The $17.8 Million Answer Last week, I discussed a few of the qualifying offer decisions facing teams and players this offseason. Yesterday, we learned which players found themselves on the receiving end of a QO. What happened and, given my analysis last week, what are the potential consequences? Let’s take a look. Received a Qualifying…
DetailsDidi Gregorius’ telling comments after not receiving Yankees qualifying offer Didi Gregorius’ first public statement after not receiving a qualifying offer from the Yankees was to congratulate two other men no longer with the organization. The free-agent shortstop used his popular Twitter handle to congratulate former manager Joe Girardi and former teammate Carlos Beltran on…
DetailsTop 50 Free Agents Live Chat Would you like to yell at me about some aspect of our recently-published 2019-20 Top 50 MLB Free Agents List? Join today’s live chat and send in your questions! Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/top-50-free-agents-live-chat-3.html
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Jace Fry, Mitch Keller, and Josh Taylor on How They Developed Their Sliders Pitchers learn and develop different pitches, and they do so at varying stages of their lives. It might be a curveball in high school, a cutter in college, or a changeup in A-ball. Sometimes the addition or refinement is a natural progression…
DetailsToolshed: Hot Stove’s Minor League effects On the day organizations can officially begin speaking to free agents, Toolshed previews how Major League offseason moves could have trickle-down effects for prospects. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191105&content_id=311388266&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsSuper Two Cutoff Set At 2.115 Days NOV. 5: This year’s cutoff is set at precisely 2.115 days of service, MLBTR has learned. OCT. 10: This year’s cutoff point to determine Super Two status will be unusually low, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (via Twitter). While an exact cutoff point is yet unclear, McCalvy reports that Josh…
DetailsJ.D. Martinez Stays With Red Sox For Now When J.D. Martinez signed his five-year, $110 million contract with the Boston Red Sox two years ago, it included multiple opt-outs, the first of which came this offseason. Martinez could continue with his current deal, which will pay $62.5 million over the next three seasons, or take…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 11-5-2019 Pittsburgh Press, November 5, 1919:PROBING SERIOUS CHARGES Owner Charles A. Comiskey, of the Chicago Whitesox, and the members of the National commission, are quietly investigating scandalous stories involving the American league champions in the recent world’s series. A Chicago sporting writer the other day published a bitter…
DetailsHanwha Eagles Re-Sign Warwick Saupold With apologies to Warwick Saupold fans, the time isn’t yet right for a stateside return. The Aussie hurler has agreed to another year with Korea’s Hanwha Eagles, as Yonhap news reports. Saupold will take home $1.2MM in total earnings, with the possibility of another $100K in incentives. That’s a nice…
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Chase Anderson Brings An Improved Cutter to the Blue Jays Yesterday, the Toronto Blue Jays added former Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Chase Anderson to their pitching rotation in exchange for first base prospect Chad Spanberger. Anderson, who had an $8.5 million dollar club option in 2020, was probably not an option for the Brewers to…
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