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  1. notin
    I thought the opening had to be by the Rule 5 deadline in order to draft. Thats in the first week of December. I could be wrong. I trust mvp will correct if I am. The Grissom deal created a spot for Watson…
  2. notin
    The A’s selected RHP Ryan Watson from SF and will be trading him to Boston. Watson’s Rule 5 status will follow him to Boston. Watson, 28, is a former college teammate of recently departed RHP Richard Fitts.
  3. notin
    I don’t think the Sox could. I’m unclear on all the criteria, but there are deadlines for the roster and I think teams need to have an open spot on that day. The Sox did not. I am surprised Paez over Mullens…
  4. notin
    Palmeiro is Juan Gone? Palmeiro is on the very short list of players with 3,000 hits and 500 HRs. Juan Gone is not unimpressive and is on the short list of two time MVPs not in the Hall. But unlike Palmeiro, his entry into Cooperstown was not initially due suspicion of steroid usage…
  5. notin
    Best position playing Ranger of all time? Let me run that one by Alex Rodriguez. I agree he is the best Ranger today, but they’re an 81-81 team. That might not be the honor you think it is…
  6. notin
    Maybe for Devers hadn’t been such a selfish child, he’d still be here…
  7. notin
    I’m sure Texas already had at least equal to every name on that list…
  8. notin
    At a minimum in the form of a significantly cheaper bad contract. How many has a player in his situation been traded without either cash or a contract dump been part of the deal?
  9. notin
    If that’s the case, thats a difficult ask. Seager is a likely Hall of Famer, but that honor has been earned by what he has done through age 31. From ages 32 through 37, hes not likely to maintain that pace, despite being paid like he will. He’s not going to completely fall off in 2026 or 2027, but he definitely will not be maintaining his pace. He will, however, be maintaining his salary. They may ask a lot for Seager, but bear in mind durability has never been his string suit, having topped 134 games only one time since 2017 (although he did play 52 games in 2020). This is unlikely to improve as he gets older. And each year, staying at SS gets less likely as well. Make no mistake about it - if Texas is trading him, it is to remove as much financial commitment as possible. If they have a high price tag in terms of players, they are going to wind up paying a bigger chunk of that remaining $189 million. No one is taking on all that money while also dealing away the blue chip prospects that make that same money affordable…
  10. notin
    BTV accepts Kristian Campbell plus Hicks for Seager and $5-6 million. If I’m Chris Young and my goal is to offload as much of Seaver’s remains $189million as I can while getting back something for the future, I’m all over tjis deal. But I still have faith in Campbell and don’t know what Young thinks of him.
  11. notin
    Cubs? They might be but they’re not benching Michael Busch. I suppose Alonso as their DH maybe…
  12. notin
    Who was in on Schwarber?
  13. notin
    The Mets don’t seem all that interested in Polar Bear Pete. For the second year in a row. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/mets-rumors-pete-alonso-three-years.html
  14. notin
    Not from Bakersfield. Arizona gladly trades him, but Cincinnati might object…
  15. notin
    Is Vargas really worse? His 1.9 fWAR wasn’t exactly lapped by Paredes 2.4 fWAR. Id rather have Vargas and Tolle than Paredes and Dobbins…
  16. notin
    This is also one of the flaws in BTV. Their values are based on projected WAR vs projected salary. But if a player is projected to play less, his projected WAR is lower. Salary is, too. But WAR value can escalate faster in pre-arb and even some arb players if they get on the field enough…
  17. notin
    Holy Kristian Campbell, Batman!! With Crawford, the opinion seems to be those 15 innings are reality and the other 377 IP are the outliers…
  18. notin
    If Paredes is interesting, and I see the appeal due to his strong pull tendencies at Fenway, what about the significantly cheaper and slightly younger version? Houston wants a lot for their guy. Chicago might be less greedy. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/miguel-vargas-678246?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb
  19. notin
    Burns is from Bakersfield, CA, not far from AZ. He lives in AZ. He chose them for a reason. He also has full no trade protection for the first two years (through March 31, 2027). Arizona couldn’t trade him if they wanted to…
  20. notin
    Why is it fans cling to that 15 inning stretch from Crawford as if it outweighs his other 377 IP but when it came to Sale, the feeling was his performance, or lack of, from 2019 through 2023 should have been completely ignored up to the last 40 or so innings in a 5 year stretch?
  21. notin
    They likely move Shaw to 2b as Nico Hoerner is a free agent after 2026…
  22. notin
    That would be fine with me. I rank Dobbins third on that list. If the argument is Crawford’s track record is nullified by injuries (one of which was a knee), what exactly is the argument in favor of Dobbins? That it will be harder for Crawford to re-establish himself than it will be for Dobbins to establish himself? I don’t always buy into those “potential is always greater” arguments. He did give up a lot of home runs, but this is exactly what I was referring to about his reputation. In his career, Crawford has given up 64 home runs in 392 innings. But 12 of those came in one bad 15 inning stretch in 2024. And that is the stretch he is constantly judged by, as opposed to the other 377 career innings…
  23. notin
    Because Crawford has established himself as a 2 WAR pitcher capable of throwing bulk innings who has over a 2 season stretch proven himself to be better than the reputation he has with many that is largely based on a bad 2 week stretch after the All Star break. Harrison’s career IP is barely over Crawford’s 2024 total and Dobbins has but 61 IP. While both have more control, Crawford has the much better track record and is still only in his arb years. Most projections give him the advantage going forward. I like Diaz for Boston, but let’s not go overboard here. He has one year left at $12mill and he is an established top tier hitter, but he doesn’t solve any power defiencies. Hes topped 14 home runs twice in his career and isnt likely to re-invent himself at age 34…
  24. notin
    Bregman and Diaz would be excellent. I’ve said Harrison for Diaz for a while now, but Dobbins makes sense, too. Giving up Crawford for one year of Diaz would be crazy…
  25. notin
    Because a lot of folks don’t like when the team isnt run the way they like? Therefore anything right can only be luck…
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