NEWS/RUMORS/DISCUSSION Thread

People havin a GOOD laugh @ Fetters in an alumni game, dude's so ridiculous

 

Wish some other team would sign Kendrick already.

 

The run prevention force is not strong with Johnson @ 2B at all and up the middle D has been a focal point as of late, even allowing a valuable righty bat like Howie's to leave because of the cracks he showed on defense.
So long as Corey's bat is manning SS and they have that luxury they can afford to be a little different in regards to construction, especially if it's the leadoff role being squared away.
Being a platoon guy with this particular FO is certainly one thing Ethier has going for him tho, they can't get enough.

 

At some point, if the price drops, why not bring him back on a 1-year deal?

 

And that's why AJ gets offered some sort of coaching position right out of the gate because of CK. He'll be Vice Coach's Assistant of Baseball Propinquity or whatever title they make up next. Hell be on the field doing something I think.

 

Word.
I believe the same, AJ will be staying in the org somehow unless he decides himself that he's done being CK's mini-me

 

Because the compensation draft pick will provide more value than he would playing over Kike, and back-to-backs or whatever the fuck he's called now Hard Work HK gimmick is unbearably stupid.

 

Going to upset IBB. I'm still a little bitter we gave up a spark plug and personal favorite in Dee Gordon, for a year of an average, unexciting and even somewhat boring second baseman. I'm becoming a bitter old fuck like that, didn't like HK and his stupid Angel face.

 

Well, I never!

Somebody out there hates both Ethier AND Kendrick?
Rare...respect, no one's safe. Lol
Now that I think about it, I've never even seen a Howie hater
You may be crowned most diabolical hater with that one

 

Something would have to be really wrong with Howie if he's to the point of taking a 1yr pact.
Would hate to see that, good dude.
Somebody's at least gotta give him a DH role on a multi-year deal, maybe let him play LF for a little while like the Halos did.
Pretty fucked up, considering all the damage he did with the bat coming through again and again
His .360/.398/.480 line with RISP was about as OG as it gets

 

Seeing what happens with Howie Kendrick will be interesting from a baseball perspective. I believe we've already seen an uptick in players accepting the QO, and if guys like HK struggle to sign contracts it makes sense that we'll see more QO's accepted in the next few years. Teams are valuing draft picks more and aging players less (in this post-steroid era). With players more likely to accept qualifying offers we should see a swing from the other side, teams being more discerning about who they offer QO's. It's an interesting little give and take game that is in flux.

 

There was a report yesterday saying that there is a lot of support for the DH getting going in 2017. I guess if they are going to do it, they just want to get the ball rolling ASAP. As for Johnson, I have high hopes for the dude, but he's probably a utility player at this point in his career and maybe even a Quad A guy if he can't get his bat and glove to work at the MLB level. He had a really bad run at it in the majors last season and should in no way be considered for a role on the MLB roster until he can show that he can get the glove to work at 2B, otherwise he'll have to move to the OF and hope the bat can play at the big league level. If they try him at 2B and it is a failure, we may not see him at the big league level until later in 2017 if at all.

 

Another big factor in the mix is how the QO is based, averaging the top 125 salaries from the previous year. The QO is an ongoing upward spiral and will no doubt continue to affect both how many are offered and how many are accepted.

 

Unless he comes at some crazy discount, I just don't see the team retaining him. If his D continues the decline we saw in 2015, then I would rather have the extra pick.

 

Word? I missed that one.
I'm all in on keeping Ethier and SVS if that's what they're shooting for, that seems like the DH combo with Adrian sliding in now and again of course.
As far as Johnson goes, I'm with what some of the scouts believe in that he'll end up in the OF with that speed/range.
Want more, but at the very least he could be a Dyson, maybe not as much with the glove, but on the bases.
If the DH does come into play in 2017 and they're able to add that bat + have Corey's bat at SS, I really wouldn't mind having my leadoff guy in the corner OF/power spot, so long as he's capable at the plate and getting on base.
Royals and Giants have pretty much proven that it's less about power and more about approach and fit in this clean era, so I'm not power crazy even though they should continue to hit HRs.
I just want dudes to be sound.
A guy gets a double to lead off an inning, move him over however you have to do it and score him from 3B with less than 2 outs...stop all this striking out with a man on 3B and less than 2 outs, shit drives me crazy more than anything else.
Productive outs, we need'em.
But of course not everyone is solid or takes the league by storm in their initial call up, which you could argue Trayce was actually doing for a moment/to a degree after he came up, he was excellent, but doesn't project to be that going forward.
Interested in seeing if Johnson can rebound and solidify a role that we really need solidified, the tools are there.

 

Mets, Cespedes Discussing Three-Year Deal With Opt-Out Clause
By Steve Adams | January 22, 2016 at 8:01am CST

While the Nationals are said to have made a five-year contract offer to Yoenis Cespedes, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that the Mets are now discussing a three-year contract which would include an opt-out provision after the first year of the deal (Twitter link). Olney also tweets that the expectation among some involved in the discussions is that Cespedes will make a decision within 24 to 48 hours.




Cespedes playing them against one another, tryin to get his Greinke on?

 

Pretty much the same here, I think going forward as the QO rises that fewer will be offered (depending on the FA market that particular year) because the probability that they get accepted goes higher.

 

He'd be a damn fool if he didn't.