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Surpise: Twins To Acquire Hector Santiago; Ricky Nolasco, Alex Meyer To Angels By Steve Adams | August 1, 2016 at 2:52pm CDT In a surprising move, the Twins will acquire left-hander Hector Santiago from the Angels, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Right-hander Ricky Nolasco and former top prospect Alex Meyer are going to the Angels, Rosenthal adds in a second tweet.

Cubs and Giants both apparently get Will Smith Blue Jays get Scott Feldman (Ooooo, Im' scared! LOL! Dodgers get Jesse Chavez

Lucroy to Rangers- Jeff Todd

Word is the CWS will wait until the winter to deal Sale and/or Quintana, since there are no big SP'er FA's and teams may be more willing to part with top prospects once they realize nothing is out there.

15 minutes! To me, this is one of the most exciting times in sports, especially off the field... even better than the NFL or NBA draft.

Yes, I think he was the Ranger's third best prospect and they were supposedly 5 deep with top prospects.

The Yanks are also paying all of Beltran's remaining contract.

There's a few things that can happen: 1) We could end up DFA'ing Sandoval, if he comes into camp with no chance of winning a FT position. Nobody would claim him with that $19M contract, so he'd join castillo and Craig on the no luxury tax budget list. That $19M would allow us to stay under the luxury tax, but Henry still has to pay him, instead of a tax, so I don't see this as a major factor. (We might trade him and pay all but $5M-$10M of his deal and at least save that much or swap him for someone like Jamie Shields.) 2) We could trade HanRam, since he only has 2 years left, and he just had a much better year than 2015. We'd probably have to pay $7-12M of his $22M/yr deal, but that would save us $10-15M--an amount that would be very helpful. The problem is that between TShaw, Travis, Moncada, Hernandez, Holt, Marrero and maybe Swihart, we might be severely lacking at the corner IF positions so that an Encarnacion addition may not make-up for that loss, let alone part of the loss of Papi. 3) We could trade for a big bat that costs less than Encarnacion. 4) We could trade for an inexpensive SP'er this winter (Sale/Quintana/Gray?)

Brandon Guyer to Indiansf or Nathan Lukes & J Salinas.

Beltran to the Rangers! Dillon Tate in return? The Yanks suddenly have one of the best farms in MLB.

The difference is probablky close to what Encarnacion will get per year. That was my point.

Perhaps my assumption is wrong, but I am going on the premise that we will not be over the luxury tax by much at all next year, if any. I know that giving up prospect talent lessens our chances to save budget money in the future with low cost young players that produce like high-priced players, but getting Sale at $6.5M a year luxury tax hit instead of the open- market cost of maybe $30M is a HUGE "savings".

Here's how next year's luxury budget looks: $31M Price $22M Ramirez $20.6M Porcello $19M Sandoval (Maybe we can get him off the 40-man luxury budget) $13.75M Pedroia $10.5M Kimbrel $6.5M Young $133.5M Subtotal Options: $13.5M Buchholz ($500K buyout) $3.75M Hanigan ($800K buyout) $0 to 16.75M Subtotal (Let's assume $0, although we may keep Hanigan, especially if we trade Swihart.) Arbitrations (Est.): $5.0M Bogaerts (1st of 3 arbs) $3.7M Bradley (1st of 4 arbs) $2.7M Pomeranz (2nd of 3rd arb) $2.6M Kelly (2nd of 3 arbs) $1.6M Abad (2nd of 3 arbs) $1.4M Ross (2nd of 3 arbs) $1.0M Holt (1st of 3 arbs) $900K Rutledge (1st of 3 arbs) $900K Layne (1st of 4 arbs) $800K Workman (1st of 3 arbs) $700K O'Sullivan (1st of 3 arbs) $700K MMartinez (1st of 3 arbs) $22.5M subtotal 21 Non-arb players listed by seniority on 40 man roster (avg salary of about $530K) Wright, Vazquez, Brentz, Betts, Hembree, Barnes, Swihart, T Shaw, ERod, Marrero, N Ramirez, B Johnson, Owens, Jerez, Hernandez, Smith, Elias, Cuevas, Leon $11M subtotal Rule 5 Eligible: Luis Ax. Basabe, Danny Bethea, Ty Buttrey, Jamie Callahan, Carlos Coste, Allen Craig, Jake Drehoff, Jeff Driskel, Jeffry Fernandez, Pat Goetze, Reed Gragnani, Taylor Grover, Justin Haley, Juan Hernandez, Dedgar Jimenez, Raiwinson Lameda, Angelo LeClerc, Tzu-Wei Lin, Deiner Lopez, Austin Maddox, Kyle Martin, Mike McCarthy, Daniel McGrath, Simon Mercedes, Mike Meyers, Mike Miller, Yankory Pimentel, Tim Roberson, Javier Rodriguez, Jake Romanski, Dioscar Romero, Ramses Rosario, Robby Scott, Teddy Stankiewicz, Aneury Tavarez, German Taveras, JT Watkins, Jordan Weems, Jantzen Witte, Luis Ysla Total Estimated Luxury Tax Budget for 2017: $167M Add the $13M player benefits cost... Est 2017 Budget Total: $180M If the limit goes up to $210M, we'll have about $30M to fill all these slots: DH: SP2: RP2: RP4: LF? 3B? 1B? It might not be as easy as many think to fill all these holes.

