2019-20 Offseason Transaction Thread

[madducks]

Red Sox sign pitcher Martin Perez for 1 year/$6 million.

Red Sox sign middle infielder/outfielder Jose Peraza for 1 year/$3 million.

[madducks]

Brewers sign LHP Brett Anderson to a one-year contract.

[revo]

Jeff Passan reporting that Corey Kluber has been traded to the Rangers

[Sam]

Jeff Passan reporting that Corey Kluber has been traded to the Rangers

Ken Rosenthal reporting Delino Deshields Jr and Emmanuel Clase (RHP) are heading to the Indians. Seems light to me, maybe there's more.

[Ken]

Ken Rosenthal reporting Delino Deshields Jr and Emmanuel Clase (RHP) are heading to the Indians. Seems light to me, maybe there's more.

No that’s all it was. Very light, even if you are as high on Clase as I am.

[Sam]

MadBum to the Dbacks - 5yrs, $85m. Should have a couple solid years left in him.

[mgwiz22]

No that’s all it was. Very light, even if you are as high on Clase as I am.

Perhaps but Kluber pitched very badly last season.

[revo]

Perhaps but Kluber pitched very badly last season.

He pitched only 35 innings. For a guy who routinely exceeds 200 innings, that’s the epitome of small sample.

[Ken]

I thought it was pretty known that Kluber was a slow starter. Isn't April his worst month?

[fuhrdog]

For all the teams looking for pitching, nobody could beat a reliever and Deshields? Plus the Indians are sending some cash I believe. This is a real head scratcher.

[madducks]

Lyles, Gibson, Lynn, Minor and Allard is a decent rotation albeit one prone for some negative regression.

Rangers rotation now:

Kluber
Minor
Lyles
Lynn
Gibson

[Ken]

Rangers rotation now:

Kluber
Minor
Lyles
Lynn
Gibson

Best rotation they have had in... well honestly I don’t remember a better one which is sad.

Side note, I don’t think Lyles is ahead of Lynn.

[Sour Masher]

For all the teams looking for pitching, nobody could beat a reliever and Deshields? Plus the Indians are sending some cash I believe. This is a real head scratcher.

I agree. Klubot is the man. I hope he crushes it in 2020. I was a default Cleveland fan for awhile, with Kluber, Lindor, and Brantley in the fold. Loved what they had built for a minute there. But now 2/3 are gone, and rumors are they are foolishly thinking of dealing Lindor, who they should keep at all cost. He should be the face of their franchise. The love he has for the game paired with his skills--you dream of a guy like that being the heart of your team. I get trading Kluber if it had to be done, but not for this return.

[onejayhawk]

For all the teams looking for pitching, nobody could beat a reliever and Deshields? Plus the Indians are sending some cash I believe. This is a real head scratcher.

He's in the final year of his contract, which was 6/60. Even if Cleveland pulls some of the weight, that's an expensive roll of the dice.

J

[Ken]

He's in the final year of his contract, which was 6/60. Even if Cleveland pulls some of the weight, that's an expensive roll of the dice.

J

That's incorrect, his contract has club options for both 2020 and 2021. Not a rental.

Also his ~$18m contract is considered low compared to what he would go for on the open market, so it's odd to call it an "expensive roll of the dice". It's high for Cleveland, who is trying to shed salary, but for an average team, nah, that's not a big contract for your SP1.