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  1. moonslav59
    I recall there used to be trades made with a window to sign the guy or the trade was nullified. You don't see those made anymore. That is what I was getting at. BTW, we traded for Crochet in mid December and signed him on April 1st. Did we talk to his agent before trading to get a general framework for an extension? Maybe. Maybe not. I guess I don't trust leaving a Skubal extension up to JH, since I know it will likely be a record-setting contract.
  2. moonslav59
    We almost paid Devers $30M/yr for 8 years to DH.
  3. moonslav59
    Anthony finished third in ROY- narrowly missing an added year of service time. Narvaez finished 5th. Giolito says he wants to play for Sox, and claims he's fully healthy. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/lucas-giolito-wants-to-return-to-red-sox-says-hes-fully-healthy-after-late-season-freak-injury.html
  4. moonslav59
    That's sooooo Cora. Probably told him he's the SS for life. Probably told Casas he's the 1Bman for life.
  5. moonslav59
    He's still just one of four.
  6. moonslav59
    A 3 game series ( 4 for 7) squares him up?
  7. moonslav59
    We have Sandoval, so maybe we've set a new limit. (And Houck, Crawford, Dobbins...)
  8. moonslav59
    Yup, but what he's looking for is half the way there. The other half is what the highest team offer is.
  9. moonslav59
    Early has a good mix of pitches and seems to have the confidence and mentality needed to be a damn good pitcher. I get your point, but I don't really want to include him in a package. Nobody is untouchable, to me, but I'd look for ways to keep Tolle and Early. (I also like Fajardo and Valera. Witherspoon is hard to value.) I think many teams would like Harrison, Crawford, Dobbins or Clarke. I realize they don't have the trade value as Tolle and Early, but when the package is headlined by Duran or Abreu, we shouldn't have to give up our best pitching prospects, too.
  10. moonslav59
    I think Gio has some sort of injury. I'd pass. I really don't like this year's FA pitching class all that much. Most seem to be coming off an injury or a down season (or both.) Others are past prime. Trading for a pitcher is no guarantee, but we seem to have better luck that route. (Maybe it's not luck, since trading for proven but younger pitchers helps up the odds on success.)
  11. moonslav59
    Brez signed Brad, August last year, then did not keep him.
  12. moonslav59
    You hardly ever see trades made with an extension as part of it.
  13. moonslav59
    They might get more at the deadline.
  14. moonslav59
    Would you do it?
  15. moonslav59
    If they know they will not pay Skubal, they are basically getting a comp pick for a 1 year window, in a year where they are unlikely to go large and long to build a top 4 contending team for that 1 year window. It does make some sense to rebuild, if you won't commit to Skubal. I mean guys like him don't grow on trees. They were dumb to not build up around him for the last 1-2 years and going into 2026. Now, is it worth it?
  16. moonslav59
    Why ask me? You know as well as I do, JH has been stingy for several years. He cracked open his wallet a bit, last winter, then dumped Devers and watched Bregman and Gio bolt, so we are back to square one, again. We can and should be a top 4 spending team. The short answer why we are not is... John Henry.
  17. moonslav59
    Marte has 5 years of control with an AAV at $19.4M. If Duran is part of the trade, the AAV net for 2026 would be about $12.7 for a big bat.
  18. moonslav59
    I wish we'd pay like the big boys, but if and when we do, why would we give up players to do it? I'm not against paying for the best.
  19. moonslav59
    BTV finds a Duran + Perales deal equal to K Marte. They might prefer Duran + Harrison. I think Abreu + Early comes close on BTV. (Add Sandlin and yes.)
  20. moonslav59
    Maybe Slaten & Whitlock will both have great 2026 seasons.
  21. moonslav59
    At this point, I'll take a top 30 SP'er to match up with Crochet, who is top 5, and in a sense, bump Bello to #3 and so on... I like to call #1's top 30, #2's 31-60 and so on... but of course, I'd prefer another top 5 over a top 30. The question is that with a restricted budget and a roster with several holes, how much of each do we want to invest in a 1 year ace with distant hopes he will extend. Most of us would go back and offer $28M x 12 for Yamamoto, not that he'd sign with us over LAD at $27.3M x 8, but let's say we did, we would probably not have signed Bregman and would have about $13-18M to spend this winter on 3B and 1B.
  22. moonslav59
    Yes, indeed. I think we were pretty sure we could meet Crochet's price. I don't think we can be sure with Skubal, unless we go to absurd levels. My point is, if we are prepared to go to absurd levels, then just wait a year and trade for someone else who has 2- 3+ years of control, this winter.
  23. moonslav59
    Okay, let's say we trade and then extend him for $40M x 8, and that's what the Mets would have paid. I'd rather we pay $45M x 8 next winter and still have the players we traded away- or trade them for KMarte.
  24. moonslav59
    I wasn't the first to mention trading for K Marte. Maybe, instead of trading for Ryan or Lodolo, we sign Merrill Kelly to a short deal, trade for KMarte, then sign Alonso, Schwarber or the fallback Suarez. If we get Suarez at half of what we'd get Alonso/Schwarber for, we can sign a better pitcher than Kelly. I just don't like anyone all that much to go Large and Long on.
  25. moonslav59
    Looks Abby Normal, to me.
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