What's green and smells like pork?Quote:
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What's green and smells like pork?Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)
Kermit the Frog?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinkotheclown
Very close.Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)
Kermit's middle finger
Yeah, "his fingers" was going to be my next guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinkotheclown
Robbie Ray and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a one-year, $8 million deal, a source familiar with the contract tells ESPN.
One year, $8M.
8 mill for a pretty mediocre pitcher . Not very cheapQuote:
Originally Posted by drt1010
It’s interesting that he’s taking a 15% pay cut from last yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Posada20
Well he isn’t worth 8 mill imo so I can see why he had to take a pay cut . Plus it’s a one year deal . So I think he thinks he will get more a year from now . I think there are gonna be a lot of one year deals this off seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by RJYANKS12
MY point. Seems prices are dropping. Hal should go shopping in earnest, there may be major bargains to be had. Many teams are hurting. So called small market teams are unloading payroll. Not a Robbie Ray fan, but thought he would sign much later in the 10-12M range on a 1 yr deal. Players are seeing the handwriting on the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by RJYANKS12
Hal should dust off the abacus and get down to some serious contemplation.
He should not have picked up the option for Britain at that price. He could have gotten two arms for the bullpen for that price. He can certainly get some bargains for the pitching staff via FA and with trades.Quote:
Originally Posted by drt1010
Although not a very popular perspective 'round these parts, I agree. Yanks need Britton, but I think they may have gotten him a bit cheaper had they waited.Quote:
Originally Posted by flimflamman
I disagree , yes he probably would have come cheaper but would it have been the yanks who got him cheap ? They couldn’t afford to chance losing two of their best bullpen arms this winter , they already lost khanleQuote:
Originally Posted by drt1010
As things stand, Ray will enter the market as one of the most appealing starters available in a class that looks as if it will generally lack young, high-caliber options. Ray amassed a 4.11 ERA/3.97 FIP across 790 2/3 innings, and walked a bit over four batters per nine in the majors. But his age (29 in October) and elite strikeout ability should help lead to a good amount of interest from teams looking to better their rotations. Dating back to 2016, Ray’s 11.86 K/9 ranks third among all starters, trailing Chris Sale and Max Scherzer. He also came in third in that category last season, fanning 12.13 hitters per nine to rank behind only Scherzer and Gerrit Cole. MLBTR
Usually those pitchers that sign this early tend to get better deals than those that wait later in the regular season.
I think this deal is very insightful into the way this pitching market is going to play out. Toronto is one of the few teams they are expecting to add $ to their payroll. With them signing Ray, who i think is probably better suited for a BP role with his lack of control, how much more active are they going to be on the pitching market
how do teams plan to pay full salaries if the covid is around and no vaccine and not man fans in the seats teams will lose a fortune if they have to pay full salaries without fans..