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Art Deco · 05-07-2025, 12:47 PM

Retirements:

Notables: Rafael Devers, Nolan Arenado (Rockies retire #28), Xander Bogaerts, Yordan Alvarez, Gleyber Torres, Alex Bregman, Joey Gallo, Devin Williams, Jack Flaherty, Max Muncy.

Former Rays: Ryan Pepiot.

November 6: Pulled off a trade to get the offseason going:

Said I was going to trade Clavon as he was getting expensive for an infield backup, and managed to parlay him into a quality starter to fill one of our many rotation holes. Sesay's surface numbers weren't great this past year (6-9, 5.17, 1.4 WAR), but he's rated 60/70/45 as a starter (with 65 stuff potential) and is only a year removed from a 3.5-WAR season. He's been a victim of bad defense behind him in Milwaukee with consistent BABIPs against in the .330s and last year's lower WAR was largely due to a spike in HRA which belies his 70-rated movement. So I'm very optimistic he'll fare better (and well) for us next season.

November 7: Claimed P Nate Hydro on waivers from San Francisco.

And the staff rebuild continues apace with the addition of Hydro, an intriguing reliever. The 24-year-old is rated 50/70/55 with potential to bump the stuff and control up by 5. He came up as a rookie last year with the Giants and looked very good in the 29 innings he pitched, putting up a 1.29 ERA and a 10/25 BB/K ratio with no homers allowed.

By the way both Sesay and Hydro are rated "durable" which is a plus.

Awards Season:

Gold Glove: No Tampa Bay winners.

Reliever of the Year: AL winner was Chicago's Kymani Alamin, who saved 43 games with a 1.98 ERA and earned 1.9 WAR. Our Emmanuel Clase placed third. In the NL the nod went to St. Louis' Steve Bell, who was stellar with 39 saves, an 0.60 ERA and 2.6 WAR.

Silver Slugger: We had one winner - Fernando Tatis Jr. at 3B and something tells me this won't be his last award this week.

Rookie of the Year: Cleveland SS Daniel Trejo was a unanimous winner as the first-year star hit 40 homers and played above-average D to earn 4.4 WAR. Our Chris Crisp finished a distant but clear second. The NL winner was a no-brainer as well as Miami's Cidro Palomino took the league by storm by hitting .282-31-81 while playing Gold Glove-caliber defense in CF.

Cy Young: The AL voting was about as fragmented as it gets:

Lovette probably did deserve it over the other two but I'll present their numbers:

Lovette: 12-10, 3.20, 266 K* in 219 IP, 6.5 WAR*
Skenes: 16-5, 3.12, 245K in 208 IP, 3.4 WAR (he did lead in WHIP at 1.000)
Thompson: 13-7, 2.75*, 174K in 209 IP, 5.3 WAR
*led league

The NL winner was much more clear-cut as San Diego's Nelson Chaverria won for the second straight year, getting 28 first-place votes to teammate James Lofton Jr's 2. Chaverria is kind of a modern-day Nolan Ryan, leading MLB in whiffs (355) and walks (102) while going 17-7, 2.07.

MVP: To nobody's surprise:

It's now a three-peat for Tatis, whose 7.6 WAR was a full 1.5 better than the field.

The NL MVP is a unanimous three-peater as well as Colorado's Jack Ruckert hit .332-47-146 and accumulated 8.8 WAR.

November 14: Re-signed SP Jose Garces to a 3-year, $6M contract.

Garces was excellent last year filling in the rotation and was 8-4, 3.05 for the year including 17 starts and earned 1.6 WAR, so if he keeps that up he's a stone bargain at $2M/year.

November 27: We lost our only arbitration case as Owen Paino got $5.5M instead of the $5.0M we offered. Fernando Perez and Ethan Holliday were non-tendered.

November 28: Another trade, this time to boost the pen:

Magno is another buy-low guy coming off a trying season in Houston. He's a lefty rated 80/70/40 so that's pretty good right there but he still saved 13 games for Houston with a 3.48 ERA but had a spike in both homers allowed and his BABIP (sound familliar?). I'll go with the scouting and we're not looking for him to be the closer but the power lefty when we need a LHB whiffed. The cost was minimal as Sherwood isn't much more than organization filler, an 11th-round pick.

December 7: The first of our free agents to find a new home is 1B Pete Anderson, who parlayed his 4.1-WAR season with us into a 7/220 deal with Pittsburgh. I liked him, but not for that much and that long.

December 8: The Angels gave the top SP on the market Bubba Chandler an 6/234 deal. He's been one of the best SP since he came up in 2025 with Pittsburgh (with two Cys) but he's now "wrecked" so I can't see LA getting close to their money's worth out of this one.

December 10: Superstar Juan Soto was up for the second big free agent deal of his career and gets 3/89 from San Diego, where he earlier spent 2 1/2 seasons.

