2K19: Offseason Transaction Thread

[revo]

Josh Donaldson & Brian McCann sign with the Braves
CJ Cron signs with the Twins

[Gregg]

Josh Donaldson & Brian McCann sign with the Braves
CJ Cron signs with the Twins

Donaldson gets 1 year $23M. McCann 1 year $2M.

[TS Garp]

Interesting contract for Donaldson.

[Ken]

Padres sell the contract of Christian Villanueva to the Japanese League

This was a weird one for me. Toiled in the minors for years and finally gets a real chance in the bigs at age 27, puts up decent numbers and decides to head to Japan?

[TS Garp]

This was a weird one for me. Toiled in the minors for years and finally gets a real chance in the bigs at age 27, puts up decent numbers and decides to head to Japan?

He'll make more money there. He had an incredible hot streak to start the season and was otherwise pretty awful. And he can't hit right-handers at all so I think the MLB deals available to him would have been very limited.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Yeah, generally speaking, players make more money in Japan than they do for minimum salary in MLB, and definitely more than they would make in an up-and-down role. If you're guaranteed MLB playing time, you're going to be hard pressed to pass up the service time which is moving you toward arbitration and free agency in MLB, even if the pay in Japan would be higher, but if you think MLB playing time is iffy, Japan is a great place to go and make some cash and hope to possibly build a resume. Korean baseball doesn't pay quite as well, so if you're going there, you definitely think you don't have a reasonable shot at MLB playing time, and it's purely about making more than you would on a minor-league free agent deal for $20k a month.

[madducks]

Pirates sign OF Lonnie Chisenhall to a one-year, $2.75 million contract.

[Teenwolf]

Donaldson gets 1 year $23M. McCann 1 year $2M.

Donaldson could be the best move this offseason. Getting a former MVP looking to redeem himself on a 1 yr deal is awesome. Would you rather take on $23 Mil for Donaldsons age 33 season, or $250 Mil for Harper/Machado age 26-34... and another $100 mil for age 34-37? Seems like an easy equation.

Congrats to Kevin Seitzer making an impact with the Braves already! Love this move!

[onejayhawk]

But I own Austin Riley.

J

[Ken]

Padres sign Richards for 2 years, $18mm

Richards is out for the 2019 season after Tommy John surgery

[revo]

Mariners trade Alex Colome to the White Sox for catcher Omar Narvaez

[harmon]

But I own Austin Riley.

J

Me too, but I like this. One year deal for Donaldson and then the path is open.

My only concern is that Riley gets called up at some point and then qualifies only at OF for 2020.

[TranaGreg]

the list of non-tenders is significant ... a team could almost build a contender ... so far we have

1B/3B Matt Davidson (CHW)
2B Jonathan Schoop (Mil)
SS Wilmer Flores (NYM)
3B/SS Yangervis Solarte (Tor)
IF/OF Chris Owings (Ari)
CF Billy Hamilton (Cin)
RF Avisail Garcia (CHW)
OF Robbie Grossman (Min)

SP Mike Fiers (Oak)
SP Kendall Graveman (Oak)
SP Matt Shoemaker (LAA)
SP Shelby Miller (Ari)
RP Cory Gearin (Oak)
RP Xavier Cedeno (Mil)
RP Dan Jennings (Mil)
RP Blake Parker (LAA)
RP Brad Boxberger (Ari)

edit: seriously, a team like Bal or Det could trade their position players for farm players, load up on these guys & have a legitimate team; well, at least as legit as their 2018 teams

[revo]

Yan Gomes traded to the Nats for a minor leaguer

[revo]

the list of non-tenders is significant ... a team could almost build a contender ... so far we have

1B/3B Matt Davidson (CHW)
2B Jonathan Schoop (Mil)
SS Wilmer Flores (NYM)
IF/OF Chris Owings (Ari)
CF Billy Hamilton (Cin)
RF Avisail Garcia (CHW)

SP Shelby Miller (Ari)
RP Xavier Cedeno (Mil)
RP Dan Jennings (Mil)
RP Brad Boxberger (Ari)

Add Blake Parker to the list.

As well as:
Tim Beckham
Matt Bush
Gorkys Hernandez
Hunter Strickland
Ronald Torreyes
Kendall Graveman
Mike Fiers
Justin Bour
Matt Shoemaker