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For a smartass troll comment meant only to inflame, its decently logical. At least it wasn't a gif.
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i think they insist on Baez / Russell as centerpiece; i'd obviously be willing to part with Baez & one of Almora/Johnson/Vogelbach

 

re Shields, i think i recall seeing his agent wants 5/110...i'll laugh when he inevitably 'settles' for 5/80

 

 

Seriously? Baez + (1 of those 3 guys) for 1 year of Ben Zobrist who will be 34 in May???? Are you kidding me? I like Zobrist as much as the next guy, but holy cow, what an overpay.

 

 

You do realize you're talking about a top 10 prospect (Baez) and then basically a top 100 prospect or fringy for Zobrist. We got that package for Shark and Hammel.

i really don't think intelligent people in baseball actually value Baez like a top-10 prospect;

 

For the same reason I don't value a $100 bill as an actual $100 bill if I think it may accidentally fall into a paper shredder in the future.

 

baez is a $100 bill that you had a sneaking suspicion was actually a $50 bill all along and is now on fire

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For a smartass troll comment meant only to inflame, its decently logical. At least it wasn't a gif.

 

If only it was a gif.

 

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I sure miss baseball conversations.

 

In my head, I'm thinking Zobrist would cost something like their choice of a starting pitching prospect (honestly, a part of me wonders if someone like Underwood, someone they could mold a bit and work through the system, might have as much intrigue for them as an Edwards/Johnson), maybe a ready pen arm type like an Armando Rivero, and maybe a home run gamble like a Gleyber Torres. I question if a Valbuena (or say, Coghlan) would be desirable with the way their roster is set-up as of now. It's a tough deal to figure out because Zobrist is so good, but he is aging and in the last year of his deal. Short of it is, I think they would look for upside gambles to restock aspects of the system moreso than necessarily finding "ready" pieces.

 

In my "If they wanted to go full bore before the season started" fantasy world, the Nationals would sign Scherzer (a part of me wonders, for all the Scherzer and flip Zimmerman talk, if the Nats might go after Shields and flip Fister) and then we would try and make a big package for Zimmerman/Span (addressing key future positional needs for them, and giving them further flexibility to move, say Clippard by also giving them a pen arm), and then trade for a Zobrist. The would be a fascinating lineup, with Zobrist as the starter that flipped between 2nd/LF with La Stella/Coghlan getting starts at the respective positions, Valbuena holding third until KB is ready and then shifting to a great utility role, and a loaded rotation plus a solid pen. I'm not even sure I would want what it would take to make those deals, but if they wanted to go full bore ...

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Colby Rasmus:

 

Good: Power. Center Field (and good at it.) Young.

Bad: hates taking walks. Kind of a douche.

 

Yes? No?

 

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Colby Rasmus:

 

Good: Power. Center Field (and good at it.) Young.

Bad: hates taking walks. Kind of a douche.

 

Yes? No?

 

Only way I go after Rasmus is if it's a short term deal (I could live with 2, obviously 1 and a club option is preferable) to find a stopgap because Alcantara was dealt away in some sort of deal. Otherwise, I'm not so sure that Alcantara might not be more useful than Rasmus sooner than later (more a statement on my feelings on Rasmus than hope in re: to Alcantara).

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All I can say is that I'm glad Sneaky isn't the one making personnel decisions for the Cubs.

we'd be indisputably far better next year with the trade scenario i mentioned

 

i guess some might not value that as much as others, though

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Arguello has a vague allusion that Castillo + something for Leonys Martin could be a possibility. That'd be pretty cool, especially if you view Bryant as an OF.
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It doesn't matter what that something is

Agreed (with obvious exceptions), that would be awesome.

 

I wonder if Amaro would be interested in Castro as part of a Cole Hamels trade? Castro and Baez for Hamels + Brown?

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It doesn't matter what that something is

Agreed (with obvious exceptions), that would be awesome.

 

I wonder if Amaro would be interested in Castro as part of a Cole Hamels trade? Castro and Baez for Hamels + Brown?

 

no no no [expletive] no

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dominic brown jesus [expletive] christ i can't believe i just read that
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Jon Heyman

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cubs are among teams showing interest in stephen drew

 

hmmm....sending a message to Starlin or legit worried?

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Jon Heyman

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cubs are among teams showing interest in stephen drew

 

hmmm....sending a message to Starlin or legit worried?

 

The guy has played in a whopping 374 games in the last 5 seasons. Unless he costs a sack of chipped marbles this seems like a terrible idea.

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Jon Heyman

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cubs are among teams showing interest in stephen drew

 

hmmm....sending a message to Starlin or legit worried?

 

The guy has played in a whopping 374 games in the last 5 seasons. Unless he costs a sack of chipped marbles this seems like a terrible idea.

 

It doesn't materially change your point, but last 4 seasons. Hard to read between the lines too much, it could be any combination of sending a message to Starlin, worried about Starlin, telling Bryant to get an OF glove, Valbuena trade imminent, Boras trying to drum up an offer that exceeds 'sack of chipped marbles', etc.

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