The 2017 MLB Thread

[ckfree]

the only hold up right now is the luxury tax

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/804139911129481227

Among the changes agreed to in the new labor deal, according to sources: The luxury-tax threshold will jump from $189 million to $195 million initially, then gradually increase to $210 million in the final year of the agreement. Teams that exceed the threshold will pay similar tax rates to the current deal unless they go way over the threshold, in which case their tax rate could jump to as high as 90 percent. Teams signing a premium free agent will still be subject to draft-pick compensation. Teams over the luxury tax threshold lose a 2nd- & 5th-round pick. Teams under the threshold lose a 3rd-round pick. Instead of an international draft, each team will have a hard cap on total bonuses it can give to foreign-born players. Rosters will remain at 25 players before Sept. 1 and remain at 40 after Sept. 1. The labor agreement is a five-year deal, covering the 2017-2021 seasons.

 

[infamous114]

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/804174547595460608
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/804238864231579648

 

[O.G.]

Baseball's popularity is trending up. A lockout would of been stupid. Also that Tim Raines rumor comes from that Ken Burns documentary about baseball. ( one of the best docs. ever btw). Them 80's had a gang of people on the sugar which eventually led to the infamous Pittsburgh drug trials.

Notable snorters: Dale Berra, Dave Parker, Willie Aikens, Vida Blue, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, and Lonnie Smith.

 

[ckfree]

in tim raines defense cocaine is expensive

its why ive turned it down every time

with how cheap i can be i know i would just end up smoking crack

shit i buy generic prescription drugs all the time with no qualms

id totally buy crack

this is crazy though that im just finding this out now

tim was my favorite white sox player as a shorty in the early 90s not named frank thomas

finding out why he used to slide headfirst in light of his nickname amuses me greatly

topps cards of him in the early 90s had rock raines on them not tim raines

i feel like i was the last to know

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Mccuthen about to get traded to the nationals :#

 

[ckfree]

last baseball book i read was the game

it was about bud selig tenure as commisioner

steinbrenner was suspended for digging up dirt on dave winfield which apparently the executive council knew about the shady guy he used (mob connections) and they mention that it wasnt the first time an owner had something like that

supposedly the yankees once told micky mantle if he didnt take a paycut they would tell his wife he was cheating on her

i just want to work in a front office and see all of these things go down

it must be incredible

also read that george steinbrenner was caught up obstructing justice in watergate and ronald reagan pardoned him

i really just want to be a billionaire

must be nice

 

[ckfree]

taking trea turner and putting him back in his normal position at ss is huge as it takes out espinosa in the lineup

but i dont think cutch can play center anymore

his numbers have been bad the last 3 years

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

taking trea turner and putting him back in his normal position at ss is huge as it takes out espinosa in the lineup

but i dont think cutch can play center anymore

his numbers have been bad the last 3 years

Yup

The Pirates and Nationals have ramped up discussions about a trade that would send Andrew McCutchen to Washington, according to sources who have spoken with both teams. The Nationals, according to one exec, would like to make this deal today, because the ripple effect of trading for McCutchen would likely be a move to nontender shortstop Danny Espinosa before tomorrow's tender date. The Nationals have been looking for a center fielder. So if they can trade for McCutchen, he would play center, which would bounce Trea Turner to short and leave no spot for Espinosa. The Pirates are looking for controllable starting pitching. So names like Joe Ross and Reynaldo Lopez would fit that shopping list.

Espinosa sucks they're gonna let him go

 

[ckfree]

cutch unable to play center would frustrate me if i was a pirates fan

dude to the left of him has been winning gold glvoes

dude to the right of him is a natural cf which makes him a bad fit with their parks rf wall

but cutch aint trying to hear none of it

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/804377127449718784
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/804377366705356801

 

[ckfree]

seems like they figured a way to agree to screw foreign amateurs nearly worse than instituting a draft

im impressed

 

[ckfree]

ff the nats trade for cutch

1. turner

2. murphy

3. cutch

4. harper

5. rendon

6. werth

7. zimmerman

8. ...

9. pitcher

stacked lineup

stacked pitching

cubs still the favorites but i think this puts washington on #2 for right now

 

[ckfree]

@bilfiger you probably already know but just a reminder

tonight

6 pm

fs1 channel

cubs 2016 world series documentary tv debut

it will be narrated by vince vaughn
http://www.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/209346450/cubs-world-series-film-set-to-premiere/

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

@bilfiger you probably already know but just a reminder

tonight

6 pm

fs1 channel

cubs 2016 world series documentary tv debut

it will be narrated by vince vaughn
http://www.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/209346450/cubs-world-series-film-set-to-premiere/

I didn't even know about this good lookin out.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/stephenjnesbitt/status/804705502974410753

 

[ckfree]

@bilfiger you probably already know but just a reminder

tonight

6 pm

fs1 channel

cubs 2016 world series documentary tv debut

it will be narrated by vince vaughn
http://www.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/209346450/cubs-world-series-film-set-to-premiere/

I didn't even know about this good lookin out.

there is also a different 1 hour show on after it

 

[ckfree]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18179637

GIVE ME ALL YOUR GOOD PLAYERS

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18179637

GIVE ME ALL YOUR GOOD PLAYERS

Superstar White Sox left-hander Chris Sale is on the block, and it appears at least five teams are starting to separate themselves at the forefront of talks: the Nationals, Astros, Red Sox, Rangers and Braves.

This what heyman wrote today
http://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/heyman-latest-chris-sale-derby/

 

[ckfree]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18179637

GIVE ME ALL YOUR GOOD PLAYERS

Superstar White Sox left-hander Chris Sale is on the block, and it appears at least five teams are starting to separate themselves at the forefront of talks: the Nationals, Astros, Red Sox, Rangers and Braves.

This what heyman wrote today
http://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/heyman-latest-chris-sale-derby/

if these encarnacion to houston rumors are true id be shocked if sale ended up anywhere else but there

everything i been hearing from radio or reading has them being the most aggressive

sale for bregman + more

but im still holding out hope that dombrowski swoops in at the last second with a package headlined with benintendi but i really like bregman too

morosi reporting white sox are also more likely to move eaton than abreu

i think there is something going on with how sale/eaton fraction of the clubhouse stumped hard for laroche

and i think some of these teams know that