MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[funkster]

Thats a lot of money.

[1060Ivy]

Well if you think about, after federal, state, and municipal taxes it’s only - a lot of money

[rok]

How good will he be without a coaching staff filled with criminals?

[Butcher]

https://youtu.be/E39GL1n9_k4

[Butcher]

So...Harrelson wins the Frick broadcasting award over Hughes? That award has now been rendered meaningless.

[rok]

Nothing ever surprises me any longer.

[1060Ivy]

Glad that big named free agents are signing prior to spring

[rok]

I expect this guy to be annoyingly good against us. Only $9.1mil deal.



https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...0613616641

[1060Ivy]

Angels sign Rendon to 7 year $245 MM contract



Full no trade clause but no opt outs in agreement





https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2827...eal-angels

[rok]

Once Donaldson signs it will be interesting to see if the KB rumors pick up.

[jstraw]

Fuck these greedy bastards.

 

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/12/14/maj...-entirely/

 

The war between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball escalated significantly last night, with Minor League Baseball releasing a memo accusing Major League Baseball of “repeatedly and inaccurately” describing the former’s stance in negotiations and Major League Baseball responding by threatening to cut ties with Minor League Baseball entirely.

[jstraw]

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/201...-agreement

 

Major League Baseball threw a high, hard brushback pitch at Minor League Baseball late Friday night: Shut up and negotiate, or we’ll run our own minor league system without you.

 

The tension is so high and the trust so low between the parties that, at 9:11 p.m. on Friday, MiLB issued a four-page memo blaming MLB for “repeatedly and inaccurately” describing the MiLB stance on a variety of critical issues in negotiations.

 

MLB quickly responded, choosing not to rebut the MiLB statement point-by-point but instead to threaten to end minor league baseball as we know it.

[rok]

Everything is fine. Nothing to see here.



What a depressing state of affairs post-November 3, 2016.

[rok]

Indians just salary dumped Kluber to the Rangers for a pretty light return. Maybe the trade market will start opening up now.

[rok]

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...2295864416