2014-15 MLB Off-season Thread: Nynja's Dynasty Is for Shitting Up Threads

[Melena]

Smoltz was younger and had that stint as a closer. If you think closing is a valuable thing then I guess you could say Smoltz is better, and you'd probably think Trevor Hoffman is 1st ballot material

Well you could ask a tigers fan how important a closer is.

[Soa]

2016 - Griffey, Piazza, Bagwell
2017 - Raines, Hoffman
2018 - Chipper, Thome
2019 - Rivera, Halladay
2020 - Jeter, Schilling, possibly Ichiro

Pudge may eventually make it but he has too much PED suspicion to be a lock. One of Schilling or Mussina I think will make it, I'm guessing Schilling. There may be a darkhorse from the upcoming eligibles that could sneak in (love to see Moyer sneak in), but I'm pretty sure anyone below Schilling from the current crop won't make it any time soon.

[Bregor]

Well you could ask a tigers fan how important a closer is.

I guess I should have said which is more valuable, 200 innings or 60 innings. Closers are magnified a lot but unless they're Mo Rivera they don't help a team win as much as a solid SP

[Melena]

I guess I should have said which is more valuable, 200 innings or 60 innings. Closers are magnified a lot but unless they're Mo Rivera they don't help a team win as much as a solid SP

I agree. I just couldn't resist taking another stab at the tigers. I still can't even figure out how they made the playoffs with that bullpen.

[Aragon of Odin]

I hope Doc gets in first year, dude was such a gift to watch, and was such a great presence for TO off field with charities and events and such.

[Moss]

Smoltz was younger and had that stint as a closer. If you think closing is a valuable thing then I guess you could say Smoltz is better, and you'd probably think Trevor Hoffman is 1st ballot material

I think the fact he was dominant as a closer before going back to being dominant as a starter again counts for something.

[Cail]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12...tampa-bay-rays

The Rays fire sale is still on! Everyone must go! Zobrist and Yunel Escobar are gone!

[Aksannyi]

-.-

Jesus Christ, so we have Longoria and like a few pieces of string?

[Melena]

Jaso is good. Sad to see him go. He was on fire till his season got derailed by a concussion.

[Melena]

Braves traded Gattis to the Astros for 3 prospects.

[Moss]

the Keith Law headline is "Braves clean up in Gattis trade" so I'm happy

[Kalmado]

Tigers & Price agree to 1 yr deal at 19.75m. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...tails-reaction

[Pringles]

Apparently Max Scherzer "very close" to signing a 7 year deal with the Nationals. Their rotation gonna be stellar this season before next seasons mass exodus of free agents.

[Cail]

Nationals letting it be known that Strasburg is very much available via trade

[Bregor]

Nationals letting it be known that Strasburg is very much available via trade

Dunno why they would. Don't think they need any bats other than a left-handed 1B/OF type to spell Werth and Zimmerman (or start for Zimm when he inevitably gets hurt)

[Cail]

Someone said stras is only making like 4 mil this year too. Idgi

[Bregor]

Someone said stras is only making like 4 mil this year too. Idgi

He was pretty mediocre in the first half and then was more Stras-like after. Maybe they think his value is at its peak?

That rotation though. Mad Max, Stras, JZimm, Gio, Fister. Goodbye NL East.

[Moss]

Dunno why they would. Don't think they need any bats other than a left-handed 1B/OF type to spell Werth and Zimmerman (or start for Zimm when he inevitably gets hurt)

Werth old and fragile, Yunel Escobar lined up to be their starting 2B. they need bullpen help too after losing Clippard

Someone said stras is only making like 4 mil this year too. Idgi

he's a Boras client and will be nigh impossible to re-sign

[Soa]

He was pretty mediocre in the first half and then was more Stras-like after. Maybe they think his value is at its peak?

That rotation though. Mad Max, Stras, JZimm, Gio, Fister. Goodbye NL East.

He's making $7.4 million this year and probably at least $12-13 million next year. He's also a Boras client and WILL test FA and ask for at least 10 years since he will only be 28. He's also had a couple major arm injuries and has complained of stiffness and pain in his arm and shoulder the last 2 seasons. He runs high pitch counts frequently and rarely ever gets past the 7th inning (in fact his career IP/start is below 6, his career best was a hair under 6.1), but does have very good strikeout numbers.

I can see why the Nats would want to trade him as his name alone will probably cause someone to overpay, and the fact that he is a ticking time bomb who's next injury will likely destroy his career. I don't think they'd get enough value back for Zim or Fister, since guys with 1 year of control left don't seem to be a very valuable commodity these days, but Stras should get a fairly nice package.

The NL East is going to be ass this year, and probably the next few after that. The Phillies and Braves are in rebuilding mode, the Mets are the Mets and will fuck up somehow (trade the farm for an oft injured Tulo), and Loria will blow up the Marlins the instant they start getting a little expensive like he always does. Looking at the Nats they have damn near their entire team coming up on FA and huge raises, with an already large payroll and decent but not great farm, so there is a good chance they will start to suck soon too.

[BadKarma]

He was pretty mediocre in the first half and then was more Stras-like after. Maybe they think his value is at its peak?

That rotation though. Mad Max, Stras, JZimm, Gio, Fister. Goodbye NL East.

Harvey and Degrom shall put up a fight!

Dont ask about the rest of the mets rotation tho