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MLB Off-season Thread 2015-2016 IOTI Back to the Future was a lie

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CygnusXS

will gain confidence one day
I think Harper could win that fight pretty easily. Then again, I wouldn't put it past Papelbon to be a dirty fighter.
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
Update on Keith Law's Top 50 Free Agents:

1. Jason Heyward -- signed 8-year, $184 million deal with Cubs
2. Zack Greinke -- signed 6-year, $206.5 million deal with Diamondbacks
3. David Price -- signed 7-year, $217 million deal with Red Sox
4. Justin Upton -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Padres)
5. Yoenis Cespedes -- free agent
6. Alex Gordon -- signed 4-year, $72 million deal with Royals
7. Chris Davis -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Orioles)
8. Dexter Fowler -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Cubs)
9. Johnny Cueto -- signed 6-year, $130 million deal with Giants
10. Scott Kazmir -- signed 3-year, $48 million deal with Dodgers
11. Mike Leake -- signed 5-year, $80 million deal with Cardinals
12. John Lackey -- signed 2-year, $32 million deal with Cubs
13. Wei-Yin Chen -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Orioles)
14. Howie Kendrick -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Dodgers)
15. Austin Jackson - free agent
16. Denard Span -- signed 3-year, $31 million deal with Giants
17. Matt Wieters -- accepted 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Orioles
18. Jordan Zimmermann -- signed 5-year, $110 million deal with Tigers
19. Ian Desmond -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Nationals)
20. Jeff Samardzija -- signed 5-year, $90 million deal with Giants
21. Brett Anderson -- accepted 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Dodgers
22. Ben Zobrist -- signed 4-year, $56 million deal with Cubs
23. Colby Rasmus -- accepted 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Astros
24. Daniel Murphy -- signed 3-year, $37.5 million deal with Nationals
25. Mat Latos -- free agent
26. J.A. Happ -- signed 3-year, $36 million deal with Blue Jays
27. Ian Kennedy -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Padres)
28. Tony Sipp -- signed 3-year, $18 million deal with Astros
29. Byung-ho Park -- signed 4 year, $12 million deal with Twins
30. Gerardo Parra -- free agent
31. Yovani Gallardo -- free agent (declined 1-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer from Rangers)
32. Asdrubal Cabrera -- signed 2-year, $18.5 million deal with Mets
33. Hisashi Iwakuma -- signed 1-year, $12 million deal with Mariners
34. Darren O'Day -- signed 4-year, $31 million deal with Orioles
35. Yasiel Sierra -- free agent
36. Bartolo Colon -- signed 1-year, $7.25 million deal with Mets
37. Chase Utley -- signed 1-year, $7 million deal with Dodgers
38. Mike Pelfrey -- signed 2-year, $16 million deal with Tigers
39. Rich Hill -- signed 1-year, $6 million deal with Athletics
40. Will Venable -- free agent
41. Chris Young -- signed 2-year, $13 million deal with Red Sox
42. Marco Estrada -- signed 2-year, $26 million deal with Blue Jays
43. Tim Lincecum -- free agent
44. Geovany Soto -- signed 1-year, $2.8 million deal with Angels
45. Trevor Cahill -- signed 1-year, $4.25 million deal with Cubs
46. Doug Fister -- free agent
47. Alexei Ramirez -- free agent
48. Mark Lowe -- signed 2-year, $11 million deal with Tigers
49. Shawn Kelley -- signed 3-year, $15 million deal with Nationals
50. Alejandro De Aza -- signed 1-year, $5.75 million deal with Mets
 
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Beckx

Member
Carpe Libertatem said:
Yeah, sounds like it was just gambling in a casino overseas too, which is apparently illegal in South Korea
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Yeah. He admitted to a one time instance of betting significant sums in a casino (I believe in Malaysia). One complicating factor is that it wasn't his money, he was apparently betting with the money of a shady/mob type character. Apparently there are some prominent KBO match fixing scandals tied to guys falling into debt to organized crime, so that compounds the fact that it's already illegal. Essentially same worry for NPB (Giants got rocked this year by a scandal where some farm players were in debt for illegal gambling - no match fixing but still black eye for club), so his existing team cut all negotiations (largely a formality since Oh was still negotiating with MLB at the time).

Speculation recently was, if MLB didn't work, whether KBO would allow him to play given his cooperation & admission.

Glad it's worked out for him. Kinda funny that, even though I watch more full NPB games than MLB, I'll see him pitch way more now since he's in the division whereas I only saw him pitch a time or two before since the backwards Central League doesn't have an online streaming site.
 
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Beckx

Member
Exhaustive list of Japanese pitchers who pitched better in NPB than Maeda before coming to MLB:

Hideo Nomo
Yu Darvish
Masahiro Tanaka

also re NPB pitchers - comparing the Cardinals acquisition of Oh to the Rangers acquisition of Barnette (a pitcher I really, really like and who's spent his pro career in Japan - he describes himself as a Japanese pitcher w/o a Japanese name):

2015:

Barnette - 2.59 FIP, 2.73 BB/9, 0.14 HR/9, 15.29 RSAA
Oh - 3.12 FIP, 2.08 BB/9, 0.78 HR/9, 6.98 RSAA

Both had 41 saves (tie for first) and both obviously had good seasons but I am really bullish on Barnette & think it's a great pickup for the Rangers. He could crash and burn but I hope he does well.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
how long before the angels sign Cespesdes or Upton to a 10 year 250 million dollar contract?
 
