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https://sports.yahoo.com/good-2024-qb-draft-class-204008963.html

https://africa.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39141080/mlb-free-agency-cody-bellinger-cubs-blue-jays-2023-24

Pirates' "big move" would be appear to be Martin Perez out of the bargain bin. Not to mention Rowdy Tellez, Billy McKinney, and Eduardo Olivares from the Royals... Dylan Cease fits in with that puzzle....NOT!

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Cease makes zero sense from a timeline perspective, even considering they'll be getting O'Neil Cruz back healthy again for SS. https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/pirates-need-starting-pitching-for-2024-season They basically have to fill out an entire rotation after Keller. It would be shocking if they gave up T.Johnson after picking him so high in the 1st. Unless they simply didn't learn a thing at all from parting with the likes of Glasnow, Musgrove and Taillon. Certainly not a team that typically sheds young prospects for players with just two years of control remaining.

What next...Ncorgbl?

We're more likely to end up with the equivalent of Micah Johnson.

Considering the Brewers weren't confident enough to "invest" in him for just 1-2 years...4 years seems pretty preposterous. And the phobia teams like the White Sox already have with pitching injuries derailing contracts and/or costing more to insure, in general.

Wasn't Danks/McCarthy done near Christmas or New Year's? Was in the Czech Republic at the time... Snell is a tough one to call. SFG almost seems too obvious. There are a lot of contending teams who feel he would be the difference maker but would prefer only a three year Mac deal like JR for pitching....when it's going to take 4 years in reality, and maybe even 5.

That's exactly the year I was interviewing....fall of 1993 winter meetings. Remember being excited to meet Mike Veeck but he was quite irascible/grumpy. Portland and SLC were in transition periods at that time. Still think Nashville/Charlotte is one choice. Mexico City wouldn't be totally shocking....if you look at it from Manfred's international the sport perspective.

The point is that it's not like some death sentence. You can easily run smart organizations at $30 million or dumb ones at $180-190 million. The problem is most teams learn how to make adjustments over time.

This was back in the 90s. Still don't see SLC being a Top 2-3 choice with Denver in that region.

But two of those rosters are Cleveland and Baltimore...Tampa pretty recently as well.

At least they're trying to do SOMETHING... JR hasn't died that I have noticed...but the team is stuck semi-permanently in baseball purgatory. They at least acknowledge the existence of the Pacific Rim with a scouting presence as well...and are playing the Dodgers in Korea to open 2024. Looking at making HaSeong Kim one of their future centerpieces if they can pull it off financially...have invested a lot into Darvish as well, obviously. Had to replace Kerr/Pomeranz and continued to lower payroll while simultaneously dumping Carpenter.

When’s the last time as many as SIX teams were bidding $300+ million for the same foreign pitcher on the open market?

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/shohei-ohtanis-video-pitch-helps-190635452.html

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/braves-cut-matt-carpenter-days-183547965.html

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/if-bears-trade-justin-fields-what-are-his-best-landing-spots-231437672.html Buccaneers are another team coming up…but Mayfield might have earned job with playoff appearance.

How could also broadcasting talent like Benetti...looking at the complicated situation he was trying to negotiate with NCAAFB and NCAABB NOT think it would be a good idea to have legal representation, if for no other reason than to keep it from getting too personalized a situation, which is 100% exactly what transpired???

AAA as well....so I guess that leave mostly Mariners fans there, or Tacoma? The Everett Aqua Sox used to be popular. I remember there was a team in Bend, maybe it was Short Season?

But Eloy's lifetime averages as a DH are significantly the lowest compared to both corner outfield spots.

Javy Vasquez syndrome...

Are you related to Jay Cuda? He's going to be very busy these next 2-3 years.

Salt Lake had a long AAA tradition...then changed to A ball.