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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Feel like 4 LHSP is where I start getting more legitimately antsy about negative network effects, but Luzardo is tempting. Just have to add Roki as #6 to make sure there's balance I guess.
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    * Make the Bellinger deal and finalize Kelly * Alcantara and a sub-Birdsell P for Cease * Finnegan and Minter for the pen (15M combined) * Donovan Solano (6M) as your Shaw/Busch hedge and RHH bench bat, NRI a LHH PH until Caissie is ready
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    He's our 2nd best hitter by a good margin too, and better reporters than Jesse Rogers(Sharma, in particular) have indicated the DH thing is overblown. Plus, it seems pretty clear the Bellinger train has left the station either way.
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    Now that it's official, let's steer the convo to the specific thread for it:
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    It is okay to enjoy things, sports can only hurt you if you let them
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    Yeah we'll let the minute to minute mayhem die down and then probably lock this guy and migrate a bunch of it over
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    He's really gonna do it
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    If Warren is in fact coming from New York I think I prefer Wesneski to go. Different profiles and different uses, so you get your Wesneski clone and ship him out to maintain status quo.
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    JONS JONS JONS JONS JONS
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    Jon Heyman, also a paragon of journalistic integrity. The Jons will never steer ya wrong, I've said it for years
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    Always liked Jon Morosi, most reliable of all the rumor mongers I say
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    There are no less than 5 names(including Moncada) that have been mentioned for this purpose this morning alone, it's clearly the mainstream line of thinking that Shaw is not Plan A, B, and C for 3B, even if using Paredes in a Tucker trade means Shaw will likely have more importance for 3B than we would've thought a month ago. I'm begging you to stop arguing with the imaginary groupthink you've invented and actually just talk about the points that are literally being made.
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    Then what in the world are you on about
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    It is a post I made replying to you, which even in the preview you can see includes the Fangraphs link. You replied to it, and made multiple other posts in that back and forth afterwards.
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    So your contention is that Shaw is not a consideration for 3B? Off the table as an option? If they trade Paredes in a Tucker deal what do you think will happen?
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    Shaw was drafted as a SS that people assumed would move down the defensive spectrum, and played more than half his defensive innings this year at 3B(including about 70% of his AAA innings). The front office is apparently ready to trade the 3B they made a substantial trade to acquire with Shaw as the only other reasonable option in the org today. It's really silly to try to fit in this contrived meta conspiracy that Cub fans are the ones being some level of irrational by thinking Shaw will play a significant part in the MLB 3B calculation next year.
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    The Yankees also gave up the guy currently slated to be their opening day 2B, unless of course they were optimistic about Bregman and were sliding Chisholm to 2B...
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    I don't think you can go without someone else who can at least fake it as an every day 3B, preferably a LHH so you can ease Shaw in when ready(and they can potentially cover for Nico/Dansby via 2B). I like Rojas fine, though I wonder how much more certain his bat is than Workman. As long as they don't think he'll be a -10 3B, I like Jorge Polanco to bounce back strong with the bat. Willi Castro is another who would be a fairly seamless fit if you can talk the Twins into a reasonable deal.
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    It doesn't make sense for the Cubs to offer this, doesn't make sense for the Astros to accept it, and based on the source probably was never offered or turned down.
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    "Deal is dead (p. 297)" is communicating an incredible amount of detail in so few characters
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    None of these are certain but as possibilities: The Yankees are gunshy after paying a huge cost and losing their last rental, especially since they haven't had any time to restock. They don't rate Tucker as highly or the Astros may not rate their system/targets as highly. They aren't in the same division but have had a feud that extends to the GM/ownership level that makes a trade unlikely
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    That is certainly one way to describe his 5 starts that averaged a HR per outing for an ERA north of 10. But yes, I'm fine with him as a return too(Bellinger isn't underwater but the value isn't significant, I just would rather Warren be the guy who then goes as part of the trade rather than Brown or maybe even Wicks/Assad.
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