The 2014-15 MLB Hot Stove Thread

[mastermind]

soooo how do they plan to pay Strasburg in 3 years or so?

If the Nats decided to keep everybody and go into the season as a potential juggernaut — try to pick an opening day starter among Scherzer, Strasburg and Zimmermann — Boras still could argue payroll certainty going forward because the Nationals have so many free agents-to-be. Zimmermann would be gone. Shortstop Ian Desmond (making $11 million this season and likely to receive a $150 million deal as a free agent) could be, too. Take off the salaries of Fister ($11.4 million) and center fielder Denard Span($9 million) and suddenly Scherzer fits into a team whose payroll, by mere attrition, would fall by nearly $48 million.

 

[holidayinn21]

no one is paying a muthafukking ian desmond $150 million

 

[tremonthustler1]

no one is paying a muthafukking ian desmond $150 million

better hope Didi puts in work

 

[the next guy]

Reported terms on Scherzer's deal:

Wild. That's all

no one is paying a muthafukking ian desmond $150 million

There is some stupid team like Atlanta out there that will.

 

[Regular_P]

LMAO @ the thought of someone giving Desmond $150 million.

 

[The War Report]

Desmond is poor defensively and he has no plate discipline.

 

[Da_Eggman]

ian desmond $150 million

 

[mastermind]

the Nats offerd Desi a deal at around 100 million which is high, imo

he wants more.

 

[FloorGeneral]

Breakdown of Scherzer's contract: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/max-scherzer-and-when-210-million-isnt-210-million/

Or, more precisely, $210 million in this case, as the Nationals joined the club of teams paying $30 million per year for premium talent.

Or, at least, they did on paper. Scherzer signed a seven year contract, and in exchange for pitching for them for those seven years, the Nationals have agreed to pay him $210 million in salary. Divide $210 million by seven years and you get $30 million in AAV, which is how this deal will be reported. But because of how this deal was structured, it’s not really $30 million per year.

Instead, the Nationals will pay Scherzer $15 million per season, but do so for 14 years; essentially, they’ve deferred half of each season’s salary seven years into the future. Effectively, they signed Scherzer for $105 million over the seven years that he’ll pitch for them, and then they’ll pay him the next $105 million after the contract ends, making this the most deferred money contract in baseball history.

Article goes on to explain why, due to the fact that money is worth more today than it is in the future, that because of the major backloading, the contract is actually gonna be worth LESS than $210m as we know it today. Pretty interesting read.

 

[THASTUNNA]

TODAY, 8:42am: Vogelsong and the Astros are nearing a deal but are still addressing the final details of the arrangement, according to ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Dontrelle Willis back in Baseball. Minor League deal with the Brewers

 

[Regular_P]

Dontrelle Willis back in Baseball. Minor League deal with the Brewers

So random. Can this guy throw it over the plate again?

 

[tremonthustler1]

@Conz @Spidey Man @Tommy Fits

 

[Conz]

the man has some solid jokes and can get good value for a major league player in a trade...

this is a Sandy specialty. you don't know whether to laugh or tell him to fukk off. this is a well constructed joke, but I still kinda wanna punch him in his fukkin head

 

[Spidey Man]

@Conz @Spidey Man @Tommy Fits

Sandy has a solid career as a comedian to fall back on if he ever gets tired of the baseball shyt. His troll game is top notch