moonslav59
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True nuff!
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I'm not implying a rush. I think he's been on the phones for weeks. I don't want him to take a quick deal just for the sake of doing something, but if he waits too long, teams may fill their needs elsewhere leaving us holding the bag. Here's what MLBTR has as the best remaining FAs (with their ranking) 5. Donaldson 8. Castellanos 9. Ryu 11. Ozuna 14. Keuchel 21. Teheran 22. W Harris 25. Dickerson 28. Hudson 33. Chirinos (Players in red are players I'd like to get, assuming we free up enough money to be able to fit them into our budget.)
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Seems like everyone else has signed above projections or for more years. I'm not sure why Bum's seemingly low contract value is the one that sets the market for Price or Eovaldi. Certainly, it does not appear to help, but plenty of other deals seem to make Price and Eovaldi's deals not look as horrible as they seemed just weeks ago.
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Just a hunch. Many dominoes have already fallen, so I think teams are at their plan B's and C's. I think Price, Eovaldi, JBJ and maybe others are slotted at plan B, C and D levels for other teams, or as harmony likes to say, "or not." (When did I ever say, "first offer?")
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I think so, too. It pains me to even think about trading away Betts- perhaps the best all around player the organization has ever had. If we do end up trading him, I hope we try hard to re-sign him next winter.
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You trade for Pederson, if you are going for a 2020 ring or a one year window. Surely, we can get a younger, more cost controlled player with several years of team control for Betts. I get the Urias part of the deal, but why not get another longer term piece with him? I get that the player will not be as good as Joc, but we need to get players that will be around for a while. Our roster and system lacks depth and has too little future hopes. Would you rather have Maeda than Joc? Do you not think LA would sub him for Joc?
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How does he help our rebuild, unless we trade him for a longer controlled player(s)?
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Why would a horse like to live in Phoenix? Is the stall air conditioned?
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I'm thinking Bloom put out some feelers before offering arb, but nothing is certain. I could be wrong. We could be looking at trading Price and Betts and will wait until July to decide on JBJ.
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He started 104 games vs RHP'ers and 5 vs LHPs. He was platooned in LA, unlike Carl Crawford who was not in TB. He started 86 vs RHPs and 2 vs LHPs in 2018. (64 to 10 in 2017.)
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I'm not defending Joc. I don't want to trade for him. I was firmly against the Carl Crawford signing for the same reason (.682 vs LHPs- career). That being said, unlike many here, I'm fine with platoons. Joc's career .860 vs RHPs is a nice thing to have in the line-up. This year, Joc hit .920 vs RHPs with 36 HRs in just 401 ABs. That's 50 HRs per 650 PAs. That far outweighs the zero HRs vs lefties. I just said his one year of team control is more of a deal-breaker than the splits.
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I haven't heard any rumors, but I'm thinking Bloom must be pretty confident he can trade him, or else he wouldn't have offered him arb. There really are not too many CF'ers on the market this winter- good ones, anyways.
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That part doesn't bother me as much as the one year of team control. Rebuilding with one year players is not a good idea. BTW, Yaz was a career .692 vs LHPs.
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I'm thinking a deal will be happening real soon. Price, JBJ or Betts?
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I suggested I'd do it, if we could flip him for something longer term, but why not just get that from LA?
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To me, trading Betts would only be for helping our long term future. Urias does that, but Pederson does not. Betts is worth every penny he is getting paid and then some, so taking Pederson just to offset salary doesn't make sense to me. Someone like Maeda, who has 4 years of control at just $3.1M/yr makes more sense.
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I'd only do it, if we could flip Pederson for someone with more years of control. How about Betts for Urias & Maeda? The trade simulator accepted Urias, Maeda & Barnes for Betts.
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They won't get him for cheap.
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How does Pederson help the rebuild?
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Pollock offsets a lot of Price's deal. He counts as $48M over the next 4 years ($12M x 4). He essentially cuts Price's deal in half. Add the $3M x 3 years we pay, and the Price/Pollock aspect only costs LA $39M or $13M x 3- about what he's worth. Pollock would be an expensive bench piece on the Dodgers, if he was not part of the deal. Seager and Maeda for Betts may be a stretch, but I don't think the deal is that wild.
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So, he'd play 2B for us? The trade simulator accepted this: Betts, Price (+$9M), Chavis, Walden & Duran for Seager, Pollock & Maeda We should be making 3 for 5 trades, though, not LA.
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I'd rather not trade Betts for a guy with 1 year of team control (Pederson). I like Maeda and his 4 years of team control at $3.1M, but I'd prefer Maeda and Downs. I still like this better, and LA wants a pitcher, too: Betts & Price for Pollock, Maeda & Downs
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We are not getting Lux. We wouldn't get him just for Betts alone. Adding Price cancels out the value of Betts.
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We might be able to do this for just May, but we'd probably have to take back Pollock or add a bunch of cash.
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Cool. Will look into it.
