With the Dodgers getting involved pretty heavy into the 3b market that drives the price up big time for JD. They are saying they’ll move Turner to 1b so that takes another option off the table for us. I have a feeling Moose will be our target.
I'd be so confused by the Dodgers paying big money for Donaldson. It'd be such a strange move to me. Yeah, the Dodgers have the resources and the motivation to always be looking to improve, but when you have Justin Turner, Max Muncy, Corey Seager, Gavin Lux, and Matt Beaty plus guys like Chris Taylor, Kike Hernandez, and even Cody Bellinger to man your infield spots, it starts to look a bit like overkill. Especially given the fact that they really have a bunch of question marks in their rotation after Kershaw and Buehler.
If they end up signing Donaldson for some reason, it'd be hard for me to imagine them not trading at least one of their current infielders for help elsewhere. It could end up being a guy like Lux or Muncy rather than a guy like Turner, but I think somebody would get traded.
I have a feeling AA is going to push hard for Lindor if he feels like he actually can get him. Lindor just feels like the Yelich/Realmuto of this off season and we may be at the appropriate juncture to pony up for that kind of deal. If that happens, I imagine we pivot to signing Moose instead of paying a premium for JD. Who would you rather have... Lindor/Moose or Swanson/JD?
getting Lindor would be insanity. no clue what it would take, but i'd pony up anything short of Pache.
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“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I'm curious what surplus value says would be a reasonable package to combine with Swanson for Lindor. The trade simulor at baseballtradevalues.com says Swanson and Riley is fair, which tells me I can probably ignore that site from now on. Swanson, Wright, and Shewmake would also work in their system, which seems better but still a bit light to me.
Is there someplace with reasonable surplus value estimates listed?
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I'd imagine Swanson would have to be included in a Lindor deal, what goes with him is the better question. Obviously at least 1 of Waters/Pache/Anderson go, but what else.
We probably have no chance at signing Lindor long-term so i'm not sure i'd cash in some prospects for a 2 year run with him.