Transmogrified Tiger

i suppose hitting the ball out of the stadium is one way for Springer to atone

Springer wyd

Cobb is not going to get 5/90.

That's exactly what Cobb is, just a bit more expensive than Feldman because it's 5 years of inflation later.

Especially Wood in that spot, he was dealing and the lead is given up. Try and get another inning or 2 out of him. I get Morton being pulled here, have the lead now and 2 hard hit balls in a row. But just stick with Wood imo after the HR. The Dodger bullpen threw 6.1 innings yesterday and there's a game tomorrow too. And they're eviscerating Roberts for letting Wood pitch the 6th at 80 pitches when he hadn't given up a hit? Dumb.

what is Bellinger doing not tagging

the 3rd time through the order stuff is jumping the shark about as fast as elimination game bullpenning did

gonna be honest, I just pulled up perd hapley gifs and started scrolling until that one leapt off the page at me

How can we trust a man who believes Pitt the Elder was England's greatest Prime Minster and not Lord Palmerston? He's the premier carpet salesman of our time, if we can't trust him who can we trust?

I would think Heyward's approval is probably the hardest part of that deal, as there's no real reason for him to accept it compared to, say, San Francisco. It's possible that Toronto might be able to get something more palatable by trading Tulo and Martin separately, but 1) our premise is that Toronto believes in Heyward improving to at least an acceptable offensive level(and that's really not a huge jump given his defense) and 2) Tulo and Martin's contracts are big enough that it limits the number of suitors pretty significantly.

That can't be right. Maybe from a 'we're sending dollars independent of any contracts owed' sense, but in this case it can easily take the form of paying part of Heyward and Martin's contracts.

That's not bad, their corner OF situation for 2018(and beyond) is basically a bunch of spare parts too. EDIT: For clarity, Martin has 2 years at 20 mil before FA, so the Jays probably need to kick in a few bucks in 2018/2019 in exchange for the Cubs taking a bit more in the later Heyward years. Also, from a luxury tax perspective, Martin is only 16.4 million each year. Hmm, got it maybe we could do something like Heyward + $20-30 mil starting in 2020 (if he doesn’t opt out) and Caritini for Martin? Or something like Heyward with the money mentioned above, LaStella, and Caritini for Tulo and Martin with the Jays throwing in a little money this year and next. 2 expensive bench/back up bats (let’s assume no Russell/Baez trade) but could work. Maybe something like Heyward, Caratini, and 45M from 2021-23 for Tulo, Martin, and 20M from 2018-2019? That basically says Caratini + the odds of Heyward's bounceback compared to Tulo/Martin's bounceback are worth 20 million(using luxury tax calcs), which seems about right.

That's not bad, their corner OF situation for 2018(and beyond) is basically a bunch of spare parts too. EDIT: For clarity, Martin has 2 years at 20 mil before FA, so the Jays probably need to kick in a few bucks in 2018/2019 in exchange for the Cubs taking a bit more in the later Heyward years. Also, from a luxury tax perspective, Martin is only 16.4 million each year.

The Marlins need to drop payroll *today*, which is their primary motivation in dealing Stanton. Even with his contract, there won't be a shortage of suitors for Stanton, they won't have to make the choice of whether to take on Heyward or hold on to Stanton.

#strangerthings

The two teams that make the most sense to me are probably Seattle and San Francisco. Both have very little going on in their outfields. Both have a need to win sooner than later. Both have big home outfields, which would seem to be a fit for Heyward(more ground to cover defensively and maybe a few more singles drop in at the plate). Seattle has DiPoto's trade-happy tendencies going for him, and he's made a deal that was slightly unconventional with Theo before. The downside is that Seattle's contracts are either contracts they really need to be competitive(Cano, Seager, probably Segura), Leake, which might work but opens up another rotation hole, or Felix, which opens up a rotation hole and ships off a franchise icon in return for a failed FA contract(a non-starter). San Francisco pursued Heyward in free agency, and his defense + contact profile fits their preferences a bit. They don't have any albatrosses, but there could be something mutually beneficial if they don't think Melancon is going to bounce back. Basically you need to thread the needle of some team being particularly bullish on fixing Heyward, having a contract they really want to dump, and being a little bit desperate. Maybe not 'Upton to the Tigers' desperate, but I don't think the Phillies qualify. Doesn't seem like a terribly likely outcome to me.

Zack Steffen just manhandled Atlanta in penalties, what a display

If you hadn't said the author I would've bet my house that was Wittenmyer.

That team option for Anderson's first FA year at age 33 is crucial. Also good to sign an extension to the 30 year old who was only successful after adding 2 MPH to his fastball and coincidentally missed time with a bicep injury that same year. *Yes this is unfair because they're only guaranteeing him like 2/10, but it's more pointing out that it's a move that means basically nothing.

Zobrist didn't play enough innings to reach 'qualified' status at 2B by either Fangraphs's or ESPN's threshold. He appears to be 200+ innings short of that threshold. Miraculously, advanced metrics like Zobrist a lot more than regular ones. His UZR was 2nd in the NL at 2B among players with 500 Innings, but fielding percentage he was 6th, and by range factor he was 15th.

If Chesny Young is a bat first second baseman, then every second baseman who plays well enough to not get benched/platooned in the minor leagues is a bat first second baseman.

2018: -2nd I assume Numbers don't lie.

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