The Official 2024-25 MLB Hot Stove Thread

[Trojan 24]

Puerto Ricans and Dominicans setting aside the beef to take on the Japanese

 

[Remote]

Clayton Kershaw hasn't really pitched a full season in 10 years.

He's got 9 straight seasons (well, 8 considering COVID) where he's made fewer than 30 starts.

And he's still 21st all time in Strikeouts.
He would almost definitely be Top 10 if he was healthy.

10. Justin Verlander (3,416)
21. Clayton Kershaw (2,968)

 

[Da_Eggman]

Clayton Kershaw hasn't really pitched a full season in 10 years.

He's got 9 straight seasons (well, 8 considering COVID) where he's made fewer than 30 starts.

And he's still 21st all time in Strikeouts.
He would almost definitely be Top 10 if he was healthy.

10. Justin Verlander (3,416)
21. Clayton Kershaw (2,968)

He wants to get to 3k and then he’s done

 

[Trips]

He wants to get to 3k and then he’s done

Good thing he's close. Cause damn homie.

I can't believe how many years have passed since he pitched a full season healthy.

 

[daemonova]

 

[Regular_P]

Just relocate this fukking team already.

 

[Trips]

Everyone already knew that stadium was garbage but sheesh the hurricane fukked it all the way up. Yeah they better off securing a relocation package and playing at some college or minor league park. In the interim

 

[ineedsleep212]

 

[Trojan 24]

Soto's first year pay gone just like that

 

[Regular_P]

Willy Adams will get a huge contract and not live up to it at all

He's in the class of guys @tremonthustler1 is talking about when teams are like, "we don't want to pay one person that much; we'll spread it out." They end up spending more and still getting less production plus albatross contracts.

Adames has a career OPS of .766. If he signed for 3/$75 million, that'd be high but tolerable because the years are low. But he already got offered 7/$160 million. That's crazy for a guy who hasn't had an OPS above .800 in three years.

 

[Remote]

Kind of amused that people have a conservative view of what Willy Adames should get in free agency.

Only because he's got a stronger case for his contract than Jason Heyward had. And I got a lot of shyt for bashing that deal at the time.

 

[Regular_P]

Kind of amused that people have a conservative view of what Willy Adames should get in free agency.

Only because he's got a stronger case for his contract than Jason Heyward had. And I got a lot of shyt for bashing that deal at the time.

I shyt on the Heyward contract too.

 

[FreshAIG]

 

[Da_Eggman]

Kind of amused that people have a conservative view of what Willy Adames should get in free agency.

Only because he's got a stronger case for his contract than Jason Heyward had. And I got a lot of shyt for bashing that deal at the time.

It’s just a 29 year old infielder is gonna break down and he’s expecting a 7-10 year deal

I could see the giants try to do a 3-4 year deal

 

[daemonova]

I shyt on the Heyward contract too.

World Champ, million dollar contract and that, he really worried about what Braves fans think