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2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:03 am
by mister d
"Thank God we got non-tendered Osuna! I’m so fucking glad we non-tendered Osuna!" - Giff

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:06 pm
by A_B
Tony La Russa? What the actual fuck?

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:11 pm
by EnochRoot
We played La Russa as vigorously as we would Tecmo Bowl back in the day.

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Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:14 pm
by mister d
It would be a lot funnier if he weren't a racist now managing an entertaining, young, non-white core.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:17 pm
by A_B
mister d wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:14 pm It would be a lot funnier if he weren't a racist now managing an entertaining, young, non-white core.
In South Chicago.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:28 pm
by sancarlos
A_B wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:06 pm Tony La Russa? What the actual fuck?
Well, Casey Stengel was not available.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:36 pm
by DSafetyGuy
sancarlos wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:28 pm
A_B wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:06 pm Tony La Russa? What the actual fuck?
Well, Casey Stengel was not available.
Take it from Sancarlos, an expert on elderly men.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:52 pm
by sancarlos
DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:36 pm
sancarlos wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:28 pm
A_B wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:06 pm Tony La Russa? What the actual fuck?
Well, Casey Stengel was not available.
Take it from Sancarlos, an expert on elderly men.
Man, I walk right into these, don't I? Like Sideshow Bob and a rake on the ground.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:29 am
by A_B
sancarlos wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:52 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:36 pm
sancarlos wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:28 pm
A_B wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:06 pm Tony La Russa? What the actual fuck?
Well, Casey Stengel was not available.
Take it from Sancarlos, an expert on elderly men.
Man, I walk right into these, don't I? Like Sideshow Bob and a rake on the ground.
From The Ringer, looks like Stengel may have been considered:

"La Russa’s achievements, estimable though they may be, are in the past. The fairly distant past, in fact—La Russa hasn’t managed a team in nine years. When it comes to the best manager for an up-and-coming team in 2021, his résumé is about as relevant as Casey Stengel’s. Had Reinsdorf exhumed Stengel, draped a jersey over his bones, and endowed those bones with the authority to make pitching changes, the White Sox might have been better off."

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:33 pm
by EnochRoot
Blake Snell traded to San Diego.

Good for the Yankees because Snell is out.
Better for Snell because Cash and TB decision-making might’ve cost him millions.
Best for SD because it’s on like Donkey Kong in the NL West.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:43 pm
by degenerasian
Not sure it's good for the AL East. Rays probably got a ton of prospects back.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:15 am
by EnochRoot
degenerasian wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:43 pm Not sure it's good for the AL East. Rays probably got a ton of prospects back.
I mean, the Rays can flat-out evaluate talent. They definitely got high-upside guys coming back. Patiño and Wilcox are the guys they envision bettering their pitching staff, and Hunt looks like a C with upside.

But..It’s great for the AL East because it lost a 27 year old, former Cy Young Award winner (who was in the midst of arguably the greatest WS elimination-game pitching performance before he was unceremoniously yanked) who got sent(enced) to the NL West.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:50 pm
by sancarlos
EnochRoot wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:15 am sent(enced) to the NL West.
WTF you talking about? I'd guess lots of players find it pretty desirable to live in those sunny cities, and the number of free agents who sign with SD/LA/SF/AZ tend to back that up.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 4:28 pm
by EnochRoot
sancarlos wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:50 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:15 am sent(enced) to the NL West.
WTF you talking about? I'd guess lots of players find it pretty desirable to live in those sunny cities, and the number of free agents who sign with SD/LA/SF/AZ tend to back that up.
I didn’t mean that as aspersion on the NL West or the west coast in general for that matter. Just from the perspective of the Yankees, Jays, Sox, O’s. The Rays may likely take a significant step backward in 2021.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:30 pm
by degenerasian
Padres have signed Ha-Seong Kim and are close to signing Yu Darvish. Going all in.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:58 pm
by Steve of phpBB
degenerasian wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:30 pm Padres have signed Ha-Seong Kim and are close to signing Yu Darvish. Going all in.
Yup. The Cubs and Padres finalized their trade. The Cubs have thrown in the towel for 2021-22.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:07 pm
by EnochRoot
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:58 pm
degenerasian wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:30 pm Padres have signed Ha-Seong Kim and are close to signing Yu Darvish. Going all in.
Yup. The Cubs and Padres finalized their trade. The Cubs have thrown in the towel for 2021-22.
They were reporting on MLB Network the fact the Cubs invested so much in the area around the park (hotel, the rooftops, etc) is why they’re looking to shed payroll. They’re looking to move Bryant before the start of the season, too (which is why Theo bailed)..

