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Just get on the phone with PIT for Q. It shouldn't cost much. Slot him in at 4. 5th can be a combo of ReyLo and DK, with hopefully each giving us 3 innings so we can turn it over to the BP after that. It's not ideal but they're going to have to get by on bubble gum, shoestring and paper clips for awhile.

That would be fine for 2m. He's prolly more valuable to PIT tho at that salary. Adolfo for Q?

Hosmers value is -50m. Paddock is about 17m. SD would have to throw in alot of money and prolly add another good piece too to balance it out.

Ugh.

His walkup music almost certainly will be Michael Jackson's Beat it

Maybe a good sign on the Lynn issue

Hopefully someone else else outbids us then.

Then forget him. No haul for a one year rental. Hell no.

Ugh

Inside info?

The first might be OK if paired with an immediate extension. If not, forget it. No to the other 2.

Colas prolly too

Given the precarious nature of Robert, Jimenez and Pollock's health, I don't think Engel should be moved. He will definitely be needed here.

I wonder if we sent him off and ate 10 of the 18m someone would take him at 8m for a scrub prospect? That would help to pay the new SP salary for 2022 on a net basis.

I really don't want to give up Sheets, Ramos and Thompson in what fathom was suggesting. Ramos could be very valuable by the deadline and actually could be the future 2B not too long from now.

Yeah there's no way in hell they are going to let him hit that and between limiting SPs innings in the first month, and having like a 6 man rotation he shouldn't he able to hit that 160 number. Dude is going to get shellacked too so he will be out of there after a couple innings just on the merits a bunch of times too

The best part is the AAV for that OF would be like 13.5m in total combined for a few years. Three positions filled with good offensive and defensive players and basically no money would be so huge, esp since we aren't going to go into the tax.

I think if both Cespedes and Colas can both play at an MLB level that will really help us free up cash for extending the window. That would actually be an elite defensive OF too. You could also then slide Eloy to DH and keep him out of the field entirely with Vaughn at first. It's just an issue of whether we only need this 1 yr bridge or if it will take longer

That would be too much for 1 year of Manaea, IMO.

Yep. If they add Manaea, I would expect DK to be a hybrid SP/BP guy to also help keep his innings below the vesting threshold.

I dont feel good about that for 1 year of a pitcher but yes I agree he is likely gone since they don't want to risk Vaughn in the field anymore. Just sucks we are losing a promising LH bat who will prolly rake with OAK but whatever, I see the numbers crunch at DH and they are just trying to short term bandaid SP and RF until they get to the offseason and can clear a couple big salaries off the books with DK and maybe JA (based on the latter's recent comments).

Boom. Ron bringing his A game today.

So we saved 6m, 5m of which can be used for the buyout next year if they feel Colas is ready. I wish Pollock was left handed but whatever, it's already well established that we hate LH savages and apparently enjoy getting killed by RHP. At least it's a quality player when healthy. What does this mean for Vaughn? Keep in minors awhile to get year of service time and then DH? At least Kimbrel is off the roster.

What does that last part even mean? Just shut the fuck up old man. Go scream at the clouds or tell kids to get off your lawn. You have no fucking clue about modern baseball and have zero tact. It's bad enough you are fucking up what little money we have to spend on your unhealthy obsession with relievers. Can u at least not be a walking PR nightmare?

RH/KW made it abundantly clear at the outset that they didn't want him and that he was shoved down their throat. They were right to oppose him but once he won out anyway, I'm not surprised he throws shade their way when he can.