The 2020 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread.

[Chi_archie]

Rays offering Springer 5 year deal that is less money than what he wanted.

take the 5 years, he'll suck by then

[JMobile]

Will the Padres stop making moves from now until spring training???

[stevenash]

take the 5 years, he'll suck by then

I'm not so sure, maybe in the the fourth year of a five year contract he may show signs of regression.
He's still only 31, he's at or right near his prime now.
For a guy who strikes out 100 times he has a nice career OBA.

I can never hate on Springer, he's one of us, Connecticut's very own, pride of the UConn Huskies too.
Believe it or not Connecticut is a very, very good baseball state.
We're always top five in the East until we play teams from Arizona, Texas, or California, those beasts bitch slap the good smaller schools.

[stevenash]

Happy 58th birthday norm Charlton.
One of three Nasty Boys that took down the mighty A's,

[JMobile]

Lindor to the Mets

[Chi_archie]

Lindor to the Mets

He'll do well there

[stevenash]

He'll do well there

Yes, and their rotation plus the bullpen is pretty solid.
I like McNeil very good hitter, they have plenty of power in Alonso, JD Davis, and Dom Smith (Conforto is never healthy)
Mets made a serious upgrade behind the dish too.

I'm hardly a Mets fan but I say they are a serious contender in the East, not quite LA or SD good, but who knows how far they can go this season.

Mets fans finally have a reason to believe.

[JMobile]

Mets trying to spend more to sign Springer

[stevenash]

Mets trying to spend more to sign Springer

Let's see, would I rather have Brandon Nimmo or George Springer starting in my outfield?
Difficult decision, let me think awhile on that one.

[Chi_archie]

Mets trying to spend more to sign Springer

i dont think they will get him

[stevenash]

i dont think they will get him

Why not?

His home town is within driving distance from Queens in Connecticut, the owner has and is willing to spend what it takes, and he would be going to an instant contender not to mention he'll be thousands of miles away from all the Houston abuse those guys will receive this year.

[JMobile]

Nationals sign Kyle Schwarber for 1 year worth $10 million.

Didn't have a good 2020 year.

[stevenash]

Nationals sign Kyle Schwarber for 1 year worth $10 million.

Didn't have a good 2020 year.

HR or nothing hitter.
No thanks, there's 40 of those types out there.

He'll be lucky to hit .240

[Chi_archie]

that might end up being a bargain

[JMobile]

Padres willing to give Tatis Jr $300 mill in possible 10 year extension.

[Chi_archie]

Padres willing to give Tatis Jr $300 mill in possible 10 year extension.

super talented for sure/ but still early on enough, that this seems a bit risky to me, you are buying out like 4 more years of relatively cheap trial labor, no? seems the pads would have a bit more leverage this early on in giving the gaurantee

[stevenash]

super talented for sure/ but still early on enough, that this seems a bit risky to me, you are buying out like 4 more years of relatively cheap trial labor, no? seems the pads would have a bit more leverage this early on in giving the gaurantee

Lindor type shortstops are a commodity.
Think about all the elite SS's there have been in the past two decades.
How many do you come with?
Maybe six?

[JMobile]

Bauer saying he wants to play for a WS Contender and doesn't care about anything else.

[Chi_archie]

Lindor type shortstops are a commodity.
Think about all the elite SS's there have been in the past two decades.
How many do you come with?
Maybe six?

more than 6 if we are looking for shortstops with 3-4 years of big impact.... more importantly how many do we project we see in the next 20 years, that determines the value here...

the question isn't if he is a commodity, but why try to buy out cheap years of labor at an elevated rather than discounted rate.

the player gets the extra years of security and guaranteed $ and more $ in years 3-6 of the contract for immediate gratification.

this allows the team to offer an amount that is well below what the market value for said player is on the open market. Given the state of the market right now, and that Tatis is tethered to the Pads for 4 more years no matter what. they aren't given themselves much of a discount for a player with less than 1k mlb ab's

[stevenash]

^
You make good points.
My point is I honk they want to build a team around him.

[JMobile]

Where will Bryant go?

[Chi_archie]

Where will Bryant go?

blue jays?

[stevenash]

blue jays?

That's a good and logical fit.

[JMobile]

Padres are thinking about Tanaka. I don't know why, Padres starters are stack.

[stevenash]

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been MLB best hitter since 2018 batting in the six hole.

[Stallion]

Bryant will be fantastic on the Jays because Vladdy Jr is too fat to play 3rd.

[stevenash]

Bryant will be fantastic on the Jays because Vladdy Jr is too fat to play 3rd.

Just like his daddy.

[Chi_archie]

Bryant will be fantastic on the Jays because Vladdy Jr is too fat to play 3rd.

they need to get Vladdy a year round private trainer and cook/dietician

[JMobile]

A 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for $5.2 million. Wow, what a pay day.

[Chi_archie]

A 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for $5.2 million. Wow, what a pay day.

i'll never understand it

it's cardboard

[stevenash]

A 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for $5.2 million. Wow, what a pay day.

Bob Costas had his Mick rookie card stolen some years ago.
Costas had it insured I think though.

[JMobile]

LeMahieu is staying with the Yankees for 6 more years.

[Chi_archie]

Bob Costas had his Mick rookie card stolen some years ago.
Costas had it insured I think though.

damn

[JMobile]

Angels sign Kurt Suzuki. I feel like he is washed out

[Chi_archie]

Angels sign Kurt Suzuki. I feel like he is washed out

yeah i'm surprised he is still playing