MLB: 2017 Off-Season News and Discussion Thread
#2
Movement courtesy of Doom878 in the other thread: https://acurazine.com/forums/sports-.../#post16145332
#3
Cubs pick up Chatwood. Yahoo sports kinda pans the pickup but I'm not questioning Theo et al with them delivering the World Series to the Cubs (even if it came at the cost of Dumb@$$ Trump being President and how the world will end soon).
https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-make-p...193549873.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-make-p...193549873.html
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#8
Because the owners we get are pricks and money first. Plus we don't draw here even with a new stadium. Traffic is terrible for this stadium and the old one and the Metrorail (elevated train) doesn't drop you near it. Who wants to get out of work in nearby Downtown at 5 and eat shit for 2 hours at a pricey stadium, just to watch a slow game being played. Plus there's NOTHING nearby since cheap land is bought in not so great areas. But yeah fuck the Marlins.
#10
Nah. They just milked the county and city for a new stadium. Deal was so fucked the mayor at the time got recalled. He's retired police chief so he has a nice pension and he's a bodybuilder now.
#11
Miami Marlins trade Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis Cardinals | Miami Herald
Another one bites the dust. Ozuna traded. Batted over .300 37/120+
Another one bites the dust. Ozuna traded. Batted over .300 37/120+
#14
Goes to show what a fucking scam baseball is. So you don't due diligence when you accept a team's purchase by asking payroll duties. Straight up fucking lie.
MLB commissioner disputes account of Jeter's Marlins strategy | Miami Herald
bjackson@miamiherald.com
DECEMBER 20, 2017 02:25 PM
UPDATED DECEMBER 20, 2017 05:29 PM
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred insisted Wednesday that the commissioner’s office was not aware before the sale of the team that the Marlins’ new owners planned to dramatically slash payroll, a fact disputed by two people directly involved in the negotiating process.
In a combative interview on ESPN Radio, host Dan Le Batard told Manfred: “We are starting with a lie” when Manfred said he did not know the plans of new owners Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman during the approval process.
“I’m not going to have you call me a liar!” Manfred said.
Two people directly involved in the sales process said that Jeter and Sherman were required to tell other owners their intentions with payroll during the approval process, and that they informed the other owners that payroll would be cut from $115 million to the $85 million to $90 million range, with $85 million used at times and $90 million other times in those discussions.
Last year’s team would have cost about $140 million if it were kept together.
The Marlins’ current projected payroll for 2018 stands at about $94 million after the team traded Giancarlo Stanton, Dee Gordon and Marcell Ozuna.
Pressed by Le Batard about whether he was aware of Jeter’s plan, Manfred said: “No. We did not have player specific plans from the Miami Marlins or any other team during the approval ownership process. Those are decisions the individual owners make. We do not approve operating decisions by any ownership, new owner or current owners. As a result, the answer is no.”
Pressed further by Le Batard, he said: “I’m not going to be deposed like this in some adversary thing. I will answer the way I want to answer.”
A source directly involved in the Marlins sales process, after hearing the Le Batard interview, said, via text: “Commissioner said was not aware of [Jeter] plan to slash payroll. Absolutely not true. They request and receive the operating plan from all bidders.
“Project Wolverine [the name for Jeter’s plan] called on his group to reduce payroll to $85 million. This was vetted and approved by MLB prior to approval by MLB. Every [Jeter] investor and non investor has the Wolverine financial plan of slashing payroll to $85 million. Widely circulated.”
MLB commissioner disputes account of Jeter's Marlins strategy | Miami Herald
MLB’s version of Marlins payroll slashing disputed by Le Batard and sources
BY BARRY JACKSONbjackson@miamiherald.com
DECEMBER 20, 2017 02:25 PM
UPDATED DECEMBER 20, 2017 05:29 PM
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred insisted Wednesday that the commissioner’s office was not aware before the sale of the team that the Marlins’ new owners planned to dramatically slash payroll, a fact disputed by two people directly involved in the negotiating process.
In a combative interview on ESPN Radio, host Dan Le Batard told Manfred: “We are starting with a lie” when Manfred said he did not know the plans of new owners Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman during the approval process.
“I’m not going to have you call me a liar!” Manfred said.
Two people directly involved in the sales process said that Jeter and Sherman were required to tell other owners their intentions with payroll during the approval process, and that they informed the other owners that payroll would be cut from $115 million to the $85 million to $90 million range, with $85 million used at times and $90 million other times in those discussions.
Last year’s team would have cost about $140 million if it were kept together.
The Marlins’ current projected payroll for 2018 stands at about $94 million after the team traded Giancarlo Stanton, Dee Gordon and Marcell Ozuna.
