Official MLB off-season thread ...

[wlu.29]

jose via vengeance 2017

 

[LongTermLurker]

Guess he decided home town discount is better than unemployment

 

[SammyPops]

jose via vengeance 2017

hope so but ish e goingto play1s t base?

help please- I am lookign for an article from one of Toronto's newspapers just destroying Shapiro when he was 1st hired. I cannot find it! Anyone?

 

[NewbZor]

A freaking steal IMO. Dude really took a home town discount

 

[Revolver]

He should fire his agent. He would have been a free agent after this year and probably would have gotten nearly double that with another solid year.

 

[FLYOVER BOSSMAN]

Just came in here to post that.

An awesome piece of news after what happened last night.

Totes gnar, Duffy. And he took the hometown discount because 90% of his tweets/interviews are always about how much he loves playing in KC.

 

[Sauce Castillo]

Rumour is 35-40 million for Bautista 2 with the second being a mutual option so basically a one year deal. Lineup not looking too shabby now

Devon Travis
Donaldson
Bautista
Morales
Tulo
Martin
Pillar
Upton
Pearce

 

[Loiseau]

The Cubs rotation is so shallow... Really worries me that they don't have enough depth. They can't afford a single injury which they have some how avoided the last 2 seasons. They have some studs in the lower minors, but none of them are ready to start at that level yet. Re-signing Travis Wood is a must.

I'm also very, very woried about the lead-off/CF spot. Almora is an ace defensively, but his bat is quite a bit behind and he doesn't walk at all. Jay is an alright 4th option, but not a LO man either... They're talking Schwarber at the top and that's just fucking stupid.... 35+ homer guy hitting with nobody on, brilliant. Joe does some really stupid shit.

 

[HereticBD]

Really hard to believe the deals EE and Jose got. Edwin especially. Jose had a hard luck year for a contract ending season, but the lack of interest in EE really threw me for a loop.

Really happy to have Jose back though. He's a big part of the heart and soul of the team. Last year was a hiccup in his career caused by injuries. He'll be mashing again if he stays healthy.

 

[SportsBarGod]

Bad year, 36 years old, other teams had to give up a draft pick to sign him, got ko'd by a midget.

 

[RedCansLoom16]

Wanted 5/150, might have been talking CANadian dollars but still LOL.

 

[LongTermLurker]

Wanted 5/150, might have been talking CANadian dollars but still LOL.

*Pesos

 

[Sauce Castillo]

It's a damn shame Larry Walker has such low #s in his 7th year on the ballot

 

[wlu.29]

Really hard to believe the deals EE and Jose got. Edwin especially. Jose had a hard luck year for a contract ending season, but the lack of interest in EE really threw me for a loop.

Really happy to have Jose back though. He's a big part of the heart and soul of the team. Last year was a hiccup in his career caused by injuries. He'll be mashing again if he stays healthy.

word up, like i said jose via vengeance

apparently i heard from someone that jose and donaldson don't get along

 

[SportsBarGod]

It's a damn shame Larry Walker has such low #s in his 7th year on the ballot

Spent 6 years playing in a 3rd world country so nobody saw him play.

 

[Sauce Castillo]

Spent 6 years playing in a 3rd world country so nobody saw him play.

 

[Misfit23]

Raines, Pudge, and Bagwell all in the HoF. Well deserved! Hoffman and Vlad just missed but will probably get in next year with Chipper and Thome.

 

[TidalWave89]

Jorge Posada one and done on the ballot.

 

[Revolver]

lmao @ bagwell and pudge getting in before Clemons and Bonds.

 

[Marce Porter]

Extremely disappointed to see Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, a noted steroid abuser, get admitted to the Hall of Fame.