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You knew this was coming, but it’s looking like it will take some more money to bring back Carlos Santana.
Tribe News
It has been known before this, but Carlos Santana’s declination of the qualifying offer was made official on Thursday. Should he be signed by another team, the Cleveland Indians will get an additional draft pick. But really, pay the man.
Competitive Balance rounds set for 2018 Draft | MLB
Speaking of potential draft picks, the Indians will get a pick in Competitive Round A in 2018 along with the Pirates, Orioles, Padres, Diamondbacks, Royals, Rockies, and Cardinals. The Tribe’s pick will be the 37th overall pick of the 2018 Amateur Draft.
Around the League/Twitter Highlights
- Jose Altuve and Giancarlo Stanton were awarded the AL and NL MVP awards, respectively.
- The Reds are wasting Joey Votto.
- MLB is supposedly looking into whether or not the balls from 2017 were juiced.
M-V-P!!! Nobody more deserving than you!! Congrats on an unforgettable 2017!! @JoseAltuve27 pic.twitter.com/tEMy9u8qGc
— Aaron Judge (@TheJudge44) November 17, 2017
My source tells me that while Giancarlo Stanton's preference is the LA Dodgers. His advisers are pushing for the #RedSox. Saying it would be huge for marketing/off field opportunities and it would be big for baseball. Stanton vs Judge in the AL East 19 times a season. pic.twitter.com/tpaPmQoeZE
— Joe Kayata (@NBC10_Joe) November 15, 2017
"It would be extraordinarily unlikely for baseball to return to Montreal without some concrete plan as to where a team would play," Rob Manfred said. "We're not going back to Olympic Stadium"
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) November 16, 2017
One thing I learned at #MLB GM Meetings: not only do GMs use emojis when texting about deals, some have been known to respond to trade offers with choice GIFs
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) November 16, 2017