I expect the Rays to work their magic on him (and then I will target him in fantasy).
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Manaea's deal has deferrals - 23.25M paid in 2035-44, presumably 2.325M a year then. Brings down CBT hit to 22M.
https://bsky.app/profile/jon-becker.com/post/3ldybqomdfs2m
https://bsky.app/profile/jon-becker.com/post/3ldybqomdfs2m
Manaea went from 1/14.5 to 3/75. 3.83 FIP last year not much different from the year prior (3.90). Shows where the pitching marketplace is.
This is deeply misleading, he went from 0.3 bWAR in 117 innings in 2023 for SF to 3.0 bWAR in 181.2 innings in 2024 for NY, followed by three very strong postseason starts (17 innings/5 runs/11 hits) followed by a clunker in his second start of the NLCS to end the Mets' season. Those final two innings got him over 200 though, a rare thing these days as we all know.
Also Manaea changed his approach and copied Sale mid-season and all of a sudden everything clicked for him and he has always had the talent to be a stud. I think he was always going back to the Mets, just a question of agreeing on price.
Also we need to keep in mind that Cohen Bucks are not the same as the other teams, they count the same in your bank account but the other 29 teams should not be judged by his deals. This one is a good deal though, I think.
This is a puzzler to me. He was projected for 3/$60-ish. Is he looking to hit the market again next winter after a bounce back year...in Comerica? Are they moving Colt Keith to third?
Terrible landing spot for him: according to Savant he has hit 145 expected home runs in his career, but would have only 104 if he had played all his games in Detroit
E5 may have been glib, but Comerica is around the 5th hardest park to hit homers in. That doesn't hurt the hitter's value, it just makes any given offensive output more valuable (and makes triples much more likely). Unless Torres is hurt more than everyone else by this, which @Bread of Yaz didn't posit, then it's a pretty meaningless tidbit.
MLB Trade Rumors presumes Colt Keith will move over to third base, which makes a lot more sense than deciding that a 23-year-old core player already has to move from second to first base... a move that would also hurt any chance that Spencer Torkelson still becomes a useful player (unless his bat could completely carry him at DH).
Still, it’s the type of reply that discourages people from sharing their thoughts. There is a less dismissive way to say the same thing.
Not really. Bread of Yaz (and I’m not picking on him, unfortunately this has become the norm on this board in the last year or two) is not expressing a thought he’s cutting and pasting a stat and just leaving it there. This has been happening with WAR a lot, so credit to BoY for not simply doing that and yelling Yahtzee.
Stats are wonderful tools but if that’s all you’re going to say, well everyone on this board knows about FanGraphs or Baseball-Ref. Context around those stats is good. And projections are nice but they aren’t worth the 0’s and 1’s.
Gleyber’s crappy defense at 2B should play equally well everywhere, but 1/15 is nothing. I feel like he could have a huge season if he even figures out how to keep focused over the endless season, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Good pickup for DET though, probably.
Yeah. Many of the long timers here like to glibly shit on other people's posts without engaging on the merits. Those folks built the place, so they can take it in whatever direction they like I suppose
If that's the case (Keith to 1B), I suppose that may keep the Tigers in the Bregman game. Still not a ringing endorsement for Torkelson though.
Believe they have to offer these large signing bonuses in order to get guys to agree to the deferred structure that helps to reduce the AAV and luxury tax payments.
In addition to BSF’s point about deferrals, it makes the contract easier to trade in the out years (because AAV is recalculated at the time of a trade based on actual dollars remaining and the signing bonus is paid up front).
And he was reported to have turned down 7/158 during the season. Burnes, Alonso, and Bregman are all in for the full Boras experience here.
The Burnes one is strange. What I thought happened (my take, obviously not confirmed) was that after NYY went nuts for Fried, Breslow pivoted to Burnes but quickly found that both TOR/SF were already past where he was comfortable, so then he upped his offer for Crochet and landed him.
So if that is true (big if), both TOR and SF would have had to pull their offers, and that makes no sense. I guess we'll find out more after he signs somewhere.
So if that is true (big if), both TOR and SF would have had to pull their offers, and that makes no sense. I guess we'll find out more after he signs somewhere.
It could just be that Breslow checked in on Burnes, looking for the number to sign, and then upped the offer for Crochet - no need for Toronto or SF to have larger offers, just Boras being Boras…
Edit: BreSlow. Ducking autocorrect.
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You are taxed on signing bonus in your state of residence, not where you play your games, so it’s another way to mitigate the impact of CA state tax.
This is probably the most surprising FA location of the offseason?
Was he (Boras) just waiting for the first west coast team to offer a competitive salary and an early opt-out?
Was he (Boras) just waiting for the first west coast team to offer a competitive salary and an early opt-out?
This is one of the sadder “We Tried!” entries in recent memory:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/blue-jays-showed-strong-interest-in-gleyber-torres.html
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/blue-jays-showed-strong-interest-in-gleyber-torres.html
This isn't necessary correct, and also it wasn't the issue he was referring to.
I mean, they traded for Gimenez instead. He can actually play second base and Gleyber doesn't want to move.
If I was a Toronto fan, I'd be happy with how that worked out.