2023 Free Agents

[moonslav59]

Nimmo is off the board. Staying with the Mets forthe next 8 years for $162mill.

 

My 7/160 wasn’t too far off

 

I expected more, after watching the last few days unfold.

 

Sox could have afforded $168/8.

[harmony]

J.D. Martinez remains available:

 

 

This source has not earned credibility.

[redsoxrules]

J.D. Martinez remains available:

 

 

This source has not earned credibility.

 

He's too much for the Sox budget

[moonslav59]

He's too much for the Sox budget

 

He's too old, too.

[notin]

I expected more, after watching the last few days unfold.

 

Sox could have afforded $168/8.

 

I find it you look at MLBTR predictions at add 2-3 years and $50-80mill, that wins to being about right…

[moonslav59]

The list is dwindling:

 

2. Correa

5. Swanson

6. Rodon

11. Senga

13. Bassitt

15. Benintendi

17. Manaea

21. Syndergaard

23. Eovaldi

24. T Rogers

25. JD Martinez

26. Vazquez

33. Profar

37. Drury

38. Stripling

39. Chafin

40. Segura

41. Wacha

43. Brantley

44. Conforto

47. J Turner

48. Kluber

50. Rucinski

Andrus

Belt

Carpenter

Cueto

Fulmer

Gallo

Kiermaier

[moonslav59]

I find it you look at MLBTR predictions at add 2-3 years and $50-80mill, that wins to being about right…

 

I don't think Nimmo's deal is as much an overpay as many others, recently.

[notin]

I don't think Nimmo's deal is as much an overpay as many others, recently.

 

I thought 5/$110 was crazy money for him. And last year, it would have been…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I don't think Nimmo's deal is as much an overpay as many others, recently.

 

No signings are overpays anymore. Working fans have always been obsessed with athletes' salaries since the beginning of professional sports. In baseball, the numbers will always be insane, but good teams always pay good money for good players.

 

Clubs that want to spend less have no choice but to hope their prospects develop into big leaguers. This explains the noticeable lack of multi-player trades, because no GM wants to part with young MLB-ready guys. The A's are going nowhere, but wouldn't trade Murphy to the Cardinals unless they got back both Nootbar and Donovan.

 

Some franchises (and CBOs) may get desperate -- and trades for cost-controlled regulars are where the true overpays will take place. Just hang on to Miguel Bleis...

[Hugh2]

I expected more, after watching the last few days unfold.

 

Sox could have afforded $168/8.

 

Nimmo was on my early offseason wish list, but the more I thought about it, the more I hated it.

 

Not sure 168:8 gets it done. I’m not sure $6 million is enough to take him away from NY. We saw Judge leave $40 million on the table.

 

Nimmo. Who is 30 next year, has played in over 100 games twice. He gets injured, and has a skill set that looks poised to age like Jacoby Ellsbury.

[moonslav59]

I thought 5/$110 was crazy money for him. And last year, it would have been…

 

It's all Monopoly money for these GMs, but at least with Nimmo, the AAV was about what was expected. The added 2-3 years was the surprise.

 

I'd have done it and traded Dugo.

 

[notin]

Nimmo was on my early offseason wish list, but the more I thought about it, the more I hated it.

 

Not sure 168:8 gets it done. I’m not sure $6 million is enough to take him away from NY. We saw Judge leave $40 million on the table.

 

Nimmo. Who is 30 next year, has played in over 100 games twice. He gets injured, and has a skill set that looks poised to age like Jacoby Ellsbury.

 

I liked Nimmo, despite that he’s a freakish Conspiracy Theorist, but I didn’t think the Sox would sign another FA with a QO attached so quickly…

[notin]

It's all Monopoly money for these GMs, but at least with Nimmo, the AAV was about what was expected. The added 2-3 years was the surprise.

 

I'd have done it and traded Dugo.

 

 

The 2-3 years bothers me more than the money.

 

I don’t care if the players have to choose between domestic and imported caviar; I just don’t want them sticking around for years after they’ve lost the ability to catch up to (or throw) a good fastball…

[mvp 78]

Nimmo was on my early offseason wish list, but the more I thought about it, the more I hated it.

