like the Braves "big" move was Nola. I bet they move on to Gray
ff Passan
Verified
@JeffPassan
The Atlanta Braves were a real threat to poach Aaron Nola. But as negotiations with Nola and his agents, Joe Longo and Garrett Parcell, went on, the Phillies stepped up and gave out their biggest contract for a pitcher and 11th biggest ever.
@BNightengale
was on top of things.
He has been an in innings eater but he is trending downward. That’ll be an anchor contract in couple years. Keeps them competitive next few years and that’s really what this is about.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
He has been an in innings eater but he is trending downward. That’ll be an anchor contract in couple years. Keeps them competitive next few years and that’s really what this is about.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
Reportedly they have touched base with Wheeler on an extension this off-season. Unclear if they would do that and still with Yamamoto but you never know.
He has been an in innings eater but he is trending downward. That’ll be an anchor contract in couple years. Keeps them competitive next few years and that’s really what this is about.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
Reportedly they have touched base with Wheeler on an extension this off-season. Unclear if they would do that and still with Yamamoto but you never know.
I don’t see the Yamamoto interest as a likelihood. I think they’re just checking in and seeing if they can up ante on Mets.
Jon Morosi
@jonmorosi
As I reported on @MLBNetwork
a few moments ago, Brandon Woodruff is drawing interest from a majority of @MLB
teams in free agency.
Woodruff is expected to sign a multiyear deal following surgery. The Brewers declined to offer him a 2024 contract at Friday's deadline.
-Mets were not "in" on Nola and as of now are also not believed to be in on Snell.
can sign as soon as tomorrow, he has 45 days to sign.
The compensation to the Japanese team is now set in stone right? They receive $20 million or something like that.
", the release fee will be 20 percent of the first $25 million plus 17.5 percent of next $25 million plus 15 percent of the total guaranteed value exceeding $50 million."
their bp construction is basically exactly what i've been hoping mets would do going back like a half decade now. oday, iglesias, mchugh, lopez, smith, yates, etc.
and now they add a high velo arm along with a funky sinker lefty who gets a ton of ground balls/and also has a good slider.
with that lineup and that bullpen unseating them is going to be really hard.
not looking to overreact but these types of early strikes signings
are what the mets should be able to do with the benefit of cohen's $. in lopez' case he didnt even go above market and im not saying he was some kind of must sign, but why not identify whatever midlevel guys you like best and give them aggressive offers to get the ones you want?
clearly that's what the braves have been doing to positive effect for years now -- and as much as people talk about reliever risk they have probably gone multi-year on more relievers the past 3-4 years than any other team in baseball.
him the other day but I'd give Drew Rucinski a look on a minor league deal. He was horrendous in limited innings but people were pretty high on him (Law had him his #33 FA last off-season) Don't see much a downside if he's healthy.
Rucinski kicked around the majors for a few years, appearing with the Angels, Twins, and Marlins between 2014-18, which in and of itself is a great outcome for an undrafted free agent (out of an Ohio State University of some sort). He went to Korea after that season, however, and has reinvented himself, getting stronger, throwing harder, and adding a splitter, to the point where he might be able to come back to MLB as a starter. Rucinski was at 92-94 mph in relief before going to Korea, but over there has been more 94-96, with a cutter in the low 90s that’s probably his best pitch and an above-average curveball that might also miss some bats here. He’s coming off his best season to date, where he walked just 4.1 percent of batters and struck out almost a quarter, and in four years in the KBO he hasn’t missed a start, taking the ball 121 times in total and never throwing less than 177 innings in any season. This at least looks and sounds like a potential league-average starter here, but there’s risk involved in any starter coming from the KBO to MLB because the quality of hitters is much higher here. I could see two years and $16-18 million-ish, or maybe three years and $20-22 million, for a team that believes he has an excellent chance to remain a starter.
Bob Nightengale
@BNightengale
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been officially posted and Major League Clubs have been notified. The window begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and a club must sign him no later than 5 p.m. on January 4, 2024.
