You gotta walk from that, and let them eat their payroll
You gotta walk from that, and let them eat their payroll
Ivermectin Man
Max Scherzer to the Toronto Blue Jays.
1 year, $15.5 million
jpx7 (01-31-2025)
This makes me wonder if someone tinkered with Waldrep's delivery or grip or something that negatively impacted his splitter. Because you're right the Braves almost certainly had data on his pitches.
It makes more sense to me that the data was better pre-draft and something changed after. I don't see AA going that high with the data as is and I can't imagine AA drafting him blind.
jpx7 (01-31-2025)
telling you. AA is trying to trade for someone who will keep the team under the cap and that is his only move right now. He doesn't want to have another year of penalties for a Flahtery type signing..
Coppy
I mean 15 million for a guy like Max.. even at his age, that is a fair and even good deal for a team in need of another pitcher like the Braves... more writing on the wall that I am right.
Coppy
Based on the scuttled Jeff Hoffman deal that Bowman reported as 5 years, $45-48 million, this is my working assumption as well. BAL and TOR each offered Hoffman 3 years. I think the Braves were motivated to outbid them in years more so than AAV in order to keep the CBT valuation in the $9-10 million range. This approach would afford them flexibility to add an OF bat (which ended up being Profar) and possibly a modest reliever while staying under the $241 million CBT number. It's obviously just speculation on my part, but it's made me think that any SP acquisition via trade or free agency will end up being no more than $10 million AAV.
The Mets are reportedly in talks for Cease, according to SYNtv.
Of course.
Hate seeing Scherzer go to the Blue Jays - especially if it means that they are no longer pursuing Pete Alonso. I want so badly to laugh at Met’s fans if they aren’t able to re-sign him….
jpx7 (01-31-2025)
Any interest in Pedro Avila for the bullpen? Elected free agency over Triple-A assignment. Decent, not great year for Cleveland. Too many walks.
jpx7 (01-31-2025)
Brasier DFA’d. Wasn’t everyone clamoring for him for some reason?
jpx7 (01-31-2025)