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Most humans have 2 or more arms. True statement.

i'm actually going into this thing asking for less than the moon. Cease may be 2-year control and has a good past, but last year had iffy walks and the most recent thing you gave is what people remember. i think Baltimore will give us the two guys who are well thought of and some extra pieces. we've also talked with Dodgers and Yankees which does not surprise me- Sox will do this deal with a well entrenched front office. Trading Cease for two Top 100s and then lets say the next two years he's worse than he was in 2023: thats the kind of thing a GM gets fired for. You'll trade him to a teflon FO if you are getting back a strong haul. Lets be honest we would be saying these same things if we were buy-now. Right before we got Shields, Fangraphs wrote a piece about how he had gotten a little worse than he had been. Now, Samardzjia came here after a good year...true. We didnt have to give up any Top 100 pieces for him (communal groan...) *and for purposes of this exercise i do consider westburg like a top 100

It all just revolves around whats down lower in [CHICAGO ACCENT:] da package

Jim Duquette on XM Radio (2:15pm yesterday): Orioles have made an offer on Cease, it's a good one, but Elias' has been very disciplined on offers he has been putting out there, and it doesnt need to go up. Then Bowden agreed: "Yeah, it doesnt need to go up" Maybe interesting if for nothing else just to see the messaging that gets put out there (by a show literally called "Front Office" that routinely pokes at Boras and hardline agents all the time, so it's very friendly to teams putting out messaging perhaps)

and to be a little fair, i will say...Quero was kind of a rare case where the Angels were over a barrel trying to impress Ohtani as a last ditch effort. Shohei's a revenue machine and the only way to keep him wouldve been a WS ring

Doesnt Ortiz basically have everything you need from a 2b/shortstop prospect considering he has a touch of power? To me if it wasnt for the age issue he'd even have a run at being a headliner/co-headliner type guy

what package can the Mets offer (any?)

Maldonado was terrible framing was but very good on the other things. 75th percentile pitch blocking, 71st percentile on pop times. The stolen bases are not as good a metric as the pop times because they involve the pitchers

skokieSox, i may actually have to go to skokie today. i have a ripped pair of jeans i need to replace

Submitting some early Orioles predictions - Blog (masnsports.com)

few farm systems can do it. and he's had injuries so they wont want to do it. plus on top of that his contract is one of the best in all sports and our owner is 85. this is the exact kind of contract he likes having on the books.

it would have to be free. also salvy seems to have become more like a DH lately. salvy = more lee

That it shows we know we're not at a stage where pricey relievers are needed

It's not a tweet it's a Q&A with someone who has called a ton of these transactions in the past

They read Robert Murray's answers to questions in the below and he mentions Baltimore for Cease. Also says the 48 hour thing was overblown

Robert Murray on baseball insiders says he doesnt buy the Atlanta thing, because Alex A. looks to trade for guys he can extend-- not the Boras-typical play. He buys LAD more since the orgs know each other well. Also mentioned Giolito-to-LAD for multiyear is something he can see happening

I have a strong belief that I want him to know something

No Bauer. Lets get it done another way.

Kaplan broke the Madrigal trade. though in that case we dont know if his good sources were on one side of town or the other. in theory he is so veteran in this town he could have some on each side of town

Gallo wouldnt excite me like Conforto or Brantley but the thought process makes sense. Each year we need to cover some CF time. And Gallo would make it more likely Eloy can really settle in at DH a ton And Gallo is healthier than some of these other options.

Doing TV work has to be the same amount of money as bench coach with 1/80th of the days worked By the way Fergie Jenkins is tweeting right now "Is it official yet, Ozzie?"