December 14: We've gone out and picked up another starter:

Morejon is 35 and he's going into the last year of his contract and we're going to have to pay $16M of his salary but he's been one of the more consistent starters in the game, earning 3.7, 4.0 and 4.5 WAR over the last three seasons, typically winning 14-15 games with a mid-3s ERA. Can't turn that down, especially since the cost was Lepper who's an okay prospect but probably his ceiling is 5th starter.

We have a rotation now.

December 16: Signed RP Joe Boyle to a 1-year, $2.2M contract.

Now that we've beefed up the rotation, time to work on the bullpen and we get a good deal in Boyle, who's rated 75/70/40 and has 642 whiffs in 464 career innings. Those do come with 301 walks as well so that could be an issue but he's a solid 1-WAR reliever when all is said and done and he'll pitch in middle relief.

Meanwhile, Dylan Ray got a 5/55 contract with Atlanta. He was great with us last year and the price is fair but I have my doubts about the length.

December 18: Another free agent of ours is gone as lefty reliever Shawn Scott signed with the Giants on a 1-year, $3M deal.

December 21: Former Rays star and current Dodger Wander Franco won't be playing baseball in 2034 as his ruptured MCL is going to need extra time for rehab.

December 22: Added OFs Alejandro Cerda and Edgar Olivo, C Chris Rector and P Mike Wallace to the 40-man roster.

Cerda is our top prospect, Olivo is one of our best prospects and a potential do-it-all OF, Rector has tremendous power and Wallace is probably a 5th starter at best but we had a surplus of open 40-man spots and still have 3 open in case we see something in the Rule 5 Draft which intrigues us.

December 23: The Rule 5 Draft was a total nothingburger, there was only one guy that interested me and he was taken with the #1 overall pick, and we didn't lose anyone either.

December 28: Jasson Dominguez, who revitalized his career in the thin air of Colorado last year, signed with the Angels for 7/225.

December 29: Signed South Korean IF Kang-Min Kim to a minor league contract.

Kim might have been the best player in a very weak international free agent class. He's a decent-fielding MI whose greatest attribute is an 80 eye which goes with 50 power but he whiffs a lot and only is good for 45 contact. He's a righty batter so he's got a shot to make the team as a Bryce Clavon replacement.

December 30: Some interesting signings, especially from our current real-life 2025 perspective. 42-year-old Mike Trout is still going and just signed a 1-year, $10.5M deal with Minnesota after hitting .241-25-71 with Arizona last year. He passed Babe Ruth last year and is now 3rd all-time with 729 homers, 33 shy of MLB record-holder Barry Bonds. He might need to play through 2035 to break that record. Meanwhile 2B Jackson Holliday is also headed to the Twin Cities on a 4/116 deal after many years in Baltimore.

