January 2, 20233 yr I’m not even sure this prospect is even being posted, this team will NOT land him. This pitiful organization will not even look his way.
January 2, 20233 yr 4 hours ago, Eminor3rd said: Got a tip from a connection of mine that Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been told he’ll be posted next offseason. If that’s true and he stays healthy, this’ll be the biggest story out of Japan since Ohtani, and one of the biggest free agent pursuits of the offseason overall. He’s very easily and clearly the best pitcher in the NPB, is coming off of two consecutive MVP seasons, and is only 24 years old. This will be every bit of a Tanaka/Daisuke/Darvish type of hype and pursuit, and he’s every bit as good as those guys. I really just find it unforgivable that the mlb owners saw Ohtani clamoring to come over and said “let’s try and make it harder for the best players in the world to play on our league just in case we have to pay them full price!” Crazy player competitiveness of these guys keeps saying to go for it anyway.
January 3, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, bmags said: I really just find it unforgivable that the mlb owners saw Ohtani clamoring to come over and said “let’s try and make it harder for the best players in the world to play on our league just in case we have to pay them full price!” Crazy player competitiveness of these guys keeps saying to go for it anyway. No doubt, MLB administration over the past couple decades has acted like the purest example of everything that every fan hates about the business of sports. They truly are a movie villain-style caricature. But I think the players are adjusting pretty quickly. I'd put a lot of money on Ohtani being the last Asian star to come to MLB before age 25, to dodge the "international amateur" spending rule. I don't think it's an accident that Yamamoto, who has been on MLB scouts' radars since he was 20, is getting posted the moment he turns 25. Also notable is that the best hitting prospect since Ichiro, Munetaka Murakami, who just had the best offensive season the NPB has seen in at least 30 years (arguably 50), just signed a three-year extension that comes with a clause that he HAS to be posted at the conclusion... when he'll just happen to be 25 years old.
January 3, 20233 yr 11 hours ago, Eminor3rd said: No doubt, MLB administration over the past couple decades has acted like the purest example of everything that every fan hates about the business of sports. They truly are a movie villain-style caricature. But I think the players are adjusting pretty quickly. I'd put a lot of money on Ohtani being the last Asian star to come to MLB before age 25, to dodge the "international amateur" spending rule. I don't think it's an accident that Yamamoto, who has been on MLB scouts' radars since he was 20, is getting posted the moment he turns 25. Also notable is that the best hitting prospect since Ichiro, Munetaka Murakami, who just had the best offensive season the NPB has seen in at least 30 years (arguably 50), just signed a three-year extension that comes with a clause that he HAS to be posted at the conclusion... when he'll just happen to be 25 years old. Oh sorry I saw your post and thought he was coming over at 24
January 3, 20233 yr 26 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: Any of those guys at 2B make sense, Flexen (pictured) also makes a lot of sense, can't imagine he'd too cost much
January 4, 20233 yr The Guards signed my guy Touki. Man if they can unlock his immense talent watch out.
January 4, 20233 yr 25 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: $332M would have been too much....$331M seems right.
January 5, 20233 yr On 1/3/2023 at 5:42 PM, southsider2k5 said: 1 year 700K for a guy projected to have a 110 wRC+ is a low risk low reward move. The cubs first base options last year were awful and they need some lefty bats in the lineup. Worst case this puts the Cubs 700K closer to the tax. It's not as if the bottom of the 40-man roster is crawling with talent
January 5, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, FriendlyNorthsider said: 1 year 700K for a guy projected to have a 110 wRC+ is a low risk low reward move. The cubs first base options last year were awful and they need some lefty bats in the lineup. Worst case this puts the Cubs 700K closer to the tax. It's not as if the bottom of the 40-man roster is crawling with talent He’s absolutely awful on defense
January 5, 20233 yr 8 minutes ago, fathom said: He’s absolutely awful on defense For sure. The Cubs offense is bad enough that he'll probably play some DH against righties and Mervis will play first. I don't think the Dansby Swanson pitch included a photoshopped Eric Hosmer trying to pick one of his throws out of the dirt. If Mervis doesnt turn into a player the decision to not extend Rizzo looks pretty bad
January 5, 20233 yr Author 37 minutes ago, fathom said: He’s absolutely awful on defense Let's play the game of Gavin Sheets or Eric Hosmer? .241/.295/.411/.706 .268/.334/.382/.716 This signing is the definition of low risk no reward.
January 5, 20233 yr 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Let's play the game of Gavin Sheets or Eric Hosmer? .241/.295/.411/.706 .268/.334/.382/.716 This signing is the definition of low risk no reward. First one is Sheets, yeah? Game changer I tell ya!
January 5, 20233 yr 6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Let's play the game of Gavin Sheets or Eric Hosmer? .241/.295/.411/.706 .268/.334/.382/.716 This signing is the definition of low risk no reward. Yeah, he’s basically just a body to split 1B/DH with Mervis and platoon with Wisdom.
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