2025 MLB Trading Deadline

[IdahoBert]

I would be so mortified if stuff like this were happening to my team. I mean, I would be eviscerated. 

[romad1]

Evan Petzhold has an interesting article about the possible trade pieces

Detroit Tigers trade rumors: Who would be in Eugenio Suárez package?

[Toddwert]

6 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I would be so mortified if stuff like this were happening to my team. I mean, I would be eviscerated. 

wouldnt surprise me with all betting crap going on this is going to just happen more and more

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, Toddwert said:

wouldnt surprise me with all betting crap going on this is going to just happen more and more

When I was reading an article about all this, I didn’t realize all this other gambling stuff had come up, which I guess is old news:

“The situation with Clase and Ortiz comes after MLB suspended five players for gambling in June 2024, including a lifetime ban for San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 with a legal sportsbook in 2022 and 2023.

Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly and three minor leaguers — San Diego pitcher Jay Groome, Arizona pitcher Andrew Saalfrank and Philadelphia infielder José Rodríguez — received one-year suspensions.

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball in February for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games, and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation.”

[Tiger337]

3 hours ago, kdog said:

He got the Jack Flaherty deal...$20 million each in '26 and '27, $ 3 mil signing bonus and $3 million buyout before '28.

He is old but better than Flaherty.  That's a good deal for the Royals.  

[chasfh]

40 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Not great.  One less closer available this deadline. And prevents the Guardians from potentially moving another reliever, ie Smith, probably keeping them both for the rest of the season.

Zero chance Clase was coming here even if Cleveland had him on the block, which itself I doubt. 

[romad1]

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Zero chance Clase was coming here even if Cleveland had him on the block, which itself I doubt. 

If they still do have him on the block, it might be because he's got worse dirty laundry.  

[lordstanley]

Did Clase get paid for this?

 

[IdahoBert]

This whole Emmanuel Clase thing is deeply troubling. He’s an all-star for God’s sake. This isn’t like somebody I never heard of. Not that I’ve heard of everybody but, darn. Accusations like this are deeply dispiriting. 

[Toddwert]

8 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Did Clase get paid for this?

 

dont know thats the problem with gambling cant trust anything 

[IdahoBert]

If I were a Cleveland player, I would be so furious about this stuff. Fellow players undermining their performance to undermine the team. I doubt that stuff like this makes for a very good clubhouse atmosphere. 

[Tiger337]

11 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

dont know thats the problem with gambling cant trust anything 

Which is why they have had strict rules regarding gambling for a century.  Now, they are actively promoting and encouraging gambling.  It puts the integrity of the game in jeopardfy even if nobody is doing anything wrong.  

[RatkoVarda]

 

[romad1]

Just now, Tiger337 said:

Which is why they have had strict rules regarding gambling for a century.  Now, they are actively promoting and encouraging gambling.  It puts the integrity of the game in jeopardfy even if nobody is doing anything wrong.  

I definitely had my suspicions about the past week as anyone who experiences the inexplicable would.  

You have to be worried if its wrestling or are they putting their fingers on the scale?  

It would be in the best interests of MLB if the AL Central had an actual race?

 

[oblong]

I'd guess these are for "harmless" bets like certain pitches being balls.  

[Tenacious D]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Zero chance Clase was coming here even if Cleveland had him on the block, which itself I doubt. 

Didn’t think he’d come to the Tigers, but one less elite closer on the trading block could drive the price up for the few remaining.  The silver lining is that the Guardians get screwed.

[kdog]

 

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[kdog]

Paddack is a jag who has had tommy john surgery..i guess he can be a back end starter to an extent.

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

 

I was looking at the Twins roster yesterday and noted some intriguing pitchers (Duran, Coulombe, Jax).  Paddack was not one of them.  

Paddack might be somebody they could fix, but he doesn't seem to address any immediate problem.  Perhaps, they think he can work as a reliever?

Edited Monday at 07:55 PM by Tiger337

[4hzglory]

5 minutes ago, kdog said:

Paddack is a jag who has had tommy john surgery..i guess he can be a back end starter to an extent.

Well in relief in 2023, he had 14.4 K/9..........of course it was 2 appearances for a total of 5 IP.

[1984Echoes]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

...  One less closer available this deadline. And prevents the Guardians from potentially moving another reliever, ie Smith, probably keeping them both for the rest of the season.

The flipside is I wonder if they start losing games from losing one of their top two relievers that would knock them out of wild card contention.

Too close to the deadline for the team to decide what the impact of losing Clase will have...

But for what it's worth, if I were the Tigers I'd have more interest in Cade Smith anyways... Not that there was any chance of that happenin'...

[kdog]

He's a warm body...better option than Montero, SGL, and likely Melton.

[4hzglory]

1 minute ago, kdog said:

He's a warm body...better option than Montero, SGL, and likely Melton.

Melton can move to the pen and give a high K/9 potential.  Same with SGL I guess.