2025 Trade Deadline Thread

A ton of BP arms rumored to be available so that's gonna hurt Iggy's market but hopefully it gets done. I could see Ozuna using his rights and turning down a trade.
 
Carp said:
I suppose it's nice to say that at least we aren't the Pirates. They are gonna piss away Paul Skene's prime. Dude would have 30 career wins already if he played on the Dodgers
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Best thing the Pirates could do is trade Skenes in the offseason. They would get an absolute load of players that could help them. Skenes arm is gonna explode at some point and they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
 
Hudson2 said:
Best thing the Pirates could do is trade Skenes in the offseason. They would get an absolute load of players that could help them. Skenes arm is gonna explode at some point and they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
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They really are gonna waste him.

He will be a Dodger or NYY in a year or two.
 
Iggy has tanked his value this year and the Braves tanked Ozunas the past 2 months. I don't know why Ozuna would wanna stay bc he will get like 10% of the DH duties going forward and his value will really suck in the offseason.
 
Hudson2 said:
Iggy has tanked his value this year and the Braves tanked Ozunas the past 2 months. I don't know why Ozuna would wanna stay bc he will get like 10% of the DH duties going forward and his value will really suck in the offseason.
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I think we as fans often forget that players are people and not commodities. Ozuna likely has reasons why he'd veto a deal if he is indeed intent on dictating his destination. Odd thing is that he will probably be looking for a new baseball home this off-season at any rate.
 
50PoundHead said:
I think we as fans often forget that players are people and not commodities. Ozuna likely has reasons why he'd veto a deal if he is indeed intent on dictating his destination. Odd thing is that he will probably be looking for a new baseball home this off-season at any rate.
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I get it from a personal standpoint but he won't get any playing time here and he's gonna be looking for a new deal in the offseason and what he does the rest of the year will dictate what he gets.
 
Southcack77 said:
if you trade away young stars what are you even doing?

Whats the thought process behind ever being goood?

It's almost impossible for a team to put together the fair value to acquire something like that anyway.
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Agree. All you do is cycle your young stars for prospects and if any of the prospects turn out, you end up trading them or another set of prospects, and so on and so on and so on.

Pirates are a puzzler to some extent. Their drafts have gotten high marks. Their international signings have been alright. Their trades of veterans have also worked out at bit. But it's never come together for them. Guys like Reynolds and Cruz plateau. 1/1 picks like Davis don't develop. Young pitchers end up getting injured.

I'm not so sure that Skenes will blow his arm out. He's a huge human being and his delivery doesn't look to require an overwhelming amount of effort.
 
Hudson2 said:
I get it from a personal standpoint but he won't get any playing time here and he's gonna be looking for a new deal in the offseason and what he does the rest of the year will dictate what he gets.
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All true. My only point is that he may have reasons we are unaware of and we have to accept that. It might not make sense to us. I think from a baseball standpoint, he's crazy to not want to leave. He's not going to build up value playing half-time for the rest of the season.
 
If the Braves fail to trade Ozuna, then they should DFA him. There is zero reason to play him ever again. Baldwin should play everyday.. Murphy needs to see if he can build his trade value for this off season.
 
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