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and Eulogio De La Cruz actually died last year

Willi? Really?

Ilitch does deserve some criticism, but I could never understand the criticism of him "being cheap" or "making an insulting offer" or "an offer that he knew would be rejected" - when he was the guy who offered the most years and the most total value and I think Correa - and later Boras - did overplay his hand. Very telling, to me at least, that he got an extra $100k each year, meaning that he and Boras can now claim he has the highest AAV for a position player except for Mike Trout. $35.1M AAV just tops Anthony Rendon ($35M) (also Boras), and it is exactly $1M more AAV than Lindor. Neither number is a coincidence.

and Correa's health. If those 2 play 160 games each, the Twins could run away with the Central; both are fantastic 2 way players that could easily drop 7-8 WAR seasons each at the most important positions on the field. Of course Buxton has only played more than 100 games ONE TIME, and Correa has only cleared 110 games twice. Or they could finish dead last. Every team has variance, but any outcome really is possible for the Twins.

Anderson to LAD. Literally just Pineda and Cueto left, and then Minor league deals

Color of Dave's Polo today? I'll guess magenta.

Montas fits their window just fine. you get him for at least age 29 and 30 seasons. he would be their #1 starter. Montas 29 ERod 29 Mize 25 Skubal 25 Manning 24 Peralta 32 Wentz 24 Brieske 24 Garcia 24 Turnbull* 29

Montas would be a massive massive upgrade and if the cost includes Kriedler that's fine

no way of knowing what As want, but I think this is a reasonable offer

good for Boyd, SFG knows what they are doing, but he got more $ than I would have thought

7/182, Bryant to the Rockies I guess he is really interested in fighting the Diamondbacks for 4th place https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/rockies-to-sign-kris-bryant.html

that's kinda cool actually

Starters: Mize, ERod, Skubal, Manning, Grienke with Peralta, RGarcia, Wentz, Brieske, Olson, Hill, Shore, Boyd? in reserve Bullpen: Soto, Chafin, Alexander, Fulmer, Cisnero, Lange, Funk, Jimenez with Foley, BGarcia, Vest, Del Pozo, DeJesus, Carlton, Faedo? in reserve

and also, a 2 year deal comes with little risk, which is what most of these relievers are signing for

Don't forget that Senator Tommy Tuberville thought the 3 branches of the federal government were The House, The Senate, and The President. There is no level of stupid the GOP will reject.

Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV. The doctors were concerned enough to give that idiot a cognitive test and then he bragged about it.

I think AJ would not be saying this if it was just about some Minor league signings

great points. the problems are multifold and deep and won't be solved in the short term and maybe not at all, but getting the GOP to reject authoritarianism would be a huge push in the right direction the problem is, so many Americans really relish hating their fellow Americans, and that won't end anytime soon

does not seem like the price was very high at all for Gray

they currently have zero OFs who have consistently produced at the ML level. Baddoo-Greene-Grossman could be really good, but I would like to get someone else in the mix day 1. Reyes, Hill, Daz all could contribute, but with pretty low ceilings

if they have $33M more to spend each year (I think they do), better ways to spend that: OF (Schwarber or Conforto) + Reliever (Chafin or McHugh) + Starter (Grienke or Anderson) = about $33M, for less years and less risk

would not surprise me at all if Manning spent some time in Toledo this year; far from a finished product. they need at least one more decent (more than Peralta) starter

hard for someone like Niko Goodrum or Jose Urena to get elected to an executive position when they may not have a 40-man spot. there is value in having Max and Cole speak to fans and media as well but 0-8 and 26-4 does show a chasm

what is the effect of the 0-8 players' committee vote? does it carry any weight? or is it meant to be informative? interesting that only Andrew Miller is unsigned and only Miller and Jason Castro are not signed to HUGE deals of the 8. edit Passan said vote was 26-12 The final vote by the MLBPA's eight members of the executive subcommittee and 30 player reps was 26-12 in favor of the agreement, sources told ESPN.

Major League Rule 5 Draft cancelled.