Casey Stern, Jim Bowden, and Dan Duquette just talked to Wren for a few minutes in the lobby. Nothing earth-shattering to report, but have to admit it's tough to argue his logic.
1.) Haven't closed the door on a TOR SP, but cost has been prohibitive. Asking prices in trade talks have been ludicrous, and while he admitted we don't have a #1, he said they feel that Minor/Medlen/Teheran/Beachy all measure up well with most clubs' #1s since they honestly believe there are only 10-12 "true Aces". Simply can't afford to deal multiple guys that they feel can develop into at least what our top 4 are currently. They believe at least 2-3 of the guys we already have can push beyond what the top 4 have reached thus far (my assumption is that he's referring to Teheran, Beachy, Sims, and maybe Graham).
2.) In pretty deep in trade talks with several teams, but gave very little away about what those discussions entail.
3.) Said they want to add one more arm for rotation depth even if they don't play on any of the top-end guys, one more pen arm, and one or two bench bats with power. Seemed to hint that conversations with at least one of the bench bats they're targeting are pretty far along - fingers crossed that he's talking about Chavez.
4.) When pressed one last time, he did say that while they haven't yet been willing to jump in on TOR guys that the situation is fluid and that they're not afraid to go get one of those guys with only a couple years of control IF it's the "right guy". (Speculate away.)
1.) Haven't closed the door on a TOR SP, but cost has been prohibitive. Asking prices in trade talks have been ludicrous, and while he admitted we don't have a #1, he said they feel that Minor/Medlen/Teheran/Beachy all measure up well with most clubs' #1s since they honestly believe there are only 10-12 "true Aces". Simply can't afford to deal multiple guys that they feel can develop into at least what our top 4 are currently. They believe at least 2-3 of the guys we already have can push beyond what the top 4 have reached thus far (my assumption is that he's referring to Teheran, Beachy, Sims, and maybe Graham).
2.) In pretty deep in trade talks with several teams, but gave very little away about what those discussions entail.
3.) Said they want to add one more arm for rotation depth even if they don't play on any of the top-end guys, one more pen arm, and one or two bench bats with power. Seemed to hint that conversations with at least one of the bench bats they're targeting are pretty far along - fingers crossed that he's talking about Chavez.
4.) When pressed one last time, he did say that while they haven't yet been willing to jump in on TOR guys that the situation is fluid and that they're not afraid to go get one of those guys with only a couple years of control IF it's the "right guy". (Speculate away.)
