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MLB teams had to wake up and get busy for at least a day this week http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , protecting their own -1.0 WAR guys from poachers."Here is a research project for anybody who is playing hooky today, starting their holiday weekend early. What player that was protected on any MLB team’s 40-man roster had the very worst WAR in 2018? The LAA candidate for this competition would be Kaleb Cowart.Have some Last-Taco-Before-Cranberries-HaloLinks:A Little Bit Of Angels NewsWelcome to the fold, Dustin Garneau. Take a seat on the opportunity bus next to Peter Bourjos.........In Rule 5 news, Rahul has all the details. The TL;DR version would be Jose Suarez, Luis Madero and Luis Rengifo protected... Jose Fernandez and Parker Bridwell DFA’d...and we can all celebrate the ongoing participation of Jabari Blash...........Trout Porn from BBR. Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle, clone WARs..........Everywhere In BaseballIt’s official. Adrian Beltre has retired. This is a big deal, people. At 95.7 bWAR Beltre was the 2nd-greatest active player in MLB. And, at the rate that Albert Pujols is going and sitting at 100 bWAR going into 2019, it’s not unreasonable to think that when the careers of Beltre and Pujols are in the books, Beltre ends up higher. And since neither Miguel Cabrera nor Robinson Cano are going to catch either, that would mean that Beltre could be the greatest position player not named Mike Trout you ever got to watch. Just look at his career batting history in animation. And now he is gone. And to think that I can recall the Dodgers losing him to Free Agency right after the first FA season player uptick I recognized. Vaya con Dios, amigo!..........Pedro Moura uses this announcement to recall a great moment with Garrett Richards..........C.J. Wilson also had an anecdote about touching Beltre’s head. @Dutch_Oven45 is Derek Holland, and Holland verified the event.........All that said, although he was a very great player, he was never my favorite player..........We had more awards yesterday, wrapping up the season. Khris Davis was named DH of the Year (that’s gotta hurt Boston fans).....and David Price and Johnny Venters were named Comeback Players of the Year..........Uh oh. That Seattle Mariners discrimination story just got beyond he said/she said. Now it’s THEY said, which is a lot more formidable...........Well that didn’t last long. Jenrry Mejia finally made it back from extensive drug suspensions by MLB, in time to make a couple of MiLB appearances for the Mets very late in the year. Less than 90 days after tha, boom, Mejia is released............And the players that Seattle got back? Crap. They alone pull the Mariners off the sea floor of farm system rankings. And we will have to deal with them all too soon..........Sorry, guys at The Athletic, but the only reason to cut back uniform creep would be to free up sleeve space for my idea of player recognition creep (All-Star, GG, MVP Todd Helton Jersey , CYA, etc.)............Meh, it’s only a title. Who needs a “General Manager” when you have all the guys above and below that position who are doing all the work a GM does, anyway? That, anyway, is the SF Giants take. The rest of us franchises must still be in elementary school.........Wanna be surprised? Get a taste of how WPA sifts through the 2018 season and pulls up the most singularly impactful At-Bats, none of which involve a Mike Trout or Mookie Betts..........Aha! Jeff Bezos is, like the Blob, seeks to expand ever so mightily into your very domecile, where you choose to enjoy MLB broadcasts. They are a bidder for all those FOX Regional Sports Networks...........Amazon is not the ONLY bidder, though. You or I might end up being a bidder via some random 401k fund, as many of the bidders are turning out to be private equity firms............Hot StoveRule 5 came and went with many surprises. The LAA news is above, but somewhat related to LAA would be the awkward outcome concerning C.J. Cron and the Tampa Bay Rays. Cron hit 30 home runs for the Rays in 2018, good for 12th in the American League. No first baseman in the AL hit more home runs. His 2.0 bWAR would tie David Fletcher for 6th among position players on the Halos. And yesterday C.J. Cron was DFA’d rather than held and protected on the TBR 40-man roster for Rule 5 purposes...........MLBTR has a full list of guys that were added to the 40-man of each team throughout MLB that was active............In case you did not consider the Astros to already be one of MLB superteams, what if they add Paul Goldschmidt?..........Oh, wow. Here is potential FA market player that I completely forgot about. What if the Brewers decide to go big while their window is still opening?............How about Bryce Harper in pinstripes....as a first baseman?..........That would certainly solve the fundamental problem of paying a guy $300 million with a lead glove..........If a James Paxton (who might be THE top pitcher to move this offseasons no disrespect to Patrick Corbin) can earn back a Top 30 MLB prospect, what the hell is a Noah Syndergaard worth?..............