caulfield12

Mahle? Rodon? Thor? White Sox World Series window might turn out to be a time of three Twins’ division titles in four years, lol. The same team that has lost 18 consecutive to the Yankees in the postseason.

We only have about 12-15 players that wouldn’t be protected by the majority of really competitive teams. That’s just dumb.

Menechino/asst. Clark, McEwing, Boston, Cairo and Narron have to go too

Do that split taking out the first six weeks…pretty abysmal. Not sure that’s worth $7 million over Sheets or Grandal. Then again, we could always use more 1B/DH types.

Not if you’re blowing right through the second year of tax threshold. Same for the year they went to almost $20 million in one intl. class and said screw it, might as well go all out.

Yes, but those two still cost less than 1 year of Leury…and ten times less than Eric Hosmer still owed. Peanuts.

Ticking clock on Hosmer. Padres starting a doubleheader at home against Rockies at 6 pm Chicago time, one hour after the trade deadline…

“Trading away six players isn’t ideal. But, to acquire a player of Soto’s caliber trading away six may be the only option. The reason being the top three players are considered top 100 prospects (C.J. Abrams, Robert Hassell III, and James Wood). Yes, Abrams is no longer on MLB’s top prospect list but he has just 45 games played and was a top 10 prospect before the season started. Ultimately just because baseball trade values rate a player a certain value, that does not mean Washington will rate said players the same value. Yes, Los Angeles and St. Louis can send over a bigger offer sheet but that does not guarantee they will. This mock trade would send Washington three top 100 prospects if you consider Abrams a prospect still like me. A controllable big league pitcher in Adrian Morejon. But two young players in 19-year-old Jackson Merrill and 18-year-old Jarlin Susana. I would not be surprised at all if both players were to crack the top 100 prospect list before their big league debut in 3-4 years. I don’t think Padres will make this type of offer in the offseason. The Nationals should accept it now.” gaslampball.com Not a bad prediction, got 4 out of 6 correct. Missed, maybe on Hosmer, Morejon/Merrill versus Mackenzie Gore as one of the headliners.

Roughly $45 million still owed, including two more months this year.

Headline: Hosmer would reject every single AL Central team but White Sox…pretty much the entire Rust Belt, lol. Cubs, Brewers, Cards also okay.

No way…well, I guess in the same way Sheets and Vaughn do. But they have Soto, Grisham, Myers, Profar and likely Tatis this year for the OF.

They really need Josh Bell and Hosmer on the first bus out of town…

Right, Atl and Mets will dominate next 2-3 years in all likelihood. Not much pressure. Phillies are right there, too.

Depends on how badly injured Gore is and if Abrams is more Mondesi Jr. and less Jazz Chisholm. Wood and Hassell two plus years away.

True dat. Maybe Colorado … even there, some fans losing patience with mixed messages and so much competition in the division. Padres just gutted their farm system of 4 out of Top 5-6, except future catcher Campusano. Have Nick Martinez, Weathers, Morejon and Baez for insurance on pitching side. Merrill, too. Shed salary of Myers, Hosmer, likely Sean Manaea departs as a FA.

Abrams was/is a consensus Top 5-10 talent but he’s battled a ton of injuries and was forced up one year early due to injuries. He looks like he will take a year or two to adjust. Went from high school to majors with about as many at-bats as Andrew Vaughn received (including whatever 2020 was).

Dodgers will counter with Happ/Contreras/Robertson…

That would be this year’s White Sox, biggest disappointment, lol. It’s not exactly easy to sit for nearly a year and come right back in the middle of a pennant race.

Machado, Cronenworth, Nola/Alfaro and Grisham all solid, along with Kim and Abrams. God knows what version of Tatis they get. Might stay in OF upon return with Kim at SS.

Taking live BP starting this Thursday and likely starts minor league assignment late next week. Interestingly, Padres and Dodgers match up again this weekend. Phillies and Cards pushing but this will be tough to overcome. Funny thing is that Hosmer gets a huge salary cut down to $13+ million from $21 (player option to decline) next year and just lost his job to Josh Bell, another lefty. Bob Melvin has his work cut out for him.

Isn’t there money or PTBNL also involved too? Think Soto really comes down to Padres being willing to trade Abrams and getting proper valuation on Gore. Same with Liberatore in StL, and Dylan Carlson’s 760 ops projecting eventually to 850ish but only 3-4 more years under control. Cardinals will blink. Too much talent changing hands for a mid market team. Dodgers can match with Dustin May and Lux and prospects galore but can’t afford to lose both Trea Turner and Lux…Chris Taylor with a limited remaining shelf life. Bellinger struggling along with Muncy all year long. Super complicated chess match. Feel like LA might go for Happ/Robertson instead and save bullets for 2023-24. “The Padres, meanwhile, are now over the luxury-tax threshold after their stunning addition of Josh Hader yesterday. They’ve reportedly been loath to cross that line for a second consecutive season. However, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale suggeststhat if it means acquiring both Hader and Soto, the Padres “won’t mind blowing completely past” the tax line. Over in Los Angeles, the Dodgers have become increasingly optimistic about their chances over the past couple days, per Jack Harris of the L.A. Times. The Dodgers’ perennially deep farm system is rife with top prospects — they have seven of Baseball America’s top 100 farmhands at the moment — and they also possess controllable young big leaguers of potential interest. Both Harris and Heyman suggest infielder Gavin Lux (four more years of team control) and righty Dustin May (nearing return from Tommy John surgery, with three more years of control) as potential targets for Washington.”

In all fairness, the Indians did spend a ton in the 90’s…when they were selling out Jacobs year after year. Until around 2007-08 and the beginning of their third rebuild. Now they are on #5 or #6 in the span of just twenty five or thirty years. That’s when the cheapness but still quite competitive play really kicked off…especially under Francona. They were the second base team in baseball when the Cubs won it and a rain delay short of taking it all with a smaller budget.

Why besmirch Pods?

And Cohen financial backing…

They are one of the only teams making moves. I just listed 4-5 terrible trades Preller made as well. What should Hahn be praised for exactly? The Padres will definitely fire Preller if he doesn't at least make the postseason and at least advance one round. Versus Hahn’s lifetime tenure at the country club job of a lifetime.