Which Team And How Much For How Long? Juan Soto decided to sign with the New York Mets after a bidding war broke out between the Yankees and Mets. After receiving a reported $760M/16-year deal, the Mets upped it to $765M/15-years and that's what Soto ultimately chose. This contract includes an opt-out after the fifth season, or have this voided if the Mets give him a raise from $51M/season to $55M/season for the final decade, which could bump up...
After spending nearly a Billion dollars on offseason Free Agent signings, then making big trades at the deadline in July, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been crowned the World Series Champions on October 30th, 2024. They started off strong with a 3-0 lead, taking the first two in Los Angeles, and first game in New York. The first ever walk-off Grand Slam, courtesy of World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, kicked off the series in Los Angeles. It wasn't...
The Ride So Far, and What's To Come Back in February, David Stearns, the President of Baseball Operations of the Mets said that Pete Alonso's hitting the Free Agency Market was the "most likely outcome". Here in late-September, Alonso said that he has a 'gut feeling' the final homestand won't be his last with the Mets. Both David and Pete could be right, as players go to into Free Agency and re-sign with their original ball club in the end...
Recent Contracts, Health Teams are already looking at who they want to go after in terms of Free Agents this offseason, and Willy Adames plays a premium position with pop that gets overshadowed by the likes of Lindor, Volpe, Story and Seager. It's time we look at what he's about to get in his first trip on the market. First and foremost, he'll only be 29 in 2025, while Trea Turner was 30 going into his 11-year/$300M deal with the Phillies, Corey...
The Precedent and The Prediction Matt Chapman received a 6 year/$151 Million extension from the Giants on September 5th, 2024. This not only set the bar for Alex Bregman and the rest of the Third Base Free Agency market, but gave Chappy and San Francisco some much needed comfort for both parties. I predicted a 10-13 years at $275-325M for Manny Machado back in January of 2023, and he received 11-years and $350M. I predicted 10-12 years and $350M...
Last year, a few of my predictions for September Call-Ups made it, and have stuck into the 2024 season as mainstays and even everyday players for their respective teams. We'll go through this in alphabetical order, so it's easy to navigate! MLB Rosters officially expand on September 1st, with a maximum of 14 Pitchers to each roster. Arizona Diamondbacks A very risky pick with the injuries he's sustained, but #1 Prospect in the DBacks...
National League Awards Predictions Player of the Month in the NL was actually a tough one going into the last week of July. If you're using fWAR as your one and only statistic to choose the "best" player in July, you would get Francisco Lindor, but right on his tail are Brenton Doyle and Eugenio Suarez with better slash lines and other offensive stats. Between the three, I personally would pick Suarez as my 2024 July POTM with a slash line of...
National League Awards Predictions Player of the Month in the NL was actually a tough one going into the last week of May. I give it to Bryce Harper over Shohei Ohtani by a HAIR. They both launched 7 long balls in May, along with several other extra-base hits (Harper with 5 Doubles, Ohtani with 3 two-baggers and a triple). Their averages on the month were nearly identical with Harper hitting .313 and Ohtani just a point behind at .312; where...
The Regular Season started for the Dodgers and Padres in Seoul, Korea back in Mid-March in a two game series, but the last week of March brought all 30 teams into the regular season and those two teams mentioned in at a 1-1 record. Although the Dodgers stood at first place going into March 28th, where most teams started their season at 0-0 with 162 Games to play, things would be very different by the end of the weekend. Before the review, I'll...
The biggest day of the 2023-24 NFL schedule is over, Superbowl LVIII went to overtime and the Chiefs have solidified themselves as a Dynasty team, winning three championships in the last five years, and having grabbed back-to-back trophies (2019, 2022, 2023) while losing in the 2020 Superbowl. But, you know that's not what Between The Chalk Lines is all about! It's "All baseball talk, all the time!" here with me! So let's get talking about some...
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