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zroid

Banned
Windu said:
how long before the angels sign Cespesdes or Upton to a 10 year 250 million dollar contract?
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BFIB

BFIB

Member
So Mo was interviewed yesterday regarding Correa, and shed a little light (not much) on the situation. He says that "no one" within his immediate circle was aware that this was going on, and that, as far as he can tell, Correa acted alone. He couldn't go much into it, since the investigation is still ongoing, even though Correa has plead guilty to the charges.

I love my Cards, but I think Manfred needs to set an example here. I'm not sure what the punishment will be, or should be, but it needs to be something to deter others in scouting to not follow the same path. Or if they are, and just haven't been caught yet, to deter them from continuing.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
nemss said:
So Mo was interviewed yesterday regarding Correa, and shed a little light (not much) on the situation. He says that "no one" within his immediate circle was aware that this was going on, and that, as far as he can tell, Correa acted alone. He couldn't go much into it, since the investigation is still ongoing, even though Correa has plead guilty to the charges.
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he would say that no matter what.
 
BFIB

BFIB

Member
Windu said:
he would say that no matter what.
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Of course he would. I would think if Correa plead guilty, and was given the choice to burn the bridges, and take the whole thing down to lighten the sentence, he would.

So who knows, maybe there's more coming out about this.
 
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rando14

Member
Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale
The #Dodgers officially announce that they have hired former #BlueJays GM Alex Anthopoulos as vice president, baseball operations.
 
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Carpe Libertatem

Member
nemss said:
So Mo was interviewed yesterday regarding Correa, and shed a little light (not much) on the situation. He says that "no one" within his immediate circle was aware that this was going on, and that, as far as he can tell, Correa acted alone. He couldn't go much into it, since the investigation is still ongoing, even though Correa has plead guilty to the charges.

I love my Cards, but I think Manfred needs to set an example here. I'm not sure what the punishment will be, or should be, but it needs to be something to deter others in scouting to not follow the same path. Or if they are, and just haven't been caught yet, to deter them from continuing.
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The deterrence for others in scouting is that Chris Correa is going to spend a long time in jail because of what he did.

(Nothing will happen except a fine. Going to bet Luhnow doesn't want this to be a bigger deal than it is.)
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
Marlins have signed Chris Johnson. Nobody knows if it's a major league or minor league deal.

The Indians are on the hook for Johnson's remaining salary: $7.5 million in 2016, $9 million in 2017.
 
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Malvingt2

Member
Carpe Libertatem said:
The deterrence for others in scouting is that Chris Correa is going to spend a long time in jail because of what he did.

(Nothing will happen except a fine. Going to bet Luhnow doesn't want this to be a bigger deal than it is.)
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I disagree... Fine + Draft picks... yeah plural... it is a big deal.
 
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detectiveconan1

Member
zroid said:
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Contract also has a 4th year $12M option / $1.5M buyout
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Feel pretty good about this deal. He is a fly ball pitcher and should have a solid couple of years in Marlins Park.

I really thought the Marlins weren't going to sign anyone this year. I wonder if Mattingly had some influence in this or not.

Edit: LOL we also signed Chris Johnson. Going to be real awkward between him and Jose.
 
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Carpe Libertatem

Member
Malvingt2 said:
I disagree... Fine + Draft picks... yeah plural... it is a big deal.
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It is a big deal, that's why Correa is going to jail.

Employers aren't legally responsible for the ilegal actions of their employees (if they had no knowledge of it).

Look at the history of punishment in MLB. It's not the NFL. They're hardly ever more than a fine.
 
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zroid

Banned
Jon HeymanVerified account
‏@JonHeyman
great mailbag by @BMcCarthy32 on the players tribune. I wont link to it here because i'm against the players tribune
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Heyman is one strange dude
 
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eznark

Banned
Corran Horn said:
Crazy how that's not a thing already.
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Seems bizarre to force teams to carry a specific Spanish language translator when plenty of coaches can easily handle the job.

If MLB wants to mandate a Spanish language translator in each clubhouse they should foot the damn bill.
 
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BigAT

Member
eznark said:
Seems bizarre to force teams to carry a specific Spanish language translator when plenty of coaches can easily handle the job.

If MLB wants to mandate a Spanish language translator in each clubhouse they should foot the damn bill.
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Is this snipped from your longer diatribe about why you shouldn't have to press numero dos for español?
 
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eznark

Banned
It's more an argument against unfunded mandates and the likelihood that it will cost some Latin American coaches opportunities. One of the main reasons the Brewers cited hiring Carlos Subero to coach first base is that he has done translation work for Spanish speaking broadcasts.

Not every team is the rich ass Yankees, BigAT! That's $80k the Brewers will have to pay a translator has to come from somewhere!
 
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Beckx

Member
If it's creating that many opportunities there wouldn't be a need for a mandate. Also lol at the idea that latin american coaches have to bring translation to the table to get a job.
 
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CosmicQueso

Member
jbug617 said:
ESPN changes

Boone and Mendoza are on Sunday Night Baseball
Schilling moved to Monday Night
Kruk moved to studio
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Outstanding. Mendoza is great, and now I can finally watch Sunday night without my intelligence being insulted and assaulted as it has been since Joe Morgan first took the Sunday night mic.

FINALLY.
 
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eznark

Banned
Boone is terrible but better than Schilling by a mile, so net positive. Kruk being essentially erased from existence for me is great as well.
 
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