Unknøwn Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Kicking off the offseason with Houston news... Greinke announced he will not seek a new deal with Houston. He will only pitch for an NL team according to reports. Dusty will get a 1 year extension. Pitching coach Brent Strom is retiring. MilleniumFalcon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Off-season Key Dates November 3: The beginning of a five-day period where teams and players must decide whether to exercise or decline contract options and opt-out clauses for the 2022 season. Eligible free agents cannot sign with anyone but their current team for five more days. November 7, 4:00 pm CST: The deadline for teams to issue qualifying offers (one-year, $18.4MM contracts) to eligible free agents. For a breakdown of the draft choices teams would forfeit by signing a qualified free agent, see here. November 8: Free agency officially opens. November 8-11: General managers’ meetings, hosted in Carlsbad, California. November 17: Deadline for players tagged with a qualifying offer to accept or reject the QO. November 19: Deadline for teams to add players to the 40-man roster to keep them from selection in the Rule 5 draft. December 1, 11:59 pm: Expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement. If MLB and the MLBPA do not agree on a new CBA by then, the league may institute a lockout that freezes teams’ ability to make transactions until negotiations are resolved. December 2: The deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. December 6-9: Winter meetings scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida. December 8: Rule 5 draft. December 15: Conclusion of the 2020-21 international amateur signing period. Typically scheduled to run from July through June, the 2020-21 and 2021-22 international signing periods were delayed to run from January through December as part of MLB’s COVID-19 rules changes. January 14, 2022: Date for teams and arbitration-eligible players to exchange filing figures. Teams and players are still free to settle and avoid arbitration after this date, although many clubs elect to proceed with a “file-and-trial” strategy — essentially deciding to proceed to a hearing with any players with whom a settlement is not reached by then. January 15, 2022: The scheduled start of the 2021-22 international amateur signing period. The 2021-22 period is scheduled to run through December 15, 2022. February 26, 2022: First games of Spring Training. March 31, 2022: Opening Day. PokerSteve, falconsd56 and Malachore 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleFalcon01 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: Kicking off the offseason with Houston news... Greinke announced he will not seek a new deal with Houston. He will only pitch for an NL team according to reports. Dusty will get a 1 year extension. Pitching coach Brent Strom is retiring. I wonder what his reasoning is. If the NL gets the DH, he won't get to hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleFalcon01 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 How do we feel about the pending lockout? Just saw on ESPN where this may freeze free agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 41 minutes ago, NashvilleFalcon01 said: How do we feel about the pending lockout? Just saw on ESPN where this may freeze free agency. It will freeze everything. No contact between players and clubs. Buster Olney was saying this morning it could be lengthy but it should get resolved in plenty of time. PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 59 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: It will freeze everything. No contact between players and clubs. Buster Olney was saying this morning it could be lengthy but it should get resolved in plenty of time. Hey, if it goes on for a year, we keep the title longer... Malachore and PokerSteve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Quick start, Tigers acquire Tucker Barnhart from Cincy for prospect Nick Quintana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsd56 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I am anxious to see what the Braves do. I really .... REALLY hope that they keep Duvall, Soler and Rosario. Having those 3 with Acuna would be so fun. A mean a first 7 of Ronald, Freddie, Soler, Riley, Rosario, Duvall, Ozzie.......I mean that is just stupid fun to think about. It will Also be interesting to see how the pitching shakes out. There are 3 spots on lockdown with Fried, Anderson , and Morton and then you have the injury question with Soroka and the "who the **** knows" with Touki, Wright, Davidson, Mueller,Ynoa and I am sure another youngster will throw their name in the ring. Do the braves make a pitch for a guy like Scherzer, Verlander or even Greinke? Or another established vet pitcher Or do they just roll with the young guys in the last couple spots? Even with all of the young talent I think this past post season showed that you never ever can have too much starting pitching. A couple injuries and a well placed restraining order can destroy your rotation (isn't that right LA?) I know Freddy wants to stay a brave but what happens if a Southern CA team backs up the Brinks truck and hands him a blank check? Do they work on extensions for guys like Dansby who all but pleaded to stay home? This is going to be a very interesting offseason......... If there is one. PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosts of Glanville Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Buster Posey retired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Posey walked away from $22M remaining in his deal. He wants to go home and be with his young children. You might remember he skipped 2020 after the birth of his twins ATL Fan in the DMV, putnam6 and PokerSteve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putnam6 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: Posey walked away from $22M remaining in his deal. He wants to go home and be with his young children. You might remember he skipped 2020 after the birth of his twins Gonna see this more and more, they make ridiculous money. Once they get over a certain number(Posey has made ($145,875,000) on baseball alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, putnam6 said: Gonna see this more and more, they make ridiculous money. Once they get over a certain number(Posey has made ($145,875,000) on baseball alone Posey was also an investor in the Body Armour sports drink. They just sold to Coke for $8 Billion. I'm sure he was handsomely rewarded for his shares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmite Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Sad to see Buster go. He was a great player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 55 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: Posey walked away from $22M remaining in his deal. He wants to go home and be with his young children. You might remember he skipped 2020 after the birth of his twins It's also come out that Freddie talked about retiring during Spring Training for the same reason. As some had speculated, he was miserable because he was away from his infant, not-twin (but close enough) children. PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Bauer declined his opt out. He'll remain LA's issue. Nick Castellanos did opt out of his Reds deal. He had $34M over 2 years left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngbloodz Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 16 hours ago, Unknøwn said: Posey was also an investor in the Body Armour sports drink. They just sold to Coke for $8 Billion. I'm sure he was handsomely rewarded for his shares. Yep. Kobe invested $6 million and it’s now worth $400 million. His family will be eating good for generations off that deal alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Mets have been turned down by about 6 people now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 But we were told that working for the Mets was "the pinnacle of the sport" or something. 😄 Malachore and ATL Fan in the DMV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Can we get a mod to unpin the ‘20-21 off-season thread and pin this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, ToxicBraves said: Can we get a mod to unpin the ‘20-21 off-season thread and pin this one. @JD dirtybird21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 A's beginning the budget cuts. They declined the $4M option on Jake Diekman. He gets $750K as the buyout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD dirtybird21 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Pinned jidady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Not all heroes wear capes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, JD dirtybird21 said: Pinned I appreciate you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 So as of now OF options are Ronnie, Pache, Duvall, Joc (if he picks up player option) and as much as people want to deny it Ozuna. Will Braves look to keep Rosario or Soler? I feel like 1 of them will be too much and Rosario has the higher upside IMO if he stays healthy. Would love to see them make a play for a vet SP but Freddie comes first. Would they package one of our 3 OF prospects and a pitcher or 2 for a big bat if we lose Rosario and/or Soler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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