MLB - NEWS & NOTES

The Diamondbacks landed a frontline starter to replace Zack Greinke on Sunday, agreeing to terms with left-hander Madison Bumgarner on a five-year, $85 million deal.
The contract includes $15 million in deferred money. It will rank as the second-largest deal in franchise history, behind only the $206.5 million deal Greinke signed four years ago.
Bumgarner, 30, gives the Diamondbacks a proven starter to slot in atop their rotation. In parts of 11 seasons with the San Francisco Giants – he reached the big leagues shortly after his 20th birthday in 2009 – he has logged a 3.13 ERA in 1,846 innings.

 

Headlines per, NBC...

 

Phils hot on the tails of Dellin Betances. Mets are out.

Im bummed after spending a lot of money on wheeler and didi the phils were non-active on Mad Bum and Miley. GM says they're done spending money and the rotation now is fine. How is it fine when you are the third best team in the NL still? This idiot doesn't get it. The got better. Your staff didn''t get that much better. Need major help still. You can't spend that kind of money and stop $6 mil below the tax. just got past it and pay the fine. jeez.

 

BREAKING: Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a four-year, $80 million contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.

 

Good stuff, really good era the last two years, $20M per doesn't add up compared to what everyone else has been getting.

 

He's had trouble staying healthy, has never pitched 200 innings in a season. The '16 and '18 seasons were write-offs.
An off-speed pitcher with good location, not a power pitcher.

I guess all $20M AAV gets you these days is red flags with a NTC.

 

Who's the HR hitting infielder the Jays picked up?

 

Potential upside coming off a terrible season.

 

Who? Im too lazy to look it up... Im on vacation.

 

Travis Shaw

 

David Peralta, Diamondbacks, agree to a three-year, $22 million extension...

 

Both the Astros manager and general manager have been suspended for the 2020 season. They were stealing signs with the use of a camera.

 

MLB suspended them for the season, and now the Astros have finished the job and fired them for good.

 

Wow.

Sounds like Alex Cora won’t be far behind them.

 

Manfred says punishment hasn't been decided till the investigation of the Red Sox is complete, but yes, it sounds real bad for him as well.

 

This scandal has went from mildly entertaining to kinda infuriating to completely nuts.

 

Beltran goes down, too