WHEW. Quite a morning, eh? The offseason just kicked off this week, and we’re already deep in the weeds of big arms returning, trades going down, financial considerations, roster construction, and so much more. And that’s just because of today’s Hamels/Smyly move!
Other transactional stuff last evening, if you lost it in the shuffle: Pedro Strop’s option was picked up, the Cubs claimed Johnny Field off of waivers, and Jason Heyward did not opt out.
We will update the payroll situation soon, but here’s where things stood going into the offseason.
Oh, also, there are going to be more options decisions, opt out decisions, and qualifying offer decisions around baseball today. BUSY DAY.
OK, gotta move on to other things for a moment …
The best of the Gold Glove races is NL second base, which pits Javier Báez (Cubs), Kolten Wong (Cardinals) and DJ LeMahieu (Rockies) head to head.
We try to answer the question– Who should win?https://t.co/Qd1Ou4lMKA
— Sports Info Solutions (@SportsInfo_SIS) November 1, 2018
#CubsCon returns Jan. 18-20!
Get ready to purchase weekend passes tomorrow: https://t.co/gQ2ZmklCX4 pic.twitter.com/2hnV7XKjFr
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 1, 2018
#sfgiants interviewed Kim Ng for a club president role on Sunday, according to @masnRoch. I was told early on that Ng, after so many empty interviews, would not agree to be part of this process unless she had reason to believe a job would be offered. So this is verrry interesting
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) November 1, 2018
Truly shocking revelation: Free agents are not guaranteed to succeed or be “worth” their contracts.
Sit the process out and you’ll never have a “bad” contract.
You will also never pick up the marginal wins that are just sitting out there, beckoning you to risk improvement.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) November 1, 2018
Honored to be selected as the #PlayStationAmbassador for #TheShow19 cover! Follow @MLBTheShow this offseason to see what uniform I will be wearing on the final cover! pic.twitter.com/31kf0Yel19
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) November 2, 2018
The Bears are Rooting for a Slow Raiders Rebuild and Other Bullets https://t.co/IwrHoi58J5 pic.twitter.com/mzJqOQpxD6
— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) November 2, 2018