2019 MLB Thread

The Cubs picked up Cole Hamels 20m option for the 2019 season, along with Jose Quintana's 10m option. That gives them a very veteran, and heavily left handed starting rotation for next season. Its also one that is short term, and many of the parts won't be around much beyond 2019.

LHP John Lester
RHP Kyle Hendricks
LHP Jose Quintana
LHP Cole Hamels
RHP Yu Darvish

Now, if everyone is healthy, that's a ton of proven experience. But time will tell.

Super excited for the Rays next year and for the future. Lets go get a big bat this off season!

Interested to see what Brodie Van Wagenen brings to the Mets. The good news is he’s been te only one to get the Coupons (err I mean Wilpons) to spend money for his guys like Cespedes, Frazier, Bruce, etc. The other good news is Omar Minaya is staying on as a personnel man which has always been his strength. The bad news is these moves haven’t exactly worked out and the Coupons still run the team.

Braves signed Josh Donaldson for 1 year and 23M. That’s significant if he can bounce back.

"Boik14 wrote:

Braves signed Josh Donaldson for 1 year and 23M. That’s significant if he can bounce back.

I was so excited for him as a prospect when my Cubs took him in the first round back in 07. Then they traded him for the weak and fragile Rich Harden. :headwall:

I'm a Mets fan, and I'm hopeful that we can turn it around. The addition of Cano might pay dividends. However I have been saying this for the last 20 years.....

I had been hoping that the Cubs would trade Addison Russell to someone else, even for pennies on the dollar as far as his talent goes. Now, I just want them to totally release him. Trash.

The Nationals recently signed Anibal Sanchez. They've been making a run at Braves FAs from last season with Suzuki and now Sanchez. Now I'm just waiting to hear they've picked up Markakis... LOL I think though that the Donaldson signing does increase the odds of Atlanta circling back to Markakis. You obviously don't want him playing 162 games again, but he is a quality defender and a good bat if you're using him lower in the order. You can do a lot worse at 7 or 8.

The Realmuto to Atlanta talk won't die but i'm not seeing it happening myself. The fish supposedly wanted Ozzie Albies in the trade package. Last year they wanted Acuna. Atlanta has a lot to offer but Miami is really shooting for the stars....

"Boik14 wrote:

Interested to see what Brodie Van Wagenen brings to the Mets. The good news is he’s been te only one to get the Coupons (err I mean Wilpons) to spend money for his guys like Cespedes, Frazier, Bruce, etc. The other good news is Omar Minaya is staying on as a personnel man which has always been his strength. The bad news is these moves haven’t exactly worked out and the Coupons still run the team.

The Mets could bounce back quickly if they make the right moves. Big if... I know... LOL They still have the pitching though so it gives them at least a puncher's chance. The East should be a lot of fun this season. You have four teams being aggressive about contending and they all mostly have the talent to do it.

"muscle979 wrote:

The Mets could bounce back quickly if they make the right moves. Big if... I know... LOL They still have the pitching though so it gives them at least a puncher's chance. The East should be a lot of fun this season. You have four teams being aggressive about contending and they all mostly have the talent to do it.

I wish they would zero in on Machado but he's made up his mind. Yeah, the NL East will be a lot of fun this season when the Mets start out hot and then fade away in June. Great times man, I seriously am excited for another season of mediocrity!

"MediocrityLivesOn wrote:

I wish they would zero in on Machado but he's made up his mind. Yeah, the NL East will be a lot of fun this season when the Mets start out hot and then fade away in June. Great times man, I seriously am excited for another season of mediocrity!

Machado or Harper would be gold. But we have the Coupons for owners. If theres a silver lining, well at least BVW has a track record of getting these cheap dweebs to spend at least a little bit.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I was so excited for him as a prospect when my Cubs took him in the first round back in 07. Then they traded him for the weak and fragile Rich Harden. :headwall:

To be fair. He wasn’t a very good hitter in the minors and overall until he completely revamped his mechanics. Not many could have predicted the after effect...

"Boik14 wrote:

Machado or Harper would be gold. But we have the Coupons for owners. If theres a silver lining, well at least BVW has a track record of getting these cheap dweebs to spend at least a little bit.

The Coupons and Ross are essentially the same people. Come to think of it....The Coupons are Dolphins fans. My teams are cursed.

"MediocrityLivesOn wrote:

The Coupons and Ross are essentially the same people. Come to think of it....The Coupons are Dolphins fans. My teams are cursed.

No way....that explains so much :huh:

I happen to like Ross. Not many owners would put 450m of their own money to renovate the stadium like he did. He is the polar opposite of the Coupons.

"Nappy Roots wrote:

Super excited for the Rays next year and for the future. Lets go get a big bat this off season!

That rotation is sick it might be the best in the division.

"Boik14 wrote:

No way....that explains so much :huh:

I happen to like Ross. Not many owners would put 450m of their own money to renovate the stadium like he did. He is the polar opposite of the Coupons.

For all of Rosses ups and downs taking 450 mil of his own loot to renovate the stadium. In my mind was a great idea. The Wilpons would never do anything like that. I mean it doesn't matter since I happen to love Citi Field.

"MediocrityLivesOn wrote:

For all of Rosses ups and downs taking 450 mil of his own loot to renovate the stadium. In my mind was a great idea. The Wilpons would never do anything like that. I mean it doesn't matter since I happen to love Citi Field.

Yeah, very new park, and one of my favorites. I enjoy watching games there on TV.

"MediocrityLivesOn wrote:

For all of Rosses ups and downs taking 450 mil of his own loot to renovate the stadium. In my mind was a great idea. The Wilpons would never do anything like that. I mean it doesn't matter since I happen to love Citi Field.

Eh i hate it. I liked Shea better. It felt like a hometeam advantave when the stadium would start shaking.

I gotta say, even going into the offseason expecting that teams would be looking to keep payrolls lower, I'm shocked that there have been so few free agent signings. I'm thinking at this point that Harper does a two year deal and tries again later.

I know hes a colassal douche but if the Mets were smart theyd trade Todd Frazier and Juan Lagares for a bag of balls who collectively are making 18m and each only have 1 year left on their deals and sign Harper. Thats how you win a pennant. I can appreciatte getting Diaz and Cano (though giving up Kalenic annoyed me), signing Lowrie which was a sneaky good move (more fWAR then Kris Bryant the last 2 years...who woulda guessed?), and signing Familia and Justin Wilson...but go get Harper or Machado. Come on Brodie, go big!

Well, Kris Bryant did unfortunately spend large parts of the last two years playing through injury. It sapped him of almost all of his power last season, which of course sucked.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Well, Kris Bryant did unfortunately spend large parts of the last two years playing through injury. It sapped him of almost all of his power last season, which of course sucked.

My fantasy team knows this. But it was still pretty surprising

"Boik14 wrote:

My fantasy team knows this. But it was still pretty surprising

Hes supposedly healthy now, but time will tell. Given that the Cubs made no real additions with position players, they're banking on it.

I started buying NFL preview magazines at the newstand/store in 1991, before my freshman year of high school. A couple of years later, I started buying college football and MLB ones as well. I have my standard ones that I always get, and will flip through a few others too.

But this year, for the first time since then, I won't be buying any standard ones for baseball. There are so many players left unsigned that it makes it almost pointless. There will likely be massive shifts in which teams are better than others, due to free agency and trades, between now and opening day that any predictions, or ideas about who is the best teams, are moot.

I've also started to sour on fantasy magazines, because instead of it being someone's expert, educated opinion like it used to be, they all just go with the same ultra conservative computer simulations now. Its virtually worthless for people who already know who the best players are.