Free Agent Signing Thread (Non-Brewers)

[RollieTime]

Great deal for the Twins getting Shoemaker. I was hoping the Brewers would sign him. Really disappointed in how this offseason is playing out.

 

 

If Matt Shoemaker excites you than heading in to 2021 Freddy Peralta should be Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes excitement level combined for #5 rotation starter.

Shoemaker is a horrid SP during full seasons. His resume fits perfectly with a guy who belongs overseas.

 

We shall see. BB/9 around 2, career ERA and FIP around 4, doesn’t give up an alarming amount of homers. He had a couple fluky injuries derail his career. The years he was healthy, he was a solid number 3. He has similar career numbers to Davies. Obviously health is a concern, but for a couple million dollars for a number 3 pitcher? I would take that every time. But calling a guy horrid in his 3 full seasons where his ERA and FIP were both under 4 and he walked only a hair over 2 per 9 is quite harsh. If we had 5 guys like him, we would win 95+ games.

[pacopete4]

If we had 5 guys like him, we would win 95+ games.

 

If you had 5 guys like him, you'd be in trouble as he's never really been reliable enough to be a steady starter. You have to be available to take the ball every 5 days. That's part of the gig. But I get what you're are saying otherwise. He would have been a decent signing just based on how low the salary was. Could have been a good shot to take.

[adambr2]

I would have been fine with taking a shot on Shoemaker but I sure as heck wouldn't want more than 1 of him in my rotation.

[DR28]

Another starter gone, Tyler Anderson to Pirates.

[DR28]

A's loading up on relievers, sign Trevor Rosenthal... They also add Mitch Moreland.

[markedman5]

Brewers also were in on Rosenthal

 

Robert Murray

@ByRobertMurray

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20m

Sources: Brewers among teams talking to free-agent reliever Trevor Rosenthal.

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

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6m

Source confirms: Trevor Rosenthal to A’s, one year, $11M, pending physical. First:

@JonHeyman

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[pacopete4]

It's almost like the Brewers smell blood in the water!

[Eye Black]

Taijuan Walker has a deal with the Mets according to Andy Martino of SNY.

 

Rosenthal reporting Walker received 2-years, $20 million.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Wily Peralta gets a minor league contract with Detroit worth $1.5M & $300k of incentives. How does a guy with his poor track record get that kind of money?

[pacopete4]

You had me worried that it was with the Brewers.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

You had me worried that it was with the Brewers.

Sorry. Edited my post. Detroit signed him. Yea, the Brewers signing him would be much worse

[Eye Black]

Per Braves beat writer David O’Brien:

 

Jake Lamb deal, pending physical, would give Braves a LH-hitting backup corner INF option with power, as long as he can stay healthy. Hit 59 homers in 300 games during 2016-2017 with Ariz, but played just 65 games in 2018-2020 and hit .205 w/ 15 HRs and .660 OPS in 573 PAs.

[Eye Black]

Jake Odorizzi has agreed to a 2-year deal with the Astros.

[homer]

Jake Odorizzi has agreed to a 2-year deal with the Astros.

 

Sounds like Framber Valdez might be out for the year hence this move. Yikes.

[markedman5]

[brooks_quichenick]

Personnel reasons or personal reasons?

 

Hope JJ is ok

[ewitkows]

The move was made due to “personnel reasons,” GM Mike Rizzo said in a statement.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

https://twitter.com/JMontana41/with_repliesPer his twitter account, he is blaming Josh Kusnick

[Outlander]

Weird how JJ and his former agent are both saying they should ask each other especially since Josh was fired by JJ a couple of years ago. Also, kind of funny that Josh mentions on Twitter he is banned from brewerfan.net, had no idea.

[jerichoholicninja]

Also, kind of funny that Josh mentions on Twitter he is banned from brewerfan.net, had no idea.

 

He went off the rails. Not any different than what he'd been doing on Twitter for awhile though. JJ's probably better off not being associated with him anymore.

[brewmann04]

Wonder what going on with JJ hope he ok

[wallus]

This is unfortunate. I wish JJ nothing but the best.

[pacopete4]

His ex-agent sure has had one hell of a day on Twitter. Whoa. Heck, his last tweet implies Jeffress beats women.

[DuWayne Steurer]

There's something to be said about a guy who's Twitter bio proudly lists all the sites he's banned from. Maybe that says something about him, and not those sites. Maybe someday he'll figure that out. Maybe not.

[jerichoholicninja]

Josh clearly has some issues. A couple years ago I responded to one of his profanity laced tweets against MLB owners by saying that may not be the best way to go about your business as an agent. He then replied with multiple profanity laced hateful Tweets at me and then blocked me. That was the first and only time I had ever responded to his one of his Tweets. Or any Tweet for that matter.