I’m totally fine with this. Let’s get the party started...again.I'm guessing that this is the rock that'll get the avalanche started. Eovaldi will be signed in less than a week... I suspect it'll be the Dodgers (edit-or Houston) actually. Yankees will be feeling good about their rotation with their trade with Seattle on SP but will add Machado, an elite reliever and be done. Sox will sign Pomeranz to a one year deal, sign Kelly and repeat as WS champs.
I wouldn’t assume that. I think that would be Rizzo’s call. But with this ownership, I’m not going to count the Nats out until he inks elsewhere.I would assume this is the Nats saying adios to Bryce Harper
I don't want the 2018 Pomeranz on the 2019 Red Sox. If they're not pretty damn sure that whatever made his stuff in 2018 a clear step down from what it was in 2017 will not recur then I wouldn't want any part of re-signing him.I'm guessing that this is the rock that'll get the avalanche started. Eovaldi will be signed in less than a week... I suspect it'll be the Dodgers (edit-or Houston) actually. Yankees will be feeling good about their rotation with their trade with Seattle on SP but will add Machado, an elite reliever and be done. Sox will sign Pomeranz to a one year deal, sign Kelly and repeat as WS champs.
Both sides of the argument on this would obviously come down to how much Pomeranz was to be paid. There was some very positive attitudes from Cora that he was finally healthy and had his mechanics back during the playoffs (but at that point, in no way to actually find out).... but if he would sign (and I suspect he would) a one year $2.5M contract... that would be fantastic use of 2.5 million. If he can't handle it as a starter after a month or so (5 starts?) then you transition him to a bullpen arm- he's had experience there and his 2 pitch repertoire may work out there better... and as a $2.5 bullpen option, that isn't too bad either.I don't want the 2018 Pomeranz on the 2019 Red Sox. If they're not pretty damn sure that whatever made his stuff in 2018 a clear step down from what it was in 2017 will not recur then I wouldn't want any part of re-signing him.
Which of Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Porcello, or Rodriguez are you putting in the bullpen to give Pomeranz starts?Both sides of the argument on this would obviously come down to how much Pomeranz was to be paid. There was some very positive attitudes from Cora that he was finally healthy and had his mechanics back during the playoffs (but at that point, in no way to actually find out).... but if he would sign (and I suspect he would) a one year $2.5M contract... that would be fantastic use of 2.5 million. If he can't handle it as a starter after a month or so (5 starts?) then you transition him to a bullpen arm- he's had experience there and his 2 pitch repertoire may work out there better... and as a $2.5 bullpen option, that isn't too bad either.
I just missed that signing until about a minute ago.... Fuck Pomeranz!Which of Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Porcello, or Rodriguez are you putting in the bullpen to give Pomeranz starts?
But with Mark Lerners’s radio appearance in Washington today, I think Nats are out of the Harper business.I wouldn’t assume that. I think that would be Rizzo’s call. But with this ownership, I’m not going to count the Nats out until he inks elsewhere.