MLB Offseason 2023-24: Thanks to all MLB fans (except As fans) for their support

[claydude14]

Dylan Cease to the Padres. Guess he’s got a a flight to catch to Korea.

 

[alkeiper]

MLB's "Spring Breakout" series starts tonight. It's a bunch of exhibition games with each teams' top prospects playing against each other.

Here's everything to know about Spring Breakout

One of the great joys of the annual All-Star Futures Game is the chance to put some of the game’s top prospects on one field in the middle of the summer and let them show off the tools that make them the future of baseball. But what if instead of

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Length:

Each Spring Breakout game will last seven innings, unless both teams agree to extend the contest to nine frames. The Padres and Mariners (Friday), Phillies and Tigers (Saturday) and Angels and Dodgers (Saturday) are all playing nine innings. There are no extra innings, so games can end in a tie.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Robert Murray of Fansided reports that the Athletics have reached an agreement with free agent infielder J.D. Davis. It's a 1 year deal for $2.5 Million with another $1 Million in incentives. Good low-risk signing for an above-average hitter who has 20-25 HR pop over a 162-game average for his career. He probably won't see that much action but could be a useful part-time bat.

 

[alkeiper]

Now I’m curious what a high risk signing would look like for the Athletics.

 

[King Kamala]

Agreeing to move to Las Vegas without a specific ballpark site or design nailed down?

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Now I’m curious what a high risk signing would look like for the Athletics.

Somebody making $20 Million?

Ross Stripling is gonna make $12.5 Million and is almost 20% of the entire payroll.

 

[strummer]

ESPN will be adding win probability to their scorebug during their telecasts for the upcoming season

 

[alkeiper]

Somebody making $20 Million?

Ross Stripling is gonna make $12.5 Million and is almost 20% of the entire payroll.

They’ve got about $170 million left to spend before they hit tax thresholds. They lost 112 games last season. They have league approval to move the team. The absolute worst case scenario, that they go bankrupt is actually not the worst case scenario because the owner selling would be good. The downside of anything they do is essentially just the status quo.

 

[King Kamala]

Blake Snell signs a 2 year, $62 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.

 

[alkeiper]

A lot of talk about Snell being the Cy Young winner struggling to get a contract, but I'm wary of his future performance. Snell's batting average against was abnormally low and he led the league in walks. He only averages about 142 innings a year. I don't see a disaster necessarily, but expecting a repeat of 2023 is probably a mistake.