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:18 pm
by Steve of phpBB
EnochRoot wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:07 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:58 pm
degenerasian wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:30 pm Padres have signed Ha-Seong Kim and are close to signing Yu Darvish. Going all in.
Yup. The Cubs and Padres finalized their trade. The Cubs have thrown in the towel for 2021-22.
They were reporting on MLB Network the fact the Cubs invested so much in the area around the park (hotel, the rooftops, etc) is why they’re looking to shed payroll. They’re looking to move Bryant before the start of the season, too (which is why Theo bailed)..
What I've always heard is that they were counting for a long time on making tons of money from owning their own regional network. But by the time their old broadcast deals expired and they set the network up, the money wasn't there anymore.

Plus, the Cubs are owned by hard-core Republicans who are fucking assholes.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:11 am
by mister d
I expect the seemingly inevitable Benintendi trade to be the opposite of the Betts trade.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:55 pm
by EdRomero
mister d wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:11 am I expect the seemingly inevitable Benintendi trade to be the opposite of the Betts trade.
If they trade him now, I feel like they're selling low

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:46 am
by Rex


What a great deal that is. How did it take so long?

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:58 am
by mister d
You could have given me 20 guesses and I bet I wouldn't have come close to getting that contract right.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:28 am
by Ryan
Yeah seriously. Some NHL team should’ve gotten in on that

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:32 am
by A_B
Ryan wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:28 am Yeah seriously. Some NHL team should’ve gotten in on that
Yeah, but then the Browns would only have $8 million left under the cap.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:25 pm
by sancarlos
Ryan wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:28 am Yeah seriously. Some NHL team should’ve gotten in on that
Ha ha yeah. LeMahieu would have the highest AAV in the entire NHL.

Mamas, don't let your babies choose hockey over baseball.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:28 pm
by Rex


This is Joe Biden’s America.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:39 pm
by mister d
This has a big “remembering out of nowhere that Kluber had three starts here” potential for 2024. Would have preferred another spin with Paxton.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:53 pm
by Ryan
I loved him in The Goonies

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:05 pm
by bfj
Apparently the Orioles spent a lot of their international money today. This wasn’t done before Elias got here. Sounds like they signed two high quality young prospects. That’s all I got.

https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-2020-2 ... e-coverage

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:07 am
by rass
The Mets.

And really the Cubs. Seems like someone(s) there knew about this at least.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:22 am
by Steve of phpBB
rass wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:07 am The Mets.

And really the Cubs. Seems like someone(s) there knew about this at least.
Yeah, every day I find myself hating the Cubs just a little bit more.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:24 am
by degenerasian
I'm curious if sending dick pics has ever worked for anyone to get the girl.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:18 pm
by bfj
TPTNBNL

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:34 pm
by DaveInSeattle
degenerasian wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:24 am I'm curious if sending dick pics has ever worked for anyone to get the girl.
Definitely not after 60+ ignored previous messages.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:01 pm
by MaxWebster
Jays sign Springer last night and just now Michael Brantley.

have to think they're trying to move an OF for a SP at this point, but that lineup in various configurations looks pretty damn good.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:35 pm
by Giff
The George Springer media makeover will be just as fun as the Harden one, I'm sure!

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:54 pm
by mister d
There's nothing really ugly in his advanced offensive stats, but I wouldn't bet on a big, wrong side of 30 CF for six years.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:59 pm
by MaxWebster
seems like it'll be good for 3, questionable the rest of the way.

Oddly - the Brantley "signing" was reported by MLB but then retracted...and now he signs with Houston. Lourdes Gurriel, you're off the hook (for now).

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:53 pm
by mister d
"Yankees trade two NYC natives to Boston for salary relief" isn't what I expected out of today.

Re: 2020-21 MLB Offseason Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:11 pm
by Rex
mister d wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:11 am I expect the seemingly inevitable Benintendi trade to be the opposite of the Betts trade.
Certainly for Benintendi it is.