2015-2016 Hot Stove League

[Tobywan]

Designated:

John Hicks-Mariners


Signings:
Chris Ianetta-Mariners, one year


Minor League deals:
RHP Tyler Sturdevant-Rays
Matt Lollis-White Sox
Jim Miller-Brewers
Hak-Ju-Lee-Giants


Braves signed 10 players to minor league contracts.
RHP's David Carpenter, Chris Volstad and Madison Younginer
Catchers Willians Astudillo, Matt Kennelly, Ryan Lavarnway and Braeden Schlehuber
INF's Reid Brignac and Chase d’Arnaud
OF Matt Tuiasosopo

[HollywoodLeo]

Hak-Ju-Lee-Giants

[Tobywan]

Rays released J.P. Arencibia.

Mets agreed to terms with RHP Stolmy Pimental on a minor league contract.

Bobby Henley will return as Nationals third base coach next season.

[Tobywan]

Jed Lowrie back to the A's, Astros also send LJ Hoes to the Orioles, no word yet on the returns.



Alex Avila and the White Sox come to terms on a one-year, $2.5 million contract.

[Tobywan]

Astros get RHP Brendan McCurry for Lowrie.

[Tobywan]

Dave Magadan will join the Diamondbacks as their new hitting coach.

[Tobywan]

Rays traded Kirby Yates to the Indians for cash considerations.

[Tobywan]

Bud Norris and Braves come to terms on a on year contract for $2.5 M. Atlanta seems to be most active so far.

[realmofotalk]

Reports say the A's will sign Rich Hill to a one-year deal for $6M pending physical.

That's a steal. He could be a 4-game fluke, but he could also be their new Scott Kazmir.

[Tobywan]

Blue Jays signed J.A. Happ to three-year, $36M contract.

[Kingdom]

[realmofotalk]

I thought Shapiro was supposed to be frugal? $36 million for Happ?

It dawns on me that all these sabermetric-leaning GMs do is sign B-list free agents to way too much money because X metric will declare Y free agent to be one of the more under-the-radar players in the game. It's what nerds do. I still can't believe Andrew Friedman of all people thought it was smart to give Brandon McCarthy 4 years and $48 million, whereas if Ned Colletti made that same move, he would have been crucified for it.

[Tobywan]

I thought Shapiro was supposed to be frugal? $36 million for Happ?

I don't usually fall into the "too much money" camp, sports finance is a totally different animal, but I even I think that is a lot for Happ.

[Tobywan]

Kind of a real life Crash Davis type...Mike Hessman is retiring after 19 seasons of mostly minor league ball. I saw him quite often during spring when he played for many years with Atlanta and Detroit. He currently holds the minor league HR record with 433 surpassing the 78-year-old record set by Buzz Arlett of the Oakland Oaks in 1937. He hit just 14 in the majors spread in five seasons with extremely limited play. He was a member of the 2008 Bronze medal winning US Olympic team in Beijing.

[Porter]

I don't usually fall into the "too much money" camp, sports finance is a totally different animal, but I even I think that is a lot for Happ.

How in the blue hell did Happ get that?