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Probably just a crazy rumor, but if it did happen, I would love to see the Cubs get Goldscmidt. Yankees acquire: Rafael Devers Jung Hoo Lee Giants acquire: Carlos Rodon Jasson Dominguez OR Spencer Jones RHP Elmer Rodriguez (No. 3) OR RHP Ben Hess (No. 6) RHP Xavier Rivas (No. 25)

The M's would have to kick in a boatload of money.

No fair. I was told that we had to wait for the deadline before we could make a trade.

Shaw and Rodiguez have a lot more trade value than Triantos.

I think it's obvious that one of Shaw or Ramirez is going to be traded. How many substitute IFs does one team need?

I don't follow other teams, but I do think that striking out 10 times a game certainly reduces your chances of producing runs. It seems like they average 10 strikeouts a game.

Hoyer already blew his chance to get top value for Shaw last off season. Jed loves to over value his prospects when he needs to make a big deal.

Whatever the asking price is now is certainly not going to go down at the deadline when you have all of the contenders bidding for the same player(s).

He's breathing, has an arm, and IS CHEAP. Just the way Jed likes it.

I like to do a lot of one-stop shopping which is why I mentioned Mize and Finnegan. When there were rumors of Shaw to Boston for pitching, I also wanted Duran as a buy-low, change-of-scenery acquisition. I would like Jed to make an early trade to see what else needs to be done at the deadline.

More of a reason to make a trade now before those borderline contenders get involved in the trade market.

Any of those guys would be great, but if Jed wants to go cheap, he could probably get Mize and Finnegan without giving up too much.

The Cubs had their chance to sign him, but they made their usual "competitive offer".

I included the statistics from when he was GM and Theo was in charge. We all know who was making the decisions during that time. Bregman was an overpay because we had Shaw and Paredes before him for much less money which could have been spent on the TOR we needed. The Cubs could have signed Cease but got scared off by the big money demand which was then reduced by making some of it deferred. Hoyer has held onto Shaw, Alcantara, & Wicks, among others and greatly reducing their trade value. Shaw last off season had trade value equivalent of pitchers like Ryan and Gore. Alcantara and Wicks each had decent trade value at the same time and now they look more like throw-ins in any kind of a deal. As for PTR signing off on any deals, he signed off on Tucker as a high-priced rental, and he signed off on $100,000,000 + contract for Bregman. You're right about "Jed not being great as POBO, but he's not bad either." I just think he is pretty overrated.

Large market teams still have a greater advantage over small market teams by spending freely on free agents. My problem with Jed is how he spends the money, he wants to skimp when he needs to pay big (pitching) and he overpays when he shouldn't (Bregman). He also hangs onto prospects too long.