MLB 2023/2024 Free Agency Thread

[brooks_quichenick]

9 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Please explain "moralists."  Did Davies get into some trouble?  I am unable to find anything like that.

https://nypost.com/2022/05/18/zach-davies-estranged-wife-says-mlb-pitcher-ghosted-her-for-a-year/

[TURBO]

6 minutes ago, brooks_quichenick said:

https://nypost.com/2022/05/18/zach-davies-estranged-wife-says-mlb-pitcher-ghosted-her-for-a-year/

ahhhh yes, totally forgot about that...  I wouldn't sign him, but it would have nothing to do with this.  

[brooks_quichenick]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

I wouldn't sign him, but it would have nothing to do with this.  

Yes, we're all aware of your thoughts on pitchers that treat women poorly.

[Jastro]

22 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Please explain "moralists."  Did Davies get into some trouble?  I am unable to find anything like that.

IIRC, he cheated on his wife and completely ghosted her, even with her trying to reach out to him. She posted about it on Instagram several years back

[Underachiever]

And I’m not sure we ever heard much beyond her initial account.

[markedman5]

 

[wiguy94]

Just now, markedman5 said:

 

Very curious to see if he caved for a short deal or get the longterm deal he wanted

[wiguy94]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Very curious to see if he caved for a short deal or get the longterm deal he wanted

$25M with a vesting option for another $25M if he makes 10 starts this year. So he caved for the short term deal. Boras disasterclass winter.

[TURBO]

42 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

$25M with a vesting option for another $25M if he makes 10 starts this year. So he caved for the short term deal. Boras disasterclass winter.

 

• Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that the Diamondbacks and free agent left-hander Jordan Montgomery have reached an agreement on a contract.

   

  The deal is pending a physical. Jon Heyman of the New York Post adds that it’ll be a $25 million deal, plus a $25 million vesting option for 2025 if he starts at least 10 games during the 2024 season. Montgomery will add depth to a Diamondbacks’ rotation that will be without new addition Eduardo Rodriguez (lat) for at least the first few weeks of the season. It’s also a nice landing spot for a fantasy perspective, as he should be in line to win plenty of ballgames and will have the tremendous outfield defense of the Diamondbacks chasing down fly balls for him.

   

  Source: Jeff Passan

   
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[Fear The Chorizo]

1 hour ago, wiguy94 said:

$25M with a vesting option for another $25M if he makes 10 starts this year. So he caved for the short term deal. Boras disasterclass winter.

You know who's probably most pissed about all these opt out/1 year deals for pitchers?  Burnes, yet another Boras client.  Get ready for another looooong free agency period next winter and spring

[TURBO]

10 years for a 28 year old catcher?

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Will Smith and the Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million extension, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

 

It’s a deal that will likely keep the 28-year-old in Los Angeles for the rest of his career. Smith was drafted by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft and will benefit from having the like of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hit in front of him this season.

 

Source: Jeff Passan

[wiguy94]

28 minutes ago, TURBO said:

10 years for a 28 year old catcher?

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Will Smith and the Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million extension, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

 

It’s a deal that will likely keep the 28-year-old in Los Angeles for the rest of his career. Smith was drafted by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft and will benefit from having the like of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hit in front of him this season.

 

Source: Jeff Passan

Judging by the term and the $ amount I have to imagine this is some weirdly structured deal to keep the cap and luxury tax down over the next few years. More shenanigans from the Dodgers

[jerichoholicninja]

41 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Judging by the term and the $ amount I have to imagine this is some weirdly structured deal to keep the cap and luxury tax down over the next few years. More shenanigans from the Dodgers

Playing within the rules is not shenanigans.

[Fear The Chorizo]

6 hours ago, TURBO said:

10 years for a 28 year old catcher?

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Will Smith and the Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million extension, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

 

It’s a deal that will likely keep the 28-year-old in Los Angeles for the rest of his career. Smith was drafted by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft and will benefit from having the like of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hit in front of him this season.

 

Source: Jeff Passan

Better for Smith that he's behind Ohtani...guys in front of him tend to get tossed under buses