Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Alright, you guys let us that don't follow as closely know about this lockout that is being planned to start Wednesday. Is this going to be a short lockout or a lengthy one?
Supposedly, expectations are an agreement by training camp or not to far into the regular start dates. The players want out before 6 years. The owners have the DH to offer.
The owners know they are not getting a salary cap. They almost killed baseball trying to get it in the 90’s. [Reply]
Jon Gray signing for 4/$56 is a risk I'd have been willing to take.
He's an awfully good complement to Matz. When both are healthy and productive they'd provide much different looks and Gray provides a nice floor given his health history and high-octane fastball.
At $14 million/season (in an environment where Scherzer is getting $43 million), I think that's a very justifiable risk. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Jon Gray signing for 4/$56 is a risk I'd have been willing to take.
He's an awfully good complement to Matz. When both are healthy and productive they'd provide much different looks and Gray provides a nice floor given his health history and high-octane fastball.
At $14 million/season (in an environment where Scherzer is getting $43 million), I think that's a very justifiable risk.
I totally agree.
If you gave me a choice of Gray for 4/$56M or Kevin Gausman for 5/$110M, it would have been Gray hands down for me. [Reply]
As soon as I saw the Mets were involved yesterday I immediately thought the butt hurt the owner had over the Matz signing might lend to him "tilting" on a deal with Scherzer.
I wanted him, but that is insane money. Even as durable as he has been, he is still 38, 39, 40 in the years of that contract. [Reply]
Sources: Texas Rangers land star shortstop Corey Seager on 10-year, $325 million deal. The Rangers have committed $561 million over the last 24 hours to free agents, the biggest free-agent spending spree in MLB history. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
They can afford it and it doesn't cost a comp pick. The owners can afford these contracts, they just don't admit it.
If we could afford to pay Carpenter, Miller, Fowler, and Cecil what we did for jack shit yea I guess so. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
he’s got a long list of misses.
How’d your new manager do last year? Did he seem to learn from his mistakes with the Cardinals?
I will grudgingly admit Matheny was less of an epic disaster than I expected. He seems to have learned at least a smidge. But he’d still be out on his ass tomorrow if I was calling the shots. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Cohen and the Mets are melting down about the Matz signing, all because they expected to be able to match the deal. Pretty hilarious stuff. Cohen just not putting together how his behavior could negatively impact his team's reputation and is encountering a rare problem in his life that money isn't solving.
The Twitter world is suggesting the Cards are still hoping for one out of two from Story or Stroman. Story’s non-Coors lines are not worth bragging home about but still think that he’d be an upgrade over DeJong if the price is right. [Reply]