There was a flurry of signings around the Hot Stove yesterday, but not by the Giants. Leading off, the Angels made their second SP signing of the week bringing in RHP Trevor Cahill for 1 yr/$9 M with an additional $1.5 M available in incentives. Cahill has had an up and down MLB career. He is coming off a 3.76 ERA in 110 IP for the A's but once again spent time on the DL. The 110 IP was the most he's thrown since 2014, so even a 1 year deal is a bit of gamble for the Angels. Still, MLBTR predicted that both Matt Harvey and Cahill would get 2 year/$22 M contracts so the Angels have landed both for about half the total cost and half the risk in years. So, the Angels appear to be following the pitching blueprint Farhan Zaidi pioneered with the Dodgers: Sign a bunch of injury risk pitchers stashing half of them on the DL at any given time. Maybe that's still his plan for the Giants?
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The Nationals signed RHP Anibal Sanchez to a 2 yr/$19 M contract with $6 M of the $19 M deferred to 2021 and a 3'rd year option valued at $12 M. There are also incentives for an additional $4 M so the contract maxes out at 3 yr/$33 M. Sanchez is coming off a strong season for the Braves after several down seasons. Secondary stats suggest he is unlikely to repeat last year's success but then the Nationals are exactly paying him to be an ace.
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The Cardinals are reportedly close to a deal with LHP Andrew Miller for at least 2 years. Miller is coming off a down season in which he battled injuries and ineffectiveness(4.24 ERA in 34 IP). The Cardinals are obviously gearing up for a serious run in 2019, so even if they sign Miller, they may still be in the market to add a Will Smith by trade.
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The Rockie agreed to terms with 2B/1B Daniel Murphy for 2 yrs/$24 M with a mutual option for 2021. Murphy is a terrific hitter who should be even better playing half his games in Coors Field. His D at 2B has never been great and has only gotten worse in recent years, so the Rockies may be looking at him more as a 1B option. This acquisition creates an additional barrier for playing time for Ian Desmond, Garret Hampson, Ryan McMahon and Brendan Rodgers.
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The A's added to an already loaded bullpen by agreeing to terms with RHP Joakim Soria. Soria is 34 years old and coming off one of the best seasons of his career split between the White Sox and Brewers. The deal is for 2 years/$15 M.
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Astros RHP Joe Smith suffered a torn Achilles tendon during offseason workouts and will likely miss a large part of the 2019 season.
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Unlike Brodie Van Wagenen, Jerry Dipoto, Mike Rizzo, and maybe a couple others, Farhan Zaidi does noy appear to be one to do something just to be doing something.
ReplyDeleteMike Gerber and the Rule 5 moves thus may well have more significance than a "casual action" and the Giants are waiting for something -- Yusei Kikuchi ? -- or are just not going for anything that compromises the future.
Zaidi has a plan and we don't know it!
Why do so many people seem to think Kikuchi is the savior when he's been on and off the DL his entire career with shoulder issues?
Delete...and why do so many people seem to think Mike Gerber is this year's breakout kid? I guess players with K rates of 30-40% are terrible until the GM you think is a genius signs one, then they are a sign of a breakout?
DeleteJust trying to find the rainbow.
DeleteThe Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds made a notable trade, that has Puig, Kemp, Wood, Farmer and cash going one way, No-Hit Bailey, a couple prospects, and significant payroll space going the other.
The Giants announced Friday that they’ve signed switch-pitcher Pat Venditte to a one-year, Major League contract. The addition of Venditte brings San Francisco’s 40-man roster to a total of 38 players.
Where oh where is our pot of gold?
Wrote up the Dodgers-Reds trade. See above.
DeleteI wanted to see Murphy sign with a contender, let's see if he rakes at Coors. Of course Lamahieu beat Murphy for the batting crown by 1 point I believe couple of years ago. Now they are teammates? or has Lamahieu left the Rockies?
ReplyDeleteLeMahieu is a FA.
DeleteFarhan strikes me as the type of guy who does his x-mas shopping on Christmas eve. No sense of urgency at all and apparently he is ok with whatever is still on the shelf after all the other GM’s have done their shopping. A shrewd plan indeed let’s see if it pays off
ReplyDeleteEvery market is different and you have to read it right. Not that I am a great market reader, but my take on this market is there are likely to be some pitching bargains late in the offseason. Maybe not so much hitting.
DeleteGiants signed Venditte to a one year deal. I wanted him on the team 5 years ago. Let's see how much he has in the tank.
ReplyDeleteSee above post.
DeleteThis is interesting.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/sports/sources-dodgers-trade-matt-kemp-yasiel-puig-blockbuster-deal-reds-214017864.html
See above post.
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