 by 2021. -A player can only get one qualifying offer in their whole career. -Still draft pick compensation for signing another teams FA, unless they were traded during the year. -All Star Game no longer determines home field advantage in the World Series. I was hoping there would be more drastic changes....but baseball is a game very resistant to change, so I'm not really shocked. - ridiculous. the way the game has evolved, there should be more players on a team. im not saying a crazy amount, but adding 1 or 2 more to an active roster should not be an issue. - at this point im giving up on the DH thing. pitchers coming up to bat is stupid. it always has been and it always will be. until the NL gets out of the 1920's, the game is going to suffer - tax tax tax tax tax tax. where does luxury tax money even go? what is the purpose? just another reason to teams over - whole career seems like a bit much. once every 5 years seems more reasonable - draft pick compensation is 50/50. i see the point, but it also hurts both the player and the team. - never had an issue with the ASG. so what is the point of it now? just for fun? why even have it then? eliminate the game, and make it just a few days of special events.
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Post by bad guy™ on Dec 2, 2016 15:05:58 GMT -5
Eh, what's everyone think of the new CBA. Highlights: -No 26th roster spot. -No DH in the NL. -Luxury Tax threshold only went up a little bit each of the 5 years - it'll go from $189 to $210 by 2021. -A player can only get one qualifying offer in their whole career. -Still draft pick compensation for signing another teams FA, unless they were traded during the year. -All Star Game no longer determines home field advantage in the World Series. I was hoping there would be more drastic changes....but baseball is a game very resistant to change, so I'm not really shocked. - ridiculous. the way the game has evolved, there should be more players on a team. im not saying a crazy amount, but adding 1 or 2 more to an active roster should not be an issue. - at this point im giving up on the DH thing. pitchers coming up to bat is stupid. it always has been and it always will be. until the NL gets out of the 1920's, the game is going to suffer - tax tax tax tax tax tax. where does luxury tax money even go? what is the purpose? just another reason to teams over - whole career seems like a bit much. once every 5 years seems more reasonable - draft pick compensation is 50/50. i see the point, but it also hurts both the player and the team. - never had an issue with the ASG. so what is the point of it now? just for fun? why even have it then? eliminate the game, and make it just a few days of special events. Agree with everything, in particular the ASG. It was the one ASG that actually mattered, and now it's useless.
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Post by ftc on Dec 2, 2016 20:40:33 GMT -5
No DH in this day and age is ridiculous
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Post by LA Times on Dec 3, 2016 19:40:21 GMT -5
Carlos Beltran to the Astros for $16 million/1 yr. The Disastros are picking up all the Yankos aging DH types.
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Post by dodgerman on Dec 4, 2016 18:39:04 GMT -5
Carlos Beltran to the Astros for $16 million/1 yr. The Disastros are picking up all the Yankos aging DH types. They may have over paid for Riddick too.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 4, 2016 19:06:29 GMT -5
Yankos sign Matt Holliday for $13 million/1 yr. While Holliday can give them .300/30 HRs/100 RBIs playing in that bandbox, I am happy because that means the Yank probably wont be getting Encarnacion and/or Bautista now
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Post by ftc on Dec 4, 2016 21:51:28 GMT -5
Yankos sign Matt Holliday for $13 million/1 yr. While Holliday can give them .300/30 HRs/100 RBIs playing in that bandbox, I am happy because that means the Yank probably wont be getting Encarnacion and/or Bautista now That seems like a good deal for the Yankees.
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Post by IRS on Dec 5, 2016 2:54:52 GMT -5
I hope the Nats do get Sale & McCutchen.
It would make watching them choke in the Postseason again even more sweet.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 5, 2016 12:30:12 GMT -5
I guess the Yankees felt like the roster was too young and healthy, so they signed 37 year old chronically injured Matt Holliday.
For $13 million dollars, I'd rather they just have spent the $16 for Beltran. At least he was 100% healthy last year and we know he can handle being a Yankee.
They should have just kept the DH as a rotating position, so like when Romine catches, Gary Sanchez could DH, when Austin plays first, Bird can DH, when Hicks plays RF, Judge can DH.....instead we are stuck with another almost 40 guy who can only be DH. If I was going to be stuck with that player, I'd have rather it be Beltran.
Oh well, I don't think this is going to make or break the team. That will be the pitching staff.
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Post by Chip on Dec 5, 2016 16:56:44 GMT -5
yeah it really seems like they were stretching, by signing Holliday. the guy can hit? sure, but his best years are way behind and he hasn't been healthy. maybe Beltran didn't want to come back? i mean what's 3 million dollars? like...they really couldn't have spared that to bring him back? its just weird.
but maybe it will work out, maybe Yankees can get Holliday straight and he'll stay healthy...i mean, no one really thought Beltran would this past season and he did. you never know but it's strange to say the least.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 5, 2016 17:59:00 GMT -5
Blue Jays sign Steve Pearce, so it most likely means neither Edwin Encarnacion or Jose Bautista will be returning.
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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 6, 2016 13:47:22 GMT -5
Sad to see Sale go to Boston but it's not like the White Sox were winning with him. Nice to see they got a good package for him, especially Moncada
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 6, 2016 13:54:15 GMT -5
Wow....didn't see that coming. Chris Sale traded to Boston. Well, the Yankees can forget about the playoffs in 2017. The Red Sox easily won the Division last year without him.
You never know which Tanaka will show up. CC Sabathia's old knees. Nichael Pineda is a home run factory.
After that, you've got Luis Cesa, Chad Greene, Brian Mitchell, Adam Warren, and Luis Severino.....all of them range from awful to mediocre.
The Yankees seem to not want to trade, and there's no good starters on the market. Their one move this off season is going to overpay Chapman to sit in the bullpen and not come into any games because there won't be any leads.
Good for Boston fans.....bad bad bad news for the Yankees.
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Post by figurecollector on Dec 6, 2016 14:39:23 GMT -5
That is an impressive top three in the Red Sox rotation.
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Post by bad guy™ on Dec 6, 2016 16:57:04 GMT -5
Just hand the trophy off, Cubbies.
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