MLB 2022-2023 hot stove

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Pretty bold of him to declare it before the season starts. Way to put pressure on yourself. 5 years of Machado and him opting out will likely be better for the Padres than the next 5 years of Machado.

SD aren't exactly cash strapped so I can see them re-signing him at 6 years/240m or something because baseball's pay structure is broken.

 

[RPCB]

It’s a sound decision for Machado to opt out. He will crush 5/$150M, when the career 94 WRC+ Dansby Swanson can get 7/$177M.

Manny’s next contract is going to be 8-10 years and over $250M.

 

[TheBigHorne]

Pretty bold of him to declare it before the season starts. Way to put pressure on yourself. 5 years of Machado and him opting out will likely be better for the Padres than the next 5 years of Machado.

SD aren't exactly cash strapped so I can see them re-signing him at 6 years/240m or something because baseball's pay structure is broken.

I mean Aaron Judge got an extra $130 million gambling on himself. Even if Machado has a down year he'll still get a big pay day.

 

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According to reports, it's likely that the Mets will pass on signing Zach Britton, despite attending his showcase last week and despite only having one LHP (Brooks Raley) down for a role in their bullpen to open the season.

Eppler talks payroll and plans for Beltrán's role

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets general manager Billy Eppler defended his club’s record payroll on Saturday, saying that no rival executives have contacted him to complain and that, historically speaking, New York’s high total is not actually a record on a pro-rate basis. Specifically, Eppler...

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Unlike Corbin Burnes, it appears that Max Fried holds no anger or animosity towards the Braves despite losing his arbitration case against his team. Fried is slated to earn $13.5 million in 2023 and has one more turn through arbitration before hitting free agency (assuming that Fried does not sign a long-term extension with the Braves at some point before the 2023-2024 off-season). Fried implied that the two sides have not yet discussed the possibility of a long-term deal for Fried to stay with Atlanta.

Fried extension possible? 'It's something we'll talk about'

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- As Max Fried prepared for Friday morning’s workout, he was asked what he would say to those fans who have wondered if he might be disgruntled about losing his recent arbitration hearing and the fact he wasn’t among the crop of Braves players to receive a

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The Cubs manager told reporters during Spring Training that Keegan Thompson and Adbert Alzolay are not going to be part of the starting rotation and instead will work out of the bullpen.

 

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have hired Tyson Ross for a special assistant position in their organisation, and he will be involved in player development and player performance. This suggests that Ross has called time on his career after 10 seasons in the MLB, having been drafted by the Oakland Athletics with a pick in the second round of the 2008 draft. Ross also played for the Padres, Cardinals and Tigers. He had signed minor league deals with the Giants and Rangers but never played in the MLB for either organisation.

 

[largebus]

I think the Padres let Machado walk if they extend Soto.

 

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The Boston Red Sox have signed OF Marcus Wilson to a minor league contract and have assigned him to Double-A Portland. Wilson was a member of Boston's organisation for most of the 2019-2021 seasons, with the Red Sox having acquired him in a trade from the Diamondbacks in April 2019, then designating him for assignment at the 2021 trade deadline. He went to the Mariners on a waiver claim and made his MLB debut for Seattle. He appeared in three games for Seattle in 2022, and recorded his first official hit, walk and run as an MLB player (although he also struck out four times in six plate appearances).

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The Milwaukee Brewers have signed LHP Justin Wilson to a one-year contract with a club option for 2024. Wilson is currently recovering from Tommy John surgery undergone in June 2022, so it is unclear whether he will be available to pitch in 2023. Wilson was previously with the Yankees and the Reds (among other clubs in his career), and he only pitched 3 2/3 innings in 2022 before going under the knife.

 

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The clubs are winning the lion's share of arbitration cases, with the Mariners winning their arbitration against Teoscar Hernandez. The panel ruled that Hernandez will earn $14 million in 2023, rather than the $16 million sought by the player. This is Hernandez's final go-round through arbitration, as he is slated to enter free agency next off-season.

 

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The Los Angeles Angels won their arbitration case against INF Gio Urshela and lost their arbitration case with OF Hunter Renfroe. Urshela will earn $8.4 million in salary in 2023 (as against the $10 million he sought) while Renfroe will receive $11.9 million from the Angels. The Angels traded for Urshela during the off-season, while the Angels acquired Renfroe in a trade from the Brewers.

 

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It was reported that Machado had set a deadline of 16 February 2023 for an offer extension from the Padres, and that the Padres made an offer to Machado just two days before the deadline, offering to add an extra 5 years and $105 million to his current deal, which would have taken the Padres' commitment to Machado to 15 years, $405 million. Combining the remaining value on Machado's contract (five years, $150 million from 2024-2028) with the new offer would have equated to a ten-year, $255 million contract.

Padres say keeping Manny Machado is a priority, but let star's extension deadline pass with only one offer

Machado let team know in December that he didn't want negotiate after the start of spring training; his deadline was Thursday

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The Texas Rangers have signed RHP Dominic Leone on a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Leone most recently pitched for the Giants in 2022, pitching 49 1/3 innings of 4.01 ERA, including a 23.4% strikeout rate and a 10.8% walk rate.

 

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The St Louis Cardinals have won their arbitration case against Genesis Cabrera, who will now earn $950,000 in 2023, rather than the $1.15 million he sought.

