2018-9 MLB off season free agency thread

[FT35 50]

6 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said:

The newest gem from Charles the Cat!

 

Who knows if this is an attempt to clear $ for Harper, but if it is, I still have to question the flip side... why a team would rather put THAT much $ into trading for Heyward, when they could just put it towards signing Harper.  

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3 minutes ago, FT35 said:

Who knows if this is an attempt to clear $ for Harper, but if it is, I still have to question the flip side... why a team would rather put THAT much $ into trading for Heyward, when they could just put it towards signing Harper.  

Right...if they're going to possibly take on Heyward (assuming they're not sending bad money), might as well go all-in for Harper themselves.

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1 minute ago, soxfan2014 said:

Right...if they're going to possibly take on Heyward (assuming they're not sending bad money), might as well go all-in for Harper themselves.

They would be sending bad money like Cueto or Samardzija, along with Melancon.

[Quin 2,163]

22 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said:

The newest gem from Charles the Cat!

 

Who called this one? @ChiliIrishHammock24 @Jose Abreu?

[Balta1701 2,891]

55 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Nevermind, misunderstood post.  

The "Where's our Liriano" meme dates back to 2006 when the Twins, who already had Santana, unveiled Liriano - a lefty with absolutely dominant pure stuff who succeeded right out of the gate. At the time, our starting pitchers were struggling, so watching the Twins come up with something like that just seemed unfair.

5 years later, the White Sox unveiled a lefty who was perhaps more dominant with his raw stuff -"There's our Liriano" - and we kept ours healthy for 6 years, we just couldn't do a darn thing with him. 

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35 minutes ago, Quin said:

Who called this one? @ChiliIrishHammock24 @Jose Abreu?

Called what? 

[Chicago White Sox 5,538]

1 hour ago, Whitesox27 said:

The newest gem from Charles the Cat!

 

Even one of my friends who is a diehard Cubs fans thinks this cat is a fraud.  It really seems like the Darvish was either a lucky guess or one time leak.

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[Orlando 1,336]

16 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Too bad Curtis never became friends with Manny. He'd be our starting right fielder on a 1 year 5 million dollar deal.

[bmags 5,293]

I love Curtis Granderson, glad he found a spot.

[Balta1701 2,891]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25925457/indians-acquire-right-hander-nick-wittgren-trade-marlins 

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CLEVELAND -- Looking to reconstruct their bullpen, the Cleveland Indians acquired right-hander Nick Wittgren from the Miami Marlins.

The three-time defending AL Central champions sent right-hander Jordan Milbrath to the Marlins for Wittgren, who made 32 appearances for Miami last season. The 27-year-old posted a 2.94 ERA and also pitched for Triple-A New Orleans.

He has a 3.60 ERA in 118 games for the Marlins over the past three seasons. Wittgren was designated for assignment last week and has one option remaining.

 

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[Balta1701 2,891]

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1 hour ago, Balta1701 said:

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26/41

I missed a couple I definitely should have gotten.

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2 hours ago, Balta1701 said:

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Thanks for sharing.  35/41

[ptatc 1,542]

24/45. Good quiz.

[BigSexy23 15]

Brandon Guyer to the Sox...he can no longer be a sox killer. Career .311 hitter and .431 OBP against the Sox

[manbearpuig 1,373]

Looking at free agency and the Indians depth chart, they can still piece together a decent OF next year. A Brantley-less OF, but they can still improve over what they currently have. Denard Span (1.9 WAR) for LF or RF and then sign Jones or Dietrich for the other corner. Hell, even Joey Bats (1.4 WAR) as a DH with Santana playing 1B and Bauers playing a corner. 

Edited February 6, 2019 by soxfan2014

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[ChiSox59 2,352]

44 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

$1.4M with another $4M in incentives. Another decent and very cheap option off the board.

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[BigSexy23 15]

I'm really kind of annoyed as to why the White Sox decided to trade for Nova instead of giving one of these serviceable starters just over a mil per year....