Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

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Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by tylertoo » Sun May 23, 2021 2:23 pm

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Edmonton, November 13, 2046 -- As the Jackrabbits faithful gear up for Spring Training and the start of the '47 season, Rabbit Stew brings you some odds-n-ends gathered around the camp.

ROTATION HELP: New Edmonton GM Mike Dunn has been relatively quiet in the free agent sweepstakes, but his one signing has thrilled fans: he landed SP Stan Palacios on a team friendly, 3-year, $12.8 million dollar contract. Palacios is entering his seventh major league season but it only 27 years old. Palacios spent six seasons in Louisville before being traded before last season to Seattle. He boasts a 85-56 won-lost mark, and most importantly, he's a leftie, which is a huge advantage for a hurler in the Jackrabbits home park.

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Year two of the deal has both a team option and a player opt-out, with another team option in year three, so this is relatively low risk move for Dunn. On the plus side, it allows manager Juan Carlos Gonzales to move Lando Klomp--who struggled a bit as a starter last season--to the bullpen as a setup guy. "Southpaws are such a difficult commodity to come by in free agency," said Dunn, "so we are thrilled that Stan was ready to sign the deal and not let negotiations drag on. I respect him for that."

FILLING OTHER HOLES: Dunn is rumored to be making other free agent bids in hopes of boosting the bullpen, but--like other GMs--is finding that the demads of other free agents remain high. The Jackrabbits have only about $6 million in cap space remaining, so it is entirely possible that Dunn is done in terms of new signings.

The rumor mill churneth, however, and Rabbit Stew has received lots of tips about conversations between the Jackrabbits front office and other teams that are in cap space trouble. "He's a vulture," said one source, referring to GM Dunn. "He's looking for teams desperate to clear space." Reportedly the 'rabbits main interest are upgrades up the middle, at SS and CF, but no clear trade partners have emerged.

THE FINAL FRONTIER?: Dunn is one of four new GMs in the Frontier Division, along with Ryan Hetzer in San Antonio, John Momberg in El Paso and Woody Donahue in Boise. Are further front office shake-ups afoot? The rumor mill is full of the usual crazy talk, including one wayward tweet that had Las Vegas GM Matt Rectenwald stepping down. We are happy to say that has proven unfounded. The rumor is likely the result of anger among some fans at Las Vegas oddsmakers, who favored the Hustlers to repeat as Frontier Division champions. Rabbits fans apparently beg to differ.

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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by Dington » Sun May 23, 2021 2:34 pm

If @recte44 steps down, who will I trade with?!
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by chicoruiz » Sun May 23, 2021 7:18 pm

(ahem...) Make that four new GMs in the Frontier. You can tell I'm a new GM... I still have that "new GM smell". It's like the new car smell, but a little more... pungent.
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by tylertoo » Sun May 23, 2021 7:46 pm

chicoruiz wrote:
Sun May 23, 2021 7:18 pm
(ahem...) Make that four new GMs in the Frontier.
D'oh! Corrected... sorry about that!
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by woods » Mon May 24, 2021 3:41 am

Pretty wild how all 4 of us UMEBA GMs ended up in the Frontier. Just looking at the draft pool today, makes me feel like being upgraded to first class. So this is how the 1% live.
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by Dington » Mon May 24, 2021 10:26 am

woods wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 3:41 am
Pretty wild how all 4 of us UMEBA GMs ended up in the Frontier. Just looking at the draft pool today, makes me feel like being upgraded to first class. So this is how the 1% live.
Draft classes were swapped a couple years ago. I think my first round pick was rated 45 potential while UMEBA had a ton of fully developed 80 rated high schoolers.
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by scottsdale_joe » Mon May 24, 2021 11:58 am

Nice writeup. Good luck this year. Beat LV.
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by CTBrewCrew » Wed May 26, 2021 8:23 pm

woods wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 3:41 am
Pretty wild how all 4 of us UMEBA GMs ended up in the Frontier. Just looking at the draft pool today, makes me feel like being upgraded to first class. So this is how the 1% live.
We usually have money fights between picks...😜
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Re: Rabbit Stew 47.02: Spring Training Notes

Post by HerbD » Sat May 29, 2021 10:56 pm

Good luck to you all in the Frontier
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