The Official 2017-2018 Hot Stove Thread

[Tank]

Ken Rosenthal works for the A's? 

[arch stanton]

Check your apostrophe

[Rico]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

Ken Rosenthal works for the A's? 

https://theathletic.com/

[Tank]

12 hours ago, Rico said:

https://theathletic.com/

ah, okay. never heard of it so that's cleared up now.

[Tank]

13 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Check your apostrophe

that's an awfully personal comment.

[vladdy#27]

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Royals GM Dayton Moore suggests to Dodd that the Royals have to at least be open-minded to virtually any trade scenario: “If somebody blows your doors off on something, you always have to look at it.” 

That, according to Rosenthal, could even include controllable pieces like Whit Merrifield, who broke out with a .288/.324/.460 slash and an AL-leading 34 stolen bases last season.

Under club control for the next FIVE years, two of those at the minimum. Entering his age 29 season, so we’d get ages 29-33. He plays good defense at second, steals bases, hits for decent power, and gets on base just enough. 

I wonder what the cost would be

[Dtwncbad]

16 minutes ago, Tank said:

that's an awfully personal comment.

At least it wasn't check your asterisk

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[Mark68]

6 minutes ago, vladdy#27 said:

Under club control for the next FIVE years, two of those at the minimum. Entering his age 29 season, so we’d get ages 29-33. He plays good defense at second, steals bases, hits for decent power, and gets on base just enough. 

I wonder what the cost would be

I wouldn't mind taking Merrifield and Duffy off their hands.

[southpaw]

Mike Minor is signing with the Rangers.  Good signing for them

[totdprods]

@Ken_Rosenthal

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Free-agent left-hander Mike Minor in agreement with #Rangers, sources tell The Athletic. Terms not known. Performance as reliever last season, background as starter gives Texas options.

[nando714]

I was hoping we’d get minor 

is Alvarez our only lefty still

[Vlad27Trout27]

well there goes my pick for the top Bp option for us to get.

[totdprods]

Texas planning to use him as a starter. 

Hamels, Perez, Fister, Minor...interesting rotation. Hope they don't add Ohtani.

[totdprods]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/cardinals-nearing-multi-year-deal-with-miles-mikolas.html

Cardinals nearing a deal with Miles Mikolas...he was someone I would have liked Eppler to pursue, pre-Ohtani. 

In last three years in NPB, he has a 2.18 ERA as a starter.

Wow, a bit more than I would have expected.

Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 2m2 minutes ag

Source: #STLCards have signed free-agent RHP Miles Mikolas to two-year contract in $14M to $16M range. First to report deal: @JeffPassan.

[totdprods]

Lots of implications here for Ohtani and Stanton..

Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 3m3 minutes ago

#Rangers were among many teams on Mikolas, per source. Wanted him in addition to Minor, whom they are in agreement with, and Ohtani, whom they are pursuing. Idea was to build six-man rotation, as @Evan_P_Grant mentioned today. Still could happen if they add another SP.

 

Chris Cotillo‏Verified account @ChrisCotillo 9m9 minutes ago

Cardinals now have added flexibility to deal from group of SPs (Wacha, Weaver, Flaherty, Reyes) as they look to land a big bat...whether that be Stanton or someone else.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Minor would had been a decent get!

There is still hope for Miller!..... (Maybe, a pipe dream)

Bullpen balance and overall roster depth has never been thought of very highly around our FO's... Same as the bench! Our FO's historically won't build a bench (which is also interesting the one season we had everything "Good-Decent 5+ inning rotation, solid pen "which became excellent when K-Rod came up", and good bench sprinkled with youth and vets" we won in 02') which is why whenever someone got hurt, slumped, or went on a bender we've been pretty much toast!... And a little Luck...Thanks Dusty!

I'm hopeful on EPPY based on his experience in NY....I believe he can build a good roster if he is allowed the financial flexibility.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

24 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Lots of implications here for Ohtani and Stanton..

Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 3m3 minutes ago

#Rangers were among many teams on Mikolas, per source. Wanted him in addition to Minor, whom they are in agreement with, and Ohtani, whom they are pursuing. Idea was to build six-man rotation, as @Evan_P_Grant mentioned today. Still could happen if they add another SP.

 

Chris Cotillo‏Verified account @ChrisCotillo 9m9 minutes ago

Cardinals now have added flexibility to deal from group of SPs (Wacha, Weaver, Flaherty, Reyes) as they look to land a big bat...whether that be Stanton or someone else.

Both of these names have been rumored to be a part of a Stanton deal with the Marlins....

[Vlad27Trout27]

So buster onley just reported that we have an agreement with Maitain.

[Cdaniel]

Just now, Vlad27Trout27 said:

So buster onley just reported that we have an agreement with Maitain.

Just saw this!  So awesome!

[Vlad27Trout27]

So I'm guessing that we used  some of next year's pool bonus for him and still have this year's for ohtani.

[ettin]

They won't regret it! Personally endorsed by Scioscia!

[John Smith]

Jon Morosi‏Verified account @jonmorosi 7m7 minutes ago

 

 

While #Angels are focused on the Shohei Ohtani pursuit after meeting with him this week, they’re open to adding a corner infielder and remain interested in Carlos Santana, sources say. @MLB @MLBNetwork

[totdprods]

Fantastic news. I still think Santana would be a huge add.

[Warfarin]

6 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Fantastic news. I still think Santana would be a huge add.

Definitely.  Losing the 2nd round draft pick would hurt, but in some ways, it's been mitigated by signing Maitan, as signing him is essentially akin to having a high draft pick.  

[totdprods]

4 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Definitely.  Losing the 2nd round draft pick would hurt, but in some ways, it's been mitigated by signing Maitan, as signing him is essentially akin to having a high draft pick.  

Yup - we can survive the loss now. Especially if we somehow wrench away Ohtani too.

Santana's steadiness would do wonders for our offense I think. Aside from Trout this team is streaky as fuck. Even Upton, whom I'm a big fan of, has been notoriously hot and cold in his past. And I still think having guys like Upton and Santana (and even a guy like Walker who has been steady when on the field) would go a long way to helping keep the streaky guys like Calhoun, Valbuena, and Pujols from over-pressuring themselves and falling into ice cold spells. A good, balanced lineup helps everyone else produce.