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Would Bell’s inclusion in some of these rumors indicate that Hosmer is on the move? Maybe? But that begs further questions because no team is going to give value for Hosmer, and you're already giving so much value in the Nats deal you almost run low on reasonable options to convince someone to take Hosmer's deal. Plus their history so far has been not very willing to pay much of a prospect price to unload him, hence why he's still there. Combining the messages of these two tweets, it sounds like they might finally be willing to move off that position. Sounds like a monster package would be going to Washington to acquire Soto/Bell and unload one of Hosmer/Myers.

Would Bell’s inclusion in some of these rumors indicate that Hosmer is on the move?

The timeline is moving a mile a minute right now so I don't know where I saw it, but apparently Breslow was Wesnenski's pitching coach when he was still in the Yankees org. He's definitely got ideas in mind for him, and I'm very interested to see what they are. Is this what you’re thinking of? https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2022/08/01/what-the-cubs-are-trading-scott-effross-to-the-yankees/

I think it’s highly unlikely that it actually happens, but Rosenthal mentioned that the Padres have discussed trading for all three of Contreras, Happ, Robertson. Just for fun, what does the return look like from the Padres should we send them all three?

Other than Gallo, these guys didn’t have quite the swing-and-miss that Vientos does. As a an ancillary piece in a deal with the Mets, sure, fine. As a headliner in a trade for any of Willy, Happ, or Robertson? No thanks. They did, you have to remember that K rates have jumped up in recent years. AAA K rates now are nearly 5% higher this year than they were 5 years ago. What does a 30.9% AAA K-rate translate to in the majors? There’s only 4 qualified players in the bigs with a rate that high this season, one of them, incidentally, being Patrick Wisdom. The others: Brandon Marsh, Eugenio Suarez, Luke Voit. All useful players, so he can be successful, but it seems like a very narrow path. And, personal preference coming into play here but, aesthetically, even if he hits his best case scenario, a guy that Ks in a third of his PAs is just not the type of hitter I’d want anchoring 1B or DH. I know contact+power is a rare commodity but I’d just as soon spend our most useful assets in what I hope is our last deadline as sellers elsewhere.

Spot checking some leaderboards: Matt Chapman, Aaron Judge, Fernando Tatis Jr., Ian Happ, Joey Gallo Other than Gallo, these guys didn’t have quite the swing-and-miss that Vientos does. As a an ancillary piece in a deal with the Mets, sure, fine. As a headliner in a trade for any of Willy, Happ, or Robertson? No thanks.

Yeah I want nothing to do with Vientos and his 30+ k-rate/bad glove. I’ll take Mervis’ profile over his all day.

Eh, going into the playoffs this year there were like 8-9 teams you could’ve made a legitimate case for winning it. I think this has gotten a bit better, but a team with a top 3-5 player in the league has won like 12 of the last 15 finals. Sometimes that star is a bit emergent(like Kawhi with Toronto), but that top heaviness compared with the extreme player power in the league makes it a much more powerless existence for most NBA teams compared to other sports. At least in the Bulls case they're more attractive a literal destination than many others so they can break the cycle. I mean, I tend to think the bolded is a feature, not a bug. Mike Trout being buried on the perennially mediocre Angels for a decade or, inversely, an 83-win cardinals team being able to magical run their way through October is not that appealing to me. I’d prefer to see the best players face off on the biggest stage. Maybe it’s the length of time that NBA players tend to hold that mantle that makes it feel stale, but I do think things have leveled out quite a bit in recent years. I’m glad we’re past the four-year run of Cavs-warriors being an inevitability. There’s been 7 different franchises in the finals the past 4 seasons, and not all of them have been from the usual suspect franchises. Maybe it’s premature to call this the new normal, but the current landscape seems a decent bit flatter than years past. As far as market size or attractiveness of destinations go, I’m not sure how much of a factor this is. LeBron put in two stints in Cleveland, Giannis has stuck around Milwaukee, CP3 has elevated OKC and Phoenix, Memphis is an ascendant franchise with a bona fire superstar that’s already gotten as high as the two seed in the west, etc. it takes luck no doubt, but player empowerment also makes it possible for guys like LeBron, KD, Kawhi, CP3, etc. to be a bit more nomadic and infuse multiple franchises with talent and championship hope throughout their careers.

Eh, going into the playoffs this year there were like 8-9 teams you could’ve made a legitimate case for winning it.

This speaks volumes about the absolute dumpster fire that is the modern NBA. The worst American professional sports league and it isn't even close. lmao what the horsefeathers kind of take is this Yeah I don’t know how anyone can look at Rob Manfred’s MLB* and the NHL and come to this conclusion. *I love baseball but the NBA runs circles around the MLB in so many ways.

Yeah I mean personal preferences and all that but I can’t imagine from what point of view the NBA can be considered a dumpster fire. As a league, after hitting a bit of a lull in the early 2000s, they’ve had a pretty great almost two-decade run in terms of player talent, global interest level, marketing decisions, access to their product, etc.

Brett’s article on BN indicates there were no deferrals included in the offer.

Bring the guy

That was fun

Illinois should be very fun to watch next year. So much length and athleticism on the roster. The size difference between next year’s roster and last year’s is night and day.

Yeah. We were playing 4 on 5 all night with him out there. He’s always been hot and cold, but not like this.

Illinois beating themselves.

Suzuki looks like a good solid ML player, but I think we ought to hold off on the Mike Trout comparisons for 2-3 years. Word thanks, totally didn’t even think about that and don’t know what came over me

I hope you’re right, but this feels more like stockpiling trade deadline fodder to me.

His 87 mph fastball would fit right into this rotation.

With Scherzer at the deadline and now Suzuki, that’s two reported “done deals” that have fallen through for the Padres in the last few months. I’d be incredibly frustrated as a Padres fan. Obviously two very different caliber players, but yeah.

Just trade the poor guy. He deserves better than this

The only thing I wasn’t sold on was his three point shooting, which I thought would be passable but has exceeded my expectations. The rest was there—defense, midrange, driving ability, vision, IQ. How he fell to 38 astounded me at the time and even more so now.

Yeah that’s about as “good” a Big Ten loss you can have on your home court, all things considered. Curbelo looked great. I wish they got a little more of a two-man game going with him and Kofi to get Kofi some better looks because Edey was just sealing him up when they’d feed him in the post. Bosmans-Verdonk came up big and played with a lot of confidence after Kofi fouled out. Purdue is very impressive. They have so many weapons on offense and their defense looked stronger than advertised. I’ve not been able to watch as much Illini basketball this year as the past few seasons. Did Hawkins fall out of the rotation? Whenever I do watch it seems he barely sees the fooor.