Justin Toscano
@JustinCToscano
Interesting note on late-inning reliever Reynaldo Lopez: He’ll prepare as a starting pitcher this winter and will be stretched out in spring training to give the Braves another option for the rotation. They think he can potentially help in both roles.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
Lance Lynn agrees to Cardinals deal, 1 year plus option. Guarantees $10M in 2024, plus $1M buyout on option. Can be worth about $26M over 2 with escalators. Pluses: Started with Cards, lives nearby in southern Illinois. Pending physical tomorrow.
Justin Toscano
@JustinCToscano
Interesting note on late-inning reliever Reynaldo Lopez: He’ll prepare as a starting pitcher this winter and will be stretched out in spring training to give the Braves another option for the rotation. They think he can potentially help in both roles.
no real reason to not do this from the ATL perspective. if it works great, super cheap starter with the flex to go to the BP on a postseason roster that shrinks the rotation, if it doesn't he's paid like a reliever.
i'd give the exact same (or slightly bigger since he already proved he can do it) deal to Lugo and do the same. that's what they should have done last year.
RE: Braves just signed Reynaldo Lopez to a 3 year deal
Bob Nightengale
@BNightengale
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been officially posted and Major League Clubs have been notified. The window begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and a club must sign him no later than 5 p.m. on January 4, 2024.
On a minor league deal Sulser isn't a bad pickup. Had a big 2021, still [posted 10.1 k/9 in 2022. He's battled shoulder issues so far from a given he can help, but again zero downside
That sheds some light on the question of why Wright had so little trade value despite having three years of team control, and why nobody traded for Woodruff and tried to sign him to a multi-year contract with incentives and options. Pitchers recovering from Tommy John sign deals like this all the time: Germán Márquez, Mike Clevinger, Kirby Yates, Tommy Kahnle and so on.
If this were Tommy John surgery, Woodruff would be a virtual lock to be back to normal by Opening Day 2025. Márquez got two years and $20 million, while Clevinger got two years and $11.5 million for one year of rehab and another year of regularly scheduled programming. When healthy, Woodruff is way better than those guys, so if this were Tommy John, he would probably be in line for more money, more years, or both.
But rather than a one-year layoff with a high probability of recovery, Woodruff is in for an injury that — according to the very limited sample in the 2023 study — is about a coin flip that he’ll return, with the possibility that he’ll miss not one but two seasons. Link - ( New Window )
On a minor league deal Sulser isn't a bad pickup. Had a big 2021, still [posted 10.1 k/9 in 2022. He's battled shoulder issues so far from a given he can help, but again zero downside
50 more signings like this, PLEASE!!!!
No risk
He’s 90% cooked, but if he isn’t, great to have in AAA for those RP rotations they do all season.
Not till later in the off-season. It’s a risk, but where the Mets are pitching wise, they need to take a few of those swings.
Same with trading for Manoah.
They aren’t good moves if you are banking in them. But if you make three moves like that in tandem, one probably kinda works. One blows up, and third is your lotto ticket.
If all three bust, so be it. Just can’t take up the roster spots all off-season, so have o swing late.
Travis Sawchik
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
Travis Sawchik
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
currently have 9 rehabbing TJ. They had more until 2 weeks ago but Renteria left via FA, Murfee was picked off of waivers and Mathieu Cole Gordon were released.
currently have 9 rehabbing TJ. They had more until 2 weeks ago but Renteria left via FA, Murfee was picked off of waivers and Mathieu Cole Gordon were released.
Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
pretty sure that's the sport which is a big step down from the regular bronco. cant get mad at a free car but cespedes wouldnt even give that garage space. like you said, hopefully hatchet buried and everyone happy.
probably be the 2nd best bat available after Ohtani...
This Day in Mets History
@NYMhistory
11/20/2006 Moises Alou and the Mets agree to a one-year, $7.5 million contract. Alou spent the final two years of his big league career in New York, hitting .342 in 102 games. In his age-40 season, Alou set a club record by recording a hit in 30 consecutive games.
Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
pretty sure that's the sport which is a big step down from the regular bronco. cant get mad at a free car but cespedes wouldnt even give that garage space. like you said, hopefully hatchet buried and everyone happy.
Well, Cespedes also had a horse in his "garage" so not sure he's the best gauge. I tried to get my wife to want a bronco to replace her Honda Pilot, but no luck.
