Finally! Official Hot Stove League Thread

[bpj]

*it's worth nothing

[D-train]

Brent Stecker at Seattle Sports offer his "under the radar" targets for the Mariners:

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1712093/ ... or-2-bats/

Can't imagine how it must feel to Haggerty that he's the one people are talking about replacing on the roster instead of Kelenic.

Makes zero sense.

FWIW Steamer and FanGraphs project Sam Haggerty with a 2023 wRC+ of 93 and Jarred Kelenic with a 2023 wRC+ of 104:
https://www.marinertalk.com/posting.php ... 3&p=219914
https://www.fangraphs.com/players/wil-m ... tion=1B/OF

Marcel projects HaggerTy with a 2023 line of .242/.312/.386/.698 in 310 plate appearances and Kelenic with a 2023 line of .197/.276/.356/.632 line in 328 plate appearances.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... sa01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ja01.shtml

Haggerty turns 29 years old in May and Kelenic turns 24 years old in July.

FWIW

I would say the Frenchmen is smarter than the Steaming pile. lol

[desbcoach]

Braves acquires Sean Murphy from A’s, out of division which is good

[Big_Maple]

Braves acquires Sean Murphy from A’s, out of division which is good

Jeezus. Who's left?? They have torn that team down to the studs.

[D-train]

Braves acquires Sean Murphy from A’s, out of division which is good

Jeezus. Who's left?? They have torn that team down to the studs.

Did they steal your idea, BM?

https://sodomojo.com/2022/12/12/mariner ... is-arraez/

[bpj]

Braves acquires Sean Murphy from A’s, out of division which is good

Murphy with the same years of control remaining (3) as Bryan Reynolds.

Still not sure which team I'd bet on making the playoffs first but easy to see why the A's didn't need Murphy the next few years

[GL_Storm]

I thought this was kind of interesting:

[bpj]

So in the Sean Murphy trade, according to Baseball Trade Values, the A's traded Murphy who BTV valued at 51.3 MTV and got prospects back that BTV valued at 14.1 MTV.

All the hand wringing about having to match Bryan Reynolds trades is obviously blown out of the water.

[Big_Maple]

Braves acquires Sean Murphy from A’s, out of division which is good

Jeezus. Who's left?? They have torn that team down to the studs.

Did they steal your idea, BM?

https://sodomojo.com/2022/12/12/mariner ... is-arraez/

Godammit - he’s the linchpin to my entire off-season plan!! Make it happen!

[D-train]

I thought this was kind of interesting:

Awesome stuff. Thanks!

If the Angels get a ring....it was all worth it.