CaliforniaRaisin

Imb is right. They're never going to attract the elite free agent so they need to draft that caliber talent if they ever actually want to compete for championships.

According to Arizona Phil, the Cubs have signed 4 more international free agents in December: http://www.thecubreporter.com/12152017/cubs-sign-cuban-catcher P Moises Diaz (age 16) P Francisco Fermin (19) P Luis Ramos (19) C Brayan Mancilla (18)

Easily Darvish.

don't care as long as the AAV doesn't preclude us from signing harper and doesn't go beyond 6 years Agreed.

Do you know who those two are? According to MLB.com, SS Ronny Rojas (11th overall) is the only IFA prospect listed with the Yankees being the favorite. (Not doubting your recollection just wondering who it is.) Of the 6 remaining unsigned top 30 IFAs, only one is reported to be linked to another team. SS Jelfry Marte (3rd overall - released by the Twins because of vision problems) OF Raimfer Salinas (6th overall), C Antonio Cabello (8th overall), SS Osleivis Basabe (24th overall), OF Wildred Patino (25th overall) and Stir Candelario (29th overall linked to the Mariners) are all listed as unsigned by MLB.com. Obviously, unless some of them choose to wait until the next signing period, the Cubs are out on these guys. And with teams like the Mariners and Angels trading for 2017-18 IFA money (and other teams with money still left to spend), one or both of them (if they don't get Ohtani) will have funds to potentially sign some of them. EDIT - I guess the Cubs could be in on Marte. I think he was declared a free agent. It all depends on the severity of his vision issues. They've been linked to Salinas and Cabello, though they were considered wild cards even at the start of the signing period. Actually, they're also linked to Basabe but BA has him ranked 48. The Yankees signed Salinas and Cabello today with all that leftover Ohtani money: [tweet] [/tweet] Osleivis Basabe signed with the Rangers today.

The Diamondbacks are close to signing this guy: [tweet] [/tweet]

Good for Yu. horsefeathers barstool. [tweet] [/tweet]

Oh cool, Barstool.

Why would they want pitchers anyways? They'd screw them up. Anyways: [tweet] [/tweet] Also from that link:

Taylor Davis is back! In pog form. (He returned to the organization on a minor league deal.)

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This doesn't appear to be behind the paywall: https://theathletic.com/189473/2017/12/18/cubs-pursuit-of-yu-darvish-wasnt-part-of-the-plan-but-now-he-might-be-their-best-option/

Kimbrel is also a free agent next offseason.

Nice cover your ass tweet by that hack connecting us to every pitcher since he clearly knows nothing about which one(s) is most likely. Wouldn't be shocked if someone in the organization leaked all those names to try and get Cobb to drop his price.

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Marco Hernandez came in at 10 on BA's top 10 list for Boston. That's another system that's really fallen off.

Kiley McDaniel is back with Fangraphs. Thanks for being a [expletive], Braves.

Yeah, assuming he's typical Kershaw and gets to 200 innings, I think the over/under is probably $300 million. Obviously a year out things will change a lot, but I'm expecting something like this Harper - $500 million Machado - $400 million Kershaw - $300 million Josh Donaldson and Charlie Blackmon - $150 million And then Andrew McCutchen, AJ Pollock, Dallas Keuchel, Yasmani Grandal, Garret Richards and maybe even one of the relievers all have a chance at $100 million with good walk years. Not seeing it with Grandal. He lost the starting job to Austin Barnes last year.

Time to root against his annual back injury.

[tweet] [/tweet] I'm sure MLBPA will be all over the Braves when Acuña starts 2018 in the minors, just like with Bryant and the Cubs.

No, its to avoid the harsher penalties from being repeat offenders next offseason. They're re-setting for next year's monster free agent class.

horsefeathers off, Braves.

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2/$8.5 million for Hector.