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1) You're making it way too simple. 2) How do you know we're not at the table right now? Are you expecting us to give these guys ultimatums, "take it or leave it" scenarios. It's a chess game, and a really fucking long one.

They're kinda stuck though because so many of these guys are waiting on Manny and Bryce to move. And really, we're the kind of team that can wait to pick a lane. Phillies, Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, these teams don't have the luxury we have, which is time. As odd as it sounds, being shitty is the advantage.

If he gets a deal like Britton just got, the value of it is shot. No matter how much you wanna throw logic and calculated reasoning out the door, it's still there. You stretch on a guy like Ottavino, you're just pulling away from where we might be able to go with Machado.

I could put strychnine in the guacamole...

Yeah, I think that sets the goal for Ottavino too, which sucks.

Voldemort is on this site?

Lets take a break from Manny Machado mania to have a moment of silence for Allen Hurns ankle.

Dunno how to do it on mobile but I just did it on my laptop, cuz if I hear that guy mention Machado and $300 million again I may burn this place to the ground.

Not just that, Boras would literally stab his client if he wanted to leave money on the table.

Cleveland isn't gonna trade a solid young arm to us.

Underachieving outfielder for underachieving bullpen arm, sounds about right.

I think at the end if the day, he needs to break either the AAV record or the total amount record. I'm gonna go $288/8. It'll at least give him a higher AAV than Greinke.

It better be more than 7 years if they're going that high, but yeah, definitely not crazy to think that.

Anyone else see Dempster on MLB Tonight last night predicting the Mariners would win the AL West next year? Asinine. Used Bruce and Encarnacion as examples of their future success without acknowledging that they both took steps back in 2018. He also said Felix may make a Verlanderesque return to greatness. Again, asinine.

I don't buy 7/200 as the number. Bob said closer to 200 than 300, doesn't mean it wasn't 240 or 245.

I'll give you Markakis, but the other 2, I'm not so sure. CarGo has been quite bad outside of Colorado (.663 ops in 2018) and I'd say at worst Avi and Jones are even, except Avi is much younger and only a year removed from an allstar season. I wouldn't really care if they chose to go with those guys, I'm just failing to see how they're upgrades that'll lead to greater success.

I think it's a sign that Bruce needs to go to that special farm they take old dogs?

Are Cargo or Adam Jones upgrades to Avi or even Palka?

Agreed, I want to give it a love.

You want a morning laugh listen to his show in about an hour. When they start taking calls from Cub fans it gets comical. "Der-uh, what you think the Cubs can add to the Schwarbler in order to get the Mike Trouts!?"

I initially thought otherwise but yeah. Nobody is making a $250-350 million investment if he's not going where he's best. It'd be like signing Keuchel to be a releiver.

That writer is making a lot of assumptions.

Davis?