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I wonder if Schwarber with Kevin Long is making some teams wonder how much more there could be out of Cubs hitters. It's been where I've wondered if the Phils try to get rid of their current MI and go with upside projects

I think there is a compelling "roll it back" case to be made, but for me it included Rodon. Definitely need some supplements.

I think the league from players to coaches to FO all have been vocally supportive of the change. I think it was something where if it was there, they were going to exploit it, but nobody really thought coaxing a guy to jump defend and jumping into them was actually a "foul", in that it was a disadvantage to the offensive player. The benefit to the offensive player should be he could drive by, he shouldn't get an automatic couple of points because of that. I wish there were such an easy solution for baseball!

I kinda pulled out the choice bits. The yankees are at 40 now, but they aren't as overloaded as usual. That said, losing Garret Whitlock last year was among the bigger acquisitions that happened in the offseason.

I was reading this article https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-teams-with-the-toughest-decisions-ahead-of-40-man-roster-protection-deadline/ Very interesting on the roster crunches. Sox definitely have a lot of room, and I don't know, not that concerned about a lot of them. Sousa, Perez (x2), Fernandez. And do we need Yermin, Rutherford protected? We have a lot of room. Guys I'd like: https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/99273/steven-kwan/ https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kwan--000ste We may lose leury, and thus a good backup OFer. This guy bats LEFTHANDED omg and is a CF that batted .321 / .407 / .527 between AA and AAA last year. 23 years old, and will be one to watch if unprotected. https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/9375/ford-proctor/ I think this would require trading for a guy that doesn't need protecting. But this guy plays C, 2b and SS, and hit for .800 ops in AA last year. Granted, he's 24. Cody Morris https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=morris002cod RHP Relief Pitcher fanned 52 in 36 IP on Guardians AAA squad. We're in the deep cuts now.

We traded him for Manny Banuelos after he struggled in Kanny, interesting to note he led the minors in BA last year and hit .900 OPS across two levels. Looks like he'll be a hot topic for rule 5. https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/97124/justin-yurchak/

I am just hoping it is a really fun 11/30, but you are probably right. Deadlines are good.

I laughed when I saw that

I think basketball is in a healthier place now though. I'm sure the playoffs will get railroaded by Nets, though the west I'm not so sure what will happen. But the new rules this year and Giannis staying home to win a championship just two years after a Toronto one. The Knicks just trying to be competitive, feels like a bunch of flavors of teams with different skills all making it work. Lots of fun.

Christ what is the point of these salary web sites if they can't get basic shit like this updated

Man that is not the move I'd make if I was the angels.

He's definitely a FA.

I mean, he probably is, but he was -0.3 here. I don't know, I think BP is the most critical at appraising their catching stats year over year and trying to verify so I take them with the most validity. However, I'd venture to rely more on the fact that Maldonado is very good at defense. That said, you look at the top catchers and Salvy is amazing in these, so it clearly is aligned decently and Maldonado had a lot of chances. No idea, but I think we'd be happy if we signed Maldonado. My personal preference is to go Chirinos/Perez battle for backup. I'm a big believer that we have a Major Leaguer in Carlos Perez, not a starter, but a guy we can have on our bench for a long time.

Also last I checked neither of those cases were Yoan Moncada.

So I exported the BP Catcher Stats and sorted them by the Free agent catchers. Here's some good-to-knows (this is 2021 only) Best FA catchers rated at blocking: Yan Gomez (.4 Blocking Runs) Roberto Peres (.2 Blocking Runs) Alex Avila (.2 Blocking runs) Austin Romine (.1 Blocking runs) Sandy Leon (.1 Blocking Runs For Context: Yaz 0.0 so...uh err Seby -0.2 Zack -0.6 Best rated at Throwing out runners Kurt Suzuki - 0.3 Wilson Ramos - 0.1 Stephen Vogt - 0.1 Jose Lobaton - 0.1 For Context: Zack Collins - 0.4 Yaz - 0.1 Seby - 0.0 (BP takes into account Best rated at Framing Maldonado - 2.3 Vogt - 1.7 Knapp - 1.2 Mathis - 0.7 Vaille - 0.1 For Context: Yaz - 3.1 Seby - 0.7 Zack - -10.1 Overall Defensive Adjustment Maldonado - 1.8 Vogt - 1.8 Knapp - 0.4 (Yaz was 3.2, Seby 0.0) Offensive wRC+ for those catchers: Maldonado - 63 (steamer projection - 73) Vogt - 64 (steamer projection - 83) Knapp - 17 (steamer projection - 72) (Seby - 66 with steamer projection of 60) Robinson Chirinos has a negative CDA of 0.3 (essentially he is completely average in all categories) with a wRC last year of 108 and a steamer of 85. I think looking at this, you are probably best off throwing ST invites at Chirinos, but maybe a ML deal to Vogt. There would be good reason to go after Yan Gomez, he provides nearly average offense and good blocking, but BP hates his framing and throwing, which could be an issue.

Nice you made the back to back. I have been fighting a cold but woke up almost giddy to check the box score to see what I missed. Was not shocked to see the Bulls smack them. It is crazy night after night seeing DeRozan get 20 points easy in first half and 35+ for the game. I have very little hope of our center-less, power forward-less team stopping Jokic and the Nuggets, but feel like we should have no problem with Portland. Famous last words.

2 years 8 mill

The article mentions he just signed an extension in 2020.

for catcher, I think we'll get "competition". I'd like to throw a ST invite to Robinson Chirinos.

Baseball Savant has him at excellent at second base (95% percentile) last year. FRAA likes him a good bit. Fangraphs only has him slightly positive.

My take is that in february people will be yearning for an offseason this good

Definitely possible, didn't come across that way though. I can't believe KW is in his 60s!

Well, depending on what JR does I wouldn't be shocked if Hahn bumps up and Haber takes over as GM.

fortunately, I hated the cesar trade so I am in fact the straight shooter you all need to assess opinions.