2021 MLB offseason - news and notes
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We were promised chaos!
Teams are missing an opportunity to capitalize on fan interest right now, I dare say. An NBA-style run on the remaining free agents could have (further) hyped fans for the sport’s return, but I guess you can’t really plan something like that.
The thing that’s more surprising to me is the complete lack of so much as even rumors
Guessing they all need a couple of days to get the logistics of opening their training camps in order, and activity will pick up significantly this weekend and next week.
View: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1502389773318696962
Ahh was kinda hoping we would get him
Ahh was kinda hoping we would get him
Here's a rumor. Albert Pujols has multiple pursuers. The universal DH is apparently extending one career already.
View: https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1502392412106375169
There we go. Least those are interesting moves. Pujols would probably work fairly well in Colorado. Still has some power left
Just saw on ESPN per The Athletic that Clayton Kershaw is going back to the Dodgers on a one year deal.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33479322/clayton-kershaw-returning-los-angeles-dodgers-1-year-deal-source-says
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33479322/clayton-kershaw-returning-los-angeles-dodgers-1-year-deal-source-says
The Cubs had been one of the teams that had interest in Correa. Or at least rumored to be. He could still end up in New York. I'm not sure how likely that is.
On to Sox news, they are looking for a kinda, sorta reunion with Collin McHugh.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/red-sox-among-teams-interested-in-collin-mchugh.html
Strange to not see the Red Sox even on the list, it really seemed like they moved Renfroe to open up a spot for him. Maybe BOS is going after Conforto?
Seems really unlikely given that Conforto got a QO. They would still owe a comp pick, right?
They don’t need another OF who can’t hit lefties, either, IMO.
Soler seems very likely to me; fits the profile of guys they’ve targeted.
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I have not yet read the entire CBA. How many designated hitter slots were added to the lineup?
I could live with Freeman to the Dodgers, just happy to see him stay in the NL. Correa to the Yanks would be a little scary, but at least he blocks a few of their top prospects, so if they are going to get performance from SS, they would be paying top dollar for it. Suzuki is the only FA I really want the Sox in on at this point, so rumors that don't involve them would be dismaying, if rumors were actually worth a damn when there are that many teams mentioned. I'm preparing mentally for him to just end up on a west coast team, but it sure would be nice to see him replace Renfroe...
If they sign Correa and sell high on their SS prospects for Olson that would not be a good outcome.
Freeman is from Orange County, they may never have had a real chance if LAD pushed hard.
As a Sox fan these developments aren’t very inspiring. If they’re not even in the conversation for Suzuki, then what’s the plan? I almost would have preferred to keep Renfroe. JBJ can’t possibly be the starter, can he?
Sure, he’s been a starter his entire career- was terrible last year but I think it’s very likely that they are expecting a return to form in a familiar environment he’s comfortable in. The organization loves JBJ, and I’d expect he plays a ton.
That inspires a whole lot of confidence. Coming off the year he had last year… it’s not like he took the league by storm that final season in Boston either. Combined with the (recent) injury history of the pitching staff (especially the free agents), I’m really starting to lower my expectations for this team
They lost Semien but added Gausman and Kikuchi, very impressive rotation.
View: https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1502721467297021954?s=20&t=2PGLc6BW3IJb9hB7Lvjsqg
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He was kind of lousy after the crackdown on sticky stuff, but Robbie Ray didn’t look like a Cy contender when he got to Toronto either, so maybe they know what they’re doing