bschmaranz

Something better happen soon, I think some of you guys are gonna murder eachother.

Only thing I can think of is maybe some guys were non-tendered that they'd prefer? Solarte, Owings, etc?

They probably weren't offering a guy that's still a season or two away from arbitration. This deal for Seattle had a lot more to do with money than talent.

Just out of curiosity, and I've noticed this not only here but just abroad on other sites and media outlets, why is nobody mentioning Wilson Ramos as a big "get" catcher? Is he that bad defensively? Always been real consistent with the stick.

I believe they asked the Braves for Acuna Jr. Jeter cray cray!

Oh yeah, he's absolutely worth more. Doesn't mean the Marlins wouldn't ask for him though. If Kopech hadn't gotten hurt, they'd ask for him too.

Marlins say no. I would think one of Robert/Eloy/Cease would need to be there to get them to jump.

Yeah wow, that Ellsbury deal is almost Cano-like, except Ellsbury hasn't played in a year and hasn't been good in since like 2013.

He's also kind of a douche in general.

My Dad is going to be destroyed. He thought Davidson was the 2nd coming of Mike Schmidt or something.

Do we really need more outfielders that have an obp under .300?

This, so much this.

That's the spirit!

I'm not quite understanding the opinion that he has all this potential. He's been here 6 years and has had one season you would deem above average.

What about Drake? Of course they'd both come with Adam Eaton.

Is this dude Avi's agent? You mention Harper and Donaldson. How are 2 guys with extensive bodies of work compare to the statistical fluke that was one Avi year? Take the $8 million and allocate that money where it'll help next season as well as 2020. I'd like to also mention that Harper's "horrible" 2018 produced a higher ops than Avi ever had in any season.

Something the franchise uses to explain why they didn't come here. Helping his buddy Jerry out.

Probably.

Seems like he's laying the groundwork for a scapegoat for when we don't sign either.

Only comment I'd have about all this is Brantley has never played RF. I like the rest of it though. Lowrie is an awesome bridge get for a couple years.

Local guy, definitely not a bad add, especially as a mentor. I would think though at his age he'd wanna go chasing a ring. Something tells me the Astros will get in on him.

It's called the offseason. Next thing you know we'll have a 200 post thread about Norberto Martin.

They have so much money tied up in guys that could very well take the old man turn, us guys that just flat out suck. Lester + Hamels + Darvish + Chatwood + Heyward is over $100 million in payroll in 2019

Will this game end!? I need sleep!