(By the way, the Yankees tried to uncork Jean Segura from Jerry Dipoto in that deal, too.)..........Looking for a pretty productive utility guy? Derek Dietrich of the Marlins was DFA’d............The Padres and Mariners are chatting about swapping Wil Myers for Jean Segura/Mike Leake.The Duffle BagHell yeah. Don’t throw it there again!............Field of Dreams site vandal gets probation, meaning he is free go drive over the site again any day now. Curious that “thousands of people visit the property every year, running around the bases and walking to the surrounding cornfields”, when hardly anybody does the same with that lovely baseball field in the park behind my house.........Why has their never been a Harlem Globetrotters of Baseball?.......... Rob Carr/Getty ImagesA handful of the offseason's top MLB free agents remain preoccupied with World Series aspirations. The hot stove, however, never stays off entirely.Before joining a stacked crop of stars on the open market http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , Manny Machado, Clayton Kershaw, Dallas Keuchel, Charlie Morton, Craig Kimbrel, Yasmani Grandal, Nathan Eovaldi, Brian Dozier and Hyun-Jin Ryu will look to pad their portfolios with an indelible October moment. As they play for glory, 26 teams are already planning for the winter.Those are only some of baseball's biggest names who will put the sport's recent lethargic spending to the test. Affluent organizations have patiently waited for this influx of game-changing talent, and a growing division of power could spark bidding wars among MLB's top contenders.Let's take an early stroll around the rumor mill to examine some free-agent chatter. Phillies in Mix for Manny Machado and Bryce HarperThe Phillies are expected to pursue Bryce Harper and Machado this offseason.Rob Carr/Getty ImagesAlthough their premature playoff hopes cratered with an 8-20 September, the Philadelphia Phillies remain poised to make major noise this postseason.Even when 2018 contention was a longshot, they opened their wallets to sign Jake Arrieta and Carlos Santana. Before accounting for arbitration, those are the only players on the payroll set to make more than $9 million next year.That makes them a strong candidate to pursue the winter's grand prizes, Machado and Bryce Harper. While the former better fits their need for a shortstop or third baseman, FanCred's Jon Heyman said they may ultimately want to poach Harper from the rival Washington Nationals."Phillies people suggest they don鈥檛 think signing both Manny Machado and Bryce Harper is likely, but no one should rule it out," Heyman wrote. "They are expected to be the most aggressive team in bidding this winter. And while they have a strong connection to Machado, don鈥檛 be surprised if it鈥檚 Harper instead. Harper is a chance to stick it to the rival Nats, and his big finish made folks notice."Either one would represent a franchise-altering coup. While most players enter free agency beyond their prime, these superstar sluggers each have plenty of All-Star years ahead at age 26.Machado, who has played all but 11 games in the last four seasons, belted 33-37 homers in each of those campaigns and twice exceeded 6.0 WAR. He offers more consistency and a strong glove, especially if he accepts a permanent move to the hot corner.Harper's batting average has fluctuated wildly (.330, .243 Charlie Blackmon Jersey , .319, .249) over the years, but only five hitters have registered a higher on-base percentage (.388) since his debut in 2012. As showcased by his MVP campaign in 2015, he may still brandish the highest ceiling of anyone in the game.It'd be sweat to bolster their squad while weakening Washington in the process, but the Phillies should still make Machado their top priority. With minus-146Defensive Runs Saved(DRS), they played MLB's worst defense by a wide margin.The former Baltimore Orioles cornerstone can bolster their infield as a solid shortstop or Gold Glove third baseman. