Greinke to the Diamondbacks or : How I Scooped Soxhop
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@Ken_Rosenthal
I think you meant this tweet
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 8m8 minutes ago
Sources: Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 8m8 minutes ago
Sources: Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical.
Same thing many on SOSH are. Look at how much better the Dodgers are now that they got the best years from ZG and can now move on without all those years on the back end of the original contact.
Dodgers front office is probably drinking champagne right now.
32.5M AAV. Heyman says Dodgers went up to 5/155.
Cueto rejected 6/120 from ARZ but wonder if he'd be fine with that from Dodgers, or is waiting for a bidding war.
Cueto rejected 6/120 from ARZ but wonder if he'd be fine with that from Dodgers, or is waiting for a bidding war.
Why would he be fine with that from the Dodgers?
He should be in a great position, with LA/SF/StL all potentially bidding for his services.
This market is totally insane.
Sure looks like he should be able to get at least another 20M or so from the Dodgers. The 12% income tax in CA isn't going to pay itself, you know.
Man...billy Beane has to be rubbing one out thinking what he can get for Gray. He has to trade him, right?
Kind of weird how these signings are kind of just happening so quickly and quietly, especially after last offseason (the entire Lester drama, 14 year olds, etc). I can't remember the last time two such in demand players fell off the board so quickly without a bidding war, or at least "you can never count out the Yankees".
How? They were 4 games under .500.
And maybe now the D-Backs will stop throwing at Greinke's head. Maybe.
He can't be a FA until 2020. Unless someone is going to offer something like Betts, Bogaerts and Owens for him (which would be insane), there's no way he gets dealt.
Better pitching, the Dodgers and Rockies will be worse, and their quality youngsters will be a year older. DBacks scored the second-most runs in the NL last year - they were a couple of pitchers away.
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That is absolutely ridiculous money for a 32 year old pitcher. Very glad that the Red Sox ended up with Price instead. Don't think you can blame the Dodger's for passing on that deal. Cueto is going to end up getting paid far more than anyone imagined.
Good to know that the Sox envisioned something like this
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats Nov 23
Speier on Cueto: "every mention of him to Red Sox officials elicits disbelief at how much money he’ll make." http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/11/23/free-agency-likely-avenue-for-red-sox-address-rotation/Yvtzs8dCZ5oaGOntc5KnGK/story.html…
Yeah, it's getting hard to see how Cueto doesn't land something in the Lester range, maybe 6/$150. Yikes.
What nattysez sez. I could also see them getting another pitcher from a tier below (Kazmir?) and they have been in talks for Aroldis.
Did you really "YUP" your own post about being smart?
This is technically worse than giving yourself a nickname, Headline Master.
No. I just think that DD saw this coming (which is why it was reported that he set a deadline for price and Greinke to respond to their contract proposal. Had Price waited just a few days longer the Dodgers and Giants would be getting into a bidding war for price vs the Sox. So David Price's contract would be even higher than what he signed for earlier this week.
