Hot Stove 2020-21 (non-Nats)

[imref]

Sounds like he would be a great mentor.   

Sverluga’s book said Soto patterned himself after cano, hopefully not to the PED extreme.

[sixthree175]

How?

By definition.  It's all a matter of your perspective.  They hired Cano as a cheater and it tainted the entire organization.  My perspective is that the Mets enabled him to continue to be the cheater that he's always been.  They let him "do his thing".  Now they're being rewarded, which is just wrong.

[Slateman]

By definition.  It's all a matter of your perspective.  They hired Cano as a cheater and it tainted the entire organization.  My perspective is that the Mets enabled him to continue to be the cheater that he's always been.  They let him "do his thing".  Now they're being rewarded, which is just wrong.

That is a strange viewpoint. I was unaware that baseball teams are able to enable cheating so much.

[DCFan]

That is a strange viewpoint. I was unaware that baseball teams are able to enable cheating so much.

Houston Astros???

[Slateman]

Houston Astros???

6-3 basically said all teams are responsible for their players' PED use. Sounds like a bit of a stretch to me.

Unless there is as much evidence of the Mets helping Cano take PEDs as there was of the Astros helping their players cheat, not sure why teams should be held responsible. If anything, teams should be able to voids parts of contracts of PED users

[imref]

Braves sign Charlie Morton

[Natsinpwc]

Braves sign Charlie Morton

Just saw that.  Might as well give up on the division now. 

[DCFan]

https://sports.yahoo.com/ap-source-phillies-lost-145-million-during-pandemic-214144142--mlb.html

Something that will certainly affect free agent spending, if true.

[imref]

https://sports.yahoo.com/ap-source-phillies-lost-145-million-during-pandemic-214144142--mlb.html

Something that will certainly affect free agent spending, if true.

they cut their front office as well.  I imagine most teams lost a ton.  The question is how confident ownership will be of a return to the parks next summer presuming there's wide vaccine distribution by the early summer.

[Slateman]

Mike Minor to the Royals.

2 years, 18 million

[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/mets-sign-trevor-may.html

2 years, $15 MM.

May, 31, becomes the first prominent reliever to come off the board. The longtime Twins righty bounced back from Tommy John surgery that wiped out his 2017 season to become a reliable, late-inning power arm in Minnesota and one of the game’s foremost strikeout pitchers.

[Natsinpwc]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/mets-sign-trevor-may.html

2 years, $15 MM.

Part of the Phillies Baby Aces from early last decade. Talk about overhype.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110525_A_BREATH_OF_THRESH_HEIRS.html%3foutputType=amp

[Natsinpwc]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30462167/sources-philadelphia-phillies-open-trade-offers-right-hander-zack-wheeler

What a crap show Middleton has brought to Philly. 

Edit. Middleton has denied this but often where there is smoke there is fire.

[Slateman]

Part of the Phillies Baby Aces from early last decade. Talk about overhype.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110525_A_BREATH_OF_THRESH_HEIRS.html%3foutputType=amp

Maybe, but he seems to have developed into a good reliever. Something thr Nats haven't really done

[Slateman]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30462167/sources-philadelphia-phillies-open-trade-offers-right-hander-zack-wheeler

What a crap show Middleton has brought to Philly. 

Edit. Middleton has denied this but often where there is smoke there is fire.

Does this mean Bryce is available?

[Slateman]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30462167/sources-philadelphia-phillies-open-trade-offers-right-hander-zack-wheeler

What a crap show Middleton has brought to Philly. 

Edit. Middleton has denied this but often where there is smoke there is fire.

Lol

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30463780/philadelphia-phillies-executive-says-no-trade-talks-happening-zack-wheeler

Wouldn't trade Wheeler for Ruth

[Natsinpwc]

Lol

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30463780/philadelphia-phillies-executive-says-no-trade-talks-happening-zack-wheeler

Wouldn't trade Wheeler for Ruth

Well the Babe has been dead for quite a while.

[DCFan]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-tells-clubs-not-to-plan-universal-dh-in-2021-braves-cubs-roster-173600685.html

So long Zim?

[Slateman]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1336182809589899265?s=21
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1336187151147560965?s=19


White Sox trade for Lance Lynn

[DCFan]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-umpire-among-14-arrested-in-ohio-sex-sting-operation-010805758.html

 

[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1336182809589899265?s=21
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1336187151147560965?s=19


White Sox trade for Lance Lynn

Dane Dunning plus a minor league recently drafted LHP out of Arizona.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Ha-Seong Kim, 25 y.o. SS, KBO Kiwoom Heroes, posted.  Can play SS but also could play 2d or 3d. 
https://www.mlb.com/news/ha-seong-kim-posted-for-mlb-teams

Kim is coming off a season in which he posted career highs in home runs (30) and OPS (.921) over 138 games.
...
Kim is often compared to Kang, his predecessor as the Heroes' starting shortstop. Kang was a superior power hitter -- he posted an .867 OPS for the Pirates in 2016 -- but Kim is the stronger contact hitter, better defender and more athletic overall.

[Slateman]

Dane Dunning plus a minor league recently drafted LHP out of Arizona.

Amazing what happens when you sell high on a player

[Slateman]

Carlos Santana to the Royals, 2 years, 17 million

Who would have thought the Royals would be big spenders in free agency . . .

[DCFan]

Carlos Santana to the Royals, 2 years, 17 million

Who would have thought the Royals would be big spenders in free agency . . .

Patrick Mahomes is a minority owner now.