The REAL Official 2015 MLB Bitch & Moan Thread

[djsimp]

Hats off to the Royals.

[AUJarhead]

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Rogers Hornsby

[Snaggletiger]

So, the Braves fire sale is just about complete.  Top 3 defensive SS in the game, Andrelton Simmons, to the Angels.  Freddie Freeman is really about all that remains of what Atlanta looked like 2 short years ago.  I would have said never, ever, 3 months ago. Now, I fully expect Freeman to be shipped before training camp. 

Problem is, all I see are exports.  What imports are happening to start rebuilding?  I hope somebody in that organization has some evil, sinister, master plan that will reveal itself soon.  Right now, it looks like they're saying, "F it.  Let's sell everything...lose 110 games this season while we think about it."

[Buzz Killington]

So, the Braves fire sale is just about complete.  Top 3 defensive SS in the game, Andrelton Simmons, to the Angels.  Freddie Freeman is really about all that remains of what Atlanta looked like 2 short years ago.  I would have said never, ever, 3 months ago. Now, I fully expect Freeman to be shipped before training camp. 

Problem is, all I see are exports.  What imports are happening to start rebuilding?  I hope somebody in that organization has some evil, sinister, master plan that will reveal itself soon.  Right now, it looks like they're saying, "F it.  Let's sell everything...lose 110 games this season while we think about it."

The new owner is hoping to move the team to Boca.

[Snaggletiger]

The new owner is hoping to move the team to Boca.

I've had it with this nickel and dime stuff! I'm gonna get that bitch on the phone!

[AUJarhead]

David Price agrees to 7-year, $217 million deal with Red Sox.

Damn, I better not hear one Red Sox fan say shit about the Yankees from now on.

[Snaggletiger]

David Price agrees to 7-year, $217 million deal with Red Sox.

Damn, I better not hear one Red Sox fan say shit about the Yankees from now on.

First off, the Sox have long since joined the arms race.  Second, $30 mil plus for a pitcher???  And third, a 7 year deal for ANY pitcher in baseball is lunacy.  Some will last.  Most won't.

[Snaggletiger]

Aaaannnnd....Shelby Miller.  He gone!

[GH2001]

First off, the Sox have long since joined the arms race.  Second, $30 mil plus for a pitcher???  And third, a 7 year deal for ANY pitcher in baseball is lunacy.  Some will last.  Most won't.

And they play every 5th game. Anywhere from 15-20% of a team's total innings. What a steal.

[Buzz Killington]

Aaaannnnd....Shelby Miller.  He gone!

Got some quality playas for him this time around though.

[Snaggletiger]

Got some quality playas for him this time around though.

We've traded away the entire team for 164 good prospects.  I'ma go ahead and set the over/under for losses in 2016 at 105.

I get it.  It's obvious what they're trying to do and several teams have led the way in recent years, setting the model for rebuilding.  While the Yankees and Red Sox and Dodgers of the world have been shelling out cash equal to or greater than the national debt for their rosters, teams like the Cubs and Mets, Rays and Royals have slowly built themselves from the ground up through selling off the over-priced free agents and sticking with their farm systems. 

The scary thing is knowing whether or not you made the right choices or are you going to be the Florida Marlins.  Seems like they try that every few years.  It doesn't work. They say, Fuck it.  Go buy some hired guns.  Win it all and sell everyone off again. 

[Token]

We've traded away the entire team for 164 good prospects.  I'ma go ahead and set the over/under for losses in 2016 at 105.

I get it.  It's obvious what they're trying to do and several teams have led the way in recent years, setting the model for rebuilding.  While the Yankees and Red Sox and Dodgers of the world have been shelling out cash equal to or greater than the national debt for their rosters, teams like the Cubs and Mets, Rays and Royals have slowly built themselves from the ground up through selling off the over-priced free agents and sticking with their farm systems. 

The scary thing is knowing whether or not you made the right choices or are you going to be the Florida Marlins.  Seems like they try that every few years.  It doesn't work. They say, Fuck it.  Go buy some hired guns.  Win it all and sell everyone off again.

They'll end up having to give Freeman away to get rid of the $40 mil Markakis contract.  Because he's an old fucking man with no power.

Fuck Atlanta.

[Snaggletiger]

They'll end up having to give Freeman away to get rid of the $40 mil Markakis contract.  Because he's an old fucking man with no power.

Fuck Atlanta.

I'm with ya'.  Picking up Markakis seemed like a decent move but the contract... holy shit.  Why?  No reason to keep Freeman now.  He'll be the lone All Star caliber player without a soul to protect him at the plate. 

[djsimp]

NICE! AUJarhead isn't gonna be happy. Heyward to the Cubs.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14343750/chicago-cubs-add-offseason-haul-agreeing-jason-heyward?ex_cid=sportscenterTW&sf16871617=1

[Snaggletiger]

Averages to $23 million a year.  GAWT DAMN that's a lot of money.

[Token]

I wondered when the cubbies would make a run with that GM. Looks like it's now.

Correction. President of baseball operations.

[Buzz Killington]

THIS IS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!

[Snaggletiger]

THIS IS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!

Technically, not for another 20 days.

[djsimp]

Cubs need to make a big splash to add another pitcher too. After that, done. No more trades or anything. They need to keep the other pieces in place and focus on kicking ass in 2016.

[Snaggletiger]

The Cubs make a blockbuster deal.  The Braves traded a catcher, Bethancourt, to SD for a minor league pitcher who has had Tommy John surgery and was 2-10 last year.