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Bob Pollard's No HItter

2:58

Stanton was essentially a premium FA (kind of) that wanted to go to LA, young coming off an MVP, LA seemingly had no interest. Resetting tax?

Tim Dierkes

2:59

That is a pretty good point. Might have been the tax thing, might have been that they just don't love the player or how he'll age, and could well be a sign that they don't want any long deal like that on the books.

Buddy

2:59

I think fans are remembering last year's tight free agent market and confusing it for what might happen this year.

Steve Adams

2:59

There did seem to be some ownership push to get under the luxury line.

Tim Dierkes

2:59

I agree with that. Moose and Lynn are not Harper, Machado, and Corbin.

3:00

Guess I could see Keuchel, Pollock, Grandal, or Kimbrel getting disappointing deals. Not all of them but one.

Albert Belle

3:00

I signed what was at the time the largest contract in MLB history with the White Sox...they're not going to make history again, are they?

Steve Adams

3:00

Tim brought this up when discussing Manny/ChiSox ha

Since then, the biggest deal Chicago has signed was Jose Abreu at 6/68

Tim Dierkes

3:01

Definitely something I've thought of when it comes to Machado. There had never even been a $10MM player until Reinsdorf did that. Good example as compared to the Dodgers. White Sox have never signed a $70MM player! Does that mean they never will?

Boi

3:01

Why did you guys give Joe Kelly a 3-year $27M contract. That's a $9M aav for a guy who's stats have never been all that impressive.

Steve Adams

3:01

Consistently pumps upper 90s

Tim Dierkes

3:01

It would definitely mean buying into postseason hype and velocity more than stats. Could happen.

Steve Adams

3:01

Charlie Morton got $14MM based on four starts

Marc

3:01

Listen like 90 percent of your predictions are wrong didn't you predict dodgers to sign Stanton lol

Tim Dierkes

3:01

Where did Stanton sign in free agency?

Dodgers (9.3% | 13 votes)

Nowhere (90.7% | 127 votes)

Total Votes: 140

Steve Adams

3:01

Easy to see a team looking at Kelly and thinking they can turn him into something dominant.

Travis

3:02

There are 2 universal truths: Never get in a land war in Asia, and never give an MLB player longer than 5 years on a contract. Why do GM's think they are better than the universe?

Steve Adams

3:02

Tim Dierkes

3:02

They don't like giving long-term deals. It is the cost of doing business. GMs would like to give every player a one-year deal. And then if that happened they would like to make MLB contracts non-guaranteed.

Steve Adams

3:02

I don't really understand or share your perception.

Tim Dierkes

3:03

It's more like, you and 3 other teams badly want Bryce Harper because he's awesome. They keep bidding until only one is left.

James

3:03

over/under 2 opt outs on Harper/Machado's deals?

Steve Adams

3:03

You're supposed to set it at a fraction!

Changing to 2.5, I'll take the over. Let's get weird.

Tim Dierkes

3:03

I think exactly two. Opt outs are neat and all but the more you put in the fewer total dollars you get.

Deep Dish Pizza

3:04

Brantley seems like a far better bet in Wrigley given his platoon and cost. Wouldn't the Cubs be better off spending that $ on an elite arm given Morrow's injury concerns?

Steve Adams

3:04

Actually: Over on Harper, under on Manny

Tim Dierkes

3:04

We think Brantley costs as much or more than Cutch. The Cubs definitely need major bullpen help. Maybe they will spend, we don't know.

Addy

3:04

What happens with Addison Russell? Keep or trade? Whats the possible return?

Tim Dierkes

3:04

I think he's traded this month for some kind of mildly interesting spare parts or prospects.

Mauer

3:05

With my deal and others coming off the books there seems to be a lot of money for the Twins to spend. We need some veteran leaders to teach Sano and Buxton how to be pros. Could we be a wildcard for Donaldson?

Tim Dierkes

3:05

Really solid fit, yes.

Wonderboy

3:05

Lets see if I can sneak in a non-top 50 question... Word around town is Cleveland is selling. Chances are they would move Jose Ramirez to a team like St. Louis for a solid group of controllable, big league-ready talent?

Tim Dierkes

3:05

Basically zero. Ramirez is one of the game's most valuable assets.

Ryan

3:06

Think it would be awesome to have a chat where you three just talk between yourselves. Like would have loved to see you three talking about creating this list.

Tim Dierkes

3:06

I have talked about cleaning up some of our Slack chats and just publishing transcripts. We had some heated debates. I would take some effort and editing but it's a possibility!

Thanks for chatting everyone. We made MLBTR history here today.

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