2021-2022 Hot Stove Thread

[Master Live 013]

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Career wOBA of .321 and wRC+ of 98 away from Coors doesn't inspire confidence.

[ninertravel]

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Did Boston take story just so it looked like they were doing something to win over the Yankees ?

[KingOfLanglade]

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Did Boston take story just so it looked like they were doing something to win over the Yankees ?

I would think protection in the event Xander walks after he opts out this winter.

[ninertravel]

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Yankees fans really drive me crazy on social media. they expect to have singed all 3 SS stars because they have 'money' if they have a look at a team in their division called the rays.. who have spent less. and made moves like a INF the rays would be seen as a 'genius' move. the team has only been winning the east the last few years with low payroll, and the yankees are over 500 every year and make the playoffs most years and competitive.

Then when they do sign Stars like Stanton, they are booed to death if they go 0-4 lol. it must be a tough franchise to support.

if the team mentally changes their thinking instead of blaming everything on Boone and Cashman they would be up there in the East.

I mean the Mets dodgers and Padres have been going crazy in free agency and the Dodgers have won 1 world series out of the 3 in being a 60 game tournament year.

[Majingir]

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If I'm the Os, I'm just trading every last player and emailing the MLB every day of the season to have expansion and realigned divisions.

[Sportsforever]

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If I'm the Os, I'm just trading every last player and emailing the MLB every day of the season to have expansion and realigned divisions.

Or…and hear me out…they could actually spend money and try to field a winning team.


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[DamnYanks2]

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Or…and hear me out…they could actually spend money and try to field a winning team.


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Too logical. Pass.

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[reyes the roof]

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Or they can just do nothing and continue to leach off the big market teams and revenue sharing

[Jolly Roger]

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Interesting the Sox are going to put Story at second and keep Xander at short. Story 2019-2021 UZR/150: 5.9. Xander 2019-2021 UZR/150: 1.4. Maybe just to keep him happy and not opt out of his deal after 2022.

[TripleCrown9]

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Just saw that in 2022, the Orioles' highest paid player will be Chris Davis, making 23mil next season.

Chris Davis retired in August, and will get paid through 2037.

[Majingir]

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Just saw that in 2022, the Orioles' highest paid player will be Chris Davis, making 23mil next season.



Chris Davis retired in August, and will get paid through 2037.

Nobody will ever outdo Bobby Bonilla.

[AUTiger1]

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Nobody will ever outdo Bobby Bonilla.

Everyone remembers Bobby Bonilla but nobody remembers the Braves having Bruce Sutter. The Sutter contract finally ends this year when the Braves will pay him $9.1M.






When Bruce Sutter signed with the Braves before the 1985 season, he agreed to a deal for six years and $9.1 million. Each year, his Braves “salary” of $750,000 was just an interest payment on the money, roughly 8 percent interest, which means he still got paid in 1989 and 1990 despite being retired. Then for 30 years, the Braves have been on the hook for $1.12 million every year, and in 2022, when Sutter is 69 years old, they owe him a balloon payment of that $9.1 million. All in all, it’s over $47 million for a pitcher who delivered just 40 saves for a team that averaged 96 losses per season.

https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/bobby_bonilla_and_the_other_strangest_deferred_money_contracts_in_sports/s1__32279624#slide_3

[AUTiger1]

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Or…and hear me out…they could actually spend money and try to field a winning team.


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What cracks me up about the Orioles is that instead of trying to pitch better or get better pitchers they're made their ball park bigger in an effort to give up fewer homeruns. It's the weirdest flex ever.

[AUTiger1]

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Braves are loaded this year even more than last year !

Yep, Braves (on paper) look better than they did last year.


Also, for all the talk over the years about the Braves never spending money, blah, blah, blah, Braves currently have a payroll over $180M with their luxury tax payroll at nearly $210M. So, I think folks need to kill the "Braves are cheap" narrative.

[countryboy]

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Reds sign Hunter Strickland


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