Non Cub Offseason Transactions

[Post Count Padder]

Mets sign Adbert to a two year minor league deal. That sucksssss. Really wanted him to come back. 

[Stratos]

The Dodgers currently have a total luxury tax payroll of 370m.  They'll pay 116m in luxury taxes on that. Their total spent on tax payroll will be 486 million dollars.  Almost half a billion.

The Cubs will be spending less than half of that.

[Post Count Padder]

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The Mets have an agreement with infielder Nick Madrigal, reports Joel Sherman of The New York Post. The details of the agreement aren’t publicly known at this time.

Well there it is, take the Mets out of the Alonso/Cease discussions. Their roster is full.

[CubinNY]

1 minute ago, Post Count Padder said:

Well there it is, take the Mets out of the Alonso/Cease discussions. Their roster is full.

You just know he's going to hit a HR or something against the Cubs. 

[CubinNY]

Is Rizzo gonna get a contract? 

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Is Rizzo gonna get a contract? 

I think if he wants to play someone will sign him. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

I think the only major league contract Rizzo can get will likely be from a bottom feeder team. He was horrendous last year

[Jason Ross]

Alonso to Mets - 2 years with opt out

[Dfan25]

Maybe Boras wanted to do Alonso 1st , to see if the Blue Jays get crazy on Bregman now ?

[KCCub]

 

[Derwood]

Boras clients taking L’s the last two winters

[Stratos]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

Boras clients taking L’s the last two winters

Except Soto and Snell.  I guess he's still really good with the elite players but only so much you can do with others.

[JD94]

11 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Except Soto and Snell.  I guess he's still really good with the elite players but only so much you can do with others.

Just seems like the league isn’t going to play his games anymore unless he’s repping a star player like a Juan Soto. He thinks a mid level player like Alonso should get 2-300M. Then he advises them to wait it out for top dollar and lately they are not getting up because teams are calling his bluff. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

8 hours ago, Stratos said:

Except Soto and Snell.  I guess he's still really good with the elite players but only so much you can do with others.

The thing is, do you think Soto needed him? Anyone could have gotten that contract for Soto. Snell I'm less sure about. 

[CubinNY]

always side with the players. 

[Rcal10]

12 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Nothing more hilarious than the Boras boogeyman every offseason. Hypothetical asks reported by Disney? Basically an incompetent criminal, bad actor at least. Literally making up a bunch of rules at every level to limit earning potential, negotiating through the media, and colluding? Good business, exemplary tactics…’Merican brains are melted, mush 

You outdid yourself on this one. And that is hard to do. WTF are you saying? And couldn’t it have been said much simpler? Kind of like NYCub said it. ALWAYS SIDE WITH PLAYERS…….

[Transmogrified Tiger]

25 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Nothing more hilarious than the Boras boogeyman every offseason. Hypothetical asks reported by Disney? Basically an incompetent criminal, bad actor at least. Literally making up a bunch of rules at every level to limit earning potential, negotiating through the media, and colluding? Good business, exemplary tactics…’Merican brains are melted, mush 

[Post Count Padder]

Angels sign Moncada. One year, $5 million. Feels like something we could've done.

[MarkBellhorn]

I'd rather  Moncada than Rhea.  

[Rob]

12 minutes ago, Post Count Padder said:

Angels sign Moncada. One year, $5 million. Feels like something we could've done.

Should've. But he might have wanted more of a playing time promise.

[Dfan25]

Cubs made an offer to Moncada ) 3 million 

[Jason Ross]

Interesting. $3m to Moncada is very close to Berti's deal with the incentives factored in.

[JunkyardWalrus]

Better shot at playing time with the ghost of 3B in LAA

[Stratos]

1 hour ago, Post Count Padder said:

Angels sign Moncada. One year, $5 million. Feels like something we could've done.

https://youtu.be/uACvFAm6JSM?si=mXWNdsE2Fnh47zCo

[Post Count Padder]

Padres are signing Connor Joe, who was someone I had wanted for the bench.