Super (12-04-2018)
I would have done Dansby, Julio and a guy like Wiegel or something for Segura in a second. Still baffled as it only took Santana/Crawford for him.
Rosenthal said the M's value Haniger very highly and it would take a haul to land him, and they dont wanna add any salary with him in a trade.
As it should, honestly. I love trading and making moves as much as anyone, and I'm not one who often overacts to players, but I absolutely think Haniger is worth a big haul. He checks every box we need, is a good defender, good-to-great hitter and completely takes our lineup to the next level.
If they're punting the next 2 years it would be dumb to hold on to Haniger.
If they're planning on trading Seager, which I think they will, Riley sure would look good for their future plans.
I'm not sure of Haniger's surplus value, but a deal based around Riley and pitching could make sense.
Well you gotta give to get, and the Braves cant keep all these guys while trying to win now. The window wont stay open forever.
I dont know what a trade package would look like for Haniger but it would cost a lot. Only players i'd hold onto are one of Waters/Pache, i dont think both will be on the Braves by 2020, and i wouldnt trade Contreras. He's like our only catcher prospect worth a damn right now.
I'd offer something like Riley, one of Soroka/Wright/Anderson/Touki, Wiegel and Muller/Wentz. Probably too much but gotta give something up. Two of Wright/Soroka/Touki/Anderson with Riley would be tough on AA. But we do have two first round picks to use, including a top 10 pick so there's some offsetting there. Assuming we can actually sign them this time around.
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