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If we can turn just a couple of SP prospects that we have into decent starters and we get our RF and 2B from BAL I don't think we are a long way from relevance. Relevance isn't a high bar to clear its basically. 500 ball or slightly better. I think if we get the BAL trade done we will have 4-5 positional guys in the Top 100. I think that's a bright future to look forward too and I think after a year or two of spending caps we should also have some money to play with.

Yeah me too. I wish we could get an update from @macsandz or @Harold's Leg Lift as to how discussions with BAL specifically are going. Getz also needs to accept the principle that having someone that can slug isn't a crime against God and taking Hjerstad instead of Cowser is perfectly fine so long as there's a decent third piece in the deal.

I was reading Yamamoto will prolly make his decision in about two weeks. Market will no doubt be frozen until then...sigh

Yamamoto was supposed to meet with NYY today. I hope he finishes his meetings quickly and the agent doesn't string this out in a bidding war until the deadline for him to sign which I think is early January. I really want to see the Cease trade get done this month so we don't keep rehashing the same stuff over and over.

Ahh I forgot about the control I thought he had more than that. My bad. Obviously that timeline doesn't work for us.

I wonder if as @CaliSoxFanViaSWside mentioned the Sox don't want Busch because he's bat only and maybe they want Lux (we were rumored to want him before) to play 2B for now since Busch doesn't have the glove for it and also as insurance in case Montgomery has to move to 3B soon and this is LAD way of getting a prospect with a 2024 ETA to quickly backfill Lux's spot in a trade? If LAD offered Lux (2B/SS), Pages (RF) and a SP, I feel Getz would accept it. In this hypothetical, there is significant risk in the fact we are getting two guys coming off legit injuries but they'd prolly be unavailable otherwise.

This is either JR himself, Brooks Boyer or an NBCSN bot.

Now that it's a contract year, I expect Yoan to play through pain, and be committed to his craft, particularly at the plate. I expect him to play well and be flipped at the deadline. Ramos should be ready by then.

I dont think Cohen will allow himself to be outbid here. Hopefully it gets done soon so the pitching market can start moving.

Dammit....LAD and NYY just made a trade and Vivas going to NYY. I wanted him as like a third piece in an LAD Cease trade. If the Dodgers were willing to part with him so easily for 40 man space we should have done something.

Bidding war

Nice. Prellers biggest backer is gone so he's under pressure. Merrill and Snelling.

Are things with BAL getting closer?

Law said at the draft Gonzalez was the safest of picks so where's the safety?

We still need some legit bats no matter what.

If LAD gets 50m a year in marketing revenue alone and taking into account deferrals and present value, yeah its almost for free and any WAR above average is a bonus.

I'm hoping that with DeJong at SS, Robert at CF and Stassi at C, Getz sees that that they are strong enough up the middle so that it wouldn't be a crime against God for him to accept Hjerstad and Norby instead of a pitching heavy deal. Someone has to fucking hit at some point. At this rate Beni will have the second highest HR total for the Sox in 24. Savagery is a blessing not a curse, Chris. Oh and BTW if they continue to insist on jumping off the diving board into the 10 foot deep waterless pool of Limp Dick Ball, then they will inadvertently kill Robert's trade value for the future. No one will give him anything to hit if he's surrounded by scrubs and his HR totals, doubles and SV will plummet substantially.

Yeah given Getz philosophy so far I'm bracing for exactly zero LH savages in the Cease trade or any trade for that matter.

At some point we have to accept that Getz means what he says....he's all in on defense.

I hope BAL being listed first means Mike Elias has finally stopped being dickless

Thank you!

That's pretty cool. I liked Bannister hire and Barfield. The guy from Rice I dont know about. I know he has limits placed on him and all but I still dont like Getz apparent Limp Dick Ball strategy they seem to want to pivot too. Yes we have to get better on D and be more athletic but there has to be a couple legit savages in the lineup too. Then again we seem to be allergic to winning so it's not a surprise that were also allergic to savagery.

I won't believe he is signing with TOR until I see Shohei use the word "eh" at the end of each sentence and pronounce the word about as "aboot"

Garfein is state media so if he's pumping Merrifield up that's an ominous sign that it's imminent.

Yep I don't see JR approving the chocolate cake after the Fedde signing. We kind of blew our wad on that.