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Art Deco · 11-10-2022, 08:05 PM

January 3: And there he goes. Dave Frick, our SS of the last 7 years, signed a massive 6/228 deal with St. Louis, making him the highest-paid player in baseball at $40M next season ahead of former teammate Luis Barela at $37M. A Gold Glover on whom you can count to hit 10~ homers a year (he's hit 10, 10, 9, 11 and 10 the last 5 seasons) and drive in 70 (he's knocked in 79, 72, 73, 70 and 57, with last year curtailed by injuries). We will net a compensatory 1st round pick for his signing.

Also reliever Doug Combs, who pitched for us from 2041-44, has signed a 1/2.7 deal with the Dodgers.

January 6: The Hall of Fame voting is in, and a former Rays star is enshrined:

Congrats to Nate Clark, who spent the first seven years of his career and put up his biggest numbers with the Rays from 2027-2033, getting rings in 2029, 2030 and 2033. His career stats:

Unfortunately he was the only inductee:

It's another close-but-no-cigar season for Shohei Ohtani, and Jasson Dominguez, whom we traded to the Yankees in 2026 to acquire Clark (after we acquired him from the Yankees in 2020 and then re-acquired him in 2028, playing alongside Clark for several years) also remains agonizingly close. Voters weren't impressed with the first-year class as one-time Texas ace Victor Presas had the best showing at 36.7%. And it's the end of the road for Rafael Devers who never could get over the hump.

January 21: Another trade:

Found a taker for Dan Anderson and we only had to retain $1.4M. And in return we get Ramirez, a righty-hitting 1B who has 50 contact, 60 gap power and 70 HR power. He hit .288-26-85 for Columbus in 2047 before being relegated to a reserve role last year with 10 HR in 186 AB. He's 30 and out of options, so he could make the team and be the DH against lefties.

January 22: Another day, another trade:

Adios Caleb Ramos, who was lousy for us last year as a swingman although his ratings are still decent. He was going to be a free agent after 2049 and we have too many pitchers projected for the roster as it is, plus we needed a backup middle IF who can hit better than Josh Sprouse. So two birds with one stone and all that as we added Morales, who can play 2B and SS (not spectacularly, but competently) and hit .313 with 33 SB at AAA last year. He has no power but can get on base and obviously run. Also we swapped starting pitcher prospects in the deal and we got the better one in Ruiz who projects as a 5th starter with 50-55 ratings whereas See-to will probably never have better than 35 control to go with decent but not great stuff.

January 28: Signed free agent 1B/3B Kelvin Owens to a minor league contract with a major league option.

I think this might be the second(?) time we had a domestic scouting discovery from an independent league and we signed Owens to a deal with an option that pays him $3.6M if he makes the big club (which he probably won't):

I say "probably not" but he does give us the option of trading Tomas Laboy, who's our only credible 3B backup right now (although Tony Olivo could fake it there for a bit).

February 25: Old friend Seth Williams signed a 2/23 deal with Minnesota after playing out his option in Detroit last year after we traded him there.

March 26: Omar Rodriguez, who once won an MVP with us in 2037 with a 10-WAR season and spent the last 10 years in San Francisco after we traded him there, now will play for a third team at the age of 40, signing a $6.7M 1-year deal with Milwaukee.

11-10-2022, 08:05 PM	#2223
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,419	2048-49 Offseason, Part 2 January 3: And there he goes. Dave Frick, our SS of the last 7 years, signed a massive 6/228 deal with St. Louis, making him the highest-paid player in baseball at $40M next season ahead of former teammate Luis Barela at $37M. A Gold Glover on whom you can count to hit 10~ homers a year (he's hit 10, 10, 9, 11 and 10 the last 5 seasons) and drive in 70 (he's knocked in 79, 72, 73, 70 and 57, with last year curtailed by injuries). We will net a compensatory 1st round pick for his signing. Also reliever Doug Combs, who pitched for us from 2041-44, has signed a 1/2.7 deal with the Dodgers. January 6: The Hall of Fame voting is in, and a former Rays star is enshrined: Congrats to Nate Clark, who spent the first seven years of his career and put up his biggest numbers with the Rays from 2027-2033, getting rings in 2029, 2030 and 2033. His career stats: Unfortunately he was the only inductee: It's another close-but-no-cigar season for Shohei Ohtani, and Jasson Dominguez, whom we traded to the Yankees in 2026 to acquire Clark (after we acquired him from the Yankees in 2020 and then re-acquired him in 2028, playing alongside Clark for several years) also remains agonizingly close. Voters weren't impressed with the first-year class as one-time Texas ace Victor Presas had the best showing at 36.7%. And it's the end of the road for Rafael Devers who never could get over the hump. January 21: Another trade: Found a taker for Dan Anderson and we only had to retain $1.4M. And in return we get Ramirez, a righty-hitting 1B who has 50 contact, 60 gap power and 70 HR power. He hit .288-26-85 for Columbus in 2047 before being relegated to a reserve role last year with 10 HR in 186 AB. He's 30 and out of options, so he could make the team and be the DH against lefties. January 22: Another day, another trade: Adios Caleb Ramos, who was lousy for us last year as a swingman although his ratings are still decent. He was going to be a free agent after 2049 and we have too many pitchers projected for the roster as it is, plus we needed a backup middle IF who can hit better than Josh Sprouse. So two birds with one stone and all that as we added Morales, who can play 2B and SS (not spectacularly, but competently) and hit .313 with 33 SB at AAA last year. He has no power but can get on base and obviously run. Also we swapped starting pitcher prospects in the deal and we got the better one in Ruiz who projects as a 5th starter with 50-55 ratings whereas See-to will probably never have better than 35 control to go with decent but not great stuff. January 28: Signed free agent 1B/3B Kelvin Owens to a minor league contract with a major league option. I think this might be the second(?) time we had a domestic scouting discovery from an independent league and we signed Owens to a deal with an option that pays him $3.6M if he makes the big club (which he probably won't): I say "probably not" but he does give us the option of trading Tomas Laboy, who's our only credible 3B backup right now (although Tony Olivo could fake it there for a bit). February 25: Old friend Seth Williams signed a 2/23 deal with Minnesota after playing out his option in Detroit last year after we traded him there. March 26: Omar Rodriguez, who once won an MVP with us in 2037 with a 10-WAR season and spent the last 10 years in San Francisco after we traded him there, now will play for a third team at the age of 40, signing a $6.7M 1-year deal with Milwaukee.