I think we can too, but we also need 2 strong RP'ers and have some arb additions. There are no great SP'ers on the FA market, soWhat if the only great SP'er we can get without giving up our whole future is a high priced pitcher? What if Encarnacion wants $160M/6? Again, what if we can't afford both (in theory)? Which do you choose? One big plus on trading for Sale or Quintana is that their salary would allow us a lot of financial flexibility not just for this winter, but for 2 or 3 more afterwards!

Nice that Abad is under control next year. Jim Bowden just called DD a "pelican" that will swoop down at the last minute and make a big deal (maybe for Sale).

Would you still want him, if it meant we couldn't afford to get a solid #2 SP'er and we make no changes to our rotation this winter?

My bad. Yes, there's about 36% of the season remaining. Maybe next year Betts hits 38, JBJ 35, Bogey 28 and Moncada ???

Agreed. Looks like a good move.

Sale and Quintana are just 27, so all their years of team control are within their prime. They are both being paid less that $15M a year, so the risk is not as great as a $30M/yr risk. It's a gamble, yes, but it's a gamble to say no as well.

Report: Mets to obtain Jay Bruce.

Any word on the return for this lefty RP'er?

So, you disagree with national ranking services who place an inordinate amount of Sox prospects in the top 40 and top 100?

Dodgers To Acquire Josh Reddick, Rich Hill By Jeff Todd | August 1, 2016 at 11:56am CDT The Dodges and A’s are in agreement on a deal that will bring Josh Reddick and Rich Hill to Los Angeles and send young righty Jharel Cotton to Oakland, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter).

I've also mentioned the advantage of having Swihart on the 25 man roster as a 3rd string catcher plus LF (and maybe even 1B). Wec ould easily PH for Vazquez or Leon and not stress over a catcher injury late in a game. I might hesitate to give up 4 from that list, but Kopech's character issues worry me, so I don't mind sending him. Devers is likely blocked by Moncada, but with Shaw looking like a platoon player, and HanRam likely moving to DH, there could easily be room for both Devers and Moncada in our IF. Plus, without Beni, I think Moncada would give Swihart/Young/Holt a run for their money as the FT LF'er before too long. I realize you have to give to get, so Devers is probably a must in any non-Moncada deal to get a CWS ace. ERod or Pomeranz? Hmmm... Giving up Pomeranz is like including Espinoiza in the deal, but I like ERod's upside more than Pomeranz's small sample size of "proven" goodness. Would I give Beni, Devers, Kopech & Pomeranz? Wow, that's a close call. For Quintana, I'd probably say yes. For Sale, I'd probably fight to the very end to get the CWS to take Travis and Lakins/Owens/Johnson instead of Kopech or Pomeranz, but in the end, I'd probably say yes. Quintana and Sale's contracts are so affordable, we could affors to sign Encarnacion and 2 good RP'ers next winter and probably still be below the luxury tax limit. I'd say no in a heartbeat, if these guys made $24+M a year.