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Art Deco · 04-28-2024, 10:34 AM

Notable retirements: A lot of big names including Bryce Harper (Phillies retire #3), Jose Ramirez (Cleveland retires #11), Shohei Ohtani, Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Aaron Judge, Rhys Hoskins, Teoscar Hernandez.

Former Rays: Tyler Glasnow, Joe Ryan, Brendan McKay, Tanner Scott, Willy Adames.

Awards season:

Gold Glove: We have a winner! Alistair Hardy took the RF award. We had one of the best defensive OFs in the league when Hardy was playing with Elijah Green in CF and Rodolfo Solano in LF.

Reliever of the Year: Toronto's Darwin Cruz was a deserved winner after a 36-save, 1.94 ERA season with 116 Ks in 69 IP that earned him a whopping 3.6 WAR while our Randy Rodriguez and Erubiel Armenta finished 2-3. In the NL the venerable Edwin Diaz took his 3rd RotY award thanks to 34 saves and 1.65 ERA for Atlanta.

Silver Slugger: No Tampa Bay winners.

Rookie of the Year: Seattle 3B Mario Osorio won comfortably with 21 first-place votes after a .292-13-59 season while in the NL Cincinnati's Omar Delgado took 25 first-place votes with a massive power display of 55 HR and 115 RBI.

Cy Young: Who else could it be but the Yankees' Robert Ahlstrom? The righty won his fourth straight Cy Young after another stellar season, going 15-8, 3.47 with 251 Ks and an MLB-best 7.8 WAR. And another veteran, Corbin Burnes, won in the NL unanimously after a 16-6, 2.63 year with San Diego, also his fourth Cy but over the last 11 seasons.

MVP: Chicago's 3B Justin Still nosed out Seattle's Julio Rodriguez for the AL honors 313-291 and 14-8 in 1st place votes. Sill hit .277-55-132 and earned 5.7 WAR but the case could be made for Julio's 7.6 WAR and .310-29-100 season with superior defense. Juan Soto of Cleveland wasn't too far behind that pair with 5 first-place votes of his own. In the NL Ronald Acuna Jr. made it back-to-back MVPs, hitting .290-42-108 and earning 7.8 WAR despite missing nearly a full month of the season.

December 1: Wander Franco declined our qualifying offer so we'll get a comp pick in next year's draft; he was the only free agent I wanted to risk it on although I considered giving one to Gunnar Henderson. Donye Evans was awarded $13.6M in arbitration, a million more than we offered, Walt Khattak received $4.1M, about $300K more, and Elijah Green won $2.7M, also about $300K more as we lost all 3 of our arbitration cases. So our bottom line remains about $20M leeway in payroll.

December 10: The first big day of player movement around the league as 2-time reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. left the only club he ever knew in Atlanta to sign a 5/162 deal with the Phillies. Meanwhile 37-year-old vet SS Carlos Correa joined the Yankees on a 2/57 contract. Correa's still at the top of his game coming off a 6.1 WAR season. And the Orioles traded their star C Adley Rutschman to Cleveland for a trio of prospects.

December 16: SS Aeverson Arteaga inked a big 7/168 pact with the Cubs.

December 17: More big free agent signing with the Yankees bringing back SP Deivi Garcia after many years in Arizona with a 5/101 deal, and 40-year-old superstar Mike Trout returning home of sorts to the Mets on a 2/28 contract. Trout has 612 career homers.

December 18: Wander Franco is officially gone but we'll still be seeing a lot more of him as he stayed in the division, signing for 7/175 with the Red Sox.

December 19: And another of our free agents defected to a division rival as Luis German joined the Yankees for 6/128. And to further the theme New York also signed lefty reliever Jovani Moran, who spent 2023-29 with us, to a 1-year, $5.6M deal.

December 20: Our reliever Gerald Ogando experienced the dreaded "guru in India" story and came back confused, not sure if he wants to play baseball.

December 26: The Rule 5 Draft came and went without any comings or goings on our end.

