Around the League: 2017 offseason edition / 2018 Season

[CrimsonCowboy]

Rays trade Odorizzi to the Twins

 

[Enscheff]

Rays trade Odorizzi to the Twins

Straight up for Palacios. The Twins did very well here. The stalled SP FA market clearing hampered the Rays leverage in dealing Odorizzi.

 

[Heyward]

Hosmer to Padres according to twitter. No one big name has confirmed, yet.

 

[Enscheff]

Hosmer to Padres according to twitter. No one big name has confirmed, yet.

They hire Cameron to lead their player development group, and then sign the guy he called the biggest FA landmine of the offseason.

Brilliant!

 

[bravesfanMatt]

They hire Cameron to lead their player development group, and then sign the guy he called the biggest FA landmine of the offseason.

Brilliant!

classic rope a dope...

 

[Heyward]

Morosi- Eric Hosmer has agreed to an 8-year contract with the #Padres that includes an opt-out after 5 years, source says. @MLB @MLBNetwork

 

[Enscheff]

classic rope a dope...

Hos, like almost all FAs, at some price is a good value. Supposedly the Padres offer to him is a 7 year “creative” deal worth $140M or less.

It could still be a decent deal for SD.

 

[Enscheff]

Morosi- Eric Hosmer has agreed to an 8-year contract with the #Padres that includes an opt-out after 5 years, source says. @MLB @MLBNetwork

And just like that they up their offer to 8 years haha

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

Morosi- Eric Hosmer has agreed to an 8-year contract with the #Padres that includes an opt-out after 5 years, source says. @MLB @MLBNetwork

Wow

 

[bravesfanMatt]

wow, 8 years.. what is the $ total?

 

[UNCBlue012]

The Padres are dumb as hell

 

[Heyward]

wow, 8 years.. what is the $ total?

If it was 8 years, had to be 23-25 mil a year.

Boras gotta be smiling since JD is a lot better than Hosmer.

 

[clvclv]

If it was 8 years, had to be 23-25 mil a year.

Boras gotta be smiling since JD is a lot better than Hosmer.

Martinez was better before Hosmer signed, and still only has a market consisting of Boston for 5 years and Arizona on a shorter deal. Not sure why that would change now - KC's not suddenly going to join the chase for him.

They could likely bring Moustakas back now though.

 

[Enscheff]

Has to be front loaded like the Darvish deal to help coax him towards that opt out, right? How exactly does the SD FO consider giving a player an opt out “creative”?

It’s remarkable that there are still FOs dumb enough to give a 1B a huge deal like this...especially when they aren’t contenders.

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

Per CBS, $140 million

 

[Heyward]

Twitter- Sources: Hosmer to #Padres is for 8 years, opt out after 5, front-loaded deal: $20 million each of first 5 years, $13 mil each of last three years, AAV $18 mil.

 

[drewdat]

Rays trade Odorizzi to the Twins

No way the Rays do that unless it's a three-way deal with the Nats

 

[Enscheff]

Twitter- Sources: Hosmer to #Padres is for 8 years, opt out after 5, front-loaded deal: $20 million each of first 5 years, $13 mil each of last three years, AAV $18 mil.

Figured it had to be front loaded. This seems to be the tactic teams are using to mitigate the risk of the opt out.

5/100 for Hos isn’t a terrible deal, but it is very unlikely he opts out.

 

[Enscheff]

No way the Rays do that unless it's a three-way deal with the Nats

I see what you did there haha!

 

[Enscheff]

If KC does the smart thing and doesn’t sign Mous, they will have 5 of the first 40 picks in the draft. Nailing 3-4 of those picks could really accelerate their upcoming rebuild.