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At this point, I hope the best offer comes from a non-Orioles AL East team, and that team beats the Orioles brains in. ?

Also, his main point has always been that Elias has an idea of what Cease should cost in terms of prospects and won’t deviate from “his” price. But not all GMs function this way and WILL up the ante to obtain a player they want, especially if there is competition for said player.

Those lower offers could jump up at any time to match the higher offers, depending on how interested the potential buyers are in the house.

Exactly. Thanks. I don’t get what is so tough to understand. He’s acting like teams only ever have “a final offer”. His house buying analogy is absolutely terrible.

No one with a lower offer on a house has ever upped their offer because they want the house badly, even if they were initially trying to get a better deal?

Sure is funny how insiders on this board have called out specific team interest escalating, and an article naming that exact team pops up a day or two later. This has happened with both the Yankees and the Mets in the past few days.

He has Elias’s phone tapped.

Cubs wanted Alonso but either the Mets were asking too much for him or Hoyer was prospect hugging like Elias, like he has been all offseason.

But this doesn’t matter. I was told that there is no difference between 5 teams being interested in a player and only 2. The return will not be impacted whatsoever.

Yep, I thought this was common sense but I guess not… ?

Or, all 4 teams want Cease and all submit offers for him and Getz gets the pick of the best offer? And may even then try to get the teams to up their offers slightly, using this multiple team competition for his services. You sure seem to think it’s your way or the highway, as if you were a planted bug on Getz’s cell phone.

More teams being interested is always better than less and it could help increase the return.

Sure seems like Getz waiting is starting to pay off with all this latest interest. Also, it sure doesn’t seem like teams want to overpay Snell and Montgomery.

Well, public if you think the New York Post is a reliable source of information. I guess for baseball news it could be.

Mayo is 6’5”, 230. Unless he’s the second coming of Troy Glaus, I have a hard time believing he would stick at 3B for any team even if the Orioles decide to keep him and play him at 3B rather than move him to 1B.

Agreed, if he can’t play 3B, I don’t understand the massive hype.

I think Fields has had enough games to prove he isn’t the guy, and one game against the Packers shouldn’t really factor in the decision, one way or the other. I would like to see a QB at #1, best player available of the Bears many needs with the Bears 1st round pick, and Fields traded to the Falcons for a 2nd round pick.

Definitely. I hope it’s true because it will likely ensure that Getz gets the best offer of prospects rather than say trying to get the best pitching-heavy offer from a team that may not have the best pitching prospects over bats. As far as the Cardinals go, am I nuts to think that their top prospects don’t look very appealing and/or are too far from the majors?

Righty outfielder with no power. Meh.

Agreed, it seems a bit strange that any sportswriter would try to bring Omar Vizquel of all people back to the forefront of baseball and attempt to clear his name. How many baseball fans are currently wondering what Omar Vizquel is up to these days? Probably not even Indians fans. This sure seems like Jerry’s buddy providing a follow-up story so Jerry can claim ignorance about what was going on in the clubhouse regarding Vizquel.

2 years IS controllable. A team could immediately flip the player, trade the player at the upcoming season’s trade deadline, trade the player during the next year’s offseason, or trade the player at the next year’s trade deadline. That’s 4 total chances to move a player, which is definitely “controllable”.

I never claimed to know the answer to that question. But I do know that Justin Fields can’t consistently read his receivers and is also prone to giving up too many turnovers in the form of late game interceptions and fumbles. But since you like to ask so many follow-up questions, do you think that Fields is as good as Manning, Brady, Mahomes, and Stafford? I’m going to be lazy and just use passer rating. Sorry, but my expectations are higher than what Fields currently is after 3 years of development. Justin Fields: 2021 — 73.2 2022 — 85.2 2023 — 85.8 CJ Stroud: 2023 — 99.0

There’s a difference between your team not being terrible and your team not having a franchise QB that can win a Super Bowl.

I don’t believe that one guy is the end-all/be-all decision-maker on every draft pick. Multiple Sox employees agreed to take Jacob Gonzalez, and I’m sure some of those same scouting department people are still employed by the Sox today. Jerry never truly cleans house, and even he himself likes to meddle on the draft and tell his GM who to choose.