The Official 2024-25 MLB Hot Stove Thread

[Remote]

I would say that given that Murakami is intent on coming over to MLB, I think the rumors of the Yankees acquiring Nolan Arenado are dead.
You can't make that trade when the 3B of your future is coming on the market.

 

[VegetasHairline]

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[Trust Me]

It’s been real belli , wish the cubs coulda kept him along with tucker but pca(& Busch)pretty much took his spot

Glad to see him bounce back cuz dude was awful for 2-3 years. He should easily hit 30+ hr’s at yankee stadium

Every time you bring him up, you gettin a red notification.

 

[Spidey Man]

A Mets fan slandering Chipper Jones. How shocking! Chipper hit .300 from both sides of the plate.

Not slander just facts.

Well maybe about 40 percent slander, but my point still stands. Chipper just sounds like a hater.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Not slander just facts.

Well maybe about 40 percent slander, but my point still stands. Chipper just sounds like a hater.

Lemme see Juan Soto hit .364 at 36 years old like Chipper Jones did.

 

[Spidey Man]

Lemme see Juan Soto hit .364 at 36 years old like Chipper Jones did.

At 23, chipper had 23 home runs, 86 RBIs, and 22 doubles. Soto had 35 home runs, 109 RBIs and 32 doubles at 23.

 

[god shamgod]

Every time you bring him up, you gettin a red notification.

The Mets just signed Soto

 

[Spidey Man]

Didn't waste any time growing a beard

 

[Spence]

Acquire Tucker just to trade Bellinger and lose him the lineup protection he needs to be able to succeed?

 

[Spidey Man]

Acquire Tucker just to trade Bellinger and lose him the lineup protection he needs to be able to succeed?

Give up real prospects for a rental

 

[Spence]

Give up real prospects for a rental

Cubs only parted with 1 actual prospect, Hayden & Paredes were just filler.

 

[Trojan 24]

At 23, chipper had 23 home runs, 86 RBIs, and 22 doubles. Soto had 35 home runs, 109 RBIs and 32 doubles at 23.

 

[god shamgod]

Acquire Tucker just to trade Bellinger and lose him the lineup protection he needs to be able to succeed?

The cubs have been trying to trade bellinger since he opted in.they expected him to opt out , lol @ line up protection

Give up real prospects for a rental

That’s what The dumb ass Mets did when they traded pca for Baez the cubs gave up their 9th best prospect.

 

[Carolina Slim]

For as long as I can remember, the mantra was that pitching was about location and changing speeds.

Not just SPEED.
CHANGING speed.

Maybe Randy Johnson was an outlier because he threw hard seemingly all the time.
But Maddux, Pedro...those guys could locate and change speeds. With Pedro specifically he could hit you with 97 high and tight. But he also had a famous changeup and curveball that came in below 85.

I'd argue even Roger Clemens technically changed speeds with his splitter coming off the fastball.

These days everyone wants to throw 99, and their "off speed" pitch is a fukkin 92 mph slider.

Then you got a$$holes on tv talking about

"i wOnDeR WHy pITcHerS gET HuRt thESe DaYS??"

I remember when deGrom was at the height of his powers, and watching him pitch was like seeing a 101 mph heater followed up by a 95 mph changeup and then a 993-94 mph slider. As I got more familiar with the stress that puts on the elbow and shoulder, and already knowing that he had been shelved earlier for it, I went from to

 

[Dipsey Doo]

Some takeaways:

City of Chicago, your baseball teams are cheap as hell

The Marlins gave Stanton that massive deal knowing that they would end up trading him

Royals actually spent some money

Houston is another surprisingly cheap organization