jacksonianmarch

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Scout.com came out with their top 50. Their rankings are intriguing for sure. Pat Teale usually has guys with similar upside but closer proximity higher on his list, but he loves Guzman. He’s got him all the way up to #4. Acevedo down to #12, although not really a fault of his own.

Martinez is gonna get paid, but I think his lack of defense and injury history will limit his market. Boras always throws cash figures out there that make you scratch your head. JD will get 5 years max IMO. I think he’ll see an inflation adjusted Hamilton contract. Like 5 yrs $135 mil

DD has an interview yesterday that made it sound less like he’s putting his hat in the ring for Stanton, Hosmer, or Martinez and more that he’d be looking to add smaller pieces.

Rays considering blowing it all up. That means Dickerson, Archer, Longoria and others hitting the market if they do. Intriguing to say the least

Now that would be cool

It’s a massive change. With the way the draft had been slotted, losing a #1 pick can ruin an entire draft. The pool will still be lowered, but at least now the biggest pool pick stays in play.

GM meetings start tomorrow. The Yankees are expected to make a few 40 man roster deals over the next few days

When you swing the bat 59 times in a season and drive yourself in plus anyone who happens to be on in front of you, then you’re creating wins. Let’s be honest. The guy is a monster.

Tek made a lot of money in his career. The best managers are usually the guys who weren’t stars and guys who actually need the income initially before becoming successful

I doubt the Marlins give him away. The duration is the sticking point, not the AAV. In the end, the bidding will require top talent to go to the Marlins and the entire contract will be eaten. It’s the way the world works

It’s possible, but I honestly think they have Harper on the mind

His fangraphs value was about 2/3 his contract over the life of the deal. When you sign a free agent we’ll into their 30s, that’s not half bad. He wasn’t a bust, but he also wasn’t a totally shrewd signing

I don’t have a problem with giving those three up, but I’m not sure why we’d deal a 2 WAR player plus for another 2 WAR player. Panek is what he is. He’s a good enough hitter who plays really good D. Castro is a very good to great hitter for the position who plays terrible D. I’d deal off Castro to pave the way for Torres, but I’d almost rather see us use a Castro deal to get something big Over at another site, an insider was talking about a sneaking suspicion of the Yankees making an “out of left field” blockbuster. They have the prospects to get it done. We have a 40 man crunch coming with multiple guys guaranteed to be picked in the Rule 5.

That’s a pretty strange take. Mike Trout is a failure since he hasn’t won a title? Teixeira averaged nearly 4 WAR from a power position for the first 4 years of the contract. He was injured for 2 seasons, came back in year 7 with a strong year and was done in year 8. If you sign someone to an 8 year deal and you get 4 solid years out of the gate and one last gasp later in the deal, you take it

We have $50 mil to play with. We can get Stanton, but why? Yes, Harper will cost more, but he’s also younger and better, especially for Yankee Stadium. Plus, if we re-set, Harper will only cost his contract rather than 50-90% more than his contract.

Stanton is younger and the AAV will likely be similar between the two. If you can get Stanton without hurting your team, you do it. If not, you sign JD

The Yankees are getting under the threshold to make a run at Harper. If we got Stanton, we’d have little room left to stay under the cap and improve the club. I honestly think we may make a big move for a pitcher via trade. We shall see

He was diagnosed last month with metastatic, terminal testicular cancer. He only started to complain about back pain last month. Insane that he didn’t lose weight or have pain.

Rumor has it that the Marlins are being offered a top pitching prospect plus from the cardinals and full salary relief.

Cueto and Moore are on my no fly list. Moore cannot keep the ball in the park and Cueto looked washed up in a pitchers park in 2017.

Getting back to Yankee stuff... There is a growing sentiment that the Yankees will land Otani. With the Yankees able to offer the second highest amount of cash plus with NY having both a hole at DH and 5th starter, Otani figures to want to play both ways and based upon the fact that he is coming out two years prior to being able to land a 9 figure guarantee, there is more than just money on his mind. From the sounds of it, the Japanese player loves the spotlight and what better place to take the spotlight than NYC. Robby Thomson interviewed for the manager position. He is probably not getting the job as more guys will funnel in. There will be many other candidates and with the Yankees being the only team currently looking for a manager, they don't have to rush into the decision. Things should pick up once the AFL ends as one of their candidates is the Scottsdale Scorpions manager Jay Bell. Cashman stated that he wants someone who is analytical and will connect more with the young core of the team. Rumor has it that Girardi clashed with 2 Hispanic players in 2017, both of whom lost their positions for a bit (Gary Sanchez and Aroldis Chapman). An unnamed former player had said that Girardi's uber serious demeanor would grate on the players over time and made the clubhouse more robotic. In a sense, they're looking to have a little more fun. Either way, it is a desirable job for sure and Cashman will take his time. He's only had one managerial change in his soon to be 20 year tenure, and that was a decade ago. There has been little to no news on the FA or trade front, which is pretty much status quo for Cashman. For a guy operating in the largest market in baseball, he somehow has kept a tight lid on accurate rumors coming out of his camp excepting the summer chase to get Sonny Gray.

Very interesting. Signing a QO in the past meant losing your top draft pick. That is no longer the case. For teams who received revenue sharing money and don’t exceed the lux tax, they lose their third highest draft pick For teams who didn’t receive revenue sharing money and did not exceed the lux tax (Red Sox are here) the signing team forfeits their 2nd highest pick and $500K worth of INTL money. For teams who exceed the lux tax and are big markets (NYY here), the penalty is the second and fifth highest picks and $1mil of INTL money

And I predict it’ll be Boston

Martinez is hitting the market at a time where power is premium and he’s the best power hitter on the market. After the Royals won the WS, there was a slight change in analytics where speed and defense got inflated dollar amount. After watching teams like the Yankees, Astros, LA and Chicago bludgeon their way to the championship series and see a thrilling power filled World Series, the GMs are digging the long ball. You’re not getting JD on a discount. He’s got Boras and that dink k owe what this kid is worth. His opening salvos are always bombastic. I think a 5 yr $135 mil or 6 yr $160 mil deal is about what he gets. He’ll sniff $200 mil, but fall well short