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It blows my mind what the Mets paid for Rogers vs what they paid for Mullins

Extend Houser. 2/$14m. better than some 40 grade prospect. I think he nets something like the Sox got in the Giolito/Lopez or Lynn/Kelly trades. So one of Nastrini, Leasure, Bush. I didn’t include Quero because I doubt someone overpays like the Angels did. Hard pass.

Two guys I would target in the offseason for CF are Bradford Jr and Beavers from Baltimore.

I think any case Getz trades Taylor he is going over market value. To me his floor is ~Mason Miller. If he can start, his ceiling could be Crochet.

How about Taylor and Robert to Mets for Baty, Benge, Tong.

Dodgers have tons of OF depth in majors and minors. Do they use it for Taylor? Dunno

When it comes to the playoffs, it’s a battle of the bullpens. Someone will buy high on Grant Taylor, so I would sell. We need bats. These might be pipe dreams, but one of… Cubs: Alcantara, Caissie Mets: Benge Phillies: Crawford, Miller Yankees: Jones Dodgers: DePaula, Hope, Quintero

Trade Grant Taylor. Get me a bat for this sh?tty offense.

Mets make the most sense imo. Not sure how you can throw down $700m for Soto and not give him more support.

Sounds like Sox were asking for a couple of Arroyo, Burns, Lowder from the Reds

Sox need to hold onto Robert until the trade deadline, gives us something to talk about.

Do you think Robert has more value than Lux?

This is why you trade for guys whose stock is down, like Lux/Outman/Baty/Gilber

Admit all of their risks but split your stock to reduce your risk. Do you play the $1 slot once or the .50 cent twice.

So if Acuna + Baty is not enough, then what would the ask from NYM be? Is the difference worth the risk and the cost? Your risk of trading Robert now is his value is low. What does that mean trade wise? Today you get Acuna but if you wait and his value goes up you get Jet Williams? Is that gain really that much and worth the risk? If you hold onto Robert and his 2025 is just like 2024, then do you get anything for him at all? Acuna helps fill our up the middle needs (CF/SS), has speed (which helps carry value defensively and on the bases), has a good history of walking/hitting/low strike outs in the minors and has had a good strikeout rate with his limited time in the majors. Baty too has a great track record in the minors with walks and slugging, and grades out well with baseball savant and fangraphs defensively at 3rd. Sign me up.

I like the Mets as a trade partner. They need a cf and a bat to protect Soto. They have a lot good not great prospects, most of which are blocked. Williams, Baty, Acuna, Maricio, Gilbert, Clifford, Rodriguez, Benge. Give me three of them and call it good.

Seems like Sox fans are down on Robert and would rather sell low. BTV has him around $13m in surplus (less then 3war/season). The prospects you get at that level would be pretty risky imo. If you hold onto him for the first half and he tears it up, then his surplus could almost triple. 4war would be $80 in value over 2.5 years with about $47.5m in cost. Its a contract year for him so I would hold at $13m in surplus value.

I don’t think we turned it down, I think Gammons said we were asking for Martes, Tucker and Musgrove for Quintana

Robert makes sense for the Astros too. Send Cam Smith+ to the Sox

How much war do you believe Robert will produce the next 3 seasons? I am thinking 11 war.

Haven’t heard the Brewers mentioned until now. Thoughts on their system? I wonder if this is to push the Cubs forward.

No one is trading us a superstar

So you get Campbell at 3 war and another piece. That other piece doesn’t hit (see history). You go from 1 war at 2b to 3war for a 5 war pitcher. My approach improves the team faster and decreases your risk because you aren’t hedging your bet on unproven commodities. When you have 10 holes in the boat you focus first on plugging holes, THEN you make the boat look nice. I also don’t think anyone is going to give us a top 50 prospect for Crochet and if they do, the second piece is going to he an even riskier bet.

I would do this in a heartbeat. You plug 3 holes. Sox were ca: -2.4, 1b: -1, rf: -2.4. That trade is a 10 war improvement. People are nuts wanting prospects. Why get some dude you hope is a major league regular when you can just get major league regulars.