hrubes20 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 59 minutes ago, CWood21 said: Someone's going to throw a big 1 year deal at him soon if he doesn't already have a few sitting in his agents' office. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in St. Louis on a 1+1 tbh. I'm actually pretty shocked they haven't signed him yet. That bullpen is gonna lose them a lot of games as it is currently assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Just now, hrubes20 said: I'm actually pretty shocked they haven't signed him yet. That bullpen is gonna lose them a lot of games as it is currently assembled. Meh. There is talent in the bullpen, it's just really volatile or unproven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuy82 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 5 hours ago, CWood21 said: Someone's going to throw a big 1 year deal at him soon if he doesn't already have a few sitting in his agents' office. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in St. Louis on a 1+1 tbh. I wouldn't be 100% confident in Brandon Morrow closing games either from a mental blow up or an injury perspective. He's been prone to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Holland's one of the top closers in the game. Surprised to see him still unsigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 The weirdest part about Holland being unsigned is that the RP market is pretty much the only position group that had an offseason pretty close to what we expected going in this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I <3 Faulk Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 If anyone has t-mobile, they're offering a free year of mlb tv as part of their TMobile Tuesday thing. Just a heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 17 hours ago, CWood21 said: Meh. There is talent in the bullpen, it's just really volatile or unproven. That's what I mean. That offense looks to be really good, and the rotation should be good enough to compete. That's what makes it so odd that the Cards aren't supplementing the volatile and unproven arms in the pen with a steady, proven guy like Holland. 13 hours ago, BillsGuy82 said: I wouldn't be 100% confident in Brandon Morrow closing games either from a mental blow up or an injury perspective. He's been prone to both. Absolutely on the injury front. I have to imagine that's exactly why the Cubs targeted Steve Cishek as well, as he has a good bit of closing experience and was nails after going to TB and working with Jim Hickey, who is now the Cubs' pitching coach. Justin Wilson has had success as a closer as well, if he can get over the Steve Blass disease he encountered after the trade to Chicago last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuy82 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 One 1+1 deal from the Cubs before they have to pay Russell, Bryant , Happ and Baez just makes sense imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 hour ago, BillsGuy82 said: One 1+1 deal from the Cubs before they have to pay Russell, Bryant , Happ and Baez just makes sense imo Unless he would sign for 3 million or so AAV, no it doesn't make sense. Cubs are roughly $10-12 million under the luxury tax right now, and keep $8-10 million available for an acquisition at the deadline in case of injury or the like. They will not go over the luxury tax this year, as they will be big players in the 2019 FA market and will be going over the luxury tax for at least 2019 and 2020. It's not a coincidence that they made it so a bunch of money comes off the books after 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 5 hours ago, hrubes20 said: That's what I mean. That offense looks to be really good, and the rotation should be good enough to compete. That's what makes it so odd that the Cards aren't supplementing the volatile and unproven arms in the pen with a steady, proven guy like Holland. Definitely need Pham to repeat what he did last year, and Carp to bounce back but the offense should be in the upper half of the NL. FanGraphs had an interesting article the other day on the Cardinals' rotation. They argued that the best SP weren't even in the big league rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Tomorrow's opening day, guys. Looking forward to a fun season. Vlad Guerrero Jr. hit a walk off home run for Toronto last night, the future is bright for Toronto with him hopefully becoming a full time MLB player soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I'm going to the game in Arlington tomorrow. Its gonna be 75 percent astros fans there. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker8267 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 https://sports.yahoo.com/salvador-perez-miss-4-6-weeks-suitcase-related-injury-223252750.html Sal Perez out 4-6 weeks with a torn MCL. Absolutely brutal for the Royals in the short-term but long-term too. Knees injuries are damning for catchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hrubes20 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: There it is. Just made too much sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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