OmarComing25

Could be. Wasn’t his initial info about Harper and nothing about Machado?

And if you approached the Yankees with an offer of 1 year of Abreu and someone like Basabe or Gonzalez you'd be laughed out of the room. If we reversed the situations and that's all the Sox got for Andujar you'd be ranting about how Hahn got fleeced again.

What's a fair price then?

It would probably be something along the lines of Robert/Dunning at the very least and that's if the Yankees would only accept prospects which is unlikely. That sound worth it to you?

I don't get the hate for that ending, I loved it and thought it was brilliant.

Just checked the Phillies subreddit just to see what their fans are saying and 50% of the comments are shitting on Dan Clark.

To be the laughingstock of the league would require others to actually think about us at all, which they currently do not do. A failed recruiting attempt with Machado isn't going to make them start doing it.

Who is Jay blocking?

Again what’s so can’t miss about Rodgers? From what I’ve read he’s an average defender and he’s really only had one standout offensive half season in High A that was largely due to a .413 BABIP and a hitting environment that is basically Coors on steroids. He’s a fine prospect but seems more like an above average regular than a future star.

Your example of a can't miss prospect is Brendan Rodgers? Really? In 2016 he also hadn't reached High A yet.

You wanted a can't miss prospect yet you keep talking about Devers? Have you looked at his numbers?

You want to pay two players ~$100 million/year combined and think that it would be a wise decision?

If Madrigal’s defense is as good as advertised, your latter scenario is easily an above average player. And Alexei was a 4 WAR SS in his prime so a slightly better Alexei would be a great outcome.

Nor should they, I'd do a hard pass if that's what it took to get them here.

This isn't the NBA, any team that makes the playoffs is a title contender.