mobaz
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Post by mobaz on Jan 17, 2021 19:40:44 GMT -5
Some Kluber notes from MLB Trade Rumors: Since over half the league sent scouts to watch Corey Kluber‘s showcase event, it isn’t surprising that there was some significant money on offer for the veteran righty, who ended up signing with the Yankees on a one-year, $11MM deal. Several teams made eight-figure offers, according to SNY.tv’s Andy Martino, and the Yankees’ offer wasn’t the most expensive contract on the table. Kluber drew plenty of interest from elsewhere in the AL East, as Martino writes that the Blue Jays were one of the clubs “bidding aggressively.” Speier sheds a bit more light on Kluber’s situation, noting that he “seemed most interested in a clean one-year deal” rather than a one-year contract with a 2022 option attached — a structure that would have perhaps been more appealing to the Red Sox, another team with legitimate interest in Kluber’s services. The Rays also “made a very strong run” at Kluber, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. With Kluber now off the board, Chris Archer is still under consideration as the Rays continue to look for veteran rotation help. www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/01/al-east-notes-benintendi-kluber-rays.html
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Post by geostorm on Jan 18, 2021 8:51:48 GMT -5
theathletic.com/2329567/2021/01/18/rosenthal-what-yanks-need-from-kluber-ozunas-hurdles-barts-future-more-notes/ (PAYWALL) "The Yankees evidently believe the two-time American League Cy Young winner, if healthy, will be a viable Game 2 option in October – more viable than Tanaka, who is 2 1/2 years younger, more recently durable and prior to 2020 had a 1.76 ERA in eight-postseason starts. Tanaka, too, is a free agent, and perhaps the Yankees are wary of whatever price they believe he will command. But in Kluber, who agreed to a one-year contract for a not-so-incidental $11 million, pending a physical, they are committing to a pitcher who threw only 36 2/3 innings the past two seasons, including just one last season. For a team that remains short on proven starting pitching, the move indicates that A) Kluber looked really good in his bullpen session for interested teams last Wednesday, and B) the Yankees are banking heavily on the recommendation of his performance coach, Eric Cressey, whom they hired in January 2020 as their director of player health and performance." [Note, you'd copied WAY too much of the article. Even what I've cut it down to is borderline. Please be mindful of that in the future. - CAH]
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