NL West Talk

[Montalban]

Source: Harper, Giants met this week in free agency visit

Could be the reason the Giants dumped Hunter Strickland.

 

[Montalban]

""Harper hit 34 homers in 2018. All of the outfielders currently on the Giants roster have combined for 20 career homers.""

This cracked me up when I read it.

 

[Montalban]

Giants frustrated with slow free agency as offseason ends

Poor babies. I feel so sorry for them. They will have to play baseball for 10 million a season instead of 14.

 

[navamind]

2019 ZiPS Projections – San Francisco Giants

good infield, awful outfield. rotation also looks mediocre.

 

[Montalban]

2019 ZiPS Projections – San Francisco Giants

good infield, awful outfield. rotation also looks mediocre.

And they got used again in the Harper fiasco. He played them in order to get the bidding going again with the teams he really wants to play for. The Giants' front office are such amateurs.

 

[bksballer89]

Pads are the team to beat

 

[Bolts]

Pads are the team to beat

The Dodgers will and should be favorites to win the West this season, the Padres could make it interesting now. Their rotation will probably hold them back with a lot of inexperienced starters, but they have a lot of talented arms for 2019 and beyond.

 

[Montalban]

Pads are the team to beat

LOL

 

[navamind]

Pads are the team to beat

he certainly makes them better, but they're still probably not any better than Arizona or Colorado let alone LA.

Padres could be the team to beat in a few years... if their farm system ever translates, that is.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Pads are the team to beat

Yeah sure!!!!

 

[msgkings322]

he certainly makes them better, but they're still probably not any better than Arizona or Colorado let alone LA.

Padres could be the team to beat in a few years... if their farm system ever translates, that is.

Arizona isn't going to do squat. Pads probably win more games.

 

[calsnowskier]

Pads have no pitching. That will be their downfall.

 

[navamind]

Depth Charts » Projected Standings | FanGraphs Baseball

Fangraphs projects the Pads to finish 79-83, tied with Arizona for 3rd. I think Arizona has a higher floor than San Diego, but there's a lot more upside in the Padres lineup. Arizona's rotation is way better though.

 

[calsnowskier]

If the Pads sign Keuchel and then trade one or two of their studs for Bum (and maybe Smith/Watson), they could be for real.

 

[Montalban]

What I did like about this signing, even though he is going to the enemy, was that it shows that the owners and not the players are back in charge.
Both Harper and Machado, with their gigantic egos, thought the marquee teams would be knocking down their doors to throw money at them. I love the way the owners stood up and Machado, at least, was forced to go to a doormat team to get them money he wanted instead of going to a winner like Boston, New York or the Cubs and now must endure a loser's situation with a long haul back to respectability. I love it!
I hope the same happens to Harper and he has to go to a doormat like the Giants

 

[navamind]

those poor owners

 

[navamind]

2019 ZiPS Projections – San Diego Padres

The pitching still projects to suck, but the assemble of position players looks pretty good. There are some intriguing arms on the way, though I still think 2020 is a more likely year for them to contend.

 

[bksballer89]

Sources: Dodgers re-enter Harper sweepstakes

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Sources: Dodgers re-enter Harper sweepstakes

If we're talking about a short term deal then I think it's possible. Don't think the Dodgers would give him 10 years. Maybe just threatening other teams by saying "I'll just sign with the Dodgers for the short term if you don't give me what I want".

 

[Duffman]