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MLB 2017-18 Hotstove thread

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Baseball season is over so time to fire up the hot stove.

Hot off the wire Masahiro Tanaka is not opting out and will remain with the Yankees for the next 3 years.
 
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The Mets have also exercised options on Cabrera and Blevins. 3B Phillip Evans also has a minor league deal with an invite to spring training with the major league club.
 
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Your N.L MVP Giancarlo Stanton.
[doublepost=1510876278][/doublepost]Your A.L. MVP Jose Altuve.

Judge was robbed.
 
MacNut said:
Your N.L MVP Giancarlo Stanton.
[doublepost=1510876278][/doublepost]Your A.L. MVP Jose Altuve.

Judge was robbed.
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Judge’s July-August slump cost him the MVP like Sales horrendous August-September cost him the CY.
 
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Your N.L MVP Giancarlo Stanton.
[doublepost=1510876278][/doublepost]Your A.L. MVP Jose Altuve.

Judge was robbed.
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Stanton's stock just went way up.
People drooling over him at the Giants board I frequent.
I couldn't see us landing him before this and certainly not now.
Also, I think Jeter wants to keep him.
 
pachyderm said:
Stanton's stock just went way up.
People drooling over him at the Giants board I frequent.
I couldn't see us landing him before this and certainly not now.
Also, I think Jeter wants to keep him.
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Jeter wants to cut payroll and owes Stanton 300 million.
 
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The Braves just got destroyed by MLB.
Former Braves general manager John Coppolella has been placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list, and Atlanta will lose one of its top prospects as part of MLB's penalties against the team for rules violations in the international market.

Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects, including highly touted Kevin Maitan, an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016.

MLB announced the penalties Tuesday in a statement written by Manfred.

Atlanta must forfeit Maitan, Juan Contreras, Yefri del Rosario, Abrahan Gutierrez, Juan Carlos Negret, Yenci Peña, Yunior Severino, Livan Soto, Guillermo Zuniga, Brandol Mezquita, Angel Rojas, Antonio Sucre and Ji Hwan Bae.

All 13 players will become free agents and are eligible to sign with any team. Manfred also announced that the Braves have been prohibited from signing prospect Robert Puason.

Additionally, the Braves will be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019-20 signing period and their international signing bonus pool for the 2020-21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.

Former Braves special assistant Gordon Blakeley will be suspended for one year and won't be allowed to work for any team during his suspension.

"I intend to discipline other Braves' International Baseball Operations employees who participated in the misconduct after the completion of our internal procedures," Manfred said in a statement. "My staff will speak to the Players Association and officials in the Dominican Republic regarding appropriate consequences for the representatives of the players who intentionally participated in schemes to circumvent our rules, none of whom are certified by the Players Association."

Coppolella lasted only two seasons as Atlanta's GM before being forced to resign last month after MLB announced its investigation.

The Braves said in a statement released Tuesday they "understand and accept the decision regarding the penalties that have been handed down.

"As we expressed last week, our organization has not lived up to the standard our fans expect from us and that we expect from ourselves. For that, we apologize. We are instituting the changes necessary to prevent this from ever happening again and remain excited about the future of Braves baseball.''
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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...a-placed-mlb-banned-list-team-loses-prospects
 
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The S.F. Giants are the current frontrunner to land Giancarlo Stanton. They would have to pay 250 of the 295 million left on his contract. He still has a no trade that he would have to waive and he would rather go to the Dodgers. The Giants would send Joe Panik and prospects Chris Shaw and Tyler Beede to the Marlins.
[doublepost=1512107712][/doublepost]The Angels bolstered their bullpen depth by acquiring veteran right-hander Jim Johnson from the Braves on Thursday while also signaling their intention to make a serious run at Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani.

As part of the deal, Atlanta ceded the remaining $1.21 million of its international pool space to the Halos, giving the Angels $1.315 million to offer Ohtani, who is expected to be posted by his Japanese club, the Nippon-Ham Fighters, on Friday. The Angels also sent Minor League left-hander Justin Kelly to the Braves to complete the trade.
https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-acquire-jim-johnson-from-braves/c-262649676
[doublepost=1512107832][/doublepost]The Mets are in talks to bring back Jay Bruce. During his time with the Mets in 2016 and '17, Bruce clubbed 37 homers across 153 games while hitting .245/.313/.482.
 
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MacNut said:
Aaron Boone has been reportedly named the new Yankees manager.
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Can I ask why? He's an ESPN analsyt with little to no managerial experience and he's taking over a storied franchise whose media/fanbase has been known to ravenous.

I really don't get this move at all, maybe I'm missing something
 
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Can I ask why? He's an ESPN analsyt with little to no managerial experience and he's taking over a storied franchise whose media/fanbase has been known to ravenous.

I really don't get this move at all, maybe I'm missing something
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Made sense to me.

He's got a pretty good baseball IQ.

Apparently the Cardinals and Giants are the front runners, i.e. solid deals are on the table, for Stanton.
 
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Made sense to me.
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Why though?

I mean he's smart, I'm not knocking that, but he's had zero experience being a manager. Don't you want someone who has a proven track record at such a premier and storied franchise?
[doublepost=1512214585][/doublepost]Here's a quote from NY Post which helps explain my curiosity


But Aaron Boone has never been in a uniform for anything but to play. There is no coaching experience, no minor league managing, no track record that he can lead other people in any fashion.
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maflynn said:
Why though?

I mean he's smart, I'm not knocking that, but he's had zero experience being a manager. Don't you want someone who has a proven track record at such a premier and storied franchise?
[doublepost=1512214585][/doublepost]Here's a quote from NY Post which helps explain my curiosity
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A. Ya gotta start somewhere.
B. I think he'd be good manager. Gut feeling?
C. I don't think any of my reasons are going to please you.
D. His dad managed so I see it as a natural progression for him too.
E. I can't believe he didn't go into management after he retired in the first place.
:)
[doublepost=1512217017][/doublepost]F. I don't think you and I have ever agreed on anything on here. :p
[doublepost=1512217050][/doublepost]G. Good morning! ;)
 
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Ya gotta start somewhere.
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You do, but most people's first job isn't the CEO and that in a sense is what happened with Boone. You start at the bottom of the rung and work your way up.

He talked himself into the job.

I'm not hating him, while being a red sox fan, I do have trouble hoping he succeeds because he's with the yankees, but in all honesty I'm not looking (or hoping) he fails, if you get what I'm saying.

pachyderm said:
I think he'd be good manager. Gut feeling?
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Maybe, and given the talent laden roster, he probably won't need to do much for the team to succeed.
 
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