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  1. Hitch
    I don't think any player can assume to get an auction similar to Soto's. But the fact it could get big is why trading prospects (which is all they are right now) for real value is sometimes the route taken. Put it this way, I doubt he says no to 430/450 now. But it could easily spiral next year if teams get desperate. There's no way he knows that right now.
  2. Hitch
    Nice. 👍
  3. Hitch
    Which could be fun in its own way after a couple of bottles of wine.
  4. Hitch
    Because we don't know what The Mets will pay, or if they will definitely bid at this point. Nobody guessed that either Shoei or Soto would get anywhere near as high as it went until the process got under way. Plus there's the possibility of serious injury occurring this year. A huge offer now is plenty enticing.
  5. Hitch
    The problem with doing it this way is that you open it up to the floor and the bidding war happens again, until finally, the Mets blow everyone out of the water. If you trade and extend, you control the process. It'll still be pricey but you avoid another Sotoschism where the owners lose their mind. Again, it's not happening, but fun to think about.
  6. Hitch
    The difference in potential is fairly big however. Which are often what these trades are built on. Hoping you trade up on the player ready to hit his ceiling. That said, I wouldn't have thought Jays would do it for Casas even before seeing your post above.
  7. Hitch
    You're not getting Vlad for Abreu. Not even close.
  8. Hitch
    This is pretty much how I feel on it as well. I'm less worried for now about the Yoshi contract as it will be off the books before either decline, but having that much money tied up in two players who are likely to decline into DH's, or at best below average 1st basemen/DH's doesn't feel particularly smart. But the thought of seeing them hit together in the middle of the order over the next 6/7 years is tantalising. That said, not to get too grim, in 6/8 years time there's no guarantee Henry will still be alive (or in charge). Who knows what the spending handcuffs will be like then.
  9. Hitch
    I'm not suggesting this is even remotely possible, but if the opportunity came up to trade Casas for Vlad (and then extend hm) would you do it?
  10. Hitch
    What's the parameters?
  11. Hitch
    The conversation is around whether his bat is good enough to make up for how bad he is in every other facet while playing left field. It's not a discussion around whether he is good enough at DH.
  12. Hitch
    And you're overplaying it. His bat does not make up for the rest of his game in which every facet is well below average. Especially on that contract.
  13. Hitch
    You're doing yourself no favours by including Alvarez and Teoscar on that list. There's a reason you can forgive poor defense when players hit 30+ home runs a season and deliver 4 and 5 WAR seasons. Even Buxton with his limitation is a superior player to Yoshida. His fielding cost the Sox 12 runs - the 5th most in all of baseball. Yoshi can hit a bit. That's it. Can't field, can't throw, can't run. And as much as you'd like to divorce the conversation from the contract, unfortunately, all that needs taking into account and we are hugely overpaying for a one dimensional (and decent at best) player. All this is moot anyway, Cora is not putting him in the outfield bar an emergency, no matter the quotes coming out.
  14. Hitch
    Which isn't enough of a reason to play him out there. His bat is nowhere near good enough.
  15. Hitch
    From the other thread....
  16. Hitch
    Yeah the Yoshida signing really was a bad one and has and is hampering us constantly. I live in hope we can move him.
  17. Hitch
    Dodgers are deferring two 0's to another deal.
  18. Hitch
    Casas is bad at 1st base. Devers is terrible at 3rd. Cant get much worse by standing pat.
  19. Hitch
    I think it is 10000% Dodgers.
  20. Hitch
    Yes, I think so, too. He's well connected and alongside McAdams and Speier is one of the only ones I really trust. He's also called Bres out a couple of times for pretending that they aren't trying to move Casas. I'm really happy with Bres' work so far. But, yeah, big two months coming up. Apparently we beat out the top offer for Martin but he wanted to move closer to home.
  21. Hitch
    We do seem to be very active in trade talks, over say the free agent market. Cotillo mentioned on a pod the other day, we've all but signed out of the free agent market (pen arms aside) but are very active on trade talks. There does feel like there might be something in this. Casas leaving would have to bring back something tasty however, as well as a large chunk or Arenado's contract paid down. I've zero idea about what the Cards have that would be enticing.
  22. Hitch
    Do you see Fried as best of the best? Maybe I'm being harsh on him, but I do not think he's anywhere near that tag.
  23. Hitch
    Concerning trends on his O however. Not sure of the trends on his D. He's not a guy I want to see us give out 6/7 year contracts to. Especially to play 2B and leaving Devers stink the place out on 3rd. This is what it comes down to for me really, we're all rightly complaining about the FO not spending, but there are so few options I actually want us to spend on. It gives them a get out of jail free card I know, but I don't want to see us spend just to prove they will spend. I think that's why we have seemingly been very busy in trade discussions.
  24. Hitch
    Harsh on Grissom after being injured for such large parts. This year is the one that'll show he is either good enough or isn't. I still hold up hope.
  25. Hitch
    This is true. It's mostly just a feeling to be honest. And I am talking position players. It just feels like a lot of underwhelming players available, especially at the prices they're projected for,
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