The MLB Thread

[junior94]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

LA is his home & all he's known. He had the opportunity to stay & took it. He wants to be in LA

The Trout to Philly was nothing more than a pipe dream constructed by the fans

well not only did I not think it was a thing of "it's most likely he signs here in Philly", nothing I was saying in that post was based on a pretext of him definitely coming here.

just saying

[YouNeverKnow25]

Originally Posted by junior94

THIS EARLY.

he had three years to free agency the last time he signed an extension. by that measure, he's late this time

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

I agree with Brohan that Trout left money on the table. Having guaranteed money though is always nice.

So I got that going for me, which is nice

[excitingjae]

The Angels offense is putting up runs but also their pitching staff is giving up as much or more than they're scoring. Ohtani would have been a big help to their pitching staff but obviously he can only hit right now. (and not until May)

They should have spent money on pitching in this past offseason. Their most expensive pitcher is Matt Freaking Harvey.

[Brohan_Santana]

Angels pitching staff hasn't been able to stay healthy. They're a playoff team is half of their staff stays helathy

[Roose13]

Keuchel still out there too...

[Brohan_Santana]

Keuchel agent = Scott Boras - Boras is going to hammer Middleton for a favor

[Dannyyankou]

Wow, good for him. He’s the only player I would even consider being worth over $350 million, let alone $400 million.

[Dannyyankou]

Originally Posted by excitingjae

The Angels offense is putting up runs but also their pitching staff is giving up as much or more than they're scoring. Ohtani would have been a big help to their pitching staff but obviously he can only hit right now. (and not until May)

They should have spent money on pitching in this past offseason. Their most expensive pitcher is Matt Freaking Harvey.

Eh it’s spring training, I don’t like to look at stats now. I mean the Red Sox are in last place in the Grapefruit League, lol. They’re not that bad.

[excitingjae]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

Eh it’s spring training, I don’t like to look at stats now. I mean the Red Sox are in last place in the Grapefruit League, lol. They’re not that bad.

I wasn't looking at spring training I was looking at their season finishes for the last few years.

[Brohan_Santana]

The Phillies I think will be a good measure on the health of baseball attendance

When Phillies were good they led the league in attendance in 2011 at 45.5 k per game. They dropped in 2017 to 23.5 k per game. Huge swing

This is assuming Phillies are good

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana

A rationale take from a philly sports fan - that's not something you see everyday

it's actually pretty normal on here

[drop2d]

Soooo... Today is *Opening Day?

[excitingjae]

Astros locked Bregman up. 6 years $100m. buys out three arbitration years and 2 years of free agency.

Seattle is currently your AL West leader.

[excitingjae]

White Sox extend Eloy Jimenez for 6 years $43m with two options.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by excitingjae

White Sox extend Eloy Jimenez for 6 years $43m with two options.

No major league experience

[excitingjae]

Ichiro retired. Pretty cool display from the fans/team.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by excitingjae

Ichiro retired. Pretty cool display from the fans/team.

Dammit - him and Bartolo I think were the only 2 MLB players older than me.

[Roose13]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Dammit - him and Bartolo I think were the only 2 MLB players older than me.

And then there was one

[Lee3691]

Bartolo is a FA. So there might be none.

[K270]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Dammit - him and Bartolo I think were the only 2 MLB players older than me.

Wow didn't realize both Ichiro and Bartolo are older than me. Any other players in their early 40's?

[RiotAct]

Originally Posted by K270

Wow didn't realize both Ichiro and Bartolo are older than me. Any other players in their early 40's?

Victor Martinez.

[Brohan_Santana]

Originally Posted by RiotAct

Victor Martinez.

He's retired after this past season

[Brohan_Santana]

Fernando Rodney turned 42 on 3/18 - he's under contract with A's this year.

He's already had 2 scoreless appearances thus far this year

[Lee3691]

Details on Trout's extension. It's basically a 10 year / 360 million dollar extension. He was owed 33.25 million a year for the next 2 years - the 12 year deal is worth 426.5 million. There is some money shifting around though.

Years 1 & 2 = 36 million each year (an extra 2.75 million per year than he was scheduled to make, 1st year is 16 million salary / 20 million signing bonus), and then the next years, his salary is $35,450,000 per year.

[pathetic]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

Wow, good for him. He’s the only player I would even consider being worth over $350 million, let alone $400 million.

[pathetic]

I could see Mookie getting closer to 500 than 350

[YouNeverKnow25]

mookie's physical stature is not the type that people pay 35+ aav for 10+ years

[pathetic]

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow25

mookie's physical stature is not the type that people pay 35+ aav for 10+ years

He's going to FA so someone will most definitely pay that. Pretty rare for a talent like Mookie to hit FA

[YouNeverKnow25]

nah. they won't.