AL East Thread

[steveringo]

"Pending a physical "?

Isn’t he already on the team?

 

[TheGoodMan19]

"Pending a physical "?

Isn’t he already on the team?

Half a billion for one player. And not close to being the highest paid. I can remember in '79, when Nolan Ryan signed the first $1,000,000 per contract and experts said it was the end of the game. Teams could not afford to pay that silly amount and stay in business. LOOGY's make that now.

 

[nynasty]

Since I get off work at 130, this works for me. Hopefully I can find the games without them being blacked out.

Works for me today. Tuesday and Wednesday notsomuch

 

[steveringo]

Toronto at Fenway for four...

Rain tonight.
Snow tomorrow morning.
Sunny Wednesday & Thursday - highs near 50....

 

[navamind]

Works for me today. Tuesday and Wednesday notsomuch

Extra baseball for me to throw on at work as far as I'm concerned.

 

[chappee11]

The last half of that contract is going to look just like the Pujols deal with the Angels and the Miguel Cabrera contract with the Tigers. 14 years is ridiculous. No deferred money is ridiculous, as well. Vlad is punishing the Jays for manipulating his service time when he first came up.

 

[chappee11]

Red Sox 5-0 since this post.

Bregman: .455BA(10-24 w 2HR and 10RBI)
/.500OPS/.955SLG

Sorry, Astros fans!

 

[Pure Steel]

The last half of that contract is going to look just like the Pujols deal with the Angels and the Miguel Cabrera contract with the Tigers. 14 years is ridiculous. No deferred money is ridiculous, as well. Vlad is punishing the Jays for manipulating his service time when he first came up.

That contract will age like Mickey Rourke…..

 

[navamind]

I'm fine with this. Yophery is an interesting prospect, albeit in the lower minors. I love the draft pick aspect of it though, makes up for the pick they lost for signing Bregman.

 

[chappee11]

That contract will age like Mickey Rourke…..

I mean…I guess Vlad held all the cards here and essentially got to write his own contract, but after age 32-33ish, I’d want no part of Vlad. An 8 year deal felt right. Maybe even 10. 14 is a disaster in the making.

 

[chappee11]

I'm fine with this. Yophery is an interesting prospect, albeit in the lower minors. I love the draft pick aspect of it though, makes up for the pick they lost for signing Bregman.

Huh. I wouldn’t expect a trade like this in April. On the one hand, I thought Priester had a chance to be pretty good with some more time in AAA. He’s an intriguing arm.

On the other hand, I like what they’ve essentially turned Nick Yorke into. Nice to add the 33rd overall pick to the mix. I don’t know anything about Rodriguez coming back, but he looks like a pretty good lottery ticket. I guess Priester wasn’t considered much of an option this season…especially with Dobbins leapfrogging him for the start yesterday. They have a lot of arms in the mix, regardless.

 

[Pure Steel]

I mean…I guess Vlad held all the cards here and essentially got to write his own contract, but after age 32-33ish, I’d want no part of Vlad. An 8 year deal felt right. Maybe even 10. 14 is a disaster in the making.

Possibly the new Prince Fielder contract…..