2017-2018 MLB Hot Stove Thread

[ShowTyme15]

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Tim Lincecum's showcase is tomorrow in Seattle. At least 12 teams will be in attendance.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Phillies sign Drew Hutchison to a Minor League deal with an invite to Spring Training. He'll compete for a spot in the rotation.

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[The Kid 24]

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I thought we were waiting on Darvish to sign for the market to finally open up.... This is getting so ridiculous now.

[TripleCrown9]

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Tim Lincecum's showcase is tomorrow in Seattle. At least 12 teams will be in attendance.

Tim Lincecum is going to sign a contract before Jake Arrieta.

What a world.

[The Kid 24]

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According to Jon Daniels, nothing is imminent with Oh.

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[SPTO]

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Phillies sign Drew Hutchison to a Minor League deal with an invite to Spring Training. He'll compete for a spot in the rotation.

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Man, his career really took a nose dive. I always liked the guy and thought he could be a pretty good starter. His last full season in Toronto he had a real crazy home/road split as he was dominant at home but couldn't pitch his way out of a wet paper bag on the road. His 2015 was definitely one of those years where W/L meant absolutely nothing.

[DieHardYankee26]

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"Lost arbitration. Is what it is. Looking forward to going out there and dealing again. The negative things that were said against me, by my own team, will never leave my mind. I'm thick-skinned so it will only fuel the fire. Can't wait for this year." - Marcus Stroman on Twitter

[The Kid 24]

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O's sign Cashner to 2 yr, $16 mil deal.

Reds sign Cliff Pennington to MiLB deal.

[countryboy]

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Stove's heating up now.

[KSUowls]

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Apparently we at OS have more clarity than the players and agents on this issue. I mean, if i'm a guy at that "secret spring training" i'd be very much open to having people watch, especially front office guys. It could actually lead to some deals.

I have a feeling this is more on the agents who don't want to lose control of their players because they feel said players will probably cave in a situation like that.

I don't know if it's all on the agents. Maybe, but last year Jeff Francoeur decided to retire rather than even attend a spring training invite from the Braves. I'm going to paraphrase a bit, but the reasoning he gave in a local interview was that he didn't feel he "should have to to try out" for a spot at this point in his career, and that the team should either sign him or don't because they should know what he is. If a career fringe starter felt that way in his 30s I'm not at all surprised that the mentality would permeate throughout the ranks. Just 1 example though so who knows.

[DieHardYankee26]

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The agents and the players are essentially the same person in this instance. The agent doesn't just go off and do what he wants without the players permission. If they wanted to accept the offers they have, they would.

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"Lost arbitration. Is what it is. Looking forward to going out there and dealing again. The negative things that were said against me, by my own team, will never leave my mind. I'm thick-skinned so it will only fuel the fire. Can't wait for this year." - Marcus Stroman on Twitter

Doesn't sound so thick skinned to me if he had to emote on Twitter about it.

[SPTO]

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"Lost arbitration. Is what it is. Looking forward to going out there and dealing again. The negative things that were said against me, by my own team, will never leave my mind. I'm thick-skinned so it will only fuel the fire. Can't wait for this year." - Marcus Stroman on Twitter

He walked that back a bit later on on twitter. Hold on, let me find it:

Just being real. Not mad at all. I’m aware of the business. Just opens your eyes going through the arbitration process. Second time going through it. Still love my team and the entire country of Canada. More upset that I had to fly to AZ and miss my Monday workout. Lol

He also deleted that tweet.

Doesn't sound so thick skinned to me if he had to emote on Twitter about it.

This is par for the course with Stroman. The kid has a lot of talent but he really thinks his crap don't stink. He constantly goes on social media and looking to hog the spotlight. He's definitely very immature that way and it's grating on the fans. I'm sure management isn't exactly keen on his social media activities either.

[The Kid 24]

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Jays sign Jaime Garcia to 1 yr, $8 mil deal.

Brewers sign Nick Franklin to MiLB deal.

[SPTO]

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Jays sign Jaime Garcia to 1 yr, $8 mil deal.

Meh, I see they'd rather go cheap than go out and get some length with Cobb or Lynn. Garcia is a good enough stopgap back of the rotation guy though. He should eat up some innings.

EDIT: There's a club option for 2019 as well.