2K19 Offseason Rumor Thread

[revo]

Boras already claiming he has a deal in place for Bryce

[Davros]

Boras already claiming he has a deal in place for Bryce

If the Washington Post is to believed (and IMHO, Chelsea Janes seems good at her job), not so fast.

Chelsea Janes @chelsea_janes

Guys. Boras was kidding. I even checked on it for you just in case. He was kidding. Look. Beyond. Headlines.

7:57 PM - 28 Oct 2018

Chelsea Janes @chelsea_janes

(Although, full disclosure, I freaked out about that interview, too. Twice...Hard...Even after listening dozens of times and feeling totally sure...BUT STILL, don’t be the headline-only guy. It’s bad for your/my/our stress levels.)

8:31 PM - 28 Oct 2018

[Art Vandelay]

Boras already claiming he has a deal in place for Bryce

unless that deal is with washington, I think it would be tampering

[chancellor]

unless that deal is with washington, I think it would be tampering

Agreed. But I'm sure that was not what caused the backpedaling, no, of course not.

[madducks]

Chelsea Janes @chelsea_janes

Guys. Boras was kidding. I even checked on it for you just in case. He was kidding. Look. Beyond. Headlines.

7:57 PM - 28 Oct 2018

Haha! Good one Scott!

[TranaGreg]

For those looking for keys dates this off-season (courtesy of MLBTradeRumors):

Oct. 29: Commencement of a five-day, exclusive negotiation window that teams have with their own free agents
Oct. 31: Deadline for players with opt-out clauses (most notably, Clayton Kershaw) to exercise those provisions.
Nov. 3: The deadline for MLB clubs to formally issue one-year qualifying offers (valued at $17.9MM this offseason) to free agents is 5:00pm ET. Those players will have 10 days to weigh the offers and can negotiate with other clubs during that 10-day window. After that 5pm deadline, all free agents are eligible to begin negotiating with other teams.
Nov. 6-8: General Managers’ meetings in Carlsbad, CA
Nov. 13: Deadline for players to accept or reject qualifying offers.
Nov. 20: Deadline for teams to set their 40-man rosters in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.
Nov. 30: Deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players.
Dec. 9-13: Winter Meetings in Las Vegas.
Dec. 13: Rule 5 draft takes place on the final day of the Winter Meetings.
Jan. 11: Arbitration exchange day — the date on which teams and players must exchange filing numbers for arbitration. Hearings, if necessary, typically begin in early February.
March 28, 2019: Opening Day! Baseball is back.

[revo]

Nathan Eovaldi just made a shit-ton of money for himself this offseason. I think his floor is a 4-yr, $60m deal, but a bidding war could up that considerably.

[TS Garp]

Nathan Eovaldi just made a shit-ton of money for himself this offseason. I think his floor is a 4-yr, $60m deal, but a bidding war could up that considerably.

I think you're right considering that's what Alex Cobb got. But I don't see him getting much more than that, maybe 4/75. Then again, if someone is willing to look past the injury history and focus solely on his upside (which is still immense), who knows. I have to think the Red Sox and Yankees are the front-runners.

[Art Vandelay]

Nathan Eovaldi just made a shit-ton of money for himself this offseason. I think his floor is a 4-yr, $60m deal, but a bidding war could up that considerably.

really? he has a shit-ton of injuries and just one 200 inning season (not even 200, 199 but I am rounding up haha)

not my money but hard to commit 4 years to this guy

[revo]

really? he has a shit-ton of injuries and just one 200 inning season (not even 200, 199 but I am rounding up haha)

not my money but hard to commit 4 years to this guy

Supply & demand, my friend. The market for SP is thin. And even with his injury history, he had a very good season in the tough AL East and had a killer post-season. And he's only 28.

[DJBeasties]

Eovaldi is going to get paid. Would love to see him back in Boston but I doubt he takes a discount. Never know though.

[Gregg]

White Sox are interested in signing both Machado and Harper. They have the money to pull it off.

It is also reported that the Cubs are leaning to not making a run at Harper. Not a good market strategy!

[TranaGreg]

Just reading thru some of the blogs - it seems that this off-season may be really interesting. Some teams that haven't been too active in the FA market are starting to make noise - the White Sox, the Mets, heck I just read that the Twins have exactly $0 committed beyond 2019, & the Rays have cash. Plus all the big teams have needs (Dodgers, Yanks, Angels pretty much need a whole team, even the Red Sox have a couple of needs). Should be an interesting off-season with some crazy numbers being landed at.

[Gregg]

White Sox are interested in signing both Machado and Harper. They have the money to pull it off.

It is also reported that the Cubs are leaning to not making a run at Harper. Not a good market strategy!

Apparently the White Sox are going to be in on every free agent this year. Today they are linked to Corbin and Nelson Cruz.

[revo]

Rotoworld saying Mike Zunino & Guillermo Heredia for Mallex Smith is close