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[mookie3127 3,209]

Guarantee that we'll have our 2nd unanimous inductee next year in Jeter.  

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

1 hour ago, mookie3127 said:

Guarantee that we'll have our 2nd unanimous inductee next year in Jeter.  

Go ahead and mark it down!! All it takes is playing for the Yankees.

[Unkn0wn 6,552]

Jeter is actually expected to be the only inductee next year. Curt Schilling also has a real shot. Hes been climbing and got to 60% this year. Ballot isn't the crowded next year. 

[Unkn0wn 6,552]

Ichiro has signed a 1 year deal with Seattle. He makes $750K if he makes the roster.

[ATLBrave 2,702]

Didn't see it on here, but Asdrubal Cabrera signed with the Rangers. 1-year, $3.5m deal.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

8 hours ago, Unkn0wn said:

Ichiro has signed a 1 year deal with Seattle. He makes $750K if he makes the roster.

I thought Ichiro retired?

[jidady 4,581]

32 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

I thought Ichiro retired?

He did. Seattle plays their first two games in Japan next year. So, he's unretiring for this.

[K26dp 4,152]

 

[jidady 4,581]

I've said it before and I meant it. Edgar's the best pure hitter I've ever seen. I wish sabermetricians would go back and calculate his hard contact ratio. Dude squared up everything. He must have binoculars for eyes.

[K26dp 4,152]

10 hours ago, jidady said:

I've said it before and I meant it. Edgar's the best pure hitter I've ever seen. I wish sabermetricians would go back and calculate his hard contact ratio. Dude squared up everything. He must have binoculars for eyes.

Right, this is why that even though I am firmly anti-DH, I never held being a DH against Martinez. If there were no DH, he'd be an average or slightly below average first baseman for someone and he still would have hit like a maniac. 

[TRUju2111 1,265]

23 hours ago, Unkn0wn said:

Ichiro has signed a 1 year deal with Seattle. He makes $750K if he makes the roster.

That's just so he can play in the opening games in Japan, that's the only reason he was hired on

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

Pollock to the Dodgers is a done deal. Turns out that Markakis was holding up the OF market.

[ATLBrave 2,702]

4-years, $50m for Pollock. Not a terrible deal for the Dodgers, but I like the idea of Markakis on one year than Pollock on 4 and lose the #60 pick.

[ATLBrave 2,702]

Also, Brad Brach to the Cubs on 1-year, $3m. Said to be a couple of option years included as well.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

12 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

Also, Brad Brach to the Cubs on 1-year, $3m. Said to be a couple of option years included as well.

The first of the many 1-year deals that were rumored to start flying off the board at a rapid pace.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

15 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

4-years, $50m for Pollock. Not a terrible deal for the Dodges, but I like the idea of Markakis on one year than Pollock on 4 and lose the #60 pick.

Agreed. I'm glad the Braves did the Markakis deal instead of the Pollock deal.

[ATL Fan in the DMV 833]

17 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

4-years, $50m for Pollock. Not a terrible deal for the Dodges, but I like the idea of Markakis on one year than Pollock on 4 and lose the #60 pick.

FOUR years... Wow! 

He would have been better than Markakis for a few years if healthy, but good grief, four years? 

Good for Pollack, not for us. 

[ATLBrave 2,702]

Hunter Strickland signed with Seattle. Don't know the particulars.

 

[ATLBrave 2,702]

16 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

Agreed. I'm glad the Braves did the Markakis deal instead of the Pollock deal.

More coming out that there is a 5th-year option at $10m, with a $5m buyout. So, at a minimum, it's 4-years, $55m.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

4 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

More coming out that there is a 5th-year option at $10m, with a $5m buyout. So, at a minimum, it's 4-years, $55m.

Congratulations to A.J. Pollock. The Dodgers can afford to take such a risk, but the Braves can't. Glad they didn't.

[ATLBrave 2,702]

11 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

Congratulations to A.J. Pollock. The Dodgers can afford to take such a risk, but the Braves can't. Glad they didn't.

Correction there. The 5th year is actually a player option, so it's essentially a 5-year, $60m pact.

[jidady 4,581]

46 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

Also, Brad Brach to the Cubs on 1-year, $3m. Said to be a couple of option years included as well.

We didn't think he was worth $3 million? I don't get that.

[CrimsonFalcon 3,016]

2 minutes ago, jidady said:

We didn't think he was worth $3 million? I don't get that.

Could possibly not have a place open for him as a closer and we're bringing in Kimbrel.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

3 minutes ago, jidady said:

We didn't think he was worth $3 million? I don't get that.

Me neither. I don't get the passing up Cody Allen at $8.5M either.

[Falconsfan567 29,291]

Just now, CrimsonFalcon said:

Could possibly not have a place open for him as a closer and we're bringing in Kimbrel.

He wasn't closer for us after we traded for him. Minter was still closer.