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  1. JoeBrady
    I'd say that was the same for everyone. I'd bet there were several teams asking about Mead and Early, and they dropped out when the bidding went too high. And it'll be the same if Neto gets traded. They'll be 6 teams in pursuit, and 5 teams will drop out.
  2. JoeBrady
    Then added Early. Falefa, Gaspar and Harris?
  3. JoeBrady
    I'd say that's 100% correct. I'd bet that every GM has a huge board with almost every available name on it. And a number next to every name. And the numbers probably change every time the names change. If they had $150M/5 for Bregman, and Mil gives them a number on Durbin, maybe Bregman's number goes down to $135M/5. If you look at their 2027 board, I'm betting they have Story/Arias/Monasterio on top. But if Yordie becomes available, maybe the board looks more like Story/Monasterio/Arias. But mostly, I would argue that nobody was "plan A".
  4. JoeBrady
    No judgements here, but we've out-scored the Dodgers over the past 7, 14, and 28 days.
  5. JoeBrady
    I could go in that direction. There is a chance Duran comes back to normal, but there is an equal chance he disappears completely. If he disappears completely, then Jones becomes our primary LF. Or he platoons in LF with Yoshida, and someone else DH's. Both options are pretty weak. Springer takes those two options out of play. Even if Duran breaks out, Springer retains value at DH or giving Ceddanne and/or Abreu a day off. With Story and IKF returning, I think we can cobble together SS and 2B.
  6. JoeBrady
    I wouldn't hate it, but I wouldn't do it.
  7. JoeBrady
    I would suggest that means he wasn't Plan A. To me, it means they had a whole bunch of options that they were considering and they were looking to go cheap. A Plan A is more like the Mets signing Soto for whatever it took, or the Phillies signing Schwarber for whatever it took. $85M/3 is more like 'He's okay, if we get him cheap'.
  8. JoeBrady
    At least with the players, you always have the option of not signing them. Once an umpire gets a job, it's his forever.
  9. JoeBrady
    Hugely important, imho. Now we have a decent chance of going 4-3 on the road trip, and that's the most you can reasonably expect.
  10. JoeBrady
    Reminds me of Caleb Williams. Dude doesn't wake up until the game is on the line, and then he (noisily) puts it away.
  11. JoeBrady
    I know it'll seem preposterous, but Sandy could wind up being worth his contract. He just needs to keep pitching like this and to make every start.
  12. JoeBrady
    No. I wouldn't look at him until next spring training.
  13. JoeBrady
    You have no way out on Alonso. They made a legit offer to Bregman, so you could make an argument there. To suggest that Alonso was Plan A, but Breslow offered him half of what BA offered, is not discussion-worthy.
  14. JoeBrady
    But you're wrong. If Breslow wanted Alonso, he'd have offered him way more than $85M/3. The numbers say that Breslow didn't want Alonso.
  15. JoeBrady
    They offered $85M/3. It was clearly an offer designed to be declined.
  16. JoeBrady
    It could be several things. Maybe either or both had deals contingent on this one. Or maybe Bloom agreed, but had a choice between two similar players that he wanted to think on. And Contreras had a limited no-trade clause that could've caused a delay. All of which make 10x as much sense as thinking that the RS Plan A was to sign Alsonso, but only offered him $85M/3.
  17. JoeBrady
    You're the one trying to tell everyone what Breslow's Plan, Plan B, etc. is. So I get to make my own interpretation, and a much more logical one than yours.
  18. JoeBrady
    Likely the same with Durbin and Bregman. If I thought I could get 3.5 WAR out of Bregman, or 3.0 WAR from Durbin, plus having the money to sign Suarez, it's not worth 5 minutes of bandwidth to go with Durbin + Suarez.
  19. JoeBrady
    I think most RS would have no problem trading Arias for the right return. Not wanting to trade Arias because one doesn't like the other player(s) excessive strikeouts or poor defense, is not tantamount to keeping Arias at all cost.
  20. JoeBrady
    The underlying logic behind all proposed trades is that there are 29 teams out trying to help us out.
  21. JoeBrady
    So the -0.6 bWAR over the -0.4 bWAR. And taking the higher negative WAR is maybe offset by disturbing the pitchers' rythmns?
  22. JoeBrady
    You're wasting your time. Fred doesn't care how often or how egregiously wrong he is.
  23. JoeBrady
    I think you're buying high. I wouldn't do it, but if they threw in Alcantara, I'd think about it.
  24. JoeBrady
    Think how much better we'd have been if Schwarber had accepted the $775,000 we offered Gaspar.
  25. JoeBrady
    He lowballed Alonso because he knew he had the Contreras deal available.
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