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"Straw is owed $6.4 million this year and $7.4 next year, with team options for 2027 and 28 with a buy out of $1.75 million for the first and 500,000 for the second. That’s a lot of money for a guy who played 7 game in the majors last year. He hit .240/.321/.330 for Columbus last year. He won a Gold Glove in 2022. The Guardians are sending $3.75 million along with Straw. Straw’s salary goes against our CBT for the next two years. The deal seems to suggest the Jays think they are getting Roki Sasaki." https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2025/1/17/24345981/jays-trade-for-myles-straw Doesn't say $3.75 million in intl signing pool money though...just cash subsidy against Straw. https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-trade-wes-parsons-to-the-cleveland-guardians-for-250k-in-international-signing-bonus-pool-money Two teams recently pulled off small $250k transaction for Parsons. https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/01/guardians-sign-25-international-free-agents-including-top-catching-prospect.html

Czech Republican?

Instead of Ohtani Guerrero Bichette Sasaki Bregman...how would you feel if your team instead added Gimenez Myles Straw and KeBryan Hayes lol???

Who is a bigger jackass than Gundy in college football? There isn't one...maybe Dabo.

Mike Gundy? Jim Jordan wrestling?

The Mets made what they perceived as a last-ditch effort to sign Pete Alonso by offering him a three-year contract in the $68 million-$70 million range, and when that was rejected, began their pivot away from their slugging first baseman, The Post has learned. The first step was to add another bat by re-signing Jesse Winker for one year at $7.5 million. They now will try to bolster their pen by playing at the top of the relief market, and the No. 1 asset available is lefty Tanner Scott. https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/sports/what-the-mets-were-offering-pete-alonso-before-talks-broke-down/

Wasn't that the Venezuelan 3B? He got a pretty big bonus...at least $2 million.

why? they still have $2-3 million uncommitted? connection to Preller? he worked there in intl scouting before SD

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6067276/2025/01/16/roki-sasaki-tsunami-signing-deadline-the-windup/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6058991/2025/01/14/roki-sasaki-japan-earthquake-tsunami-mlb/

And lastly, Armstrong Muhoozi of Uganda (Pirates) became just the second position player from the East African nation to sign with an MLB organization. Greg Presto spent time with Muhoozi over the last couple of months, and has a video feature to go with a great story. theathletic.com

Someone will get a Top 40-75 overall prospect out of this situation...

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/8524/salvador-perez#:~:text=Salvador Perez signed a 4 year %2C %2482%2C000%2C000,%2422%2C000%2C000%2C while carrying a total salary of %2422%2C000%2C000. The other BIG problem is that he's owed $24 million (including 2026 buyout) for 2025, and made $20 million in 2024. For a team that's going to end up between $40-50 million at some point (minus Robert and Benintendi), half of your salary going to be a veteran mid 30's catcher on an inevitable defensive decline would be the definition of insanity.

The board consensus was the Perez would be a pretty terrible move...but he turned out to have a great season. 0.8 fwar in 2022, -0.4 in 2023 and then 3.2 out of nowhere as a beaten up to hell catcher in his early 30's, but really 34-36 in terms of overall wear and tear on his body.

Yeah, we really needed some Mafia ball bustin' guys...like Liotta Pesci DemNiro (spell check just created a new nickname). Capisce?

Or 3B/2B, but no instinctively natural shortstops.

Maybe we're confused about which sport we're competing in...if it was football WR's, we'd be pretty much set. https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-cease-luis-arraez-among-padres-trade-possibilities

It's telling when the Tanner Banks move is one of the three crown jewels of the entire Getz Resume so far. Getting Patino this week might be another, unless all the credit goes to Keller instead in the international dept.

POT, MEET KETTLE Spider-man...Anti-Spiderman/alternative reality

Hays was NEVER IN ONE MILLION YEARS GOING TO SIGN WITH THE WHITE SOX...not even if they guaranteed him a starting role, which would make his trade for Fletcher look even dumber than it already does at the moment.

We have shipped out supposed "bad seeds": Tim Anderson Yasmani Grandal Eloy Jimenez Joe Kelly Kendall Graveman Keynan Middleton Lucas Giolito (union/player organizing) Michael Kopech Nick Madrigal Steak and Potatoes/TLR/Cardinals' Nation This isn't exactly 8 Men Out, BUT WHEN EXACTLY WILL THE TIME REASONABLY ARRIVE WHEN THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES NOT GOING TO BE BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING that goes awry???...remember Getz's comments about "not liking his team" lol? Who says that during a season?

https://www.bluejayscentral.com/mlb-team/toronto-blue-jays/bowden-francis-loving-the-blue-jays-pursuit-of-sasaki-says-team-is-hungry He also made sure to rep the city and the organization. The city, the country behind you. All the research that we have. I mean the complex is incredible. Just the mandates we have in Toronto. The way they treat our players and the families, it's second to none. The "comfortability" we bring to players. It's super special. He's not the only one. Former Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi often spoke fondly of the city and the organization, and there are rumours that the one-tome All-Star spoke to Sasaki on behalf of the Jays. The Jays are known throughout the league for their prime pitching development at the major league level; Francis' success during the second half of last year is a perfect example of this. This type of program in one of things that is intriguing and of value to the Japanese phenom.

Veteran leadership to take the place of an already fatally-flawed manager... Jay and Alonso to take the place of actually committing money to Machado's final year, which ended up as a total waste. Nicky Lopez/Pillar/Grossman/DeJong/Pham for veteran leadership. Rojas for veteran leadership. Vaughn and Benintendi for leadership... I sense a trend.

Posted 3 hours ago The off-season waiver wire claim reminds me of dating in your early 20s. Your just having fun dating around going out with different girl every few days then trading her in for someone else for a bit you feel is better and just repeating it. Then everyone once and awhile you date an ex girlfriend to give her another try. https://forum.orioleshangout.com/topic/56174-os-claim-if-jacob-amaya-dfa-roansy-contreras/ Posted 3 hours ago Rather have Contreras. Over/under for games played this season set at 0.5. Just warming the seat for the return of Mateo.

https://en.albat.com/thebigs/MLB-Natural-Disaster-Derails-Teams-Plan-to-Pursue-Roki-Sasaki-Signing-20250116-0006.html Rays MIGHT have had a chance at Sasaki if their roof hadn't collapsed, lol...and consigned to Tampa (NYY minor league affiliate stadium for High A/FSL). What next, the wildfires/earthquakes will be the determining factor when his agent/agency are based in LA?