04-28-2024, 10:34 AM	#811
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,070	2031-32 Offseason, Part 1 Notable retirements: A lot of big names including Bryce Harper (Phillies retire #3), Jose Ramirez (Cleveland retires #11), Shohei Ohtani, Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Aaron Judge, Rhys Hoskins, Teoscar Hernandez. Former Rays: Tyler Glasnow, Joe Ryan, Brendan McKay, Tanner Scott, Willy Adames. Awards season: Gold Glove: We have a winner! Alistair Hardy took the RF award. We had one of the best defensive OFs in the league when Hardy was playing with Elijah Green in CF and Rodolfo Solano in LF. Reliever of the Year: Toronto's Darwin Cruz was a deserved winner after a 36-save, 1.94 ERA season with 116 Ks in 69 IP that earned him a whopping 3.6 WAR while our Randy Rodriguez and Erubiel Armenta finished 2-3. In the NL the venerable Edwin Diaz took his 3rd RotY award thanks to 34 saves and 1.65 ERA for Atlanta. Silver Slugger: No Tampa Bay winners. Rookie of the Year: Seattle 3B Mario Osorio won comfortably with 21 first-place votes after a .292-13-59 season while in the NL Cincinnati's Omar Delgado took 25 first-place votes with a massive power display of 55 HR and 115 RBI. Cy Young: Who else could it be but the Yankees' Robert Ahlstrom? The righty won his fourth straight Cy Young after another stellar season, going 15-8, 3.47 with 251 Ks and an MLB-best 7.8 WAR. And another veteran, Corbin Burnes, won in the NL unanimously after a 16-6, 2.63 year with San Diego, also his fourth Cy but over the last 11 seasons. MVP: Chicago's 3B Justin Still nosed out Seattle's Julio Rodriguez for the AL honors 313-291 and 14-8 in 1st place votes. Sill hit .277-55-132 and earned 5.7 WAR but the case could be made for Julio's 7.6 WAR and .310-29-100 season with superior defense. Juan Soto of Cleveland wasn't too far behind that pair with 5 first-place votes of his own. In the NL Ronald Acuna Jr. made it back-to-back MVPs, hitting .290-42-108 and earning 7.8 WAR despite missing nearly a full month of the season. December 1: Wander Franco declined our qualifying offer so we'll get a comp pick in next year's draft; he was the only free agent I wanted to risk it on although I considered giving one to Gunnar Henderson. Donye Evans was awarded $13.6M in arbitration, a million more than we offered, Walt Khattak received $4.1M, about $300K more, and Elijah Green won $2.7M, also about $300K more as we lost all 3 of our arbitration cases. So our bottom line remains about $20M leeway in payroll. December 10: The first big day of player movement around the league as 2-time reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. left the only club he ever knew in Atlanta to sign a 5/162 deal with the Phillies. Meanwhile 37-year-old vet SS Carlos Correa joined the Yankees on a 2/57 contract. Correa's still at the top of his game coming off a 6.1 WAR season. And the Orioles traded their star C Adley Rutschman to Cleveland for a trio of prospects. December 16: SS Aeverson Arteaga inked a big 7/168 pact with the Cubs. December 17: More big free agent signing with the Yankees bringing back SP Deivi Garcia after many years in Arizona with a 5/101 deal, and 40-year-old superstar Mike Trout returning home of sorts to the Mets on a 2/28 contract. Trout has 612 career homers. December 18: Wander Franco is officially gone but we'll still be seeing a lot more of him as he stayed in the division, signing for 7/175 with the Red Sox. December 19: And another of our free agents defected to a division rival as Luis German joined the Yankees for 6/128. And to further the theme New York also signed lefty reliever Jovani Moran, who spent 2023-29 with us, to a 1-year, $5.6M deal. December 20: Our reliever Gerald Ogando experienced the dreaded "guru in India" story and came back confused, not sure if he wants to play baseball. December 26: The Rule 5 Draft came and went without any comings or goings on our end.