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I have no idea who is high on their list. And even what it means when they’re “interested” in a player. Is that internal discussions? Negotiations? Clickbait? No idea…

It depends on the wording. ”Best position playing Ranger.” I go Palmeiro. ””Best position player to play for the Rangers” Thats ARod easily…

Seager only has four

If Texas is asking for Tolle and Mayer, thats a big step down…

You clearly have no idea who you’re replying to. He always knows the Sox motivations…

Exactly, although I would point out Alonso was seemingly ideal, but at Fenway he likely just pounds numerous line drives off the Monster. Still, he’s a big step up over Toro. Everyonevdesperate to offload all our prospects should take note of the Alonso deal (hint, hint drewski). Baltimore finds Alonso easier to afford because they didn’t unload their prospects for veteran talent. They kept them and found they can now budget any player they want…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Maybe for Devers hadn’t been such a selfish child, he’d still be here…

I’m sure Texas already had at least equal to every name on that list…

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?

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…

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.

Cubs? They might be but they’re not benching Michael Busch. I suppose Alonso as their DH maybe…

Who was in on Schwarber?

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

Not from Bakersfield. Arizona gladly trades him, but Cincinnati might object…

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…

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…

Holy Kristian Campbell, Batman!! With Crawford, the opinion seems to be those 15 innings are reality and the other 377 IP are the outliers…

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

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…