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Alex Cora

2:51

We can't pitch Eovaldi and Porcello out of the pen in the regular season, so who is my closer next year?

Tim Dierkes

2:51

My guess is someone currently not in the org. Ottavino, Britton maybe.

Steve Adams

2:51

Kimbrel, Miller or Britton get my vote

Garrett

2:51

So many “experts” are saying Harper to SF, I know you guys didn’t, but isn’t Harper/Boras smart enough to know not to go there. It just doesn’t make sense.

Steve Adams

2:52

They're smart enough to take the best offer they get. Not ridiculous to think SF ownership would get desperate and go bonkers to sign him.

Tim Dierkes

2:52

The truth is that everyone is just trying to make an educated guess. The Giants make sense.

Confused Carol

2:52

Did Tim ask why is 10 years better or more likely? Well because the extra 4 years have Proven to be catastrophic to payrolls. Ask the Angels if they wish they had signed pujols for 4 less years and if it “matters”

Steve Adams

2:52

Pujols was 5-6 years older than Harper when he signed.

Tim Dierkes

2:53

Which 14-year contract is worse?

The one that never happened (19.7% | 28 votes)

The other one that never happened (29.6% | 42 votes)

Mel Rojas's deal with the Cubs (50.7% | 72 votes)

Total Votes: 142

DeFENSE

2:53

Why is there no discussion of Harper's ATROCIOUS defense? He was 2nd only to Blackmon in DRS. And we're gonna give him $400+MM?

Tim Dierkes

2:53

We probably should discuss that on the site at some point. I don't think it sways teams too much right now, one year of those metrics. But it could matter to someone.

2:54

I love that you guys will vote no matter how stupid my polls are. I'm drunk on this power.

Comment Cop

2:54

I don't know why everyone is giving you guys such a hard time about the Dodgers signing Harper.

Steve Adams

2:54

We're predicting free agent signings. We'll get killed over most of it.

Such is life.

Tim Dierkes

2:54

Mostly that it doesn't fit with Friedman's history. I don't want to suggest that that point is worthless. It's a solid point. I feel like you have to get past some counterarguments no matter who you pick.

Steve Adams

2:55

Right. There's an easy argument for why every team won't sign him

And every other FA

Ultimately though, someone will.

And again, it probably won't be the GM/president's final call

Tim Dierkes

2:55

I was saying to my wife...I could go forward in time, record all the actual teams and contracts, go back in time, and publish them as my predictions, and I think the reactions would be just as bad as usual.

Steve Adams

2:55

(Strike "probably" from that sentence)

Yup

Tim Dierkes

2:56

Favorite Back to the Future?

1 (64.4% | 114 votes)

2 (13% | 23 votes)

3 (10.2% | 18 votes)

animated series (2.8% | 5 votes)

ride (9.6% | 17 votes)

Total Votes: 177

CLKR

2:56

MN could really use some bullpen help, which FA relievers do you think the Twins are most likely to sign?

Steve Adams

2:56

Anyone who picks 3 is banned from the chat.

Tim Dierkes

2:56

3 is quite good, just not as good as the others.

Steve Adams

2:56

Stop it.

Haha

Tim Dierkes

2:57

There's nothing that really pushed us toward any one RP for the Twins. I guess I don't see them springing for Kimbrel, but anyone else is reasonable.

BTTF 3 is a fine film. Doc and Marty role reversal, clever.

cmon man

2:57

jim duquette just tweeted his top three manny machado destinations one was padres do you think they have a shot?

Steve Adams

2:57

You're better than that, Dierkes.

Tim Dierkes

2:57

Plausible in an "owners decided to go nuts" type of way, but I would not put them top 3.

Steve Adams

2:57

I... do not.

Love & Peace

2:57

What was your biggest miss last year? What was the biggest value a team got?

Steve Adams

2:58

Moose had to be the biggest miss.

Best value was probably Anibal on a minor league deal

Tim Dierkes

2:58

Probably Moustakas - we said 5/85. We were debating about what the best actual offer he got was or what he might have been able to get, and it's possible $40MM+. Mikolas was an amazing value.

Steve Adams

2:58

Have I mentioned how good Anibal Sanchez was this year? Because he was so good.

Miles too, yeah, if we're looking only at T50 guys.

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