BillyWilliams

Says the poster who drones on and on about the same topics day after day.......... Not to mention there are plenty of posters who don't spend their every waking moment in here (like you do) and may benefit from the read......

So you think that nobody will get a unanimous vote in the next 5 yrs?

He probably forgot to drink his big papi "milkshake" before the game.........

Well, the article was just posted 2 days ago.........

Frazier

Andujar

Was able to get up to Roger Dean Stadium (ST home of the Cards and Marlins) for the Yanks vs Cards yesterday. Sat out in the LF bleachers with a pretty friendly group of fans from both sides. German did not impress, letting up 3 gopher balls. Gleyber had a pretty strong hit to drive in a couple. Andujar looked good at the plate as well. After we left around the 6th inning and were walking to the car, 2 kids came running up to a silver SUV with pens and baseballs in hand. The passenger rolled down the window and it was Gleyber, who stopped and chatted for a moment and signed for the kids. It was pretty cool. Here's a few pics.

How a Goldy deal affects Rendon, Donaldson, J.D. J.D. Martinez, for example, can opt out of the final three years and $62.5 million of his deal with Boston. Should he post another MVP-type season, Martinez could decide to capitalize on the less-than-stellar market and take another shot a free agency, especially with some of the other big bats now off the board. Paul Goldschmidt deal shakes up 2019 free agency WWW.MLB.COM Another day, another extension. Two of them, actually. Blake Snell, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, agreed to a five-year, $50 million contract with the Rays on Thursday, a deal that will cover all three of his salary-arbitration years and one of his free-agent seasons. Later in the

Betts confirms he rejected $200M extension offer By Matt Kelly @mattkellyMLB March 20, 2019 In the wake of Mike Trout’s 10-year extension worth a reported $360 million revealed Tuesday, which brings his current contract to an astounding 12 years and $426.5 million, eyes naturally turned toward the next-biggest potential free agent, Mookie Betts, and whether he would also be interested in avoiding the open market. But given Betts’ comments Wednesday in Florida, the Red Sox superstar appears committed to testing the free-agent waters. When asked if he expects to enter the 2019 season without signing a long-term extension, Betts said, “That’s exactly what I expect. I don’t expect anything to happen until I’m a free agent." “It’s just one of those things where you’ve just got to go out and play,” continued Betts, who is eligible for free agency following the 2020 season -- the same year that Trout was set to hit the market. Betts is more than a year younger than Trout. “You can’t worry about the economics of the game right now. [The Red Sox] have to take care of what they have to take care of, and I have to take care of what I have to take care of. The common thing is to win a World Series, and I think it’s something we definitely both want to do.” Betts confirmed a report by MLB Network insider Joel Sherman for the New York Post that he rejected Boston’s eight-year, $200 million extension offer following the 2017 season. “Yeah, I was made an offer last year,” he said. “That was just a disagreement, which is perfectly fine.” Betts, 26, is seen by many as perhaps the game’s second-best player now behind Trout, and he beat out the Angels superstar for the 2018 American League MVP Award as he led the Majors with a .346 average, .640 slugging percentage, 129 runs scored and 10.9 Wins Above Replacement, per Baseball-Reference. Those numbers helped Boston win its fourth World Series championship in 15 years. Trout’s extension came on the same day that Astros star third baseman Alex Bregman reportedly agreed to a five-year, $100 million extension, and it follows a series of other high-profile extensions signed by players like Nolan Arenado of the Rockies and Aaron Hicks of the Yankees. Bryce Harper and Manny Machado also raised the ceiling in the free-agent market with historic contracts signed with the Phillies and Padres, respectively, this offseason. “Those guys have gotten great deals,” Betts said. “They can get what they got and some can get more. It’s been pretty good. Definitely a step in the right direction for the game. But there are still a lot of guys out there who haven’t signed anything. Some have, some haven’t. I think once we got some of those guys that are on the market off [of it], I think things will be a lot better.” Betts, for the record, did not dismiss the notion that he and Boston could come to an agreement before the 2020-21 offseason. He repeatedly focused on the Red Sox’s current World Series title defense and his remaining two years in Boston in his comments Wednesday. “Why not?” Betts said of potentially bridging the gap with his club. “You should definitely keep your ears open and see what is said. But that doesn’t mean you necessarily have to agree on or take whatever is given. Like I said, I love it here. I think this is great place to be to spend your career here. But that doesn’t mean you should sell yourself short. “I’m under no pressure to do anything,” he continued. “It’s OK for two sides to disagree. It’s perfectly fine. It’s normal. Like I said, I’ve got two more years. I’m going to make the best of them. I’ve got to work on year one right here, go out and do my best to help the team win. Also next year, it’s one of those things where it’s all right to disagree.” Betts notably avoided arbitration with the Red Sox in January by signing a one-year, $20 million deal that set a record for a player in his second season of arbitration eligibility. Mookie Betts on extension, Mike Trout signing WWW.MLB.COM In the wake of Mike Trout’s 10-year extension worth a reported $360 million revealed Tuesday, which brings his current contract to an astounding 12 years and $426.5 million, eyes naturally turned toward the next-biggest potential free agent, Mookie Betts, and whether he would also be interested in avoiding the open

I will never forgive youk for coming to play for my Yanks, I hate that f***ing guy.

