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Good! Let some dumb team like the Phillies, Yankees, or White Sox pay him $35 million to hit 40 home runs, bat around .270 and be a below average defender!
Hopefully while the Phillies are at it they can pay another $30 million to Machado to cripple themselves for the next decade.
Good! Let some dumb team like the Phillies, Yankees, or White Sox pay him $35 million to hit 40 home runs, bat around .270 and be a below average defender!
Hopefully while the Phillies are at it they can pay another $30 million to Machado to cripple themselves for the next decade.
7 year olds hit 35 in Citizens Bank Park. As a Phil, he would top 50 annually.
We knew, like Machado, he would cost a fortune.
As a Met fan, I am delighted he will not be a Nat in all likelihood. I like Rendon, but I view Nats as team w/o robust power to fear now.
No mega deal is granted based on its entirety. You hope deal works first half and is not too horrific back half.
IF he does end up getting traded (I don't think so) I could see a 3 way trade between the Mets & Padres where the Mets get Bryant, Padres get either deGrom or Syndergaard from the Mets and the Cubs get a couple high-level prospect from the Padres. It makes sense for all 3 teams.
My final offer on Harper is 250 at 10 with an opt out after year 5 (would be the end of his age 31 season). If he wants more money or more years or a sooner opt-out we can say thank you for your time and your success here, but we are looking elsewhere. We haven't won anything with him, so it's not like he got us to great heights or anything that we'll be missing.
And as I've been stating the whole season I'd rather NOT resign him anyways because we certainly aren't keeping both Harper & Rendon (due after next year) and I'd much rather resign Rendon.
I would give him an opt out after 4. I highly doubt he has as good of years after the age of 30. Let him opt out after he's given you the best years of his career and you can get away from that contract before you're stuck.
IF he does end up getting traded (I don't think so) I could see a 3 way trade between the Mets & Padres where the Mets get Bryant, Padres get either deGrom or Syndergaard from the Mets and the Cubs get a couple high-level prospect from the Padres. It makes sense for all 3 teams.
My hunch is JD stays several years past 2020 in Queens and Noah is dealt. A deal with KB ending in Orange & Blue would be fair to both sides, if Noah ended up with Padres.
Joe Mauer has announced his retirement. After 15 seasons, all with the Twins, he finishes with a career slashline of .306 /.388/.439, 143 home runs, 55.1 WAR, six All Star appearances and the 2009 MVP award. Mauer is 35 and was last an All Star in 2013 when he was 30. He was compensated 215 million dollars in the course of his career.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was named National League Rookie of the Year on Monday.
He received 27 first-place votes and three seconds for 144 points. Fellow international phenom Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals got two firsts and 89 points, and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler was next with one first and 28 points.
Shohei Ohtani became the fourth Japanese-born player to win Rookie of the Year, as the Los Angeles Angels' two-way sensation beat New York Yankees duo Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres to the American League award.
Ohtani earned 25 of 30 first-place votes to run away with the award. The other five votes went to Andujar, who finished as runner-up.
Oakland Athletics skipper Bob Melvin was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after guiding the team with the lowest opening-day payroll in baseball to a 97-65 record and its first playoff berth in four years.
...Melvin collected 18 first-place votes and 121 points to beat Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox, who was second with seven first-place votes and 79 points, and Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays, who was third with five first-place votes and 57 points.
Brian Snitker has been named NL manager of the year after guiding the Atlanta Braves to the team's first winning season, postseason berth and division title in five years.
...With 17 first-place votes, Snitker was the only manager to appear on every ballot and beat out fellow finalists Craig Counsell (11 first-place votes) of the Milwaukee Brewers and Bud Black (one first-place vote) of the Colorado Rockies.
They should rename this the "Team We Were Most Wrong About When We Predicted A Bad Year" award. While it doesn't always go to the managers who surprised the voters the most, it does with sufficient frequency as to make the awards pretty predictable.
That said, I do have to hand it to Melvin for doing a terrific job with a mess of a pitching staff. 34 hurlers took to the mound for the A's, 15 of them started games. With the exception of August, the rotation was never stable, but Melvin responded with innovation and got the maximum out of what he had on hand.
The A's offense was the opposite, the most stable lineup of regulars the team has had in ages. You knew who the infield starters were, and which outfieldfielders would be playing based on the lefty or righty they were facing.
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I was surprised Counsell didn't win the manage award.
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