MLB 2024-25 Hot Stove Thread

[2muchcoffeeman]

OK, here 'tis. Go!

Spring training is less than 4 months away.

 

[UNCGrad]

Hell. Yes.

Go Cubs. Or something.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Mets made the NLCS in a punt year and have lots of dead contracts coming off the book and an owner who’s eager to spend.

I’m excited but still understand I root for the Mets. So I’m also ready to get hurt again.

 

[Cosmo]

I'm operating under the assumption that Santander will be somewhere other than Baltimore next year. I know Burnes is testing free agency, but I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that he leaves.

I expect Elias to be aggressive in the free agent pitching market, and there are some decent 2-4 type arms out there. Rubenstein made some comments talking about how he's not getting any younger, and he knows the scar tissue from the previous regime is still fresh with Baltimore fans. Sitting on your hands this offseason just won't do.

 

[HanSenSE]

And let the carousel start spinning.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Will check back in on this thread the last week of February, when the Nationals go to the scrap heap to flush out the roster.

 

[matt_garth]

 

[MTM]

Lots of Cardinals on this list

Top 35 Trade Candidates Of The 2024-25 MLB Offseason - MLB Trade Rumors

 

[Liut]

And let the carousel start spinning.

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I would rather have Canning.

 

[MTM]

I would rather have Canning.

This makes no sense for the Angels. They have Trout and Rendon (I know) to DH. I guess Minasian is paying back his former employer for taking Fletcher and Stasi off his hands last offseason.

 

[MileHigh]

Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play duties after 4-plus decades

 

[Della9250]

This makes no sense for the Angels. They have Trout and Rendon (I know) to DH. I guess Minasian is paying back his former employer for taking Fletcher and Stasi off his hands last offseason.

Imagine looking at soon-to-be 33-year-old Jorge Soler and saying, yeah not only would I like to pay him 16 million each of the next two years I'll give up a somewhat serviceable aribitration eligible pitcher to do so

 

[melock]

Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play duties after 4-plus decades

Thank Jesus.

 

[Chef2]

Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play duties after 4-plus decades

Good.
I’m sure he will still pen some stuff for MLB, which I actually don’t mind. The guy can tell a story.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Costas lost something off his fastball, but people seem to forget he was the state of the art for quite a while.

But we did the same thing with McCarver and anybody else who tries to talk intelligently about the game.

 

[BartonK]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinel...mediation-fema-hurricane-milton-city-council/
They're still not sure if the Trop will be usable ever, much less next year. St. Pete city government doesn't know what the repairs cost will be (bad timing to reduce the insurance coverage right before the hurricane), and the Rays haven't said what they're doing next year. The Durham Bulls already said no to sharing, and Olympic Stadium is in the middle of its own renovation, so Montreal is not an option. So far, I've seen suggestions of:
1) a rotation of the three spring training / A-ball sites near Tampa
2) the semi-mothballed Wide World of Sports stadium at DisneyWorld in Orlando
3) A pop-up stadium in Chicago (no, really: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/20/chicago-the-78-ballpark-tampa-bay-rays/
4) Schwab Field in Omaha
5) Oakland Coliseum

 

[justgladtobehere]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinel...mediation-fema-hurricane-milton-city-council/
They're still not sure if the Trop will be usable ever, much less next year. St. Pete city government doesn't know what the repairs cost will be (bad timing to reduce the insurance coverage right before the hurricane), and the Rays haven't said what they're doing next year. The Durham Bulls already said no to sharing, and Olympic Stadium is in the middle of its own renovation, so Montreal is not an option. So far, I've seen suggestions of:
1) a rotation of the three spring training / A-ball sites near Tampa
2) the semi-mothballed Wide World of Sports stadium at DisneyWorld in Orlando
3) A pop-up stadium in Chicago (no, really: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/20/chicago-the-78-ballpark-tampa-bay-rays/
4) Schwab Field in Omaha
5) Oakland Coliseum

When the Expos situation was all screwed up, Rob Neyer proposed the Expos play at Fenway. I don't know if it was possible then and the teams being in the same division might be a bigger problem.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Bo

Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play duties after 4-plus decades

Where am I going to get my long-winded anecdotes about Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford?

 

[Starman]

I see no reason why any other franchise, particularly the Yankees, would feel motivated to invite the Rays in as tenants in their spring training complexes.

IMO the Disney World park, modified with about 25,000 portable popup bleacher seats added to the permanent 7,500, along with a Euro style fiberglass/fabric sun canopy, is probably the most workable solution. That would allow the diehard fans the Rays have in Tampa to still make the drive for the games; for Disney it would be another traffic generator.

Hotels and other amenities should be workable.