Went to the Yanks Spring Training game at the Cardinals facility. Most pathetic ballpark hot dog I have ever had

That's a bingo!!

I don't see anyone claiming those titles, I certainly don't........

While I agree they may not have wanted kimbrel at his asking point, I do believe it was financial retraints that stopped them from getting other proven relievers that wouldn't cost as much as kimbrel. You seem to think that henry will spend without limits, his actions say otherwise........

If he can afford all these guys then why do you have a guessing game as to who your closer will be........

That's cute, aside from the fact that the only banners the Yanks fly are for WS championships, unlike other teams.........

Read his reply to you and tell me I'm wrong...........

Probably because lvp 78 is not the brightest candle on the cake.........

In that whopping 10.1 inning sample size..........

In my area you would be able to rent a small house or a 2 bedroom condo on the beach. If you went a little in land you would be able to rent a decent size 3 bedroom house with a pool.

Mike Trout’s $432 million deal spells disaster for the Red Sox By BILL MADDEN | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | MAR 19, 2019 | 4:50 PM JUPITER, Fla. – Bryce Harper can cancel his recruiting pitch. The Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs, Giants, and whoever else can cease their 2020 dreaming. Mike Trout has ended all speculation about what he might do in two years by signing what is by far the richest deal in sports history, 12 years/$432 million, essentially to remain an LA Angel for life. And the happiest man on the baseball planet today is Mookie Betts. First off, you have to give Angels owner Arte Moreno credit. He couldn’t miss what was coming – a wild bidding war for his two-time AL MVP superstar center fielder in two years should Trout have elected to opt out of his contract. Harper’s Phillies are only 45 miles away from Trout’s home town of Millville, NJ, and would have been front and center when bidding opened. It would have been a war he likely could not have won. So Moreno took advantage of the fact Trout is still his player and under his control and exercised a preemptive strike to put an end, once and for all, to the endless rumors about Trout wanting to go to a team that could get him to a World Series - a place the Angels haven’t come close to yet in his first seven-plus years with them. It is not known how hard Moreno gulped while doling out the biggest contract – by far – in sports history. He still owes Albert Pujols another $87 million more through 2021 in one of the dumbest contracts ever, after all. The commitment to Trout is about $344 million more than Moreno paid for the entire Angel franchise in 2003. But this is a new age in baseball where a player like Harper, who hit under .250 in two of the last three seasons and has really had only one superstar season, can get $330 million. Trout is a special player, one of the best ever, who’s only just now entering his prime, and Moreno knew he had to keep him at all costs, if only for the value Trout adds to his franchise. And you have to give credit to Trout. For despite, all those rumors, he never had any desire to leave the Angels, the team who originally signed him. He’s very happy living in beautiful Laguna Beach, and he always wanted to be what is now: an ever-so-rare one-team player. He never gave a thought to going to the Phillies. He knew he was going to get the $400 million plus, especially after Harper completed his 13-year, $330 million deal with them. There’s no comparison between the two players. But instead of putting Moreno off, with an eye on going out onto the open market where all of baseball biggest spenders would be bidding wildly for his services, he put loyalty and comfort ahead of the money. That’s why there are no opt-outs in this contract and he has a full no-trade clause. What has not changed with the contract, however, is the Angels are still not a very good team, not in the absence of a single bona fide No. 1 starter. Twelve years is a long time and maybe they’ll start to develop quality front line starting pitching and add some All-Star caliber players around Trout. For Trout’s sake – or maybe it’s for our sake too - we can only hope he doesn’t replicate Ernie Banks, a great player, super great guy, good will ambassador for all of baseball, who spent his entire career with the Chicago Cubs and never got to showcase his vast talents in the World Series. So now that Trout is out of play, the focus is squarely on Betts, the Red Sox’ defending AL MVP, who will be a free agent in 2020. When Betts rejected their eight-year/$200 million extension offer after the 2017 season, the Red Sox were resigned to going year-to-year with him in arbitration, including the record $20 million he got this year in his second go-round in the process. But now they are in the same predicament as Arte Moreno was. Betts, only 25, is coming off a monster season in which he led the AL in batting (.346) and slugging (.640) with 32 homers and 30 stolen bases and his third Gold Glove. At the same time, he hasn’t sounded like he embraces Boston in the same way Trout does southern California. After settling his arbitration case, Betts said: “Boston is definitely a tough atmosphere to play. Not everyone is cut out for it.” It would sure seem the last thing the Red Sox want to do is to let Betts get out into the open market in 2020, because if that happens, they will also probably lose. The reverberations of the Trout contract were being felt all through the Fenway Park offices Tuesday. The sound you heard was John Henry gulping at thought of now having to double that $200 million Betts turned down in 2017 and hoping it’ll be enough to convince his star to be a Boston Red Sox for life. https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-mike-trout-430-million-angels-red-sox-20190319-zelrrihrojhbhiql23nbmwy3le-story.html

One would think the prices would have higher percentage increases in places like Florida where there is a large influx of people rather than places like massachusetts that are experiencing a large exodus. I recently read an article that the only state in the Northeast that saw more people moving in rather than leaving was Vermont if I recall correctly.

I agree.

Or if someone was looking to pull some equity out of the house.

For sure they would. But as I stated, the huge benefit seems to be to own before the new TV contracts.