Marvin said:

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Are these signing values in line with what we expected?

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The first 4 this morning were. Within $100k of what MLB trade rumors projected. Stanek was $500k over projection and Valdez is $600k under.

Farmer1906 said:

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The Astros clearly took care of him. That makes me think that an extension is coming.

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MLB trade rumors projected him at $7.4mm.

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#Astros Framber Valdez

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RHP Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros headed to arbitration after failed to reach an agreement.@z101digital @ZDeportes

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) January 14, 2023

Javier deserves whatever number it comes back at

Projected at 3.3. Urquidy got 3.03. I'm going to guess it ends up close to 3.3-3.5.

Farmer1906 said:

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Projected at 3.3. Urquidy got 3.03. I'm going to guess it ends up close to 3.3-3.5.

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I'd pay him triple that and think I stole money in the deal

drip god

He ate up a ton of innings last year. There is a lot of value in that.

Absolutely. Maton is very important even if he's not very good.

Wow. Was wondering if he was going to be able to prove it. Hope he's able to go after the Mets for that.

I don't know who that guys is or if it's been corroborated with anyone else, but, if it's true:

Collusion is a pretty big statement with lots of implications.

That means the Giants, Mets, and Twins would be in on it together. I don't think the Giants were planning any of this with the Mets and I cannot see why either of the Giants or Mets would be looking to help the Twins. I guess if there is a big 3 team trade at the trade deadline with those three teams, maybe collusion is more likely. That would certainly have to be proved, and I think proving it would be tough.

Carlos Correa is not worth risking any sort of looking into the anti-trust exemptions MLB enjoys, which would surely happen if it was proven. The senate already thought about looking into the anti-trust exemptions in June/July of 2022. If they did collude over Carlos Correa, it cannot be overstated how monumentally stupid that would be.

I think the more likely scenario is the Mets being underhanded, which has been the read I've gotten on the whole situation. Cohen knew he could take all the leverage away from Carlos by quickly agreeing with Carlos to whatever Carlos wanted and then using the medicals as an excuse to set the narrative that Carlos had a bum ankle. Cohen wanted Carlos on the cheap. He knew setting the narrative around long term health concerns by confirming what the Giants had already said screwed Carlos as no team would then be willing to pay for a long $300M plus deal after that.

Kyle Tucker files at 7.5M, Astros at 5M

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 14, 2023

agdaddy04 said:

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Wow. Was wondering if he was going to be able to prove it. Hope he's able to go after the Mets for that.

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That still proves nothing. He would still have to prove the Giants, Mets, and Twins worked together to collude against him.

Carlos could have provided another doctor or two's opinion, but if the Mets say that is the doctor they normally use and trust and therefore the opinion they will use in Carlos' case, how can Carlos go after the Mets for that? Just because two teams use the same doc for opinion doesn't prove anything at all. He needs way more than that.

There are only so many orthopedics professional athletes use. Lost of crossover between teams.

Cristian Javier files at 3.5M, Astros at 3M

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 14, 2023

While hundreds of settlements were reached Friday, there are 33 players who are currently headed to salary arbitration hearings.
The biggest gap is $2.5 million:#Astros OF Kyle Tucker and #BlueJays SS Bo Bichette each requested $7.5 million while their clubs filed at $5 million.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 14, 2023

Projections had him right below $6mm. That's likely number Astros were angling for a settlement at.

Most of the whispers are that Tucker wants to get paid market value. I don't think an extension is in the cards.

But arbitration agreements don't always equal extension. Astros made to a 2-year agreement with Springer and he left without a serious FA offer. Bregman was *****ing about a small raise he received before arbitration then signed an extension days later.

Farmer1906 said:

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Most of the whispers are that Tucker wants to get paid market value. I don't think an extension is in the cards.

But arbitration agreements don't always equal extension. Astros made to a 2-year agreement with Springer and he left without a serious FA offer. Bregman was *****ing about a small raise he received before arbitration then signed an extension days later.

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Yup. Tuck wants to bet on himself for the big FA contract in 3 years rather than go the Bregman route.

I definitely understand it from his perspective seeing how much money is flying around.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Hold up…the Mets used the same doctor as the Giants after the Giants didn’t pass Correa?

That’s almost conspiracy theory level buffoonery. pic.twitter.com/OnQGS6Zylg

— Ross Bolen (@WRBolen) January 14, 2023

Holy collusion Batman

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Sept 8-10 hosting the Mets...stick it up their asses Carlos! Who knows, the Twins could potentially knock the Mets out of playoff contention or really hurt their chances that late in the season.