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    I think Heyman has tweeted some variation of this tweet daily for a week now
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    It could also push Descalso off the OD roster. Either way, it sure seems like were gonna add one of Kipnis, Holt or Scooter. All three certainly won’t/can’t find more than bench/platoon roles guaranteed. Probably comes down to whichever one comes cheapest and/or takes a non-guaranteed deal. In your scenario Bote is backup SS to start the year. Which is fine, in the event Javy goes down Bote takes over for a game and Nico is up overnight. I do hope they give Javy a little more rest this year once Nico is up though. They rode Javy a little too hard last year, especially once he got dinged up. Adding Kipnis/Holt/Scooter could also signal Nico to CF is a thing they’re considering.
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    Yup. I think as of today between the Cubs, Brewers, Cardinals and Reds someone finishes in the 76-80 range, 2 finish in the 84-87 range and 1 gets to 90+. Whatever way you want to order the 4 I think has a fair argument. Stacking up wins vs the Pirates is going to be important. To put a finer point on it, I would go as far to say that the Reds and Brewers will both be in the 78-82 range, and one of the Cubs/Cards will be 85-88 and the other will be 90+. I'm probably unjustifiably skeptical of both the Reds and Brewers though. I think that’s a fine critique. I’m honestly as skeptical on the Cardinals as I am the Reds and Brewers. I think the sub 80 win team(s) comes from those 3.
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    Yup. I think as of today between the Cubs, Brewers, Cardinals and Reds someone finishes in the 76-80 range, 2 finish in the 84-87 range and 1 gets to 90+. Whatever way you want to order the 4 I think has a fair argument. Stacking up wins vs the Pirates is going to be important.
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    Lol. That’s so Mets. Can’t imagine how fucked up that organization is for a ~65 year old worth ~$15 billion who is a lifelong fan of the team to pull out of the deal. Buying a pro team is one of the few things those guys get irrational about buying.
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    I'll take the over if Happ is really going to get 75-80% of the starts there.
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    So going off of Zips for the 4 contending division teams, team WAR totals are: Cubs- 40.7 Cardinals- 36 Brewers- 38.1 Reds- 35.6 (without Nick)
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    What book or site is offering this number, btw? I’ve only seen 88 and 88.5.
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    Over pretty easily at that number for me.
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    My biggest takeaway from this is how much better Montero was at receiving pitches than Willy is.
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    Did Nomo have any traction for the HOF? He’s probably the best proxy for Yu’s chances.
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    More like @NOmlbintel amirite?
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    Tom will not be happy with AA's placement. It's really gotta depend on how much you weigh age relative to league and draft/IFA pedigree. Because most guys who haven't hit since short season ball and without a standout tool wouldn't even get the modest benefit of the doubt he's still getting. Will be interesting to see what Fangraphs says on him when their rankings on us comes out. They’ve consistently have been the highest on him.
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    Sign me up
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    Club option for this year and next. Right, so how is this “probably his last go around?” He’s gonna be here for 2 more years at minimum. They’re aren’t not picking up his ~$16 million option next year.
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    Rizzo has two years left....
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    Seems unnecessary to give this horsefeathers a thank you since he’s most well known for being complete ass in 2018 after being traded for and part of the reason we lost the division by 1 game. He gave up 14 runs in 18 innings here after being traded for.
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    Yeah that was weird with Amaya. One of the guys there in a tweet or Q&A said in his personal 100 Amaya is 45. Either way with a lot of the lists out, with some growth/health and assuming none are traded off we’re going to have quite a few top 100 prospects over the next 6-18 months as list updates and guys graduate. The system is definitely on the up and up. Wouldn’t be surprised if come mid-season rankings we have a top 7-12 system in baseball.
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    We could always take back Inciarte or Shane Greene in a KB trade for money reasons (both are making $6 million or so this year).
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    *GIANT GRAIN OF SALT* https://twitter.com/mlbintel/status/1224019188253167619?s=21 But this guy had the Dodgers-Mookie trade package Gammons tweeted out today a few days ago (so maybe there’s a 5% chance he’s legit). He also says a Betts-Dodgers trade is happening tomorrow.
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    Right. This was literally the start of the whole thing. Nope I wouldn’t do it but I think that’s a rough package for KB dealing with them. We aren’t getting Lux or May.
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    You want to trade Kris Bryant for him. So how does this math work? Alex Verdugo keeps getting better from 24 on, building off the 2 WAR age 23, as Bryant gets worse? Or since Bryant had a 2 WAR season once, they're on the same path now? What does this mean? 3 WAR? 4 WAR? 6 WAR? Understood, probably explains why Bryant hasn't been traded as these supposedly realistic returns are terrible That it could get worse, even more nameless and more faceless, is scary and why trading Bryant in itself has never been realistic The Super Bowl is on. I don’t care to argue this. I never said I wanted to do this trade. I said I think it’s close to a realistic return we could see in the event KB is traded this offseason yet. I’d probably be indifferent and maybe a bit underwhelmed if they did this. I think Verdugo as a 23/24 year old with a 2 win season and prospect pedigree has room to grow, like most would expect out of guys that age with early success (4-6 win season as his peak seasons let’s say) and using Bryant’s age 23/24 year old season to gauge his current value is a bit disingenuous when he hasn’t been that player for a few years and is now older,/more expensive and has less control. I’m fine not doing this hypothetical trade though and I’d be fine just keeping Bryant if this is the option to moving him.
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