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  1. Aaron Judge got hurt again? This guy makes Nick Johnson look like Cal Ripken. Maybe it's time for the Yankees to be merciful and simply have him put to sleep. He's too big to flush..
  2. They're going for it. Walker is a free agent at season's end. Mainers get a PTBNL, and per Rosenthal, is someone not in the Jay's player pool. So that answers that question from another thread...
  3. Andujar does have 5 years of control left. I agree on needing pitching, but I also see pitching prospects as being riskier. If they don't work out, you're going to keep rebuilding...
  4. The Yankees, who have had Eovaldi once already and are therefore familiar with him, are not likely to give up an MLB-ready prospect like Clarke Schmidt to acquire an expensive SP with questionable durability. Eovaldi only netted Tampa Jalen Beeks when he did not have $34mill left on his deal. Doubtful he gets a better pitching prospect plus a young controllable MLB slugger now with that money attached. They'll hand the ball over to Schmidt first. If he doesn't work out, they can just demote him back to the training site. If they trade him and Eovaldi struggles or gets hurt, they cannot undo the trade and get Schmidt back...
  5. It's not so much of an "unnamed staffer" as it is a 23 year old story with some details lost in the mental abyss. But it's not like Armas was some sort of no-talent throw-in. The man was 10 lbs of talent jammed into a 5 lb sling. Carl Pavano plus any random arm does not get you Pedro Martinez...
  6. I was just looking at their rankings (on Fangraphs, my preferred ranking site) and seeing who was the highest ranked pitcher that fit my valuation. No idea if he slots above or below Mata and Ward. Worst case - he is ranked lower than Ward. Do you still do the deal? (Despite the Sox dire need for pitching, I would lean towards Andujar in that deal. He is a proven MLB commodity and he frees up some set of JD, Chavis, and Dalbec to get pitching.)
  7. Not so sure. I do remember a story at the time about Steinbrenner being upset that the Red Sox were able to acquire Martinez, and being told by a staffer that "You had a shot if you still had Armas." Bottom line is the Expos valued Martinez as being worth two specific pitchers. We had one. The Yankees had the other. Maybe they would have accepted a Pavano-Brian Rose package. But maybe they really liked Armas, too. Either way, we cannot rewrite history. Having Armas definitely enabled us to acquire Pedro...
  8. We don't want him mucking up our tank season with the occasional win?
  9. Why? If we didn't deal Mike Stanley to the Yankees in 1997, we might never have gotten Pedro Martinez...
  10. In looking at baseballtradevalues.com, the top prospect a deal of Moreland to the Yankees might get you is maybe Albert Abreu, who Fangraphs has as their #13. If that is the case, do you deal Moreland for Abreu? I thik their valuation of Moreland might be rated low at $0.9mill surplus. He already has 1.1 fWAR this year. That's actually more than he was worth in the 4 previous full seasons, so it is clearly a career year for him. But if he projects as a even a 1+ fWAR player next year as well, then his surplus value should be closer to $5-6mill range. This would mean a fair trade would be something like Miguel Andujar (if the Sox wanted him), or one of their better pitching prospects like Miguel Yajure, Alexander Vizcaino, or maybe Luiis Gil. (Again, using baseballtradevalues.com valuations.) So would you deal Moreland for any of them? Acquiring Andujar would make either JD expendable, or make Chavis and/or Dalbec expendable...
  11. So.. you wouldn't trade Moreland to NY...
  12. He also said water is wet...
  13. Our present is weak. If the Sox can strengthen their future and simultaneously weaken the future of the Yankees (even just a bit), is it worth it?
  14. Still time...
  15. I saw one guy say the Yankees need to go after Trevor Bauer so they can see “if he fits in” with the club. I’ll save Cashman the prospects. He doesn’t. Reportedly Gerrit Cole and Bauer hate each other.
  16. Well, unless they have one year left and won’t extend...
  17. Why? Not getting enough punishment watching the rest of the staff?
  18. Simulator - yes. AJ Preller - probably not
  19. Trading players because they’re struggling is how you build a failing franchise...
  20. In what could be an interesting move, the Padres could actually take back JD Martinez in a swap for Myers and actually save money. Myyers is having a much better season, but that can change rapidly...
  21. The Padres are also a rather small market team that did desperately want to unload his contract. He is having a good year, but he is tied for 4th on the Padres in fWAR with Jake Croneneworth and Zack Davies. They are getting a lot of production from some good players. They might hold Myers, but I do think they will take an opportunity to unload this deal if one presents itself...
  22. His $8.9mill fWAR might not cover the $46mill he has left on his contract after this season. There is a reason baseballtradevalues has him vaued at -$18.5mill. The Padres probably gladly move Myers, taking advantage of a situation where another team might want him. Or, the Padres could look at it another way, and decide the 28 games this season are the reality, and the outliers are the three previous seasons...
  23. Feel free to make that domain.
  24. Hey that site only tells you if the trade values are equal, not whether or not both teams actually want the players involved...
  25. Think the very flawed Chavis is enough of an enticement? With Tatis, Machado, Cronenworth, France, Mateo, and Hosmer, infield might not be their biggest weakness...
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