RIPPA Posted November 13, 2024 Posted November 13, 2024 The Juan Soto cocktease portion of the offseason has begun with Soto (and Scott Boras) starting their meeting with teams For what it is worth, Jon Heyman (notorious Boras mouthpiece) is all THE JAYS ARE THE FRONT RUNNERS!!!!
elizium Posted November 13, 2024 Posted November 13, 2024 I would teams would stop using the Jays as leverage, none of these dudes are ever gonna sign there
RIPPA Posted November 13, 2024 Posted November 13, 2024 19 minutes ago, elizium said: I would teams would stop using the Jays as leverage, none of these dudes are ever gonna sign there To be fair - in this case, it is the agent doing it, not other teams
elizium Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: To be fair - in this case, it is the agent doing it, not other teams Yeah, sorry, I meant players using the Jays as leverage. I'm very tired
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 1 hour ago, elizium said: Yeah, sorry, I meant players using the Jays as leverage. I'm very tired You got George Springer.
RIPPA Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 Per reports - which don't have any details yet The Rays will play the 2025 in Steinbrenner Field
RIPPA Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 There is a meme going around regarding the fact that the Yankees will be getting about $15 million in revenue from the Rays using the stadium Basically it is along the lines of "They will be the Rays highest paid player" So just for the record... Quote The Yankees will receive about $15 million in revenue for hosting the Rays, a person familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because that detail was not announced. The money won't come from Tampa Bay but from other sources, such as insurance.
Dolfan in NYC Posted November 14, 2024 Author Posted November 14, 2024 On 10/16/2024 at 4:53 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: For the record, I'm fully expecting the Rays to make some kind of deal with the Yankees to play in their spring training facilities until the Trop is ready. (Or... I guess the new stadium is?) Steinbrenner Field can hold 11,000 people and is probably more than "MLB ready" enough. Question is, how badly will the Yankees screw them over. DOLFAN N. NYC, Super Genius 1 2
RIPPA Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 Since this is purely baseball related I will put it here Reportedly - the Yankees are bringing Dave Sims back to NY to be John Sterling's replacement 1
RIPPA Posted November 14, 2024 Posted November 14, 2024 Also - ESPN's opening day doubleheader will be Brewers at Yankees Tigers at Dodgers
RIPPA Posted November 16, 2024 Posted November 16, 2024 BTW - just when you thought the saga of the Rays and Tampa was over https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/11/16/rays-stadium-deal-bonds-vote-pinellas-st-petersburg-tropicana-field-steinbrenner/ Quote While nothing is official, it’s appears likely that a historic deal to build a new $1.3 billion stadium at the Tropicana Field site is all but dead. And, consequently, baseball’s future in Tampa Bay is at greater risk than ever before. The Pinellas County Commission has already postponed one vote on bonds that would go toward the financing of the ballpark and appears poised to delay it again Tuesday. The setback has already disrupted a series of deadlines that have halted construction plans and would likely cause a significant increase in the cost of the project. An increase that, under the terms of the deal, would be entirely the team’s responsibility. “Last month, the County Commission upended our ballpark agreement by not approving their bonds, as they promised to do,” team owner Stuart Sternberg said. “That action sent a clear message that we had lost the county as a partner. “The future of baseball in Tampa Bay became less certain after that vote.” And while the stadium deal might be dead because the county stalled the bond vote, the rest of the proposed $6.5 billion redevelopment deal might still be under the Rays control with their partner Hines. There’s a decent chance that situation will end up in court, but the Rays could reap millions from redeveloping the Trop land while moving the team and building a stadium elsewhere. The story goes on to say that the Trop getting destroyed doesn't help as the commission seems hesitant to pay any money beyond the insurance money
BobbyWhioux Posted November 16, 2024 Posted November 16, 2024 Rays are going to beat Fisher to Vegas lol
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 This will be the last year the Astros play in Minute Maid Park Starting in 2025 - the stadium will be known as Daikin Park as the club and Daikin Comfort Technologies North America have reached agreement on a 15-year naming rights deal Apparently the naming rights deal with Minute Maid ended early but there aren't reports (yet) on why
Craig H Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 On 11/16/2024 at 1:30 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: We're going to go all in...by offering a 2 year contract to a likely future HOF in his 20s who will probably want somewhere around 10 years and it's to come play for the worst team in the history of baseball that will still probably be shitty for those two years. That's cute. 1
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 3 minutes ago, Craig H said: We're going to go all in...by offering a 2 year contract to a likely future HOF in his 20s who will probably want somewhere around 10 years and it's to come play for the worst team in the history of baseball that will still probably be shitty for those two years. That's cute. You do realize that was a joke tweet/account right?
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 I should note that per all reporting - no team that has met with Soto so far has exchanged numbers with him. They have all been "getting to know you" meetings That is expected to change today since he meets with the Yankees
Craig H Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 2 minutes ago, RIPPA said: You do realize that was a joke tweet/account right? I'm not on twitter so I have no idea.
Craig H Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 All I know is that the Cubs are already out on anyone that's a FA and don't think Soto or Burnes would make a meaningful impact and their existing roster just needs to produce. That's also cute.
Dolfan in NYC Posted November 18, 2024 Author Posted November 18, 2024 On 11/12/2024 at 1:14 PM, RIPPA said: So St Petersburg has received the report about fixing the Trop Cost will approximately be $55.7 million and the stadium would be ready for the start of the 2026 season. (Replacing the roof is basically half the bill - $23.6 million) The report itself says it probably will cost more as some things were only able to inspect visually and when actually tested that will up the cost So the next steps are the city to see how much insurance will cover and IF they want to pay for renovations for only two more seasons https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/11/12/tropicana-field-damage-assessment-st-petersburg-city-council-hennessy-construction/ Good lord.
RIPPA Posted November 19, 2024 Posted November 19, 2024 Today is the deadline for player's accepting or declining the QO The Reds Nick Martinez is the only player to accept so far this year (and might be the only one)
RIPPA Posted November 19, 2024 Posted November 19, 2024 Paul Skenes won NL Rookie of the Year (unsurprisingly) By doing so he earned a full year of service time. As previously mentioned, the Pirates will not get a PPI bonus pick as they waited too long to call Skenes up The Yankees Luis Gil was the AL Rookie of the Year NY doesn't get a PPI bonus pick because Gil was not on the appropriate number of Top 100 prospect lists (no I am not making that qualification up)
RIPPA Posted November 19, 2024 Posted November 19, 2024 7 hours ago, RIPPA said: Today is the deadline for player's accepting or declining the QO The Reds Nick Martinez is the only player to accept so far this year (and might be the only one) Martinez was indeed the only who accepted
Cobra Commander Posted November 19, 2024 Posted November 19, 2024 (edited) And the Mets have just picked up an outfielder with the initials J.S. Edited November 19, 2024 by Cobra Commander 1
RIPPA Posted November 22, 2024 Posted November 22, 2024 The city of Tampa sure seems like it doesn’t want to keep the Rays anymore The county commission voted to approve the money to fix the Trop and then almost immediately reversed their decision So they aren’t gonna fix the Trop and they keep delaying the votes on the funding for the new stadium
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