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  1. notin
    Or the teams that are willing to give one up…
  2. notin
    Don’t we have an ace? Houck was 14th in fWAR in MLB and 7th in the AL (ahead of Burnes) in his first year as a full time starter. I imagine that qualifies, right?
  3. notin
    I imagine they’ll just decline Chafin’s option. Dunning had a rough 2024, but he lead the 2023 WS champions in wins and IP. i would also imagine Tyler Mahle could be had for less than nothing. But he’s close to deGrom on the dice roll metric...
  4. notin
    I’m betting 2b and 3b with Cole Young in mind for 2b…
  5. notin
    Seattle doesn’t need a SS, but it’s probably the only infield position they have that doesn’t. Per Roster Resource, their 1b is a platoon of Luke Raley and Mitch Garver, their 2b is Dylan Moore, and their 3b is a platoon with Josh Rojas and Luis Urias. They do have a prospect named Cole Young who will probably take over 2b at some point. But the other two positions leave room for improvement. I think their primary target should be Coby Mayo, the Orioles’ top prospect (MLB.com overall #2) who has nowhere to play. But we will see if a deal can be worked out. It becomes much more likely if Seattle is willing to part with either Miller or Woo…
  6. notin
    As it enters its seventh season, this is already the third longest title drought in franchise history, trailing only the 9 year drought from 1903-1912 and one other, probably insignificant one…
  7. notin
    I think he is. But they are basing it on several projections vs the remainder of his contract. Obviously it’s the Steamers of the baseball world who do not appreciate him. BTV is just applying that lack of respect. Of course this also creates the possibility that Yoshida is similarly undervalued…
  8. notin
    In baseball, you have a seventh inning stretch. In football, you have a two minute warning..,
  9. notin
    That’s a no-brainer. I take Verdugo, Downs and Wong. Can you imagine the fallout if the Sox traded Betts TO THE YANKEES!?!!
  10. notin
    It did. But I’m not so sure how franchise-altering the return is for one year of a $27mill player. Even the Padres had to keep dealing after moving Soto…
  11. notin
    Why? There’s a difference between saying “I don’t like that trade” and “Boston doesn’t want that player”. And merely saying a trade works on BTV doesn’t mean the deal makes sense for one or both sides. Kristian Campbell for Garrett Crochet works on BTV. Does it make sense for BOTH teams? (It’s actually not bad.) Miguel Bleis, David Hamilton, Cooper Criswell, and Brennan Bernardino for Garret Crochet also works on BTV. Does it make sense for BOTH teams? (Clearly horrible for Chicago.) There’s a clear difference there without even knowing insider info…
  12. notin
    The translator did plead guilty. Perhaps the FBI considered the case closed at that point…
  13. notin
    For a while, the Dodgers played under the name Brooklyn Robins. And the Yankees were originally the Baltimore Orioles. Which begs the question - why is it when they’re named after birds do MLB teams always choose the most docile ones? In other sports, you get Hawks, Falcons, Eagles, Seahawks - birds of prey. But in MLB, you get Cardinals, Blue Jays, Orioles, and at one point, Robins. Plenty of other MLB teams have monikers based on predators and other creatures that can strike fear - Tigers, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Cubs (once they grow up, which apparently takes 108 years). But with birds, just some routine garden avians one sets out bird feeders for. I’m surprised the Guardians didn’t choose “Wrens” or “Parakeets” instead of their new statue-themed moniker. (Apparently the NHL does this, too, as the only bird named teams are the Ducks and Penguins. The Blackhawks are named for an indigenous tribe and therefore don’t count.)
  14. notin
    Agreed. This isn’t like Mookie, who had one year left, made $27mill, and couldn’t come to an agreement on his extension…
  15. notin
    Why are we assuming what he knows? Or whether or not he thinks he is above the law here? Or knows the law at all? He should be familiar with MLB rules regarding gambling; every clubhouse in MLB has signs warning players of the consequences. But others have ignored those signs before him. Just last year, Pirates shortstop Tupucita Marcano was banned from MLB for gambling…
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    And hyperbole is exaggerating information to make a point, like calling Arozarena an “eighth outfielder”. Certainly no team dedicates 30% of their roster to outfielders, very few (if any) teams have seven outfielders better than Arozarena. But the point was obvious - outfield isn’t a big need in Boston, and certainly not one they would clear Casas to fill. I consider the Casas/Arozarena trade to be ill-timed. Last week, before Casas value was adjusted, it would have worked. But saying Seattle would only trade for Yoshida “if they got something of value” could be classified as speculation and/or disinformation. None of us has access to their internal evaluations or knows how they feel about Yoshida and Garver…
  17. notin
    Banks notify customers, too. I get texts from my bank on transactions they question. Why they think someone stole my information to pay my gas bill does confuse me, but I still like the security…
  18. notin
    Or .. what also makes sense is Ohtani verified the transactions himself because he made them and his translator had no access to anything besides the gobs of cash he was handed to go place the bets. I mean, how many people give their translators free rein over their bank accounts?
  19. notin
    Without disinformation, all we’d have is speculation, confirmation bias, and hyperbole. Disinformation is the closest thing we have to information!!
  20. notin
    You’re not really puzzled by it, are you? I think you know exactly what happened there…
  21. notin
    It’s nutty because he is reportedly so important to that franchise, yet his take home pay is so little that he’s resorted to betting on baseball just to make ends meet…
  22. notin
    Casas is disappointing? Sure he hasn’t won an MVP yet, but it might be premature to lump him in with Dustin Ackley already. Actually BTV recently dropped Casas down from 27.9 to 18.7, which means they’re updating players. Raleigh’s value could go down as well if he hasn’t already been updated…
  23. notin
    If the Sox had interest in Arozarena, I’d expect the trade to include someone more like Winckowski than Casas…
  24. notin
    Per BTV, Casas’ equivalent is Cal Raleigh. I would make that swap…
  25. notin
    His proposal was Arozarena for Casas and Yoshida with no money involved (which he comically thinks Seattle would be the team to walk away from). It’s one of those “but it works for my team” trades that makes no sense for Boston as it creates voids at 1b and DH while overfilling their OF. And creates excessive bench spending in Seattle. I don’t think either side would like that trade. Now if Seattle actually likes Yoshida (unknown) they might deal Garver for him if the money makes sense..
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