2016/17 MLB Hot Stove
Players had to decide whether to accept qualifying offers today. Yoenis Cespedes declined his by the Mets. Shocker. He's looking for 5 years at $30 mil per year. Too much IMO.
Metsman 
Hot corner I don't think he can expect more than 4 years $25 mil per year.
Neil Walker accepted his qualifying offer by the Mets. Hopefully he is healthy in the Spring.
Andy Loigu Lagares has no plate discipline and never stays healthy. I like him as a 4th outfielder.
If Cespedes gets $30MM a year, that's insane. Guy is good, but nowhere near the best outfielder out there. But I guess with the game being so flush with money, the salaries are only going up.
Dancicus Fighticus 
ianimal Haha I'm talking on the whole. Teams have more money to spend than they ever have. Small market teams still need to be smart about drafting and trading, but the pirates certainly aren't losing money. Especially with a shiny, relatively new building. If you want to cry poverty, talk to the rays. If the pirates had done a better job drafting in the 2000s, they'd have a much better team
A good example of someone improving plate discipline is Alex Ochoa ... compare his 1998 numbers to 1999 and the rest of his career.
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