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Not a bad signing.  He won't be the answer to the hole at the top of a rotation, but he is steady.

I had a typo in my last post, but I think everyone understands the gist of my post.  I should have said all BBWAA award ballots are required the day after the regular season ends, not starts.  Post-season is not considered in their awards.  There are awards that are given by a different group --...

The votes are required to be submitted the day after the regular season starts.  Post season performance is not considered for BBWAA awards.  

The Mariners have a great following in Japan and have the ability to market their players well.  They might be able to pull this one off.

But those are the rules.  He will likely be in the bigs next year at or near major league minimum salary.  

Money is not likely a primary concern, as if he'd have waited a couple more years, he could have signed for $150MM or so and he won't be able to sign for more than $3.6MM now.

An agreement was reached between the MLBPA and NPL on posting fees: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/262241200/shohei-ohtani-mlb-posting-deal-reached/ He will be subject to the international signing bonus pool, so the Yankees, Rangers, Twins and Astros may have the advantages.  This said, he will...

Some people forget that Andre Dawson was the MVP for a last-place Cubs team in 1987.  He had a season for the ages with very little help around him.

The Braves got caught doing what many teams have done in the past, and may continue doing.  They signed a bundle of players and assigned some of the bonus money incorrectly, saying that they gave player A a smaller bonus than they did to stay under the cap.  Player B would get a bigger bonus on...

I too would like an explanation as to why the Twins "don't matter"?  They have needs, like every other team does, but Molitor got the players to give their best effort and the results were pretty good this year.  If the team doesn't play well next season and drops in the standings, I will...

In other words, he is dependent upon a great defense for his numbers.  Yes, he induces weak contact, but with a poor defense his numbers would be quite pedestrian.

No surprise here.  Maybe he'll go back to MLB Network.

Every year dozens of players change teams without anyone really noticing.  Here is a list of the players that are available for next to nothing: https://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/minor-league-free-agent-tracker-2017/#1u5dJCMptomFoaQK.97 Someone will strike gold with one of more of these...

If the Twins can get a couple of decent relievers and the kids they have ready to step into their rotation do their jobs, the Twins could win 90+ games next year and for the next few years after that.  Their window is wide open right now and they have to take advantage of it.

Depends on how much money the Red Sox are willing to take on.  $295MM off the Marlins' books would allow them to rebuild their team quickly.

No complaints with the voters on this one, either.

Were I Stanton, I would contact Jeter to see where he fits in the Marlins future plans.  If Jeter says that the team wants to build around him, he should stay.  Stanton is saying all the right things now saying that he wants to stay.  His teammates don't want to hear that he wants to bail on them.

The voters got this right.  

Goldy and Altuve.

Kluber & Scherzer.