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The Sale deal got the #1 or #2 prospect in the game as the headliner. Any deal which doesn't have Holilday in it, starts at a lesser point than the Sale trade. Kopech was also a top 20 prospect in the game at the time of that deal. In other words to match that a deal would have to start with Holliday and Basallo or Holliday and Mayo to match that.

It really feels so obvious as we sit here today. You can almost hear the "We have a guy here who already knows these guys, so we don't have to waste a year of evaluations by the manager"

I will say I am not a fan of the premise that only the bad teams seem to be under pressure. San Diego and Baltimore have to be feeling the pressure of their divisions and their past failures.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5646694/2024/07/19/mlb-trade-deadline-front-offices-under-pressure/?source=emp_shared_article

And Sox management has to actually both roster them, and play them, and not block them with mediocre to awful old utility guys.

Unless a miracle happens and we get all today ready talent, I don't see it.

The FutureSox podcast called LMG the 2nd highest power potential behind Cags.

STOP SAYING THAT THERE ARE SPIES EVERYWHERE!!!

That's what I would hope, but if so, it can't be for a discount of what each of the three of them would get on their own. Each of Robert and Crochet has to hurt individually. If together, it has to hurt twice as much. Kind of like a Presidential debate.

If he includes all three to LAD he better be getting their entire top 10, or maybe sub in a couple of recent grad like Pages/Stone/Miller

For sure.

The draft is fucking up the trade deadline is the conventional wisdom.

Managers on the cushy, cozy seat.... Pedro Grifol.

I could be on board for a Pages, Rushing, DePaula, Emil Morales type of deal

If he is even a decent 1B that's better than anyone currently in our system between now and 2028 at the soonest.

Yeah, if he is a guy who could profile as a true historic 1B, I am still interested. We don't have one arriving for YEARS, at least.

I think that would all ride on how sore his shoulder is vs how hurt his shoulder is. If he's hurt, he's not going anywhere.

You can build a deal round 2 of the 3, with Meyer or Anthony as a must. You can win a deal with both Meyer and Anthony. I can't see Chris Getz making this deal without making a swing at someone like Nick Yorke. My thought is is Anthony, Teel, Yorke and Yoeilin Cespedes, as the wild card to win the deal.

"Pedro, Chris cut Maldonado a week ago! You wrote him into the line up at SS, hitting 2nd." "My team is on the field"

This is the reason a few people are mentioning them for sure. They have the ability to win a deal like only two other teams do.

And if they are cutting him it means no one want Sheets/Vaughn... unless the guy has a quick out clause.

But attacking Kyle is a worthwhile and high minded endeavor.