Travis Sawchik
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
While TJS is one valid metric to track under Pitch Clock Rules, I'd be curious to see a list of Pitchers on the IL with other Arm/Shoulder injuries (including short stays). Don't know if anybody tracked that across both leagues over the last few years.
ff Passan
Verified
@JeffPassan
The Atlanta Braves were a real threat to poach Aaron Nola. But as negotiations with Nola and his agents, Joe Longo and Garrett Parcell, went on, the Phillies stepped up and gave out their biggest contract for a pitcher and 11th biggest ever.
@BNightengale
was on top of things.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
Reportedly they have touched base with Wheeler on an extension this off-season. Unclear if they would do that and still with Yamamoto but you never know.
Quote:
He has been an in innings eater but he is trending downward. That’ll be an anchor contract in couple years. Keeps them competitive next few years and that’s really what this is about.
I’m curious whether they extend Wheeler a couple years.
Reportedly they have touched base with Wheeler on an extension this off-season. Unclear if they would do that and still with Yamamoto but you never know.
I don’t see the Yamamoto interest as a likelihood. I think they’re just checking in and seeing if they can up ante on Mets.
@jonmorosi
As I reported on @MLBNetwork
a few moments ago, Brandon Woodruff is drawing interest from a majority of @MLB
teams in free agency.
Woodruff is expected to sign a multiyear deal following surgery. The Brewers declined to offer him a 2024 contract at Friday's deadline.
-Mets were not "in" on Nola and as of now are also not believed to be in on Snell.
The compensation to the Japanese team is now set in stone right? They receive $20 million or something like that.
The compensation to the Japanese team is now set in stone right? They receive $20 million or something like that.
Quote:
can sign as soon as tomorrow, he has 45 days to sign.
The compensation to the Japanese team is now set in stone right? They receive $20 million or something like that.
", the release fee will be 20 percent of the first $25 million plus 17.5 percent of next $25 million plus 15 percent of the total guaranteed value exceeding $50 million."
Trivino
Kept Johnson and Jimenez and now added one of the best FA RP's to add to Minter. They did trade Anderson so that's a loss.
and now they add a high velo arm along with a funky sinker lefty who gets a ton of ground balls/and also has a good slider.
with that lineup and that bullpen unseating them is going to be really hard.
clearly that's what the braves have been doing to positive effect for years now -- and as much as people talk about reliever risk they have probably gone multi-year on more relievers the past 3-4 years than any other team in baseball.
2022 (NC Dinos, KBO): 2.97 ERA, 193.2 IP, 34 BB, 194 K, 14 HR
Rucinski kicked around the majors for a few years, appearing with the Angels, Twins, and Marlins between 2014-18, which in and of itself is a great outcome for an undrafted free agent (out of an Ohio State University of some sort). He went to Korea after that season, however, and has reinvented himself, getting stronger, throwing harder, and adding a splitter, to the point where he might be able to come back to MLB as a starter. Rucinski was at 92-94 mph in relief before going to Korea, but over there has been more 94-96, with a cutter in the low 90s that’s probably his best pitch and an above-average curveball that might also miss some bats here. He’s coming off his best season to date, where he walked just 4.1 percent of batters and struck out almost a quarter, and in four years in the KBO he hasn’t missed a start, taking the ball 121 times in total and never throwing less than 177 innings in any season. This at least looks and sounds like a potential league-average starter here, but there’s risk involved in any starter coming from the KBO to MLB because the quality of hitters is much higher here. I could see two years and $16-18 million-ish, or maybe three years and $20-22 million, for a team that believes he has an excellent chance to remain a starter.
@BNightengale
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been officially posted and Major League Clubs have been notified. The window begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and a club must sign him no later than 5 p.m. on January 4, 2024.
@JustinCToscano
Interesting note on late-inning reliever Reynaldo Lopez: He’ll prepare as a starting pitcher this winter and will be stretched out in spring training to give the Braves another option for the rotation. They think he can potentially help in both roles.
@JonHeyman
Lance Lynn agrees to Cardinals deal, 1 year plus option. Guarantees $10M in 2024, plus $1M buyout on option. Can be worth about $26M over 2 with escalators. Pluses: Started with Cards, lives nearby in southern Illinois. Pending physical tomorrow.
