Offseason baseball Thread

Tanaka decides not to opt out, so he'll be with the Yankees another three years.

Smart move. Great postseason, but he was mediocre in the regular season. And with the elbow he never had surgery on, I'm guessing no other team was going to give him $67 million for three years.

Masahiro Tanaka opts in, will stay with Yankees for three seasons

 

You make the call: Marry Kate Upton or Attend Houston Astros Parade....

 

Easiest choice ever.

 

Which one comes with a trip to Hawaii?

 

Another great moment in sj.com history ....

Supermodel Kate Upton Marries Astros' Justin Verlander Just Days After His World Series Win

 

Now there's a wedding where the groomsmen can be excused if they made runs at the bridesmaids.

 

That Ah-nuld is unfortunately dead already.

 

The two can finally have sex. The wait must have been killing Verlander. He'll play even better next season.

 

Awards finalists are being announced on MLB Network.

All six ROY finalists are position players, although I'm guessing Judge and Bellinger will be unanimous. Manicini and Benintendi and Bell and DeJong are the other finalists.

All three NL manager finalists are from the West: Roberts, Lovullo and Black. AL finalists are Molitor, Tito and Hinch.

Cy Young: Kershaw, Strasburg and Scherzer and Severino, Sale and Kluber.

 

AL MVP finalists: Altuve, Judge and Jose Ramirez. No Trout for first time in his career

 

NL MVP finalists: Goldschmidt, Stanton and Votto. Where's Arenado?

 

My predictions:
ROY: Judge and Bellinger
Manager: Molitor and Luvollo
Cy: Kluber and Scherzer
MVP: Altuve and Goldschmidt