Some Free Agents that would be worth going after, IMO. Eric Hosmer (1B), JD Martinez (OF), Lorenzo Kain (OF), Mike Moustakos (3B), Yandor Alonso (1B), Wade Davis (RP), Addison Reed (RP), Andrew Cashner (SP), Jake Arietta (SP), Yu Darvish (SP)
Welp, Santana just agreed to a 3 year/$60MM deal with the Phillies. Sucks, but no way were the Indians going to pay anything close to that. I think we offered 3 years/$36MM
We should win the Central with relative ease. Once the playoffs start, all bets are off. That is why I love playoff baseball.
Also, LOL at Bauer. he's the best. He's absolutely a high-function autistic dude. Major League Baseball’s arbitration process allows a player to request an exact salary, and when pitcher Trevor Bauer concluded that he and the Cleveland Indians were not going to reach an agreement on a deal for the 2018 season, he started to consider potential incomes. The first number he suggested was $6.9 million. Warned that was too high and that it risked him losing his case, he workshopped a few other options before settling on the money he wanted this year: $6,420,969.69. “I just think it’s a good number,” Bauer told Yahoo Sports. “I think it accurately reflects my place in the salary structure relative to other athletes.” Despite his desire to make a mockery of the arbitration system, Bauer eventually agreed to file at a number with no weed or sex references: $6,525,000. Though Bauer won the case, his wish to be paid $6,420,969.69 did not abate, and it has spawned a most unique campaign of philanthropy. Bauer launched what he’s calling The 69 Days of Giving. Starting Thursday on opening day, he will donate $420.69 a day for the next 68 days to a different charity, the majority of which he plans on choosing after soliciting suggestions from fans on his website. On the final day, Bauer will give $69,420.69 to a charity he’s keeping secret. In total, he will donate $98,027.61, starting with a contribution Thursday to the Lone Survivor Foundation, a favorite of Bauer’s that supports wounded veterans. The leftover $6,002.70 will go to Taiki Green, the campaign manager for the 69 Days who will administer the website and shot the hype video that went live on the site Wednesday. Subtract those two numbers from his salary, and voila: $6,420,969.69. “That’s what I want to play for this year,” Bauer said. “I made up my mind. And since I got more than that in arbitration, I decided to give up the difference.”
Any of you east coast fucks staying up to watch this. I normally use a friend's login for MLB.TV and watch the STO stream and listen to Hammy rather than listen to Matt Underwood but that's not an option for this game, so I'm just watching the ESPN feed
Heading to the home opener. I'm dressed like this is a Week 12 Browns game. Fucking hate this weather.
We aren't hitting for shit and Ramirez looks like thinks it's still October. Thankfully this what we always seem to do.
I'm not really worried about our hitting right now. No one wants to fucking play baseball in 30 degree weather.
Keep hanging around the .500 mark till the bats heat up and we'll be fine. But sure sucks watching a team with a collective .158 batting average, next lowest is .208
The bullpen in general is trash. We have to make some moves if we are going to make any sort of run in the playoffs.
THis is so frustrating because we have the hitting, fielding, and starting pitching to win a world series, but our bullpen is such a liability that we could get swept in the divisional round.
fucking stupid bitch even gave up a seventh run for good measure. shoot this bullpen into the fucking sun.