Superstar Lamar

seems like a placeholder hire I think Wills' contract is up after this season so that may be interesting timing

The impact of a backup catcher is going to be greatly reduced this short season. Mc Cann might get 25 starts at most. I think Collins can cover that amount. If there is a team out there that is short a catcher and got caught off guard without a DH, I would not be hesitant to move him. He should be attractive on the market as a team wouldn't have to take on much salary to get a starting quality player. He's gone at the end of the year. I'd be fine trading those 25 starts for long term value. I also think he had his career year and I have little confidence he resembles the offensive player we saw in 2019

Would it be profitable for them to open up for fans, with all the associated costs, or would they just be doing this for good will

Yes it is. There are few people even in this country who will have career earnings of 8.5 million with a generous pension plan

He is going to have extremely low mileage on his arm for a veteran by that option year after playing partial seasons in 2019-20.

the racial slur derives from the romance languages word for the color black

I like getting whatever avenue gets us the best chance of getting an elite major league level player. Those guys cost money and aren't readily available. You can cheaply fill a roster with good players to surround them and those players are available all the time in FA/trades

it puts into perspective how much disposable income these top end contracts create

now, watch this Spring have the most temperate weather of any on record

and, I mean, hookers are almost definitely out of the question A man has to have a vice to know he is alive.

I hope none of these players young players who signed cheap extensions have objections to the 1976 throwback uniforms

Little Lupe

why would anyone care about an analysis of a guy you will be able to analyze on your own in a few short months?

am I going to pull up pictures of a dong followed by a virus if I click on that link?

bringing back memories of Dane Iorg, who seemed to be in every baseball card pack I every purchased as a kid

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