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The $24 million was in reference to the AAV not the total contract value.

But there are real concerns that Kluber can even pitch. Price had the cyst removal but should not prevent him from going. Regardless, seems like it will be resolved soon, so we will see.

Yeah they will almost certainly hit 100.

There's been a lot of red flag pitchers getting paid. Clearly there are multiple teams bidding on price, which is a good position for Boston to be in. Do I think anyone will feel sad about whatever return boston gets, not really, I also don't even want price. But the fact is Boston will almost certainly be able to shed price to the dollar amount they need. It's another feather in the cap for not worrying so much about the last few years of a deal.

Getting down to the $24 million mentioned in the article.

Definitely.

Absolutely. Could very well get a bullpen piece back or blocked player that could be on their team this year.

I think the writer is spot-on personally. The fanbase is a few months removed from hearing they may trade betts, and would need to attach benintendi to price to move him. It's pretty clear they can not only move Price, but could possibly get a valuable piece back (the reliever cleveland got back looks to be a help to the major league roster in 2019 on pre-arb salary). Moving out price means they could dip below the luxury repeater tax and re-sign Betts.

Why is there a fit from the cubs? Shedding his salary doesn’t move the needle much

It’s very likely the most probable answer is none of the above

Yeah sorry, some update is specifically causing issue with mobile safari. If you download chrome it’s not an issue. It’s with the main boards product so I don’t know if a resolution yet.

I think Keuchel/Wood would be pretty good. Add Salazar on a minor league to majors deal, Or mchugh. Then Betances. Otherwise it’s Miley/Wood.

People acting like this is a horrible deal are delusional.

Yeah at this range I’d have liked it. Very confident he will be productive just not top line. Fans convinced themselves that since he wasn’t an ace he’ll be terrible but he’s still pretty valuable.

5 for 80-90 if that’s right is a great deal but also what I thought he’d be getting.

Sorry phone had so many errors I missed the one actually spelled correctly.

Oh I agree on the latter, I was always bummed that some of the only pitching targets for trades I felt were realistic were in our division. CLE isn’t giving us Kluber without a much better package

I’d have rather had Kluber once it was clear a deal is just price

Hulu + you have NBCS Chicago correct?

Why not Cameron Maybin?

This was about what I expected them to get given the concerns about klubers readiness.

Wish Indians weren’t in our division. Like this trade for Rangers.

Engel was quite good against LHP last year and is superior defensively. We have 26 spots this year so I think we are in a great spot. Id imagine they really do allow Leury to try to acclimate to being backup IF more this year.