2020-2021 Hot Stove Thread

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Bauer wants 35 mill or more per year - worth it? Is he a legit #1 Ace? Is it time to get one? As we have stated - its about time to start spending money and not waiting till some grandiose time where the good players may not be available.

Jerry has convinced himself that flexen is the wiser choice

[desbcoach]

Bauer wants 35 mill or more per year - worth it? Is he a legit #1 Ace? Is it time to get one? As we have stated - its about time to start spending money and not waiting till some grandiose time where the good players may not be available.

I want an Ace but I think you quickly regret that contract. He hasnt been that good for long and attitude could be a problem if he isnt happy IMO

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Bauer should be worth every dollar....Just convinced Jerry’s not remotely interested and Jerry should try to improve this year, There’s no guarantee that the bidding will be crazy once baseball fills stadiums again. At the very least I would be all in on Sugano and a dynamite OF

[Lamda]

His yearly dollar total might not be that appealing but at least he's only asking for a 5-6 year deal and not a 10 year deal trying to set a new total record for salary.

[BaseHitDerby]

Heyman reported Tuesday the 29-year-old Cy Young winner is seeking a five-or-six-year deal for between $36 million and $40 million a season, which would tie or break Gerrit Cole’s MLB record $36 million in average annual value. Heyman also wrote that Bauer’s agent, Rachel Luba, declined comment.

Bauer, whom the Mets are in the hunt for, mocked Heyman over the report.

“Jon thank god for you. I’m learning so much about my free agency from your tweets! Keep em coming! Also @AgentRachelLuba is her twitter tag in case you want to tag her next time.”

People were hoping for only a 1-2 year deal at a high $35-40M/yr. No way would I give a 5-6 deal with that kind of money to a SP that only has 2 out of 7 full seasons with an ERA under 4.

[harmony]

FanGraphs columnist Dan Szymborski has released his 2021 ZiPS projections for the Seattle Mariners:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2021-zips-p ... -mariners/

That was both in excellent and profoundly disturbing read. Thanks for posting.

A year ago ZiPS projected Marco Gonzales, Yusei Kikuchi and Justus Sheffield to combine for 4.9 fWAR in 89 appearances, including 85 starts:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2020-zips-p ... -mariners/

Instead this year the lefty trio combined for 4.7 fWAR in only 30 starts:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... =&enddate=

[bpj]

Heyman reported Tuesday the 29-year-old Cy Young winner is seeking a five-or-six-year deal for between $36 million and $40 million a season, which would tie or break Gerrit Cole’s MLB record $36 million in average annual value. Heyman also wrote that Bauer’s agent, Rachel Luba, declined comment.

Bauer, whom the Mets are in the hunt for, mocked Heyman over the report.

“Jon thank god for you. I’m learning so much about my free agency from your tweets! Keep em coming! Also @AgentRachelLuba is her twitter tag in case you want to tag her next time.”

People were hoping for only a 1-2 year deal at a high $35-40M/yr. No way would I give a 5-6 deal with that kind of money to a SP that only has 2 out of 7 full seasons with an ERA under 4.

Based on Bauers reaction to the reporting of his contract details, the ask probably IS $35-$40 million, whoever offers the most years wins.

Otherwise he can do the $30M over 5 years like any good pitcher. He's too old to give that contract imo.

[D-train]

FanGraphs columnist Dan Szymborski has released his 2021 ZiPS projections for the Seattle Mariners:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2021-zips-p ... -mariners/

That was both in excellent and profoundly disturbing read. Thanks for posting.

A year ago ZiPS projected Marco Gonzales, Yusei Kikuchi and Justus Sheffield to combine for 4.9 fWAR in 89 appearances, including 85 starts:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2020-zips-p ... -mariners/

Instead this year the lefty trio combined for 4.7 fWAR in only 30 starts:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... =&enddate=

Yeah I think a lot of those projections are absurdly low.

[harmony]

Hey I am not a Trammel fan and I would be happy with the trade. I just don't think they will get a top 50 prospect for Joey Gallo. We shall see.

Taylor Trammell was interviewed on a podcast this week:

https://twitter.com/KleinschmidtJD/stat ... 4039321601

The podcast references this "Baseball Is Not Black Enough" piece that Trammell wrote for The Players' Tribune in September:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/artic ... ammell-mlb

[D-train]

Hey I am not a Trammel fan and I would be happy with the trade. I just don't think they will get a top 50 prospect for Joey Gallo. We shall see.

Taylor Trammell was interviewed on a podcast this week:

https://twitter.com/KleinschmidtJD/stat ... 4039321601

The podcast references this "Baseball Is Not Black Enough" piece that Trammell wrote for The Players' Tribune in September:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/artic ... ammell-mlb

Well if he wants it blacker, he better get his OPS over .700.

The recent obsession with race is mind boggling to me. What ever happened to "judge not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character/WAR."