RatkoVarda

Cohen seems to be the advocate the players association needed. FYI, Cohen's purchase was only approved 25-4 (needed 22) According to SNY's Andy Martino, those four owners who opposed Cohen's ownership were Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox (who had been previously publicized as being against Cohen's ownership); Arte Moreno of the Los Angeles Angels; Bob Castellini of the Cincinnati Reds; and Ken Kendrick of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

so Correa flunked himself to take less money?

with one more move, Cohen will run a 2023 payroll + tax that will clear $0.5B!!! Literally no idea if he cares about any savings when the dollars are this big. But with Correa at 3B, Brett Baty might be more available. He could be a long term piece as a LH slugging 3B; same age as Tork

Drury to LAA 2/17

Correa to Giants on hold due to medical issue; hoping for some drama!

Malloy seems pretty straight-forward - if he continues to hit, they will find a place for him in the line up Maurico or Vientos are high risk guys, with huge variance in outcomes. just looking now, and I see Kevin Parada went one pick before Jung. no way can he stick at catcher, but hit tool was awesome. at $12M McCann is probably being paid 3X what the open market would pay him. pissing away $50M+ on Miggy, McCan and Schoop does not inspire much excitement

sounds like a calculated risk

that $24M will actually cost the Mets $45.6M total ($22.8M per year). I know Cohen is loaded but that's a lot to pay for McCann! I would ask for a lot more than mid-level prospect; and offer the Mets something actually useful, like Foley or Faedo.

Lorenzen signed; 40 man roster full, so Clemens, Short, Ibanez and Madris would be next on chopping block when another deal made

Matt Carpenter to SD, 2 years, 2nd year a player option; guy secured a contract for his age 38 season! let's see how well he does outside Yankee Stadium; 12M total, 6M each year

Jordan Lyles, 2/17; that's not smart

the delta is $8M (he took the $5M already), and 2/16 seems like the floor for him

even when he struggled last year, he hit LHP really well, something he seems to always do. played all 3 OF positions too. he took his $5M buyout, instead of exercising $13M option. looks like that was a smart move.

those who were annoyed at the possibility of Drury need not worry, either

those who were annoyed at the possibility of Lugo need not worry

Nick Madrigal might be interesting guy to trade for; zero power, but great bat to ball skills; hurt his hammy real bad, so that will impact speed

only impact player remaining is Swanson and last pitcher is Evoladi, both with QO. maybe soon those teams that missed out, or sat out due to price, will look to trade market Manning, ERod, Lange, Soto, and some other young arms have some value. Malloy seems to actually fit what Harris claims he wants

value, but not a good fit; looks like he sacrificed hit over power; just 5 HRs this year; real nice OBP with KC, 387; but rather see if Carpenter or maybe Baddoo can equal the 109 OPS+ that AB has averaged in his career

Sox needed LH bats

part of the FTC consent decree was to allow two factor authentication without providing phone number; that sucks for Twitter because they cannot sell info without cell number; so I assume Elmo is trying to figure out a way get around that; he already is forcing people to share personal info (also part of consent decree) so they can send targeted (more expensive) ads; with no way of opting out; he should be hearing from FTC soon, if not already

Lynn's top 50; Top 5: Keith, Pacheco, Jobe, Jung, Meadows no idea who Reylin Perez (his #18) is (This year, Lynn only listed two players as HM who have already been released.)

double insane. on a team that is trying to leverage young pitching? that is already overloaded with DHs?

crossing their fingers on Schoop is enough wishing on one veteran 2b guy; they don't need two.