is Gray better than Soroka/Touki/Fried?
edit: matt beat me to it. i don't think gray would fit that bill.
is Gray better than Soroka/Touki/Fried?
edit: matt beat me to it. i don't think gray would fit that bill.
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UNCBlue012 (01-15-2019)
For some reason DOB is on a Hunter Renfroe kick today.
My guess is that 70% done trade is with the Cubs for one of Zobrist or Happ. They get a young pitcher along the lines of Fried or Touki. If it is for Zobrist, they have to send a bit more to us. If it is for Happ we send an extra piece.
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Holland also still floating around as possibly an even cheaper option than those two.
Wouldn't you have to wonder if Gray even fits the description of "better than Soroka/Touki/Fried" - especially given the single year of control?
If it's going to be a bargain bin RP and the trade is down to the "throw-ins", doesn't it feel like the trade has to be Peralta or Realmuto? If he could grab one of the RPs for less than $5 million, $6 million for Realmuto and ~$10 million for Marwin would at least seem to be in the range of "doable" money-wise. That or stay with the current Catchers, add Peralta, and possibly TWO of the RPs?
Another interesting question for me is what Mychal Givens would cost - could be a pretty big impact trade without top-tier prospects involved.
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Giants already signed Holland
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Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Haniger just doesn't fit as a realistic add - especially if you're not going to overpay.
Gray doesn't really fit as an upgrade over Soroka/Touki/Fried, and if Cashman's angling for a Newk/Fried/Gohara type of return he'd need to include Frazier - would seem to be awfully complicated to come to something both sides would consider "fair", although that could be what's taking so long.
Peralta and Realmuto fit money-wise, but the throw-ins get more complicated depending on whether he's trying to add other pieces. Those two would make the most sense as guys he'd target alone by themselves in a 2/1 or 3/1 type deal. Peralta and Greinke would become incredibly complicated, and deciding on a fair return for Steckenrider would be a challenge since you know they'd be asking for a pretty nice piece to be included for him.
Last edited by clvclv; 01-15-2019 at 01:27 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
clvclv (01-15-2019)
Just got word the trade is now 70.8% done.
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clvclv (01-15-2019)
Tidbit from Rosenthal today in The Athletic:
It was more than a year ago that baseball penalized the Braves for infractions in the international market and domestic draft. The Braves now operate under a new front office, but in a sense, they are still paying the price.
Case in point: The team’s reluctance to sign a free agent who would require the loss of a compensation pick.
Outfielder A.J. Pollock, in particular, is of interest to the Braves, and the team likely would jump on him at a dollar figure it deemed acceptable. But the pick – which for the Braves would be their third overall choice, likely in the mid-60s – would be part of the acquisition cost. And the Braves, because of all the young players the penalties cost them and all those they will lose in the future, value the selection more than most clubs, even though they have two first rounders this year.
Baseball stripped the Braves of their third-round pick in 2018 as well as 13 international signees, including infielder Kevin Maitan, who went on to join the Angels as a free agent and become their seventh-ranked prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com. In addition, the Braves cannot sign a player in the 2019-20 class for more than $10,000 and will have their 2020-21 budget reduced by 50 percent.
Which is not to say the Braves are out on Pollock, who would replace free agent Nick Markakis, joining former Diamondbacks teammate Ender Inciarte and National League Rookie of the Year Ronald Acuña in the Atlanta outfield. Other teams, though, might be more willing to sacrifice the pick.
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AA says he has a trade 70% completed, working on filler guys. Is it JTR?
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I don’t think so.
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