Assume the Red Sox are buyers: who are your three trade targets?

[notin]

I’ll make a prediction.

After being linked to several bigger names and coming up short, once the dust settles, Breslow acquires RHSP Seth Lugo and RHH 1b/DH Ty France…

[Hugh2]

2 hours ago, drewski6 said:

I agree with Notin, I dont think we need a starter - even minus Early.....With : Gray/Suarez/Tolle/Bennet/Sandoval/Bello....You can still get Crochet back for playoffs and maybe some others too.  That being said:

I include Early in my trade for either Shange dangly-ears or Hunter S Goodman

I make another trade acquiring Gleybar Torres at modest cost

If farm not too emptied, I try to get a DH/LF on the cheap as well.  Maybe a Spencer Steer, he can prob play 1b when Contreras has to sit for his suspension (thats happening at some point, right)

I very much disagree.  The pitching has been absolutely amazing this year, but it's also been decimated. 

The guys you have left pitching great are going to go way over their pitching limits.  All of this is for nothing if we get to the post season and Tolle/Early/Bennett are useless.  

There's also no gurantee you get Crochet back before the playoffs.  these pitchers take 4-6 weeks to ramp up in spring training and he's nowhere near even starting a rehab assignment.  We really need to start thinking about him not coming back this year.  

JB is at 99 innings, his career high is 75

PT is at 105 innings.....this is his career high. 

You have two months left in the season and will need innings in the playoffs.  You still have Early/Suarez on the IL and have no ideal when Crochet will be back if this year at all. 

This team needs a starter.  It doesn't have to be anyone good but they need a starter who can give them innings. 

[Hugh2]

12 minutes ago, notin said:

I’ll make a prediction.

After being linked to several bigger names and coming up short, once the dust settles, Breslow acquires RHSP Seth Lugo and RHH 1b/DH Ty France…

I would be fine with Seth Lugo, I don't need a big name on the pitching side....just an innings eater.  I'd save all the chips for offense. 

[mvp 78]

33 minutes ago, notin said:

I’ll make a prediction.

After being linked to several bigger names and coming up short, once the dust settles, Breslow acquires RHSP Seth Lugo and RHH 1b/DH Ty France…

I'll make a prediction.

Breslow acquires Witt Jr SS, Lindor 2B, Langeliers C, Cease SP.

 

[Duran Is The Man]

i predict he trades for Luis Garcia, Lucas Sims and Dustin May.

[notin]

42 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I'll make a prediction.

Breslow acquires Witt Jr SS, Lindor 2B, Langeliers C, Cease SP.

 

No Yordan?

Fire his butt!

[notin]

20 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

i predict he trades for Luis Garcia, Lucas Sims and Dustin May.

May would cost us Tibbs.

[Duran Is The Man]

15 minutes ago, notin said:

May would cost us Tibbs.

i'd rather have Tibbs. i'd give up Zach Ehrhard though.

[mvp 78]

34 minutes ago, notin said:

No Yordan?

Fire his butt!

HOU is in buy mode. We're going to trade Duran to them for prospects. 

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I'll make a prediction.

Breslow acquires Witt Jr SS, Lindor 2B, Langeliers C, Cease SP.

 

He'll trade for Neto and Goodman, and some in here will complain that JH was too cheap to trade for Lindor & Langeliers.

[moonslav59]

5 hours ago, Hugh2 said:

That's 30 million for ONE year, and it's not even 30 million because its pro-rated to only 36% of the salary today.  So if that trade was made today they're adding only about $10 million in Salary.

They might look to shed some money to get below that third threshold, but they'd only need to dump 1-2 million

True, but the Lindor money continues for many more years.

If we include Story, his money goes away after 2027.

KC or Bello would be longer lasting, assuming they are interested in one or both.

I'm not against Lindor. There is a good chance he has 2-3 more good years. I'd just rather sign a guy like him than trade top prospects for him and then pay FA type money, anyway.

 

[JoeBrady]

13 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I'd just rather sign a guy like him than trade top prospects for him and then pay FA type money, anyway.

1-If you adding top prospects, then you are not paying FA money.

2-Since Mayer is the name being bandied about, is he still a top prospect?  If he were still eligible, I doubt he'd be in the top-50.  Let's say that Bregman, Alonso and were all appropriately priced.  If the Mets gave us a $60M discount for including Mayer, it is the equivalent of selling Mayer for $60M.  Would you not do that?

[Hugh2]

24 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

True, but the Lindor money continues for many more years.

If we include Story, his money goes away after 2027.

KC or Bello would be longer lasting, assuming they are interested in one or both.

I'm not against Lindor. There is a good chance he has 2-3 more good years. I'd just rather sign a guy like him than trade top prospects for him and then pay FA type money, anyway.

 

Who is there to sign? free agency gets worse every year and there's very little going on the market in years to come.  Lindor is not Story, and before this year he's been nothing but healthy and not only has he stayed on the field banged up but now that he's recovered he's been swinging a hot bat the past 3-4 weeks. 

You're also trading maybe one top prospect for him, as opposed to 3-4 if you wanted a younger guy. 

[moonslav59]

Just now, Hugh2 said:

Who is there to sign? free agency gets worse every year and there's very little going on the market in years to come.  Lindor is not Story, and before this year he's been nothing but healthy and not only has he stayed on the field banged up but now that he's recovered he's been swinging a hot bat the past 3-4 weeks. 

You're also trading maybe one top prospect for him, as opposed to 3-4 if you wanted a younger guy. 

The younger guy at a fraction of the cost may allow us to extend Gray by a year or two, or we could sign Jeffers, BLowe, Torres and many other rentals being mentioned, now as big fills to our current needs.

[drewski6]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The younger guy at a fraction of the cost may allow us to extend Gray by a year or two, or we could sign Jeffers, BLowe, Torres and many other rentals being mentioned, now as big fills to our current needs.

I hear you , I feel like we pay a premium for Lindor that we need not.  I wouldnt hate it but its not on my ideal.  Hers my ideal:

One of: Langeliers, Goodman, Neto (Early goes in this trade + prospects)

One of: Blowe, Gleybar Torres, Arraez, Jeffers (if Neto is selected from the above group)

One of: steer/addell/bell/hoskins...maybe teoscar....a dh/lf/1b bat that doesnt need to play everyday

And lugo to replace early

Give me like Langeliers, Torres, steer , lugo and ill be soooo happy.