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I know I am going out on a limb and trying to confirm this might be a HIPPA violation, but I am guessing your arm reconstruction was not done by Dr. James Andrews...

And after one mediocre year, they dealt Miley and Jonathan Aro for Carson Smith and Roenis Elias. Smith barely ever pitched and Elias turned into a journeyman who has bounced around MLB and MiLB with limited success. The rest of that trade was Ivan DeJesus Jr, whose ceiling turned out to be orgainzational filler, and Jerry Sands, a career MiLB guy whose biggest contribution was inclusion in the trade that brought over Brock Holt, along with another RP who fell apart physically in Joel Hanrahan. So even the long view of that trade was the Sox got Brock Holt, but they probably could have acquired him without including Sands...

And Nick Punto. You always forget about Punto. The funny thing about that trade is, the Sox traded away AGon and Beckett and got nothing back. The best player they received turned out to be James Loney. A far cry from Alex Verdugo...

My prediction was Dalbec would "drop off" the list by losing prospect status. I look at it again and realize I need to be clearer. Also, it really does get hard to predict of a prospect will move up or down, because that can be heavily dependent on how other prospects perform. Downs could have a great season, and drop 5 places simply because 5 other prospects had better ones and passed him up. But that does not mean Downs himself took steps backwards...

My point, and it seems to run counter to Mike Lowell's point. For every free agent who signed for less dollars to play for a winner, I can name 100 who did not. Probably more, but 100 should get the point across...

Exactly. Think "winning" was on Price's mind when he joined a team coming of two consecutive last place finishes? Based on 2015 record alone, one would think 19 other teams should have offered a "better chance to win"...

Rotoworld is citing Pete Abraham https://www.rotoworld.com/baseball/mlb/player/18115/dustin-pedroia

Or why the 2020 team was s much more daunting of a rebuild than the 2012 team...

The Wikipedians have already modified his entry. That did not take long. Interestingly, they had him as former GM of the Mets before he was fired...

Because the PTBNL freed up a valuable 40 man roster spot, which has value in itself...

Chatham, Springs, Mazza, Walden. There were other options, but he was absolutely a candidate. Getting something in return just made the call easier...

Can you imagine what the 2018 payroll would have been if Henry did operate as a big market owner?

I'd say there are lots of other factors. In fact, a lot of players seem to think they can be the one who turns a bad organization into a winner, even if their actual history says otherwise...

But where does winning fall? And how often are all things equal? Money and/or years appear to definitely take precedence over winning organizations. Some aging players who have already bankrolled enough money to last several lifetimes occasionally go to a team they think can get them a chance, but players in their prime on that one deal that they have been working for their entire lives seem to prioritize winning far lower on that list, despite what they say to the press...

Yep that’s exactly what Mike Minor said as he signed the largest contract for a SP this off-season. With Kansas City. Probably a big factor in Kevin Gausman accepting his QO. The Giants should win 40% of the time, after all. It adds up...

You've probably come across this when looking on MLBTR. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/01/mets-gm-sent-unsolicited-explicit-images-to-female-reporter-in-2016.html And it probably does not deserve it's own thread, but it seems to have influenced his wikipedia page, which hopefully can get reviewed before it is taken down. Jared Porter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born November 23, 1979 (age 41) Wayzata, Minnesota, U.S. Alma mater Bowdoin College (BA) Occupation Genital Photographer, Anthony Weiner impersonator Jared Porter (born November 23, 1979) is an amateur genital photographer and American baseball executive who is the former general manager for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He has admitted to sending sexually explicit images to a foreign reporter. Porter was born in Wayzata, Minnesota, and lived there until he was 15 years old, when his family moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts. He attended Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts, and Bowdoin College. He played baseball and hockey for the Bowdoin Polar Bears, and graduated in 2003 with a degree in History.[1] Porter interned for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2002 and 2003.[2] He joined the Boston Red Sox as an intern in 2004, becoming their director of professional scouting in 2012. He spent two years with the Chicago Cubs before he was hired by the Diamondbacks in the 2016-17 offseason.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Porter I admit. It made me giggle...

And yet he has still lost more time due to injury. Sometimes, age is not the factor. Sometimes, neither is wear. That's why Johnny Venters had 3 TJ surgeries (and nearly a fourth) before he had 250 IP or a 30th birthday party. Yet Bartolo Colon pitched 3500 IP and until he was in his mid 40's without ever having one..

I'd sign him for that. Maybe that's why I'm not a GM?

A rare exception, and even he acquired Rizzo and Arrieta long before his pre-2015 acquisition splash...

Not sure, but he isn’t a starter. All the starters - Kluber, Morton, Smyly, Ray, Urena, Perez, Gausman, Stroman - all signed one year deals...

So... question here. As of right now, the only starting pitchers to receive deals longer than one year are Mike Minor (2 yrs / $18mill from the Royals) and Japanese import Kohei Arihara (2 yrs $6.3mill from TX). Is this because teams are not going big or pitchers are taking pillow deals with bigger paydays in 2022?

Dalbec will drop off, mostly due to not actually playing minor league baseball. Maybe Mata can join the list if he gets off to a good start. Jay Groome is another possibility if he actually pitches..

You do realize big market teams rarely if ever operate that way...

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The Reds have no reason to trade Castillo now unless they get blown away. He is under control for several more years and makes very little money. Of course they are going to ask for the moon, three stars and a distant planet to be named later...