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  1. Palodios
    I brought up Verlander a few days ago, but it seems like it will be very difficult to pull off. He has about 100 million on the books for the next three plus years. Maybe Allen Craig for Verlander makes sense to offset the salary? Still seems pricey for an aging arm with a lot of miles.
  2. Palodios
    YOTN, doing a great job as always. Hopefully everything turns out healthy for JB3. Bradley's wife is a hot blonde, in case anyone was curious.
  3. Palodios
    Shelby.
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    Teheran certainly isn't worth the value Miller got... And clearly neither was Miller. It still seems like the big dollar trades make more sense for this team right now. James Shields got smacked around yesterday for 10 runs in 2 IP. Maybe that will stabilize his trade value for a few weeks.
  5. Palodios
    You're looking at 16 million for 3 years of Miller, or 26 million for 3.5 years of Teheran, and an option for Teheran. They're both very cheap. Miller was cheaper, but Teheran has more control.
  6. Palodios
    Teheran would be great, but if I was the Braves, I'd be asking for a Shelby Miller price.
  7. Palodios
    I'd prefer to wait until the second half of the season after Bautista gets banged up. Small sample size be damned, the Jays have some scary bats.
  8. Palodios
    High five city. Uehara is a helluva lot more likeable.
  9. Palodios
    Porcello's biggest problem is that he's faced Toronto's offense three times this year.
  10. Palodios
    Dombrowski sucks at signing relievers too, so its not exactly like that will change. Signing/trading for RP has always been extremely inefficient from a W/L perspective, but personally I'd rather have paid the stupid money and have all those assets back. Josh Reddick alone is worth what the Phillies paid for Papelbon.
  11. Palodios
    Papelbon has held up a lot better than most of us expected. I was strongly against the signing at the time, but looking back at the guys the Red Sox have given up for bad relief pitching over the last few years, signing Papelbon would have been much more efficient. Thankfully we've had Koji, because this team has traded a lot of value for relieviers in recent years, many of them busts. 2007 -- Gagne for Murphy 2010 -- 12 million for Bobby Jenks... 2011 -- Josh Reddick for Andrew Bailey. Melacon for Jed Lowrie. 2012 -- Jack Hanrahan for a pile of prospects that might have been better used in another trade. Fortunately Holt came along for the ride. 2013 -- Thornton for a tradeable prospect. 2015 -- Kimbrel for Margot/Guerra. Carson Smith for Wade Miley.
  12. Palodios
    The craziest thing to me is that over the last ten years... Clay Buchholz is the guy this team has stuck with. He's the starter they decided to build their franchise around. Think about that.
  13. Palodios
    Normally when you trade two top of the rotation starters at the trade deadline, you should get elite prospects back. Ben's biggest failure was trading those guys for a net negative value. It amazes me that he was able to get Erod for Miller, Hembree for Peavy, and dump Stephen Drew's contract that trade deadline, but couldn't get anything for Lester/Lackey.
  14. Palodios
    The Yankee deadline strategy is actually very effective. They usually find expensive, mid-tier players that the other team wants off the books, and are willing to trade for a bag of balls. They usually look for shorter contracts, but with pitching the Sox may need to look longer. James Shields and Wei-yin Chen are probably the most reasonable trade options. Verlander too, if you get creative.
  15. Palodios
    Everyone is down on Kelly, but its extremely hard for me to judge a performance in Toronto against that brutal lineup. I'd love to see them replace him, but it isn't happening right now.
  16. Palodios
    Who knows? Maybe Buchholz will thrive in the pen. Maybe he'll end up healthier. Also very glad the Red Sox made the smart decision.
  17. Palodios
    This is in the wrong place, but seems like a legit topic to me. I don't have much to add -- We've known Yankees are cheaters for a long time, haven't we? Alex Rodriguez was oddly ommited here though.
  18. Palodios
    First place!!! Hell yeah.
  19. Palodios
    The luxury tax is 30% this year, and probably 40% next year. You're looking at closer to 7 million than 2 million. If he rebuilds trade value, do you honestly see any teams giving us 7 million for him? Might as well keep him miserable in AAA. I know you're skeptical, but just a few years ago we saw Ryan Dempster give up a massive contract.
  20. Palodios
    They needed to get his permission to outright him off the roster. He also has been injured at the start of the season and only played 6 games in Pawtucket. Plus, adding him to the 40 man roster will cost a couple million in luxury tax alone. Best case scenario at some point he gets tired of the AAA bus trips and voids the contract early to try to make it on another team.
  21. Palodios
    Swihart is in the outfield because he is the third best catcher in th organization. We all probably would have lusted for his glove in the Saltalamacchia days.
  22. Palodios
    I like the idea of trading for Chen. Solid #2/3 guy with a big contract on a mediocre team that loves dumping big contracts. AL east proven. Only 30 years old, expensive enough to keep other bidders away but not too expensive.
  23. Palodios
    Matt Harrison hasn't pitched in several years-- I was under the impression he was a way for the Phillies to eat some of Hamels contract while saving face. Both trades involved a top 50 prospect and a top 100 prospect. The Rangers gave up the 99th prospect too, but Allen and Asuaje are both real prospects. Maybe it would have taken another piece but the value isn't that far off.
  24. Palodios
    Reddick out for 4-6 weeks for the Athletics. I doubt the A's are looking to trade OF now.
  25. Palodios
    It was roughly around the same value given up for Cole Hamels last year. Maybe they would need to add another chip in there, but it was close.
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