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean the Phillies are first on his wish list, yet they have the resources to offer a massive, potentially record-setting contract to steer him away from the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.With a top suitor less likely to offer another enormous deal, Harper stays in D.C. to form a formidable outfield with Juan Soto and Victor Robles.Prediction: Machado signs a 10-year megadeal with Phillies; Harper stays with Nationals.Yankees Yearn for Patrick CorbinThe Yankees are reportedly interested in New York native Patrick Corbin.Denis Poroy/Getty ImagesBooted from the playoffs by the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees can oversee significantturnover to take the next step this winter. With southpaw starters J.A. Happ and CC Sabathia set to enter free agency, they will need to fortify their rotation behind Luis Severino and Masahiro Tanaka.Per Heyman, the Bronx Bombers "are expected to target" Patrick Corbin. There appears to be mutual interest, as the New York native spoke fondly of the possibility to USA Today's Bob Nightengale in April."It would definitely be great to play there," Corbin said. "I grew up a Yankee fan. My whole family are Yankee fans. My mom, my dad, my grandpa, everybody. Really, every generation of my family has been Yankee fans."Nightengale recently followed up with a tweet suggesting little has changed following Corbin's career year:Bob Nightengale BNightengaleThe biggest upset of the free agent period this winter is if the #Yankees DONT land free agent pitcher Patrick Corbin, who grew up in Syracuse, and is from a family with generations of Yankee fansThat's not including his asking price. The lefty boosted his market value substantially by submitting a 3.15 ERA and 246 strikeouts in 200 innings for the Arizona Diamondbacks. His 2.47 fielding independent pitching (FIP) ranked third among all qualified starters behind Jacob deGrom (1.99) and Trevor Bauer (2.47).Teams may hesitate to throw ace money at a 28-year-old with a 3.91career ERA who went underwent Tommy John surgery in 2014, yet the breakout looks legit. Only Max Scherzer generated a higher percentage of swinging strikes, and nobody induced more swings outside the strike zone.The Yankees need to keep pace with the American League powerhouses, and Corbin wouldslide perfectly into their rotation as an upgrade to Happ and/or Sabathia. He's also younger than fellow free-agent southpaws Kershaw and Keuchel http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , who will each turn 31 before 2019's Opening Day.The Diamondbacks, on the other hand, look poised to retool after missing the playoffs. A.J. Pollock is also a free agent, and ESPN's Buster Olney said the NL West squad will entertain offers for Paul Goldschmidt. Perhaps the star first baseman joins Corbin in the Big Apple.Prediction: Corbin signs with Yankees for five years, $90 million 'No Indication' Rockies Will Retain DJ LeMahieuThe Rockies have showed no signs of working to re-sign DJ LeMahieu, who will need to generate all of his value on defense away from Coors Field.Justin Edmonds/Getty ImagesThe Colorado Rockies, who scored two runs in three National League Division Series losses, are in an unusual position of needing to bolster their lineup behind a fortified pitching staff. Those renovations may not include DJ LeMahieu.According to Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post, there's "no indication" the Rockies will try to retain the 30-year-old second baseman.Their reticence makes sense after rookie Garrett Hampson notched a .396 on-base percentage in 24 MLB games. Their No. 4-ranked prospect on MLB.com batted .311/.382/.462 in Double-A and Triple-A, so he could likely replicate or exceed LeMahieu's subpar 86 weighted runs created plus (wRC+).Either one of them would have to fend off top prospect Brendan Rodgers, a shortstop blocked by Trevor Story who could demand a major league spotlight next season.With a career 87.0 contact percentage, LeMehieu leveraged Coors Field to a .329 batting average, yet the 2016 National League batting champion sports a pedestrian .264/.311/.362 slash line away from Colorado's friendly confines. He may find an unforgiving market if the Rockies pass.Ignoring the two-time Gold Glover's defensive contributions, however, would also be a mistake. His 18 DRS trailed Kolten Wong by one run for the top spot among all second basemen.The Boston Red Sox rented Ian Kinsler for his glove, but he offset any defensive value by batting .242/.394/.311. While LeMahieu's offense will suffer away from Coors, the contact skills should prevent him from bottoming out entirely.Besides, the AL East champions already have plenty of offensive firepower in Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, Andrew Benintendi and Xander Bogaerts. Replacing Kinsler with LeMahieu would preserve an elite double-play combination.Prediction: LeMahieu signs a three-year, $28 million deal with Red SoxAll advanced stats courtesy of FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.