MLB NEWS/RUMORS Thread

10 year, 140 million dollar contract extension for Will Smith according to Passan. Wow…that is a very nice deal for the Dodgers.

 

That sure is!

I like that we won't have to worry about free agency with him. Isn't that the Braves MO, usually? And it wouldn't hinder a trade if the Dodgers decide they need to move on at some point. I hope he's part of the team for all ten years, but I'm also a little concerned with how he faded down the stretch last year. Hopefully just an anomaly. But we do have a couple names down in the farm who could make more noise in the near term - so it's good to have options with Smith. Ten years though... Dodgers sure are locking in the core of their lineup long term.

 

just decreased diego cartaya’s trade value

 

Kind of a slow day for me today, raining and no work due to Good Friday so I'm getting caught up on some bills and I have the Phillies/Braves MLB Gameday up. Interesting feature I just noticed for the first time. There's a graphic, I guess in Beta testing, that displays a representation of all the players on the field. Shows their positioning and movements, as well as movement of the ball, including warmup pitches and grounders to the infielders between innings. I googled it and I guess MLB has been testing this on a selective basis for the past couple of seasons. Not suggesting that it beats watching live action, but it's a decent alternative to have going on the side while doing computer work.

 

bkitch talks too much
https://youtube.com/shorts/K3pIY_uquFA?si=pqq4RHyBvom31M8P

 

I was just following the end of the DBacks/Yankees game online. A couple thoughts:

1. Yankees scored two in the top of the 11th and Caleb Ferguson was brought in for the save. He almost blew it, but...
2. Yankees intentionally walked the batter with runners at first and second to load the bases - at first I was wondering what the hell they were doing - but then I realized that this forced ARI to have their pitcher hit. Easy K for Caleb. It was only the 11th, not like the 15th inning. Getting caught with an empty bench - this is something Davey would do.
3. I cannot believe we lost to the fricken' Diamondbacks last postseason. That's going to haunt me all year.

 

Vargas has 3 HRs and 12 ribbies in his first 5 games at OKC. Man, if he could even duplicate some of that at the next level...

 

Go ahead, blame the capitalist in me, but if I have the HR ball that a $700 million player hit for his new team, I'm exchanging it for more than some baseball gear.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ml...S&cvid=8b0f8d312e8d4fb181916829dbc29cd9&ei=19

 

Nor is it to me. But here's the thing... If he goes on to be a future HOF'er and especially with 500+ HRs, his first bomb as a Dodger will have significant value down the road. Let's call it $50k, conservatively. So either I keep it and cash in down the road, or I sell it for, say, $5k now. If Ohtani doesn't want to pay that, then to a collector online. Put it on eBay, let the Japanese businessmen outbid each other.