The Official 2024-25 MLB Hot Stove Thread

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[drifter]

Boy I tell you nikkas have been sick since Ohtani signed that contract nothing's been the same

All these think pieces about the league's broken, like the A's, Pirates, & Reds were big spenders before it. Degenerate gambler this, getting carried that, people actually praying he can't come back and pitch. None existed before and if he was gambling he was doing it on the Angels too so....

Let's say all that's true. He's a gambler, he's getting carried, arm is sawdust now. None of it changes he's already made the Dodgers more in 1 year than Soto will make the Mets in half of his, probably already out earned most of Judge's run and anybody else with a name. Any team would love to have dude and if he deferred money to go play for the Rays or some shyt you wouldn't care nearly as much lol

 

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[VegetasHairline]

Mo 2.0? Devin Williams ready to close games for Yankees with a pitch no one else can throw

The All-Star is bringing "The Airbender" to the Bronx. Like Mariano Rivera's cutter, it has helped make him one of baseball's premier high-leverage relievers.

www.espn.com

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Anyone remember that one year Brady Anderson of the Orioles hit 50 home runs?

This dudes home run numbers were: 21, 13, 12, 16, 50, 18, 18, 24

 

[Trust Me]

Mo 2.0? Devin Williams ready to close games for Yankees with a pitch no one else can throw

The All-Star is bringing "The Airbender" to the Bronx. Like Mariano Rivera's cutter, it has helped make him one of baseball's premier high-leverage relievers.

www.espn.com

The airbender is nothing more than a splitter with no facial hair.

He aint foolin anybody.

 

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[god shamgod]

The optics, for the Padres, already were less than favorable. Since the end of a 93-win campaign and a trip to the National League Division Series, San Diego — needing at least a catcher, a left fielder and starting pitching — has yet to complete a trade or spend a dollar in free agency. Team officials say they do not feel compelled to move money in order to make additions, but payroll expectations remain tempered.

Current estimates have the Padres near the luxury tax threshold, seemingly limiting the flexibility of a club that spent well above that line before Peter Seidler’s death in November 2023. The Padres have entertained trade interest in key players who could reach free agency next offseason — including top starter Dylan Cease, closer Robert Suarez and batting champion Luis Arraez — as well as infielder Jake Cronenworth and others under team control. League sources said the Padres recently indicated they would prefer to hold on to at least Arraez, but his newly agreed-upon $14 million salary poses a potential obstacle to addressing other areas of the roster.

If I was sasaki , I wouldn’t want no parts of this

Ownership control in limbo, team wants to cut payroll ,already at the cbt threshold without a single acquisition

 

[3rdLetter]

Anyone remember that one year Brady Anderson of the Orioles hit 50 home runs?

This dudes home run numbers were: 21, 13, 12, 16, 50, 18, 18, 24

When I think of a player who had that one roided up season, he's the first one that comes to mind. Just saying "Brady Anderson had 50 hrs in a season" makes me chuckle .

 

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1997 Greg Vaughn

120 games
.216/.322/.393
18 HR
57 RBI

1998 Greg Vaughn

158 games
.272/.363/.597
50 HR
119 RBI

 

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Roy Halladay career

203-105 W/L
3.38 ERA
2,749.1 innings
2,117 strikeouts
65.4 WAR

CC Sabathia career

251-161 W/L
3.74 ERA
3,577.1 innings
3,093 strikeouts
61.8 WAR

CC Sabathia belongs in the Hall of Fame.
I understand how people are on the fence about him, but durability counts.

 

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[blues_funk_reggae]

CC is my shoe-in for the Hall of Fame

 

[VegetasHairline]