2018 MLB Thread

[Szumi]

9 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

Yeah most of the "Bryce Harper to Chicago" talk I feel has been misconstrued because journalists don't understand how friendship works.

"Kris and Bryce, you're friends, would you like to play together?"

Them: "Yeah I mean that'd be cool"

Everyone: "AHHHHH BRYCE TO CHICAGO BOOK IT"

Well, that's how the NBA works anymore

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Watching the Mets' press conference introducing Canó and Dìaz. They look good in those Mets unis (but everyone does, those colors are 👌). From a fan point of view, really happy to have Dìaz around, and I look forward to hopefully getting some good results from Canó. 

 

Seems like BVW might have other moves in mind, after he said that he "didn't make this move just to have it be our last move," and I'm just hoping that they A) don't involve trading Syndergaard, and B) give us some good power to put in our lineup. I'm going to go ahead and be cautiously optimistic.

[Meacon Keaton]

You’re a Mets fan. If you didn’t have optimism in the offseason, what else would you have? 😛 

[The Buscher]

Jeff Wilpon during the press conference said that the Mets' analytics department had the team pegged for 83-84 wins before the trade and now they project for the high 80s.

This was the same roster that just won 77 games, yet suddenly they turned into an 83-84 win team before making any moves?  I can only assume the analytics department is filled with chimps and old geezers using Windows 95.

[GhostMachine]

3 hours ago, Buschie Van Wagenen said:

Jeff Wilpon during the press conference said that the Mets' analytics department had the team pegged for 83-84 wins before the trade and now they project for the high 80s.

This was the same roster that just won 77 games, yet suddenly they turned into an 83-84 win team before making any moves?  I can only assume the analytics department is filled with chimps and old geezers using Windows 95.

That's giving them too much credit. They're still using DOS.

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Corbin to the Nats on a 6-year deal, pending physical

[Meacon Keaton]

Booooooooo

[gunnar hendershow]

That is a bit of an overpay but the Nats have some good young prospects to come up on offense and trying to have a top-flight rotation might eventually get them over the hump.

Shocked he's not a Yankee or Phillie though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Mets are "aggressively" pursuing a trade for the Marlins JT Realmuto. 

[DMN in the House]

8 hours ago, Meacon said:

You’re a Mets fan. If you didn’t have optimism in the offseason, what else would you have? 😛 

Players who are way more famous for being on other teams and Darryl Strawberry.

5 hours ago, GhostMachine said:

That's giving them too much credit. They're still using DOS.

If you're going to try and out-olds everyone, get it right.

Black ladies do all the math and then put it on punch cards.

[The Buscher]

14 hours ago, Meacon said:

Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Mets are "aggressively" pursuing a trade for the Marlins JT Realmuto. 

I can't imagine this coming to fruition.  The Marlins apparently want either Conforto, Nimmo, or Rosario as the main piece in return - so the Mets won't be able to get Realmuto without creating a hole somewhere else at the major league level.

Of the three I'd be most inclined to trade Rosario since they still have Andres Gimenez and they can probably get a serviceable stopgap on a reasonable one or two year deal.  But even then, there would have to be more prospects included which will turn them from what is at best a middle of the pack farm system to one of the worst in baseball.

And despite my belief that Brodie wouldn't have taken this job if the Wilpons weren't willing to be flexible financially, I can't see them signing off on a mega deal for a Harper or Machado to fill the void of the guy they trade.

[Meacon Keaton]

Sounds like Goldschmidt is being traded to the Cardinals.

[gunnar hendershow]

Goldschmidt being traded to St. Louis

Ahhhh @Meacon beat me to it

[Your Mom]

I never really thought about him before but now Goldschmidt is my enemy!! 

[ThrillhouseMAX]

I feel like the D-Backs could have gotten more than they did for Goldy.

[gunnar hendershow]

A guy on the last year of his deal is never fetching a huge return.

[The Buscher]

Guys on one-year deals don't get a huge return, but I feel like Arizona shouldn't have just given away a guy as good as him.  First off, Arizona were right in the thick of the NL West until a September collapse.  I don't see why they're already prepared to tear down and start over.  But if the team sucks you can probably move a guy like Goldschmidt in July for one stud prospect instead of a bunch of mediocre ones.

In other news, Nathan Eovaldi is back with the Red Sox.  4 years, $68 million.

[The Buscher]

Jonathan Schoop to the Twins on a one-year prove it deal worth $7 million.

And Hisashi Iwakuma heads back to Japan to join the Yomiuri Giants.  Ends his six-year MLB career with a respectable 3.42 ERA across nearly 900 innings.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo have died in a car accident. Valbuena most recently played for the Angels and was released from the organization in August of this year, and Castillo hadn't played in the MLB since 2008. Carlos Rivero (formerly of the Red Sox) was in the car as well, but survived the accident.

[ThrillhouseMAX]

I was coming in here to post about that. It's so sad. The infrastructure down there is so bad. I feel like every offseason, we hear about at least one player in South America dying in a car crash or something. Terrible.