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  1. Thusly Boned
    If Cobb is going to demand 20MM per, he can kick rocks. I'd rather see if Darvish could be had for ~5/125, or deal for a risk/upside guy like Salazar.
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    Yeah, the likely motivation for the Sox would have to be flipping him. I just see very little chance of him extending regardless of the team.
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    Yeah, while Longo would be a defensive upgrade, he'd likely be a lateral move offensively.
  4. Thusly Boned
    This whole offseason has been a snoozefest.
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    Bruce playing RF in that ballpark would be amusing, at least.
  6. Thusly Boned
    [tweet] [/tweet] The poor bastard
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    out of curiosity, who is making personnel decisions for the marlins right now? I don't know, but their collective bed is being [expletive] in, that's for certain.
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    Expected. This definitely makes them better, but not enough so to move the needle much in terms of the division. I hope they paid through the nose.
  9. Thusly Boned
    Please no. Not only does that not make sense for the Cubs, wasn't the rumor that the Indians wanted LH hitting in return? I mean, that idea is just comprehensively stupid.
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    I don't see a fit for us here at all. There's probably going to be a considerable cost to acquire him, he's a lock to test free agency after this year, and he doesn't play a position of need. I actually kind of hope the Cardinals take a run at him.
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    Machado, maybe. But not Harper. They're not just going to completely ignore the luxury tax, and they've got their OF (and DH) pretty well covered now.
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    Imagine how it must feel to be a Marlins fan (they do have a few) today. I'd be sick as hell. For a second after the sale of the team, the poor bastards probably thought they were done enduring these teardowns.
  13. Thusly Boned
    This is fine. Takes our biggest competition for Harper off the board (ostensibly).
  14. Thusly Boned
    I wasn't expecting him to.sign with the Cubs, but the Angels? That just seems ill-advised. OTOH, with the way this has played out, it's fitting that it was the least expected outcome that actually occurred.
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    It would, and it absolutely would. It's fun to dream on, but Stanton and Harper are an either-or proposition, for any team. And if we're choosing, I choose Harper all day.
  16. Thusly Boned
    And if true, Stanton being willing to accept a trade to the Midwest, but not to St. Louis, is horsefeathering delicious.
  17. Thusly Boned
    Sure, but I am becoming irrationally confident that Harper is a Cub in 2019.
  18. Thusly Boned
    just because he's willing to come to mlb for cheap doesn't mean money is completely irrelevant to him. it feels like seattle told him they'd be able to get a certain amount for him if he committed, they got word he's choosing them, and now they're just grabbing the money as quickly as possible to wrap this up. One could just as easily read it as the Mariners feeling some doubt and trying to bolster their chances. I just think that if you have a means to sweeten your offer in a competitive recruitment process, you take it. I don't think that freeing this money up is indicative of anything but a team doing just that.
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    It seems to me that while there may be varying levels of confidence on their parts, none of these teams have any real idea what is going to happen and are simply trying to maximize their chances in whatever way they can. I have no particular confidence in the Cubs' chances, but these trades don't move the needle much for me. If the Mariners end up with Ohtani, it won't have much (or anything) to do with these trades, imo. Relative to other potential financial factors, the amounts being gained are a pittance.
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    why would they do that? They suck balls and have no money. They'd be much better off ripping off the bandaid and losing every game for two years to stock up on prospects and high draft picks and slowly start to build a real team. There's value in an expansion or newly moved team to actually try to win some games and garner support from the new fans, but Miami has been here for 3 decades now and they are what they are, an afterthought. Why spend $75m to win 70 when you can spend $30m to win 68? It doesn't make sense to me, either. Of course they'd be better off tanking. But that rumor was making the rounds. Maybe the thought process is like some here had in the early stages of our rebuild, where they preferred the futile pretense of "trying" half-assedly rather than tanking full on.
  21. Thusly Boned
    It's not just Stanton, but Price, Heyward, Ohtani (not that the Cards showed a ton of interest in Ohtani, but he did eliminate them right off the bat), etc. The reputation of STL as a "baseball heaven" where virtually all players would like to be has taken a pretty sound thrashing over the past few seasons. The gripe among Cards fans was that DeWitt wouldn't spend the money. Now it appears players don't want it even when it is offered.
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    The Marlins owners have no money and have made it clear they are going to get rid of all costly players. There was a rumor that the Marlins' new ownership approached Stanton to warn him that if he would not accept any trade, virtually all other players of value would be sold off around him. This leads me to believe it might not be a full-on fire sale. The number being floated around for the Marlins projected target payroll is about 75MM. I'm sure they'd like to keep a couple of good players, at least. I guess what I am saying here is that if/when Stanton is traded to SF/LAD, it's entirely possible that the fish elect to keep Ozuna and/or Yelich, freezing the Cards out of any of them. Which would be horsefeathering glorious.
  23. Thusly Boned
    For sure. I don't see him being traded, nor would I like to see that happen.
  24. Thusly Boned
    I’ve read a couple articles that say something to the effect of: StL is willing to send their top pitching prospect (Weaver). Well no horsefeathers - I would think it’ll be a minimum of 2 top pitching prospects + others. I know more than a few Cardinals fans seem to think that if they were to take on Stanton's full contract, they would only have to send second-tier prospects. Besides the fact that I can't see the Cards taking on all of that money, it would take two of Reyes/Weaver/Flaherty, plus others, IMHO. Anything less than that, and they will be outbid by another team.
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    Of course, if I were a Dodgers fan, I'd only be pretending to care. So I'd probably be fine.
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