Pressed by Le Batard about whether he was aware of Jeter’s plan, Manfred said: “No. We did not have player specific plans from the Miami Marlins or any other team during the approval ownership process. Those are decisions the individual owners make. We do not approve operating decisions by any ownership, new owner or current owners. As a result, the answer is no.”
Pressed further by Le Batard, he said: “I’m not going to be deposed like this in some adversary thing. I will answer the way I want to answer.”
A source directly involved in the Marlins sales process, after hearing the Le Batard interview, said, via text: “Commissioner said was not aware of [Jeter] plan to slash payroll. Absolutely not true. They request and receive the operating plan from all bidders.
“Project Wolverine [the name for Jeter’s plan] called on his group to reduce payroll to $85 million. This was vetted and approved by MLB prior to approval by MLB. Every [Jeter] investor and non investor has the Wolverine financial plan of slashing payroll to $85 million. Widely circulated.”
#15
The tanking employed by the Marlins is second to none in sports...Browns stink in the NFL but they don't stink on PURPOSE.
At least the ChiSox are doing it to stockpile high-end prospects but the return for Mike Stanton was terrible for the Marlins...
At least the ChiSox are doing it to stockpile high-end prospects but the return for Mike Stanton was terrible for the Marlins...
#16
Jay Bruce to the Mets
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news...ts_media_agent
CSE Talent, the agency headed by Lonnie Cooper, said in a statement Wednesday that it had fired Jason Wood, who had headed its baseball division since last April.
FanRag Sports reported a player, whom it did not identify, discovered the camera while using a shower at Wood's home.
"For over 32 years, CSE Talent has prided itself on our moral and ethical standards and have built a solid reputation within the industry. We take pride in working with people who represent these values," CSE President Danny Martoe said in a statement. "It's unfortunate that CSE Talent aligned itself with someone who didn't uphold these same standards, and therefore we chose to terminate with cause Wood's employment."
Wood was suspended Wednesday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which was informed of the allegation earlier in the day by CSE. The union, which certifies agents, said it will give Wood a chance to respond.
"The allegations that have surfaced today are absurd and untrue," Woods said in a statement sent to some baseball writers . "Over the past 13 years I have worked tirelessly to build a successful agency through integrity and hard work. I am disappointed that there are those who have chosen to spread some irresponsible and harmful rumors."
Wood did not respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment and did not answer his cellphone. His clients included Boston's Andrew Benintendi.
Martoe and General Counsel Brian Roof will head the baseball division, CSE said.
Major League Baseball declined comment.
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news...ts_media_agent
Baseball agent fired after report he placed camera in shower
AP / 2:00 am ET Thu Jan 11, 2018
ATLANTA (AP) — A baseball agent has been fired after an accusation he used a camera to surreptitiously record clients in a shower.CSE Talent, the agency headed by Lonnie Cooper, said in a statement Wednesday that it had fired Jason Wood, who had headed its baseball division since last April.
FanRag Sports reported a player, whom it did not identify, discovered the camera while using a shower at Wood's home.
"For over 32 years, CSE Talent has prided itself on our moral and ethical standards and have built a solid reputation within the industry. We take pride in working with people who represent these values," CSE President Danny Martoe said in a statement. "It's unfortunate that CSE Talent aligned itself with someone who didn't uphold these same standards, and therefore we chose to terminate with cause Wood's employment."
Wood was suspended Wednesday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which was informed of the allegation earlier in the day by CSE. The union, which certifies agents, said it will give Wood a chance to respond.
"The allegations that have surfaced today are absurd and untrue," Woods said in a statement sent to some baseball writers . "Over the past 13 years I have worked tirelessly to build a successful agency through integrity and hard work. I am disappointed that there are those who have chosen to spread some irresponsible and harmful rumors."
Wood did not respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment and did not answer his cellphone. His clients included Boston's Andrew Benintendi.
Martoe and General Counsel Brian Roof will head the baseball division, CSE said.
Major League Baseball declined comment.
#20
Bucs trade Cole to Astros: https://www.tsn.ca/report-astros-acq...-cole-1.967430
Dang, the Stros get a good arm.
Dang, the Stros get a good arm.
#28
This is where MLB sucks IMO. Pretty much a given that some teams exist to be farm-systems for others. While I'm pleased the Cubs are now an elite team and the ChiSox have amassed some impressive Grade A prospects, the MLB system is broken.
#30
A really well-written introspective look on Ichiro...and what haunts him.
Good stuff: Ichiro Suzuki's return to the Seattle Mariners won't resolve his internal battle
Good stuff: Ichiro Suzuki's return to the Seattle Mariners won't resolve his internal battle
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