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They definitely do if they are willing to trade Kieboom. He'd likely get Bryant by himself. Without him, they would have to trade Garcia plus a good chunk of their 45 FV prospects in order to get there.

I think they may have difficulty categorizing it or something. Because I definitely have seen Hendricks throw a pitch in the past couple seasons that couldn't be described as a fastball, change, cutter, or sinker. And Hendricks has talked about having two different grips on his changeup to get...

Doesn't Kyle Hendricks have something that people call a "cut" change that has glove side run? Its some weird combination of a slider, cutter, and changeup from what I've read and its very difficult to categorize.

Here's a pretty good look at all three of his pitches in slow motion, if anyone can infer anything out of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgygzB4auuw

Eyeballing it is probably the worst possible way to judge a breaking ball, but given the ridiculously low spin rates reported on Anderson I decided to watch some videos to see if there was anything noticeably bad about his curveball. I found this video where he throws 3-4 and they all looked...

If there is a study done and it is proven that Josh Donaldson is a human that has a properly functioning brain, I'll be convinced that he's just looking for the best offer. Lol, that's just a weird thing to need to be convinced of.

I'm not sure you can make a trade for Chapman without involving Pache. We're talking about well over 100 million in surplus value, maybe 150 million. That's a lot of ground to cover if you aren't including your one 60 FV prospect.

Chapman is exactly the type of player that Oakland keeps to maintain a competitive roster - pre-arb. Its tough to see them trading him until at least 2022. But if they were somehow willing to move him, it would take an absolute treasure trove of assets to get him. We're talking about a guy...

Yeah I typed that before I saw your last response. I was misreading your argument.

Disregard this. I thought you were saying something that you weren't.

Okay so my initial read of your response was correct. I thought that I had misread it after your second response seemed to indicate a different argument, which confused me. But that makes sense. If you pay 100 million dollars backloaded, you can invest the initial savings and subtract the...

Why is front loading a benefit to the player if it is a detriment to the team? Why does the same time/money calculation not also apply to him? At this point I'm asking, not arguing. I'll concede the ground to the more knowledgeable on this subject.

That was my rationale as well. But I'll reel back my initial suggestion until Enscheff responds. Its generally my observation that he doesn't speak universally or authoritatively on a subject unless he has a well thought out rationale behind it. Given the fact that my rationale was largely...

I don't think its correct to say that there is no benefit to front loading a contract just because the luxury tax hit is the same or because 30 million in 2020 is more valuable than 30 million in 2023. For competitive teams who aren't operating near the LT threshold (meaning the AAV-Luxury tax...

What was the rationale from teams who have done it in the past like the Cardinals or Yankees?

Elaborate a bit more on this. I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking why a team would front load a contract instead of just paying an even or backloaded deal, investing the saved money from 2020 into something, and using the yield to cover the extra costs in future years? If that is what...

There are only two circumstances where I'd be a hard pass on JD at 4 years: 1. If Bryant can be had for a package mostly centered on Riley or 2. If the contract has an AAV over 25 millions and is evenly distributed or backloaded. In regards to #1, the more I think about it the less confident...

If we have the room to absorb 33 million, I'm fine with it in year one if it means less in years 3 and 4. Donaldson was a 5 win player for us last year and is projected for 4.5 in 2020. 33 million is a perfectly reasonable price tag for that kind of production. If he can produce 3.5-4 wins in...

This is why I've been saying that if its at all possible for us to give JD a frontloaded contract, we need to do it. Signing JD will likely be harmful 3-4 years down the road anyway, but I think we can mitigate that by either deferring some money and/or frontloading the contract so that his pay...

Who? Noll? Kieboom? Noll is pretty uninspiring and if Kieboom plays 3rd then it leaves pretty uninspiring options at either 2nd or 1st, depending on where they play Kendrick. I'm no huge fan of Riley or Camargo starting at 3rd base, but I'd take them over Noll or whoever else the Nats have...