Superstar Lamar

I wonder whatever happened tot he get up guy? He seemed like he was one of those superfans who was good for morale at the stadium and then, poof, he was gone.

Every single time and so would anyone who was lucky enough to have heard them. Funny, informative and unpredictable.

with his track record the Sox will trade Mc Cann just so his story isn't correct

It sounds to me like Ryu is trying to adjust to the market's direction for BOTH money and years. I took that blurb above to mean that the market is telling him he is worth far less than 20 per year. I would consider something like 18 in the ballpark of 20. That sounded to me like teams were in the 15-16 range. That seems fairly logical in the context of the Bumgarner contract.

Trade away cost controlled veteran pitching for prospects and draft position. Trade away prospects and draft position for cost controlled veteran pitching. Moving Vaughn/Madrigal would show some incoherence in the rebuild logic.

per or total 20 per would be insane

My guess is Ryu signs for less than Bumgarner, just as Bumgarner signed for less than Wheeler and Wheeler signed for less than Cole/Strasburg. The tiers of players has been pretty static compared to pre FA opinions, even if the money across the entire market has been greater. I think Ryu will be about 3 years at 45-50 million. Keuchel will be less than that.

Mazara was hitting 20 HR in MLB at the same age Walker was doing freshman orientation in college

They will have 2 rookies in the starting rotation (I still count Cease as one). That isn't usually the makeup of a team that makes the playoffs. I think 2020 will be interesting for development purposes but I just cannot envision them competing until the end

like or hate the trade, at least it keeps Jason Kinander from rehashing the Joc Pederson rumors for a third season in a row next year

weren't the Yankees trying to move Happ?

Who is the in house candidate to be the platoon mate against left handed pitchers? Do we have anyone with exceptional splits that are complementary to Mazara?

I'm sure a high school kid about to go into finals week was just burning up the phone lines this morning getting info from his multiple sources.

Kid should go into fiction writing.