the Jean Segura experiment may be over in Philly. Or one of them will play second base. Phillies are going to have a massive payroll in 2020

Cole to the yankees, 9/324. Let's ****ing go

Beyond ridiculous. But if anyone would do something this stupid..... It's the death star

Damn. I really should have been a professional baseball player.

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Damn. I really should have been a professional baseball player.

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Or an agent. Lifetime earnings are probably higher as an agent. Just need 7 or 8 clients each year that get $10-20M contracts. Gravy Train indeed!

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Cole to the yankees, 9/324. Let's ****ing go

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Shave and a haircut, two bits. More expensive now, and he'll have to do it to play for the Yankees, but I do believe he can afford it. Probably make his wife happy.

I like him but can honestly say I wouldn't want my team taking that big a risk.

how Many horrible long-term contracts will it take for teams to realize they never turn out well?

saltydog13 said:

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how Many horrible long-term contracts will it take for teams to realize they never turn out well?

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Tell that to Max Scherzer. His has worked out pretty nicely. The first 5 of his 7 years has includes 2 Cy-Youngs and top 5 in the other 3 years.

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saltydog13 said:

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how Many horrible long-term contracts will it take for teams to realize they never turn out well?

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Tell that to Max Scherzer. His has worked out pretty nicely. The first 5 of his 7 years has includes 2 Cy-Youngs and top 5 in the other 3 years.

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You never hear about the ones that worked out.... like the Derek Jeter's or this contract...

saltydog13 said:

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how Many horrible long-term contracts will it take for teams to realize they never turn out well?

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A-rod's first contract and the first half of his second 10 year contract were great. As were Jeter's (as mentioned above), CC Sabathia's, Mike Mussina's, Dave Winfield's, Trout's, Felix Hernandez etc.

There are A LOT that work very well. Not all of them turn out to be ellsbury, vernon wells, shin shoo choo, Ken Griffey, etc

I should not have said "never", because there are those that do work out. In my opinion, the contract isn't worth it if there isn't a World Series ring during that time. That's just a long commitment to a player you're stuck with until they're almost 40 and one guy doesn't win championships

Mets Signed

• Micheal Wacha, hope he has a bounce back season, will benefit from a pitcher friendly Citi Field, will not like a Mets defense that is a bit suspect at times.
• Rick Porcello-2016 AL Cy Young award

Mets needed one more starter so some minor chatter that they might trade a starter like Noah Syndergaard, some rumors have stated that the Mets and Astros have had talks about a Carlos Correa trade. I doubt either will be moved, I see this as a spring training competition between Wacha and Porcello with the winning pitcher getting the 5th starter spot and loser going to the pen and going into the rotation if there is an injury or poor play.

I think the synergies are there for the Astros/Mets and a deal centered around Correa/Syndergaard. Will be interesting to see if they can get something done.

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This is very sad, but at least he didn't sign with the Dodgers.

A part of me thinks he was only talking to the Dodgers so that it wouldn't make his signing elsewhere sting as much.

Regardless, that seems like a relatively reasonable contract compared to the other monstrosities out there nowadays, and one that the giants could've easily afforded even though they're in rebuilding mode. Oh well. End of an era...

What an offseason for Boras

Big money in Arb

At 5% commission, which is the standard, he'll have made over $40 million this past December alone! In basically one week!

Starling Marte traded to Arizona.

Looks like a Betts deal should happen any day now. I cannot imagine not being able to keep the franchise player, but have Price, Sale, JD, Pedoria (still paying), Bogaerts, and Evoldi locked in.

Dodgers going all the way in.

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Dodgers going all the way in.

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Trying to up their sign stealing and pine tar game.

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The Brewers are close to agreement with Yelich on a new nine-year contract in the $215 million range, major-league sources told The Athletic on Tuesday. The deal is expected to be announced Friday at the team's spring-training facility in Maryvale, AZ.

Yelich, 28, currently is owed $12.5 million this season and $14 million next season with a $15 million club option. His new deal will eliminate the club option, and add seven years, bringing the total value to the $215 million range, sources said.

Some of the money will be deferred, and the average annual value for those seven years would be in the $27 million range, still below-market value for a player of Yelich's caliber. Angels center fielder Mike Trout currently is baseball's highest-paid position player at $35.541 million per season. Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is next at $35 million

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