Bloom offered Eovaldi a contract, but took it off the table when Eovaldi looked elsewhere. 2.8 fWAR
Bloom then offered Eflin a contract, but lost out to the Rays who simply matched the contract. 4.1 fWAR
Bloom decided to go with the backup plan of Corey Kluber. -0.8 fWAR
Big yikes.
It's not likely as I believe Stearns is a NY guy. I don't know how or why the Sox were reported again as interest kings. Maybe to increase the $$$? Maybe just to get the market talking?
Is JH really looking elsewhere? If so, it's Theo or bust. Back up that Brinks truck and bring the GOAT home.
I mean, you're calling Walter and "DHam" as additions for 2023, might as well include all the other additions from previous years including good players like Josh Taylor (0.9 fWAR 2019).
The Blue Jays are perennial pretenders and the Orioles will go back to being the Orioles in a few years due to their owner. They will be pretty good over the short term though. AL Central is a hodgepodge. TEX isn't sustainable.
That's obvious by what they did before and after the trade deadline this year.
When I lived in LA, I never went to an Angels game because of the ongoing stories about rats in the concessions. It's really a terrible franchise from top to bottom.
I used actual winning % for 20, 21 and 22 and then project the remainder of 2023. You rounded down for 2020, made up a number for 2021 and rounded up for 2022. Why?
If you change one number it makes a perfect progression? Uh..........
.417 in '20
.546 in '21
.469 in '22
.444 in '23
Maybe that's the progression Bloom is going for?
Wouldn't they have Duvall's contract, Turner's contract, Kluber's contract, Kiké's contract and remaining cap space (assuming Devers uses Barnes/Bleier/Brasier/Tapia contract amounts)? That's closer to 35M to spend.