Kolek planning to go pro
Lots of scuttle about a Sox-Brewers trade.Not alot of details except Corbin Burnes. Can't really see the Brewers dealing him at all. Its probably just internet nonsense.
Would take Vaughn and another very good prospect - but don't see Brewers wanting to move Burnes. Small market teams need cheap pitching.
Jon Lester signs with the Nate.Cub pitching looks awful for 2021. Lester was a shell of his former self but could still be the mature anchor of tHe staff.
Nats were disappointment last year, they really missed Anthony Rendon. But with Schawber and Josh Bell pickups, they now have little more power in the lineup than they did last year. Bench is thin, so they are one injury anyway for some problems.
Brew Crew linked to Justin Turner and Eddie Rosario. Hoping they spend some money this off-season. Listening to Haudricourt spewing the “they have no money to spend” line is nauseating.
A bunch of signings over the past week or so. The one that made me smile and shake my head the most was Realmuto back to the Phils for $115/5. Not because its an indefensible deal (though I wouldn't want to give a 30 year old catcher $115M, even if he's been clearly the best in baseball for the last 3 years). It was more that the Phillies have been pounding the table about saving money and then brought in Dombrowski who - shocker - gave out a big contract. Without even debating the merits of his moves, I would very much like the job where you pop around from team to team and are given the green light to spend all of the money they've been fastidiously saving.
The Mets will be very good and I don’t think this makes or breaks anything for them, but with all their recent cause for optimism, this was classic “hopes up for nothing” Mets action with Bauer
Thats a lot of dough for a guy that was terrible in 2019. Its also alot of dough for a guy that was outstanding last year. Wow.
He was great in 18, had some issues in 19 but that was a weird season including switching leagues, and then was fantastic this year. Dude is durable, eats innings, and just turned 30. Pitching salaries are getting crazy but he’s deserving. He’s kind of a lunatic but I love his approach to pitching and think he’s only gonna get better as he enters his prime, absent some major injury. Also love him betting on himself taking a shorter deal.Buehler and Bauer are a hell of a 1-2 before Kershaw.