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| d the free agent market."The Detroit Tigers may not be up to anything Marcus Stroman Jersey , but that doesn’t mean the rest of baseball is dormant. This time, it was the Washington Nationals making waves; they agreed to a six-year contract with free agent lefthander Patrick Corbin on Tuesday, according to reports from the usual big-name reporters on Baseball Twitter. Corbin’s deal is worth $140 million, but the yearly breakdown — including the inevitable amount of deferred money from surprisingly stingy Nats ownership — is still unknown.Surprisingly, the biggest storylines to come out of this deal aren’t about Corbin’s fit with the Nationals, but rather how his contract impacts the rest of baseball. For one, it indicates that the free agent silly season might not be completely dead; Corbin is a good pitcher, but had a career 4.12 ERA and 3.96 FIP in nearly 750 innings prior to his stellar 2018 campaign. Washington’s investment in him is significant — he will earn more than $23 million per season on average, and they are giving up a couple of draft picks and international slot bonus money as well — and a big risk for an organization that is still trying to find its place in a much-improved National League East division.Corbin’s deal also hints that Bryce Harper may have a new home in 2019. While we all assumed this would be the case after a lackluster 2018 season with little communication between the two sides, Corbin’s new contract puts the onus on Nats ownership to either commit to paying him the money he wants, or move on from the best player in franchise* history.With or without Harper, the Nats are still loaded for 2019. They have a monstrous rotation, with Corbin joining Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg to form the best front three in baseball. Our friends at Beyond the Box Score think Corbin will be worth the money Devon Travis Jersey , and even a slight drop-off will represent a big upgrade for a club that needed 30 starts out of Jeremy Hellickson and Erick Fedde last season. They also have a capable outfield, with Juan Soto, Adam Eaton, Michael A. Taylor, and Victor Robles all under team control through 2021 (or longer).*The Nats are all too eager to ignore their days in Montreal, so it’s only fitting that we do too in order to make that sentence sound better.Hey, the Tigers did a thing tooThat thing was signing catcher Bobby Wilson to a minor league deal. Wilson has already been assigned to Triple-A Toledo, and will serve in a similar role that Jarrod Saltalamacchia did last season. The difference? Wilson will be around to mentor top catching prospect Jake Rogers, an excellent defender who will likely benefit from Wilson’s tutelage on the finer points of the game.It’s not the big splash (or even a major league deal) that we were hoping for, but I can’t knock Al Avila for filling a hole with a veteran backstop who has carved out a decade-long career thanks to his solid defensive work.The Tigers also re-upped with reliever Louis Coleman, which we probably discussed (and subsequently forgot) earlier this week.Stop me if you’ve heard this before......but a Tigers player has an injury more serious that we initially believed. Michael Fulmer’s knee surgery was a bit more complicated than we (and the Tigers) anticipated.Umm, that’s microfracture surgery, modified or not. Luckily Roy Halladay Jersey , Fulmer still has nearly three months to recover — and almost five total since his Sept. 20 surgery — until the start of spring training. One hopes that the Tigers will take it slow with him, especially since they have no interest in competing in 2019, but that hasn’t always been the case in the past. And with this representing Fulmer’s second surgery on that same knee, I don’t blame you if you’re a bit concerned.Let’s go shopping!MLive’s Evan Woodberry detailed five free agents who would be a good fit for the 2019 Tigers. As you might imagine, all five players can likely be had on cheap, one-year deals. And if they look familiar, they are; we have individually profiled four of the five (and the fifth is really boring).Around the hornAnthony Fenech is a bit optimistic about James McCann, but otherwise correct in diagnosing why the Tigers non-tendered him and Alex Wilson. The Astros signed Robinson Chirinos, which means Martin Maldonado needs a new home. Grant Brisbee on the Mariners. Jeff Sullivan on the Mariners, but also the Phillies. DRC+ believes Miguel Cabrera was a deserving MVP.Random offseason send-off video LOS ANGELES — The first plot twist of the National League Division Series already arrived and the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers have not even played a game.The Dodgers announced that Hyun-Jin Ryu and not Clayton Kershaw will start Game 1 of the series on Thursday at Dodger Stadium, even though Kershaw will be on regular rest after last pitching Saturday in San Francisco.A Braves team that finished 18 games below .500 last year and burst upon the scene in 2018 is actually the one with more predictability surrounding it in a series against the defending National League champions. Right-hander Mike Foltynewicz will take the ball in Game 1 as expected for Atlanta.Article continues below ...At face value, the Dodgers’ move to Ryu in Game 1 makes sense because it keeps their rotation in order.Ryu missed 3 1/2 months of the season with a groin strain, then returned Aug. 15 to post a 1.88 ERA in 52 2/3 innings. The left-hander has worked just 82 1/3 innings all season.But his move to the series opener bumps a Dodgers pitching legend to Game 2. Kershaw might not be as overpowering as he once was http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , but he still finished the season with a 2.73 ERA. And Kershaw can still pitch in a deciding Game 5, if necessary, on regular rest.Kershaw did have a 3.89 ERA in six September starts and gave up a combined eight earned runs in two key starts down the stretch, including five against the Giants on Saturday in a must-win game that the Dodgers ultimately won 10-6.There is no parsing the numbers for Foltynewicz, who emerged this season with a 2.85 ERA and a 1.082 WHIP in 183 innings. His strong late-season run was interrupted when an aggressive St. Louis Cardinals lineup roughed him up for six runs in 4 2/3 innings, but Foltynewicz finished the regular season with two strong starts against the Philadelphia Phillies.“We’ve wanted Folty to be ‘the guy’ for a couple years, and right now, I think he’s establishing himself as our legit first guy,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said, according to mlb.com. “It wasn’t a hard decision at all.”Foltynewicz’s roughest stretch all season came in a four-start span when he gave up 18 earned runs in 23 1/3 innings. It concluded when he gave up four runs and six hits in five innings, including two home runs, in a 4-1 loss to the Dodgers.Despite vastly different lineups in the second half depending on whether they are facing a right-handed pitcher or a lefty, the Dodgers still managed to hit an NL-leading 235 home runs. They were sixth in the NL with 1 Roberto Osuna Jersey ,436 strikeouts.The Braves were 13th in the NL with 1,290 strikeouts and eighth with 175 home runs. But they cashed in their chances, finishing fifth in runs with 759. The Dodgers led the category with 804.The Dodgers won the season series 5-2, scoring 5.0 runs per game to the Braves’ 2.6. The Dodgers’ starters also had a 2.20 ERA in the seven games and the Braves were at 4.69.The Dodgers might have lost a Game 7 in the World Series last year and they got off to a slow start this year at 16-26 on May 16, but they are a confident bunch now.“Dodgers, we are going for more,” Yasiel Puig said in the Dodgers’ celebratory clubhouse Monday on Spectrum SportsNet Los Angeles. “Hey, Atlanta, we’ll see you soon, baby. And the next one … no matter who’s going, we’re going to beat (them). And we’re going to the World Series again. And this time we’re going to win the World Series. In 2018, the big party is here in Los Angeles.” |
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