MLB 2025 Season

Cliffy6745

Mets don’t like the physical either

F Me In The Brain

Would be funny if Boros convinced another big spender to sign him today

MayDay10

F Me In The Brain said:

Would be funny if Boros convinced another big spender to sign him today

Haha!

Cliffy6745

Yankees should shoot donaldson to the sun and offer a huge short term deal

Jearlpam0925

I saw a buncha comments here, and all I wanted to see was about the now back wheeling of the Correa deal. This is fantastic.

tempo_n_groove

Is his physical that bad?  He actually played 2 full seasons.  My thoughts on him getting hurt is he usually gets plunked w a pitch, not a knee injury.
This is some interesting shit.

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

I think there’s no denying that huge FA signings might increase your CHANCES of winning it all but as I look at the 12 years since the original evil empire won a WS I see a lot of teams that came together at the right time either with young talent and/or key non-splashy acquisitions. My Giants had no superstars in 2010-2014, other than Buster Posey, who they had just drafted. They relied on great homegrown pitching and a total team “vibe.” In the past 12 years, I would say the only big spenders to win it all were the Cubs, BoSox and D*dgers (for the fraudulent 2020 mini WS). In a lot of cases, these big buck FA’s might have already peaked and may never replicate their early seasons again. I really like Judge, but I don’t expect him to ever have another 2022 year.

Off topic - I can’t understand why Votto never requested a trade. Maybe he likes making money with no pressure or expectations. It always seemed to me like Palmiero resisted going anywhere that “mattered.” It was more like, “let me compile numbers that don’t really matter at all.” Maybe Ohtani will feel the same, but…..I DON’T THINK SO!

The Cubs weren't really big spenders in the grand scheme of things. Heyward was the only big money acquisition that offseason; Lester was already 2 years into his deal.  Lackey, Zobrist, & Fowler were all done on the short & cheap.  Everyone else was either home grown - Baez, Bryant, Contreras, Schwarber, Almora, Soler, Edwards Jr -  or acquired thru low-level trades which conveniently all worked out at the same time and immensely in their favor - Rizzo [Cashner], Russell [Samardzija], Arrieta/Strop [Feldman/Clevenger], Hendricks [Dempster] - and the Chapman loan [Torres].

FWIW, the Cubs payroll in 2016 was lower than the Giants.

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

I think there’s no denying that huge FA signings might increase your CHANCES of winning it all but as I look at the 12 years since the original evil empire won a WS I see a lot of teams that came together at the right time either with young talent and/or key non-splashy acquisitions. My Giants had no superstars in 2010-2014, other than Buster Posey, who they had just drafted. They relied on great homegrown pitching and a total team “vibe.” In the past 12 years, I would say the only big spenders to win it all were the Cubs, BoSox and D*dgers (for the fraudulent 2020 mini WS). In a lot of cases, these big buck FA’s might have already peaked and may never replicate their early seasons again. I really like Judge, but I don’t expect him to ever have another 2022 year.

Off topic - I can’t understand why Votto never requested a trade. Maybe he likes making money with no pressure or expectations. It always seemed to me like Palmiero resisted going anywhere that “mattered.” It was more like, “let me compile numbers that don’t really matter at all.” Maybe Ohtani will feel the same, but…..I DON’T THINK SO!

The Cubs weren't really big spenders in the grand scheme of things. Heyward was the only big money acquisition that offseason; Lester was already 2 years into his deal.  Lackey, Zobrist, & Fowler were all done on the short & cheap.  Everyone else was either home grown - Baez, Bryant, Contreras, Schwarber, Almora, Soler, Edwards Jr -  or acquired thru low-level trades which conveniently all worked out at the same time and immensely in their favor - Rizzo [Cashner], Russell [Samardzija], Arrieta/Strop [Feldman/Clevenger], Hendricks [Dempster] - and the Chapman loan [Torres].

FWIW, the Cubs payroll in 2016 was lower than the Giants.

my bad. you’re right….the cubs didn’t have a big payroll but they were clearly “going for it.”

Jearlpam0925

https://twitter.com/AH_Pod/status/1611419662008602625?s=20&t=w-tNp5Mhg-b7KzDsjZ-g-A

Hi!

Looking forward to having Cabrera at $25million next year, or whatever. Hey, at least he’s having fun in the dugout😒

Jearlpam0925

I didn't know there was this much development for it so far, but seems like Nashville is pretty close to being a definitive expansion team.

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1612511040750911488

Who should the other be? Based on everything I've read makes a lot of sense for it to be Portland. Personally, I want the Expos to come back.

MayDay10

Jearlpam0925 said:

I didn't know there was this much development for it so far, but seems like Nashville is pretty close to being a definitive expansion team.

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1612511040750911488

Who should the other be? Based on everything I've read makes a lot of sense for it to be Portland. Personally, I want the Expos to come back.

I have seen Charlotte mentioned

Poncier

Jearlpam0925

Yeah top 5 seem to be Nash, Portland, Vegas, Charlotte, Montreal.

I can see football working for Vegas, but I don't know if anything else. Seems like a good spot for winter ball, and other football team fans can supplement 70k+ attendance, don't know about baseball tho and filling a 35/45k ballpark consistently.

Apparently Portland is the biggest market with only one major sports team. And a bigger market than Milwaukee, Cincy, and Kansas City. Would give a decent rival for the M's, too.

JeBurkhardt

Poncier said:

When the new Oakland A's stadium plans flame out, this will be the new home of the A's. 

Poncier

JeBurkhardt said:

Poncier said:

When the new Oakland A's stadium plans flame out, this will be the new home of the A's. 

Definitely on the table as well.

Poncier

Jearlpam0925 said:

 

I can see football working for Vegas, but I don't know if anything else 

Golden Knights have played to 104-105% of capacity every season so far. And an NBA team in Vegas would do great business.
Baseball, they need an enclosed stadium for sure in the summer, but I think it could do well.

Jearlpam0925

Poncier said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

 

I can see football working for Vegas, but I don't know if anything else 

Golden Knights have played to 104-105% of capacity every season so far. And an NBA team in Vegas would do great business.
Baseball, they need an enclosed stadium for sure in the summer, but I think it could do well.

Ha, I forgot about them, but I meant major sports.

Even Nashville has a hockey team. You're right tho, sports teams would do fine in Vegas.

tempo_n_groove

Nashville and baseball?  That would be interesting.  That means the team will be music related I'm sure...

The Juggler

No league needs more teams at this point.