Almost immediately after David Stearns stepped down in Milwaukee, rumors started that Crane was interested in him for Click's job.Crane's gonna kill the team in pursuit of credit (to him) for its success.
Those guys were clearly holding them back. Would've swept if not for them.Jeff Passan
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The Houston Astros also fired assistant general manager Scott Powers, sources told ESPN. Powers was a former R&D executive with the Dodgers who was brought in as an AGM by James Click in January. Now Click and Powers are gone from the World Series champions on the same day.
Pretty shocked at how mediocre his career has been until this season when I looked.First move for the Clickless and Powersless Astros is re-upping Rafael Montero for 3 years and $34.5 million.
He is coming off an electric year but that is a lot of money for a career 4.02 FIP.
If you have The Athletic, Rosenthal has an article here, but even he sounds perplexed. It seems to boil down to philosophical differences--e.g., size of the baseball ops staff, and Crane wanting to leave his fingerprints on a large part of the roster--along with Crane's refusal to extend Click with anything beyond a 1-year deal after his team won the World Series.Is there any good writing on the Astor's plan behind the Click/Powers firing? I don't follow the team to know what either did right/wrong, but jettisoning your front office immediately following a WS title is interesting.
Not sure if there is a joke I am missing, but this is just TB's annual clear-out of guys who won't fit on their 40 man, Ryan Yarbrough etc. They generally have some talented guys worth jumping on, but it's also easy for the trade to backfire on the other team (Austin Meadows for Isaac Paredes plus a high draft pick, Jake Bauers for Yandy DIaz), so vultures beware.Please be true
Oh, I'm just so sick of election talk that I want some trades/signings to start happeningNot sure if there is a joke I am missing, but this is just TB's annual clear-out of guys who won't fit on their 40 man, Ryan Yarbrough etc. They generally have some talented guys worth jumping on, but it's also easy for the trade to backfire on the other team (Austin Meadows for Isaac Paredes plus a high draft pick, Jake Bauers for Yandy DIaz), so vultures beware.
JA, I agree with the bolded. I fully expect the Rays to win any trades they make.Not sure if there is a joke I am missing, but this is just TB's annual clear-out of guys who won't fit on their 40 man, Ryan Yarbrough etc. They generally have some talented guys worth jumping on, but it's also easy for the trade to backfire on the other team (Austin Meadows for Isaac Paredes plus a high draft pick, Jake Bauers for Yandy DIaz), so vultures beware.
What happened to him? Signed as a FA coming off his age 25 season, with 4 season of 5+ WAR already on his resume (and 6.9 WAR in his most recent season), he never again had a season above 2.5 WAR.Jason Heyward DFAd, the Cubs eat the final $22M on his deal. He had a grand total of 8.9 bWAR in his 8 year deal (including 2023) and was paid $184M.
Morosi has been traded to the MarinersDoes Morosi work for Tampa now?
That seemed like a guarantee. His and Eovaldi's QOs were like one year team options that no other team would match, much less give up any kind of compensation picks.
I thought so, too, and then I did some digging around and found this:Jesse Winker might be a good gamble for a team. He dropped off a cliff this season and he will be 29, but was an All Star last season. He could rebound as a solid 4th outfielder.
3 years/$39 million per multiple reports.It begins.
Tyler Anderson to Angels. Fangraphs has him ranked one spot below Eovaldi so I will be curious to see the terms.
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Fangraphs crowdsource had it as 3/45. Good sign that the mid-level pitching may not be crazy expensive.3 years/$39 million per multiple reports.
Odd that he would settle for 3/39 this early in the process when he could have accepted the QO? He's not gambling that he can beat 2/19.5 next year?Fangraphs crowdsource had it as 3/45. Good sign that the mid-level pitching may not be crazy expensive.
He's almost 33 and has never been good before last season, I would definitely take the 3/39 if I was him.Odd that he would settle for 3/39 this early in the process when he could have accepted the QO? He's not gambling that he can beat 2/19.5 next year?
That seems like a home team discount to me. Solid deal for the MFY.At the least, it's a $40 million commitment to Rizzo and as much as 3/51.
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But also he has a bad back that seems like it could go for good at any point, a la Mattingly, so I think a fair deal both ways. NY probably could have hardballed him a bit, not sure anyone would want to outbid that given his back and the draft pick compensation, but they love him on and off the field, as well they should.That seems like a home team discount to me. Solid deal for the MFY.
He's also pretty close with Judge so the Yankees are going to try everything they can to make Judge happy.But also he has a bad back that seems like it could go for good at any point, a la Mattingly, so I think a fair deal both ways. NY probably could have hardballed him a bit, not sure anyone would want to outbid that given his back and the draft pick compensation, but they love him on and off the field, as well they should.
Yeah, I have been saying this for a while, and both Sherman and Curry mentioned it today. If making Judge happy by surrounding him with his buddies is really a goal, Matt Carpenter will be next, the three of them were all very tight.He's also pretty close with Judge so the Yankees are going to try everything they can to make Judge happy.
I can't really blame a guy for having trouble with a neck injury when his neck is 3 feet long. He's the only guy whose shoulders aren't visible in his picture on the scoreboard at Fenway.I thought so, too, and then I did some digging around and found this:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-candidates-rafael-devers-corbin-burnes-among-20-players-who-could-move-shohei-ohtani-staying-put/
The meat of the matter is here, from a Seattle beat writer:
"I think he was home (during the postseason). I was curious because he didn't make the trip when we went to Toronto and then Houston, and I asked. And they said, 'Well, he wanted to get a second opinion on his neck.' … I think they probably just told him to go home. I mean, it speaks to that. I think by the end of the season, it's what scouts call a tired act. I just think some of his teammates were done with him, were just tired of putting up with him. I think the team is frustrated with him. Everything that Mitch Haniger does to prepare for a game to get ready, Jesse Winker's kind of the opposite.
I mean -- I can say it, he may not like it -- I think he's not very physically strong. I don't think he puts in the time to be better defensively or to have a better arm or any of the work that should be done. And really it is counter to what has made this team great. The last few years, this team prepares more than any team I've ever seen on a daily basis to be ready to play that day, and he doesn't. He doesn't always. It's just not there. And it's noticeable. Players notice it.
I think part of it is, too, when he didn't post for that doubleheader (on Oct. 4) and guys were having to play 18 straight innings, I think that bothered some players. And once you lose your teammates, why be there? So there's gonna be some hard conversations either with Jesse from this front office, or they're just gonna move on. And (manager) Scott Servais has said that a lot of times like, 'We have a plan. We have a way we play. We have a way to prepare. If you don't like it, we'll find somebody else that does.' If you can, do it. And I mean Scott's preached it, all the time. But it takes all these guys to embrace it … They do it, they believe that's why they're good. And Jesse Winker just hasn't followed through on that a lot."
Pitchers in their 30's are probably very aware of how quickly things can go south.Odd that he would settle for 3/39 this early in the process when he could have accepted the QO? He's not gambling that he can beat 2/19.5 next year?
And Yarbrough gets DFA’dRays traded Chargois, Mastrobuoni, Wisely and a slapdick prospect for a variety of low minors guys from Marlins, Cubs and Giants