05-07-2025, 12:47 PM	#258
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,070	2033-34 Offseason: Part 1 Retirements: Notables: Rafael Devers, Nolan Arenado (Rockies retire #28), Xander Bogaerts, Yordan Alvarez, Gleyber Torres, Alex Bregman, Joey Gallo, Devin Williams, Jack Flaherty, Max Muncy. Former Rays: Ryan Pepiot. November 6: Pulled off a trade to get the offseason going: Said I was going to trade Clavon as he was getting expensive for an infield backup, and managed to parlay him into a quality starter to fill one of our many rotation holes. Sesay's surface numbers weren't great this past year (6-9, 5.17, 1.4 WAR), but he's rated 60/70/45 as a starter (with 65 stuff potential) and is only a year removed from a 3.5-WAR season. He's been a victim of bad defense behind him in Milwaukee with consistent BABIPs against in the .330s and last year's lower WAR was largely due to a spike in HRA which belies his 70-rated movement. So I'm very optimistic he'll fare better (and well) for us next season. November 7: Claimed P Nate Hydro on waivers from San Francisco. And the staff rebuild continues apace with the addition of Hydro, an intriguing reliever. The 24-year-old is rated 50/70/55 with potential to bump the stuff and control up by 5. He came up as a rookie last year with the Giants and looked very good in the 29 innings he pitched, putting up a 1.29 ERA and a 10/25 BB/K ratio with no homers allowed. By the way both Sesay and Hydro are rated "durable" which is a plus. Awards Season: Gold Glove: No Tampa Bay winners. Reliever of the Year: AL winner was Chicago's Kymani Alamin, who saved 43 games with a 1.98 ERA and earned 1.9 WAR. Our Emmanuel Clase placed third. In the NL the nod went to St. Louis' Steve Bell, who was stellar with 39 saves, an 0.60 ERA and 2.6 WAR. Silver Slugger: We had one winner - Fernando Tatis Jr. at 3B and something tells me this won't be his last award this week. Rookie of the Year: Cleveland SS Daniel Trejo was a unanimous winner as the first-year star hit 40 homers and played above-average D to earn 4.4 WAR. Our Chris Crisp finished a distant but clear second. The NL winner was a no-brainer as well as Miami's Cidro Palomino took the league by storm by hitting .282-31-81 while playing Gold Glove-caliber defense in CF. Cy Young: The AL voting was about as fragmented as it gets: Lovette probably did deserve it over the other two but I'll present their numbers: Lovette: 12-10, 3.20, 266 K* in 219 IP, 6.5 WAR* Skenes: 16-5, 3.12, 245K in 208 IP, 3.4 WAR (he did lead in WHIP at 1.000) Thompson: 13-7, 2.75, 174K in 209 IP, 5.3 WAR led league The NL winner was much more clear-cut as San Diego's Nelson Chaverria won for the second straight year, getting 28 first-place votes to teammate James Lofton Jr's 2. Chaverria is kind of a modern-day Nolan Ryan, leading MLB in whiffs (355) and walks (102) while going 17-7, 2.07. MVP: To nobody's surprise: It's now a three-peat for Tatis, whose 7.6 WAR was a full 1.5 better than the field. The NL MVP is a unanimous three-peater as well as Colorado's Jack Ruckert hit .332-47-146 and accumulated 8.8 WAR. November 14: Re-signed SP Jose Garces to a 3-year, $6M contract. Garces was excellent last year filling in the rotation and was 8-4, 3.05 for the year including 17 starts and earned 1.6 WAR, so if he keeps that up he's a stone bargain at $2M/year. November 27: We lost our only arbitration case as Owen Paino got $5.5M instead of the $5.0M we offered. Fernando Perez and Ethan Holliday were non-tendered. November 28: Another trade, this time to boost the pen: Magno is another buy-low guy coming off a trying season in Houston. He's a lefty rated 80/70/40 so that's pretty good right there but he still saved 13 games for Houston with a 3.48 ERA but had a spike in both homers allowed and his BABIP (sound familliar?). I'll go with the scouting and we're not looking for him to be the closer but the power lefty when we need a LHB whiffed. The cost was minimal as Sherwood isn't much more than organization filler, an 11th-round pick. December 7: The first of our free agents to find a new home is 1B Pete Anderson, who parlayed his 4.1-WAR season with us into a 7/220 deal with Pittsburgh. I liked him, but not for that much and that long. December 8: The Angels gave the top SP on the market Bubba Chandler an 6/234 deal. He's been one of the best SP since he came up in 2025 with Pittsburgh (with two Cys) but he's now "wrecked" so I can't see LA getting close to their money's worth out of this one. December 10: Superstar Juan Soto was up for the second big free agent deal of his career and gets 3/89 from San Diego, where he earlier spent 2 1/2 seasons. December 14: We've gone out and picked up another starter: Morejon is 35 and he's going into the last year of his contract and we're going to have to pay $16M of his salary but he's been one of the more consistent starters in the game, earning 3.7, 4.0 and 4.5 WAR over the last three seasons, typically winning 14-15 games with a mid-3s ERA. Can't turn that down, especially since the cost was Lepper who's an okay prospect but probably his ceiling is 5th starter. We have a rotation now. December 16: Signed RP Joe Boyle to a 1-year, $2.2M contract. Now that we've beefed up the rotation, time to work on the bullpen and we get a good deal in Boyle, who's rated 75/70/40 and has 642 whiffs in 464 career innings. Those do come with 301 walks as well so that could be an issue but he's a solid 1-WAR reliever when all is said and done and he'll pitch in middle relief. Meanwhile, Dylan Ray got a 5/55 contract with Atlanta. He was great with us last year and the price is fair but I have my doubts about the length. December 18: Another free agent of ours is gone as lefty reliever Shawn Scott signed with the Giants on a 1-year, $3M deal. December 21: Former Rays star and current Dodger Wander Franco won't be playing baseball in 2034 as his ruptured MCL is going to need extra time for rehab. December 22: Added OFs Alejandro Cerda and Edgar Olivo, C Chris Rector and P Mike Wallace to the 40-man roster. Cerda is our top prospect, Olivo is one of our best prospects and a potential do-it-all OF, Rector has tremendous power and Wallace is probably a 5th starter at best but we had a surplus of open 40-man spots and still have 3 open in case we see something in the Rule 5 Draft which intrigues us. December 23: The Rule 5 Draft was a total nothingburger, there was only one guy that interested me and he was taken with the #1 overall pick, and we didn't lose anyone either. December 28: Jasson Dominguez, who revitalized his career in the thin air of Colorado last year, signed with the Angels for 7/225. December 29: Signed South Korean IF Kang-Min Kim to a minor league contract. Kim might have been the best player in a very weak international free agent class. He's a decent-fielding MI whose greatest attribute is an 80 eye which goes with 50 power but he whiffs a lot and only is good for 45 contact. He's a righty batter so he's got a shot to make the team as a Bryce Clavon replacement. December 30: Some interesting signings, especially from our current real-life 2025 perspective. 42-year-old Mike Trout is still going and just signed a 1-year, $10.5M deal with Minnesota after hitting .241-25-71 with Arizona last year. He passed Babe Ruth last year and is now 3rd all-time with 729 homers, 33 shy of MLB record-holder Barry Bonds. He might need to play through 2035 to break that record. Meanwhile 2B Jackson Holliday is also headed to the Twin Cities on a 4/116 deal after many years in Baltimore. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-07-2025 at 12:49 PM.