The Rundown:
- Recap the latest Manny Machado rumors and how they are being reported. Why it will be hard to cover baseball offseason continues this trend of extending to mid-to-late January.
- We discuss the idea of a “Swellopt” contract for Manny Machado with the reporting from SNY’s Andy Martino.
White Sox and Machado have discussed a structure that would allow the team to opt into a longer term deal after year 3, and for Machado to opt out if they don't. Now this is something that could appeal to the Yankees too.https://t.co/iIF9WmAcSa
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) January 17, 2019
- Adam Ottavino signs with the New York Yankees for a similar deal as Kelvin Herrera got with the White Sox. How does these deals compare?
- Finally, we say goodbye to Avisail Garcia who signs with the Tampa Bay Rays.
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We have to come up with a different name for this type of option structure. The name Boras coined doesn’t make any sense.
Agreed. New name needed but I like the idea of a contract structured in this manner
It’s too late.Â
A clumsy portmanteau… Is Jim a CBB fan? I refuse to believe.
@gooch Decide for yourself in this morning’s follow-up, you sniveling worm.
Hi, I’m pregnant
I’ve got it – a “choption” because if it’s not exercised the player can chop off the rest of the deal .
But the player must pull a Ted Allen and tell the front office, “You’ve been chopped.”
Your ingredients are: a light-hitting catcher with decent framing metrics, a former starting pitching prospect trying to reinvent himself as a high leverage reliever, and Brock Holt.
Sounds like a great opportunity to make a bread pudding.
OK, I hereby declare James McCann’s nickname to be “Bread Pudding.” With Castillo, the Sox will lead the majors in stuff behind the dish that’s not good for you.
@Josh Nelson – You mentioned only 12 teams are above there opening day payroll from last year currently. Does that include Arb eligable players? Â
@Jer-in-Az
Only includes agreements made by players and teams as of January 16th. Some payroll numbers will increase after trials: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mlb-payroll-probably-isnt-going-back-up-in-2019/