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Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 1m
Confirmed: #Orioles’ Machado will undergo knee surgery and likely is out for the season.
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Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 1m
Confirmed: #Orioles’ Machado will undergo knee surgery and likely is out for the season.
Tim Brown @TBrownYahoo · 1h
Upside on Machado surgery: Small abnormality found in left knee also exists in right. That will be fixed during surgery.
I actually like what the cubs are doing ...they need to sign another starter for that rotation
I actually like what the cubs are doing ...they need to sign another starter for that rotation
I wonder if the Cubs go for Jon Lester. Now that'd be something
I can see him going back to Boston!
Lester, off his big season, is expected to be able to command $150 million or more as a free agent -- which is more than double Boston's initial offer to him back in spring. Boston's opening bid of $70 million for four years was just that, but they never got higher since, as one person put it he "cut things off," referring to the talks.
The issue now, is if they can restart the talks while Lester is a free agent, where do they start? With the assumption that Lester commands $150 million plus as a free agent, one rival executive said of Boston's chances to get anywhere close to that, "The Red Sox aren't going to admit they made an $80 million mistake by offering $150 million, one rival executive said.
It isn't close to certain the Red Sox see their opening salvo as a mistake, anyway, but there's nothing to suggest the Red Sox would go anywhere near $150 million, not for a pitcher who is 30, not even for Lester.
There was word when Boston broached the idea of re-starting talks around the start of July that they might have been willing to go to $100 million for five years at that time. However, Lester, as he told CBSSports.com at the All-Star Game, was "thrown off" by Boston's midseason attempt, suggesting he wanted to concentrate on a season that was slipping away, at least for the Red Sox.
When the Red Sox traded him, the belief was that they understood its chances to re-sign him were slim, and there's no reason to believe they believe otherwise now. The trade itself raised Lester's value by eliminating the possibility a qualifying offer may be made (and the draft-pick attachment that's affected recent free agents), and the Red Sox understood that.
Gave up on Colby once he left STL.I never want to see Colby Rasmus ever again.
Tell 'em one more time.Hottest hitters in MLB over the past 30 days: G. Stanton (202 wRC+)
N. Arenado (189)
J. Upton (18
J. Harrison (187)
D. Ortiz (174)
Coldest hitters in MLB over the last 30 days: D. LeMahieu (7 wRC+)
J. Rutledge (10)
M. Dominguez (22)
X. Bogaerts (22)
L. Chisenhall (25)
J UP
Pitchers who’ve induced the most swings and misses in August:
C. Sale (6
M. Bumgarner (63)
M. Scherzer (61)
C. Kluber (56)
C. Archer (55)
Only one pitcher has induced a higher % of swings and misses than Clayton Kershaw (15.2%) this year: Jake Diekman (15.4%)—1000 pitches min.
Worst rotations in MLB in the second half, by FIP:
1. Red Sox (4.62)
2. Rangers (4.46)
3. A’s (4.41)
4. White Sox (4.37)
5. Astros (4.19)
Cobb and Archer flourishing as a #1 and #2 with Price gone.
Best rotations in MLB in the second half, by FIP:
1. Rays (2.71)
2. Tigers (2.89)
3. Indians (2.94)
4. Mariners (2.99)
5. Yankees (3.02)
My mind is always blown by guys like Colby Rasmus. All the physical tools in the world but just can't piece it together.