The 2018 MLB Random Thoughts Thread

[Kang Deezy]

can it be argued that what's happening with no major players being signed is essentially collusion by the owners...so that they can completely control the market value??

or is it the players/agents' fault for trying to continue getting those wild deals?

i know the current free agents aren't harper, trout, machado-level...but still.

They can tell me the money is up and everything is good but there’s no way there’s the same interest in baseball now as there was in the early 2000s

You have the young players producing making less than a million but 30 year olds getting 5-10 year deals over 25 million a year... almost every time those deals end very badly, so hard to blame the owners and GMs for not wanting to pay that outrageous money anymore

Look at Arod, teixera, pujols, Hamilton, Sabathia, Pablo, Crawford, Gonzalez... list goes on and on, if they are trying to reset the values in free agency, they ain’t wrong

 

[Regular_P]

I don't think the Hosmer deal is that bad, he's not a homerun hitter he hits lots of groundball singles, if he can hit near 300 with around 20hr and good D it's a win for SD, it's not like big name FAs are lining up to play for the Friars

That'd be fine if he was a shortstop or CF...he's a first baseman. Paying money like that for a first baseman, he needs to provide power.

 

[Professor K.]

I don't think the Hosmer deal is that bad, he's not a homerun hitter he hits lots of groundball singles, if he can hit near 300 with around 20hr and good D it's a win for SD, it's not like big name FAs are lining up to play for the Friars

Pay 150 mil for JT Snow brehs

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[god shamgod]

 

[The War Report]

Padres.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

will he play more than 130 games a season?

 

[Regular_P]

So 5/$110 million for JD? That's a solid deal. About what I expected at the beginning.

 

[god shamgod]

:goatcry: rays #1 prospect , hope it isn't tommy john

 

[Professor K.]

:goatcry: rays #1 prospect , hope it isn't tommy john

I wanted to see a screwball damnit

 

[Frump]

This is gonna be a weird year it's gonna be very top heavy and you have a bunch of teams basically rebuilding

I wouldn't be surprised to see the top teams win all over a 100 games and have most of the playoff teams from last year back

In the nl I don't see how the Dodgers Nats and Cubs don't win their divisions again

In the AL I don't see how the Yankees Red Sox Astros and Indians aren't in the playoffs again

 

[Professor K.]

This is gonna be a weird year it's gonna be very top heavy and you have a bunch of teams basically rebuilding

I wouldn't be surprised to see the top teams win all over a 100 games and have most of the playoff teams from last year back

In the nl I don't see how the Dodgers Nats and Cubs don't win their divisions again

In the AL I don't see how the Yankees Red Sox Astros and Indians aren't in the playoffs again

Somebody random like the Padres or the Orioles are gonna make it but yeah

 

[THEREALBRAND]

He says he took a random pill someone gave him.

Either he’s a terrible liar or he’s borderline retarded

 

[FaTaL]

:goatcry: rays #1 prospect , hope it isn't tommy john

Ouch

 

[god shamgod]

Honeywell top 15 prospect in mlb