Starling Marte...

[Dback Jon]

Expensive for PIT.

My 17 year old son is crushed. He has been a Pirates fan since about 7 years old and Marte was his favorite. He wore the same uniform number while playing ball.

Now he gets to see him more than once a year

 

[WildBB]

Two years, 24 Million left on contract (and team option for next year). Really not that expensive. Hopefully our CF prospects will be up and ready by then.

Think we'll get a full two years of productivity hopefully.

 

[BC867]

So are you ready to buy spring training tickets yet?

I already had mine for the next to the last Training game (at Chase Field) the evening of Monday March 23rd.

As I previously posted, the final game in that series on Tuesday afternoon will be televised.

And, hey, now Ketel can be returned to 2B (and hopefully left there). 2B won't be covered
by 128 different sub-par players.

 

[Adrian]

Jeff Wiser (@OutfieldGrass24)
1/27/20, 1:26 PM
My take on the Marte acquisition: it's good and cost a pretty penny, but feels fair. The D-backs will need to be willing push in further over the course of the season, but are better positioned today than they were yesterday in terms of pushing for October baseball.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale)
1/27/20, 1:02 PM
The #Dbacks give up their No. 7 (Liover Peguero) and No. 9 prospect (Brennan Malone) and $250,00 of international bonus money to the #Pirates for Starling Marte. The Pirates are paying $1.5 million of Marte's $11.5 million salary, per ⁦‪@Gambo987‬⁩

 

[Adrian]

Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan)
1/27/20, 1:30 PM
The addition of Starling Marte should put the Diamondbacks at around $120 million in payroll, when accounting for the Pirates picking up $1.5 million of his 2020 salary.

 

[AZCB34]

Now he gets to see him more than once a year

True and with the student ticket program he goes to quite a few games he can definitely root Marte on.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Can't wait for March 26th

 

[devilalum]

Thank god no Lamb every day.


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[Weenus O'Baggins]

Crazy thing is that they could spin Ray for a couple of prospects at the deadline and not really hurt the team at all.

 

[Adrian]

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[TJ]

All we need are some trash cans and buzzers and we’re World Series bound

 

[TJ]

I am super happy. I didn't want to give up a top 5 prospect and we didn't do it. Really nice work by Hazen

Hazen needs to be the GM of all four pro teams in the Valley.

 

[Adrian]

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[82CardsGrad]

Two years, 24 Million left on contract (and team option for next year). Really not that expensive. Hopefully our CF prospects will be up and ready by then.

Hearing the Club Option kicks in next year (2021), which would mean he's only got this year at $11.5 Million (of which Pitt is paying $1.5 Million), no?

 

[RON_IN_OC]

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Man, it seems like just yesterday when the farm system was depleted and awful...things sure changed quickly.

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[Weenus O'Baggins]

Hazen needs to be the GM of all four pro teams in the Valley.

Chayka is doing just as good in my opinion.

 

[Dback Jon]

Hearing the Club Option kicks in next year (2021), which would mean he's only got this year at $11.5 Million (of which Pitt is paying $1.5 Million), no?

Yes - 11.5 this year, 12.5 (Club Option) in 2021

 

[GatorAZ]

Crazy thing is that they could spin Ray for a couple of prospects at the deadline and not really hurt the team at all.

Ray’s spot next year got locked in once they traded for Madbum. They’re trying to win now.

 

[Dback Jon]

Chayka is doing just as good in my opinion.

Indeed he is.


Now about the Suns and Cardinals...

 

[WildBB]

Ray’s spot next year got locked in once they traded for Madbum. They’re trying to win now.

Do you think they'll offer him Baumgarner $$?

 

[GatorAZ]

Do you think they'll offer him Baumgarner $$?

I think they’re scared to pay him but I also thought he’d be dealt last July. We’ll how he does this season.

 

[Phrazbit]

Hazen continues to wow me.

On paper we have a solid and deep pitching staff, a really nice offense, loaded with good defenders.

Only the bullpen remains a question, but... it seems like pens very wildly from year to year, the hardest thing in baseball to judge.