 

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The Tampa Bay Rays won their arbitration cases against pitchers Colin Poche and Ryan Thompson. Poche will be paid $1.175 million for 2023 (rather than the $1.3 million he sought) while Thompson will earn $1 million in 2023 (rather than $1.2 million he sought). This is Poche's first time through arbitration so, assuming he does not come to a long-term deal with the Rays, he is set to go through arbitration two more times before hitting free agency. Thompson also has gone through arbitration for the first time, so he isn't set to hit free agency until the 2025-2026 off-season.

 

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The Cincinnati Reds have re-signed RHP reliever Hunter Strickland to a minor league contract. Strickland pitched 62 1/3 innings of relief for the Reds in 2022, with a 4.91 ERA. He had a 21.1% strikeout rate and an 11.6% walk rate. Strickland has previously pitched for the Giants, the Mariners, the Nationals, the Mets, the Rays, the Brewers, and the Angels.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

I think the Padres let Machado walk if they extend Soto.

Speculation in the San Diego media a month or so ago was the Padres were going to offer a s*** ton of money to Otani, with the assumption that Machado and Snell would be heading elsewhere.

 

[FRUMPY]

San Diego are an interesting one the last 5-7 years. Seem to spend alot of money but don't really get far.

Can't seem to get it right when they spend

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The Chicago White Sox have reportedly re-signed INF Elvis Andrus to a one-year, $3 million contract, according to Jeff Passan and Bob Nightengale. The deal is conditional on Andrus passing a physical.

Andrus was released by Oakland during the season and signed with the White Sox in August as a replacement for Tim Anderson, who missed the rest of the season with a torn hand ligament. Andrus hit .271/.309/.464 in 191 plate appearances for the White Sox.

With Anderson now healthy heading into the 2023 season, it's likely that Andrus will play second base for the White Sox, which will represent his first position change in his 14-year MLB career, as he previously has only played shortstop (and also some DH) over his almost 2,000 MLB games.

 

[largebus]

San Diego are an interesting one the last 5-7 years. Seem to spend alot of money but don't really get far.

Can't seem to get it right when they spend

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Thats because their spending 5-7 years ago was on a washed up Matt Kemp and James Shields.
Their transformation started when they traded Shields to the White Sox for Tatis Jr, since then their spending hasn't been bad, they just choked in 2021 and did great last year despite Tatis's ban.
I think the wildcard series being best of 3 now helps them as well with the top of their rotation.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

I think this is the Padres' best chance at a World Series. If they're genuine, they should win the NL West. The Dodgers are in transition while they wait for Shohei to hit free agency. The Giants have done little except add a couple of question marks, plus they lost Rodon and replaced him with Sean Manaea (as an A's fan, I know what it's like to see Manaea throw pitches like he's never seen a baseball before). The Diamondbacks could be interesting but I think 2023 is too soon for their young group (even accounting for the addition of Hernandez) and the Rockies are still trash.

The projected Opening Day lineup for the Padres looks like 1. Ha-seong Kim (2B), 2. Juan Soto (OF), 3. Manny Machado (3B), 4. Xander Bogaerts (SS), 5. Jake Cronenworth (1B), 6. Nelson Cruz (DH), 7. Matt Carpenter (OF), 8. Austin Nola (C), 9. Trent Grisham (OF). That's a solid nine from top to bottom, and you have some power to drive in runs. Their top three starters of Darvish, Musgrove and Snell are pretty damn proven, and Wacha was no slouch for the Red Sox last year. Hader and Suarez are good bullpen arms.

They have a pretty stacked lineup, and the stars are aligning for them this year.

 

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Now that we're into Spring Training, teams aren't making too many additions to their rosters.

The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a minor league contract with OF Tyler Naquin with an invitation to Spring Training. The Brewers also added 1B Luke Voit to a minor league contract as well.

Naquin and Voit both bring power but not much contact to the Brewers' lineup. Naquin hit 30 homers across the last two seasons with the Reds and the Mets, and hit .252/.311/.454 in 2021-2022, striking out 25.4% of the time and drawing walks at a 6.9% clip. He primarily spent his time in corner outfield positions, but could slot in at centre field on a short-term arrangement.

Naquin has much better results against right-handed pitching, as he hits .274/.326/.428 across his MLB career against right-handers, compared to .210/.272/.339 against southpaws.

The Brewers have Christian Yelich pencilled in at left field but the other positions are up for grabs through Spring Training, but his probable better fit is likely to be a bench bat used against right-handed pitching from time to time.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

As just mentioned, the Brewers have added Luke Voit to their organisation on a minor league contract, with an invitation to Spring Training. Voit was a power bat for the Yankees in the middle of their order as recently as 2020, but he began the 2021 campaign on the IL after suffering a torn meniscus in his left knee during Spring Training. That kept him out until mid-May, and he then went back on the IL after suffering a Grade 2 oblique strain.

After overcoming that injury, he returned from the IL only for a short period of time due to inflammation and discomfort in his surgically repaired knee. He was almost traded by the Yankees at the 2021 deadline, but was retained and played for the Bronx Bombers between 8 August and 30 September 2021, until the pain in his knee forced him to the IL for another stint.

He was traded by the Yankees to the Padres just before opening day 2022. He hit .225/.317/.416 in 344 plate appearances before he was shipped to the Nationals as part of the package for OF Juan Soto (after Eric Hosmer exercised his veto right to prevent him from being traded to the Nationals). Voit had a slightly higher average but less slugging, as he hit .228/.295/.381 in his two months spent with the Nationals. The Nationals chose to non-tender him at the end of the season.

Voit may struggle to carve out a niche for himself on the Brewers, as Rowdy Tellez is ensconced at first base while Jesse Winker is likely to get the majority of the reps at DH.

 

[RPCB]

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This would be the ultimate icing on the cake for this off-season.