 

Not sure 168:8 gets it done. I’m not sure $6 million is enough to take him away from NY. We saw Judge leave $40 million on the table.

 

Nimmo. Who is 30 next year, has played in over 100 games twice. He gets injured, and has a skill set that looks poised to age like Jacoby Ellsbury.

 

I wasn't all in on Nimmo either. Figured he'd be back with the Mets no matter what.

[mvp 78]

The length of contracts this offseason is surprising to say the least. I wonder what things will look like 5 years from now when a lot of these guys start breaking down and clogging up space.

[moonslav59]

The length of contracts this offseason is surprising to say the least. I wonder what things will look like 5 years from now when a lot of these guys start breaking down and clogging up space.

 

We said the same thing 5 years ago, but this is gotten more extreme.

[mvp 78]

We said the same thing 5 years ago, but this is gotten more extreme.

 

Exactly. There are more players with LOOOONG contracts taking up a higher % of the payroll across the league.

[moonslav59]

Exactly. There are more players with LOOOONG contracts taking up a higher % of the payroll across the league.

 

Apparently, other GMs are "not learning lessons," either.

 

I'm not trying to shield the Sox top brass from criticism. They deserve it, but what some of these other GMs (and owners) are doing is just plain insane in the brain.

 

[Hugh2]

I liked Nimmo, despite that he’s a freakish Conspiracy Theorist, but I didn’t think the Sox would sign another FA with a QO attached so quickly…

 

I didn't realize he was a conspiracy theorist. I'm going to have to look that up, trusting you're right here that is a hard pass for me.

[moonslav59]

I didn't realize he was a conspiracy theorist. I'm going to have to look that up, trusting you're right here that is a hard pass for me.

 

It was about the Mets not messing with crosstown Judge.

[notin]

I didn't realize he was a conspiracy theorist. I'm going to have to look that up, trusting you're right here that is a hard pass for me.

 

He reports has some issues I won’t delve into as they are largely political and that’s a taboo on this forum.

 

As he’s probably not the only MLB player with them, I have no issues looking past them. Especially since he has a solid baseball skill set…

[notin]

It was about the Mets not messing with crosstown Judge.

 

Lol no.

[moonslav59]

Lol no.

 

Enlighten us.

[notin]

Enlighten us.

 

Reportedly he has vocalized his doubts about the 2020 presidential election.

 

Not a rabbit hole for deep discussion. And he’s probably not the only player with such beliefs…

[moonslav59]

Reportedly he has vocalized his doubts about the 2020 presidential election.

 

Not a rabbit hole for deep discussion. And he’s probably not the only player with such beliefs…

 

I see why you did not want to divulge.

 

Glad he's a Met.

[a700hitter]

I see why you did not want to divulge.

 

Glad he's a Met.

Who Nimmo?

[moonslav59]

Who Nimmo?

 

Isn't that who we were talking about, or am I totally lost on this one?

[moonslav59]

Strahm signs with Phillies for $15M/2.

 

That was a good signing by Bloom, last winter, but someone will think it was so bad he "let him walk."

 

We got him for $3M/1. DD paid $15M/2. Hurray for DD!!!!

[redsoxrules]

Imagine the contract that Ohtani will get next year

[moonslav59]

The list is dwindling:

 

2. Correa

5. Swanson

6. Rodon

11. Senga

13. Bassitt

15. Benintendi

17. Manaea

21. Syndergaard

23. Eovaldi

24. T Rogers

25. JD Martinez

26. Vazquez

33. Profar

37. Drury

38. Stripling

39. Chafin

40. Segura

41. Wacha

43. Brantley

44. Conforto

47. J Turner

48. Kluber

50. Rucinski

Andrus

Belt

Carpenter

Cueto

Fulmer

Gallo

Kiermaier

 

Any chance we sign 2 from the top 23 still left?

 

More likely 1 plus Kluber, 1 plus Conforto/Gallo or 1 plus Andrus.