@JustinCToscano
Interesting note on late-inning reliever Reynaldo Lopez: He’ll prepare as a starting pitcher this winter and will be stretched out in spring training to give the Braves another option for the rotation. They think he can potentially help in both roles.
no real reason to not do this from the ATL perspective. if it works great, super cheap starter with the flex to go to the BP on a postseason roster that shrinks the rotation, if it doesn't he's paid like a reliever.
i'd give the exact same (or slightly bigger since he already proved he can do it) deal to Lugo and do the same. that's what they should have done last year.
$hit! I wanted him with the Mets badly! Would've been the perfect setup guy for Diaz.
@BNightengale
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been officially posted and Major League Clubs have been notified. The window begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and a club must sign him no later than 5 p.m. on January 4, 2024.
Gotta get him.
Joe Kelly is a legend from the Jomboy Media lip reading videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coSL_bN1gQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=IBNIfyd6cbE
New York Mets
@Mets
We’ve signed RHP Cole Sulser to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.
If this were Tommy John surgery, Woodruff would be a virtual lock to be back to normal by Opening Day 2025. Márquez got two years and $20 million, while Clevinger got two years and $11.5 million for one year of rehab and another year of regularly scheduled programming. When healthy, Woodruff is way better than those guys, so if this were Tommy John, he would probably be in line for more money, more years, or both.
But rather than a one-year layoff with a high probability of recovery, Woodruff is in for an injury that — according to the very limited sample in the 2023 study — is about a coin flip that he’ll return, with the possibility that he’ll miss not one but two seasons.
Link - ( New Window )
50 more signings like this, PLEASE!!!!
No risk
He’s 90% cooked, but if he isn’t, great to have in AAA for those RP rotations they do all season.
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Kelly would be a decent get for the Mets IMO.
Joe Kelly is a legend from the Jomboy Media lip reading videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coSL_bN1gQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=IBNIfyd6cbE
LMFAO
Same with trading for Manoah.
They aren’t good moves if you are banking in them. But if you make three moves like that in tandem, one probably kinda works. One blows up, and third is your lotto ticket.
If all three bust, so be it. Just can’t take up the roster spots all off-season, so have o swing late.
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
2014: 30
2015: 24
2016: 19
2017: 18
2018: 24
2019: 16
2020: 29
2021: 32
2022: 26
2023: 27
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Like the color looks good.
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
2014: 30
2015: 24
2016: 19
2017: 18
2018: 24
2019: 16
2020: 29
2021: 32
2022: 26
2023: 27
less than 1 per year per team is lower than i would have guessed.
9 minor leaguers
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Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
pretty sure that's the sport which is a big step down from the regular bronco. cant get mad at a free car but cespedes wouldnt even give that garage space. like you said, hopefully hatchet buried and everyone happy.
This Day in Mets History
@NYMhistory
11/20/2006 Moises Alou and the Mets agree to a one-year, $7.5 million contract. Alou spent the final two years of his big league career in New York, hitting .342 in 102 games. In his age-40 season, Alou set a club record by recording a hit in 30 consecutive games.
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Tim Healey
@timbhealey
The big Mets news of the week: Jeff McNeil finally got a car from Francisco Lindor, per Garrett Parcell, one of McNeil’s agents at Paragon Sports.
In May 2022, Lindor offhandedly promised McNeil a car if he won the batting title. Then McNeil did.
Now, he gets a new Ford Bronco.
Love to see players get along. Hope these two have buried the hatchet.
pretty sure that's the sport which is a big step down from the regular bronco. cant get mad at a free car but cespedes wouldnt even give that garage space. like you said, hopefully hatchet buried and everyone happy.
Well, Cespedes also had a horse in his "garage" so not sure he's the best gauge. I tried to get my wife to want a bronco to replace her Honda Pilot, but no luck.
@Travis_Sawchik
According to @MLBPlayerAnalys
's excellent TJS database, there was no spike in Tommy John cases in year one of the pitch clock era. TJS cases by year among major league pitchers:
2014: 30
2015: 24
2016: 19
2017: 18
2018: 24
2019: 16
2020: 29
2021: 32
2022: 26
2023: 27
While TJS is one valid metric to track under Pitch Clock Rules, I'd be curious to see a list of Pitchers on the IL with other Arm/Shoulder injuries (including short stays). Don't know if anybody tracked that across both leagues over the last few years.