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This is a really great article on some sad state of affairs in MLBhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/what-do-you-call-a-game-in-which-half-the-participants-arent-trying-to-win-mlb/2019/01/31/930a48e6-258c-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.1d93a256c455
Essentially, what's the point of being a Twins, Pirates, Rays, etc. fan when you have to hope the stars align perfectly to have a 1 or 2 year window? Only 5-6 teams spend any big-time money and at this point teams are all using data and analytics, etc. There's no secret sauce anymore and if I was, like, a Pirates fan, I'd say, "what's the point?"At least 70% of MLB owners don't actually care if the team wins and that's pathetic.
Just when you thought the offseason couldn't be more bizarre.Is this the Philies floating this to put pressure on Machado or Harper to sign? Of just the Marlins trying to up the return for Realmuto? I know folks get upset with Boras and other agents for floating rumors to maximize returns but the owners do it just as much.https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/phillies-reportedly-back-in-mix-for-j-t-realmuto.html
makes perfect sense. Get Realmuto, then go to Harper / Machado and say, see, we are even better contenders. You don't have to count on a youth movement alone. It makes the Phillies more attractive, and it will not cost much money.
Rosenthal says the Phillies are nearing a deal for Realmuto and view him as an enticement for Harper or Machado. The NL east is getting interesting.
Sources confirm: #Phillies moving toward deal for #Marlins’ Realmuto. Jorge Alfaro, Sixto Sanchez will head to MIA if trade is completed. Teams still working on third piece, working through medical reviews. On it: @Joelsherman1, @jonmorosi.
finally. so tired of the realmuto talk. everyone is gonna be slurping the phillies now but we'll see what happens this year
Realmuto deal done.
Seems like quite the haul for Miami. Sanchez was Philly's top prospect, and #13 overall by Baseball America and Alfaro isn't that far of a fall-off from Realmuto: 262/.324/.407 last year, 26 years old and under team control through 2023. Philly took a big gamble with this move, it seems now that they have to secure either Machado or Harper.
here's the tweet:
It’s not a gamble really. Alfaro has a BABIP that’s not sustainable. He will have to learn to make more contact. He’s also abysmal behind the plate although he has a cannon for an arm. Sanchez missed much of last year with shoulder issues. If they sign Realmuto long term it’s a good deal. If not then maybe not.
Wow ... that's a lot. That's them going all in.
Sanchez is reportedly 100%, but I guess we'll see. From what I read earlier, he's a front of the rotation pitcher and should arrive in 2020.
So Acta has to manage in Philly, right?