The Winter Meetings Thread

[Tryptamine]

So let me get this straight:

 

Out: Kemp(-30 million), Haren, Gordon, Federowicz

 

In: McCarthy, Kendrick, Grandal, and a few miscellaneous prospects

 

McCarthy > Haren

Kendrick > Gordon

Grandal > Kemp (if not in raw performance than certainly in fit for LA's roster)

 

And that whole sequence was payroll neutral. Friedman on the Dodgers is gonna suck.

 

And yet the Dodger fans are all kinds of pissed off right now. Watch them add Cole Hamels to that rotation. Kershaw/Hamels/Greinke/Ryu/McCarthy. Ridiculous.

[Guest]

@CJNitkowski Told Cespedes to Detroit, Porcello to Boston is done.

[Guest]

So let me get this straight:

 

Out: Kemp(-30 million), Haren, Gordon, Federowicz

 

In: McCarthy, Kendrick, Grandal, and a few miscellaneous prospects

 

McCarthy > Haren

Kendrick > Gordon

Grandal > Kemp (if not in raw performance than certainly in fit for LA's roster)radio

 

And that whole sequence was payroll neutral. Friedman on the Dodgers is gonna suck.

Yea, I was listening to MLB radio this morning and thinking the same thing. Gordon does not get on base but has speed so he finds a Hendry type trade partner and basically steals a good young pitcher. And now a broken Kemp nets them Grandal.

 

I would be a bit surprised if Martinez is managing them next year.

[UMFan83]

@CJNitkowski Told Cespedes to Detroit, Porcello to Boston is done.

 

So they traded Lester for Porcello. Obviously not as simple as that due to contacts and future value but interesting.

[XZero771679666304]

@CJNitkowski Told Cespedes to Detroit, Porcello to Boston is done.

 

So they traded Lester for Porcello. Obviously not as simple as that due to contacts and future value but interesting.

 

That rotation isn't going to get them very far unless there are some bounceback performances.

[Tryptamine]

Apparently Detroit is about to trade prospects for a Reds' pitcher. How is that even possible? At this point Detroit's #1 prospect might not even be in the top 15 in our farm.

[XZero771679666304]

Apparently Detroit is about to trade prospects for a Reds' pitcher. How is that even possible? At this point Detroit's #1 prospect might not even be in the top 15 in our farm.

 

Yeah, that system is seriously tapped out.

[Guest]

Maybe the pitcher is Bailey. Or Latos.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The prospects are apparently going to be the ones they get from Boston in the other deal?

[Guest]

Andrew T. Berlin ‏@AndrewTBerlin 23m23 minutes ago

@SBCubs mgmt with @Cubs brass last night. Excitement for new season is palatable! Finally met JMadden! Great leader!

 

SMH spelling it wrong

[Tryptamine]

Maybe the pitcher is Bailey. Or Latos.

 

If Latos can be had for guys outside of the top 15 in our farm then Theo needs to make that deal.

[Tryptamine]

The prospects are apparently going to be the ones they get from Boston in the other deal?

 

I wouldn't think the prospects from that deal would be all that significant. Boston didn't do something dumb like give up Devers or Margot just because they're a long way from the majors right?

[Guest]

Maybe the pitcher is Bailey. Or Latos.

 

If Latos can be had for guys outside of the top 15 in our farm then Theo needs to make that deal.

 

There's a very real chance his arm is toast. Might be worth the minimal risk, but I'm just as comfortable with whoever wins 5th starter thunderdome as I'd be with Latos at this point.

[sneakypower]

i assumed it'd be something lousy like Alfredo Simon

[sneakypower]

Andrew T. Berlin ‏@AndrewTBerlin 23m23 minutes ago

@SBCubs mgmt with @Cubs brass last night. Excitement for new season is palatable! Finally met JMadden! Great leader!

 

SMH spelling it wrong

palpable?

[Guest]

Andrew T. Berlin ‏@AndrewTBerlin 23m23 minutes ago

@SBCubs mgmt with @Cubs brass last night. Excitement for new season is palatable! Finally met JMadden! Great leader!

 

SMH spelling it wrong

palpable?

 

lmao i missed that completely

[Hairyducked Idiot]

it is palatable too though.

[Guest]

Damn, Matt Kemp would have looked really good in left field for us.

[Guest]

Damn, Matt Kemp would have looked really good in left field for us.

 

We already have Chris Coghlan and hopefully we're looking to get rid of him.

[SouthSideRyan]

@CJNitkowski Told Cespedes to Detroit, Porcello to Boston is done.

 

So they traded Lester for Porcello. Obviously not as simple as that due to contacts and future value but interesting.

 

They traded 2 months of Lester in a year they weren't contending for a year of Porcello.

[Guest]

Also, Junior Lake is tearing up the DR league and walking too. #istillhavehope

[Guest]

Damn, Matt Kemp would have looked really good in left field for us.

 

We already have Chris Coghlan and hopefully we're looking to get rid of him.

 

he hits the ball very far and lots

[Tryptamine]

Damn, Matt Kemp would have looked really good in left field for us.

 

We already have Chris Coghlan and hopefully we're looking to get rid of him.

 

he hits the ball very far and lots

 

He had a -40.3UZR/150 in LF last year. That's worse than Any year in Adam Dunn's LF career.

[KingCubsFan]

Also, Junior Lake is tearing up the DR league and walking too. #istillhavehope

The days of hoping for guys like Junior Lake to contribute are over. It's time to focus on real baseball players.

[Guest]

Damn, Matt Kemp would have looked really good in left field for us.

 

We already have Chris Coghlan and hopefully we're looking to get rid of him.

 

he hits the ball very far and lots

 

He had a -40.3UZR/150 in LF last year. That's worse than Any year in Adam Dunn's LF career.

 

yeah, but he's had years where he's managed not to be a complete butcher